Overview of the events of 1976 in film
Overview of the events of 1976 in film
The year 1976 in film involved some significant events.
Highest-grossing films (U.S.) [ edit ] The top ten 1976 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1976 Rank Title Distributor Domestic rentals 1 Rocky United Artists $55,900,000[1] 2 A Star Is Born Warner Bros. $37,100,000[1] 3 King Kong Paramount $36,900,000[1] 4 Silver Streak 20th Century Fox $30,018,000[2] 5 All the President's Men Warner Bros. $30,000,000[1] 6 The Omen 20th Century Fox $28,500,000[1] 7 The Bad News Bears Paramount $24,800,000[1] 8 The Enforcer Warner Bros. $24,000,000[1] 9 In Search of Noah's Ark Sunn Classic $23,800,000[1] 10 Midway Universal $21,610,435[2]
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
Taxi Driver , directed by Martin Scorsese , United States Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson , directed by Robert Altman , United States 1976 films [ edit ] By country/region [ edit ] By genre/medium [ edit ] January 2 – Paz Vega , Spanish actress January 4 - August Diehl , German actor January 6 January 7 - Tyron Leitso , Canadian actor January 8 - Jenny Lewis , American singer-songwriter, musician and actress January 13 – Michael Peña , American actor January 15 - Dorian Missick , American actor January 18 - Derek Richardson , American actor January 20 - Wayne Bastrup , American actor and musician January 21 – Lars Eidinger , German film, television and stage actor January 27 January 28 – Lee Ingleby , English film, television and stage actor January 31 - Paul Scheer , American actor, comedian February 3 February 5 February 8 - Sharon Duncan-Brewster , British actress February 9 – Charlie Day , American actor, screenwriter, producer, comedian, director and musician February 10 - Keeley Hawes , English actress February 11 – Brice Beckham , American actor February 14 - Erica Leerhsen , American actress February 23 February 25 – Rashida Jones , American actress, director, writer, and producer February 28 - Ali Larter , American actress and model February 29 - Ja Rule , American rapper and actor March 8 – Freddie Prinze Jr. , American actor, voice actor, writer and producer March 13 – Danny Masterson , American actor and DJ March 14 March 16 – Paul Schneider , American actor March 21 – Rachael MacFarlane , American voice actress, singer and writer March 22 – Reese Witherspoon , American actress, producer, and entrepreneur March 23 March 25 - Domenick Lombardozzi , American actor March 26 – Amy Smart , American actress March 27 - Craig Wayans , American writer, producer and actor April 1 April 5 – Sterling K. Brown , American actor April 6 - Candace Cameron Bure , American actress, producer, author, and talk show panelist April 13 April 15 – Susan Ward , American actress and model April 16 - Lukas Haas , American actor April 17 - Maïwenn , French actress and filmmaker April 18 - Kevin Rankin , American actor April 20 – Joey Lawrence , American actor April 23 – Gabriel Damon , American actor April 26 April 27 – Sally Hawkins , English actress April 28 - Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse , Native American actor May 1 May 5 May 14 - Martine McCutcheon , English actress and singer May 22 – Külli Teetamm , Estonian actress May 25 May 26 - Stephen Curry , Australian comedian and actor May 28 - Liam O'Brien , American voice actor, writer and director May 29 – Yûsuke Iseya , Japanese actor May 30 – Omri Katz , American retired actor May 31 – Colin Farrell , Irish actor June 4 - Damion Poitier , American actor and stuntman June 6 - Jonathan Nolan , British-American screenwriter, producer and director June 8 - Eion Bailey , American actor June 10 - Simon Fenton , English actor June 17 - Scott Adkins , British actor, producer and martial artist June 18 June 19 - Ryan Hurst , American actor June 21 - Dan Scanlon , American animator, storyboard artist, director and screenwriter June 27 June 28 - Lorraine Stanley , English actress June 29 July 1 - Thomas Sadoski , American actor July 3 - Andrea Barber , American actress and comedian July 5 July 6 - Bashir Salahuddin , American actor, writer and comedian July 7 - Hamish Linklater , American actor July 9 – Fred Savage , American actor July 15 July 17 - Dagmara Dominczyk , Polish-American actress July 18 – Elsa Pataky , Spanish-Australian actress July 19 July 31 – Mela Lee , American voice actress August 2 – Sam Worthington , Australian actor August 6 August 9 – Audrey Tautou , French actress August 23 - Scott Caan , American actor, director and writer August 24 - Alex O'Loughlin , Australian actor, director and writer August 25 – Alexander Skarsgard , Swedish actor August 26 – Mike Colter , American actor August 27 – Sarah Chalke , Canadian actress, model and voice artist August 30 - Lillo Brancato , American actor September 3 – Vivek Oberoi , Indian actor September 5 – Carice van Houten , Dutch actress and singer September 6 September 7 - Oliver Hudson , American actor September 9 September 13 - Colin Trevorrow , American filmmaker September 18 - Denis Ménochet , French actor September 20 September 22 - Sala Baker , New Zealand actress and stuntman September 24 - Matthew Gravelle , Welsh actor September 26 – Kersti Heinloo , Estonian actress October 1 - Danielle Bisutti , American actress and singer October 3 – Seann William Scott , American actor, comedian and producer October 4 – Alicia Silverstone , American actress October 6 - Brett Gelman , American actor and comedian October 9 Sam Riegel , American voice actor, director and writer Nick Swardson , American actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter and producer October 11 - Emily Deschanel , American actress October 14 - Chang Chen , Taiwanese actor October 16 - Gil Kenan , British-American filmmaker October 20 – Dan Fogler , American actor, comedian and writer October 21 – Andrew Scott , Irish actor October 23 – Ryan Reynolds , Canadian actor and film producer October 26 - Florence Kasumba , Ugandan-born German actress October 31 – Piper Perabo , American actress November 1 - Chad Lindberg , American actor November 5 - Sebastian Arcelus , American actor November 7 - Melyssa Ade , Canadian actress November 24 November 28 - Ryan Kwanten , Australian actor and producer November 29 December 1 - Dean O'Gorman , New Zealand actor December 5 - Amy Acker , American actress December 7 – Mark Duplass , American filmmaker, actor, writer, and musician December 8 – Dominic Monaghan , English actor December 23 - Kyle Kinane , American stand-up comedian and actor December 27 - Aaron Stanford , American actor December 28 - Joe Manganiello , American actor December 29 December 31 - Chris Terrio , American screenwriter and director Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films January 1 Walter Janssen 88 Germany Actor 12 Agatha Christie 85 UK Writer 13 Margaret Leighton 53 UK Actress 18 Sonia Dresdel 66 UK Actress 23 Paul Dupuis 62 France Actor 23 Paul Robeson 77 US Actor, Singer 29 Michael Gwynn 59 UK Actor February 4 Roger Livesey 69 UK Actor 11 Lee J. Cobb 64 US Actor 11 John Twist 77 US Screenwriter 12 Sal Mineo 37 US Actor 13 Lily Pons 77 France Singer, Actress 13 John Lounsbery 64 US Animator 15 Maria Corda 77 Hungary Actress 16 Campbell Singer 66 UK Actor 24 Peter Madden 71 UK Actor 26 Frieda Inescort 75 UK Actress March 3 Doris Hill 70 US Actress 5 Charles Lederer 69 US Screenwriter 14 Busby Berkeley 80 US Director, Choreographer 17 Luchino Visconti 69 Italy Director, Writer 20 Michael Goodliffe 61 UK Actor 28 Richard Arlen 76 US Actor April 2 Ray Teal 74 US Actor 4 George Pastell 53 Cyprus Actor 5 Howard Hughes 70 US Director, Producer 5 Robert Lord 75 US Screenwriter, Producer 11 Liam Dunn 59 US Actor 12 Paul Ford 74 US Actor 21 Léonide Moguy 75 Russia Director, Writer 25 Carol Reed 69 UK Director, Writer 26 Neil McCallum 46 Canada Actor 26 Sid James 62 UK Actor 29 Thelma Connell 63 UK Film Editor May 3 David Bruce 62 US Actor 7 Alan Baxter 67 US Actor 27 Hilde Hildebrand 78 Germany Actress 27 Ruth McDevitt 80 US Actress June 5 Violet Wilkey 73 US Actress 6 Victor Varconi 85 Hungary Actor 9 Sybil Thorndike 93 UK Actress 10 Adolph Zukor 103 US Producer, Studio Executive 25 Johnny Mercer 66 US Songwriter 28 Stanley Baker 48 UK Actor July 2 Frances Howard 73 US Actress 7 Norman Foster 72 US Actor, Director 12 James Wong Howe 76 China Cinematographer 17 Rina Morelli 67 Italy Actress 28 Lucie Mannheim 77 Germany Actress August 2 Fritz Lang 85 Germany Director, Writer 6 William Mervyn 64 UK Actor 10 Ray Corrigan 74 US Actor 17 William Redfield 49 US Actor 17 Murvyn Vye 60 US Actor 18 Luigi Serventi 91 Italy Actor 28 Alastair Sim 75 UK Actor September 10 Dalton Trumbo 70 US Screenwriter 30 Paul Dehn 63 UK Screenwriter October 5 Barbara Nichols 47 US Actress 14 Edith Evans 88 UK Actress November 15 Jean Gabin 72 France Actor 22 Rupert Davies 60 UK Actor 28 Rosalind Russell 69 US Actress 29 Godfrey Cambridge 43 US Actor December 3 Mary Nash 92 US Actress 8 Cathy Downs 50 US Actress 12 Jack Cassidy 49 US Actor 20 Walter Fitzgerald 80 UK Actor
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