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Events

April 30 - The Roger Daltrey film, McVicar, opens in London.
Sharon Stone
makes her film debut in the Woody Allen
movie Stardust Memories
(released September 26 in USA)

Top three grossing films

:North America # Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back # Superman II
starring the late Christopher Reeve # Nine to Five
starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton

Academy Awards

Best Picture: Ordinary People
- Wildwood, Paramount
Best Director: Robert Redford
- Ordinary People
Best Actor
: Robert De Niro
- Raging Bull
Best Actress
: Sissy Spacek
- Coal Miner's Daughter
Best Supporting Actor
: Timothy Hutton
- Ordinary People
Best Supporting Actress
: Mary Steenburgen
- Melvin and Howard

Births

February 12 - Christina Ricci
, actress

Deaths

January 29 - Jimmy Durante
, actor
February 13 - David Janssen
, actor
March 5 - Jay Silverheels
, actor (Tonto)
March 28 - Dick Haymes, actor, singer
April 29 - Alfred Hitchcock, director
July 6 - Gail Patrick, actress
July 24 - Peter Sellers
, actor
July 31 - Bobby Van, actor, dancer
August 14 - Dorothy Stratten
, actress, Playboy Magazine model
August 25 - Gower Champion, actor, dancer, choreographer
October 6 - Hattie Jacques
, actress
November 7 - Steve McQueen
, actor
November 22 - Mae West
, actress
November 24 - George Raft
, actor
November 26 - Rachel Roberts
, actress
December 8 - John Lennon
, singer/songwriter
December 31 - Raoul Walsh, director

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