See also: 1960 in film 1961 1962 in film 1960s in film years in film film Events Last Year at Marienbad (Lannée dernière à Marienbad) released Top grossing films North America The Guns of Navarone Exodus The Parent Trap The Absent-Minded Professor The Alamo Swiss Family Robinson Come... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... See also: 1962 in film 1963 1964 in film 1960s in film years in film film Events June 12 — Cleopatra starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison and Richard Burton premieres at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City. ... List of 1960s movies This list includes popular, acclaimed, and otherwise significant (for whatever reason) films of all countries from 1960 to 1969. ... This page indexes the individual year in film pages. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ...

Events

• Dr. No launches the James Bond film series, the longest-running motion picture franchise of all time, running more than 40 years.

2002 reissue of the original novel. ... The James Bond 007 gun logo James Bond, also known as 007 (pronounced double-oh seven), is a fictional British spy created by writer Ian Fleming in 1953. ...

Top grossing North American films

1. West Side Story
2. Spartacus
3. El Cid
4. Lover Come Back
5. That Touch of Mink
6. tie King of Kings and The Music Man
7. Hatari!, starring John Wayne

West Side Story is a musical written by Arthur Laurents (book), Leonard Bernstein (music), and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics), and was originally produced, choreographed, and directed by Jerome Robbins. ... Spartacus is a 1960 film by Stanley Kubrick based on the historical novel of the same name by Howard Fast. ... El Cid is a 1961 movie which was a highly romanticized story of the life of the Castilian knight El Cid. ... That Touch of Mink is a 1962 romantic comedy starring Cary Grant & Doris Day. ... King of Kings is a 1961 American motion picture epic retelling the story of Jesus from his birth to his crucifixion and resurrection. ... The Music Man is a musical play with book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Willson (story by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey), which opened on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre on December 19, 1957. ... Hatari! is a 1962 American film directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne. ... John Wayne (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), nicknamed Duke, was an American film actor whose career began in silent movies in the 1920s. ...

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: Lawrence of Arabia - Horizon-Spiegel-Lean, Columbia
• Best Actor: Gregory Peck - To Kill a Mockingbird
• Best Actress: Anne Bancroft - The Miracle Worker

Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. ... Lawrence of Arabia is an Academy Award-winning film based with some licence, on the life of T. E. Lawrence, starring Peter OToole as the title character, directed by David Lean and produced by Sam Spiegel, from a script by Richard Bolt and Michael Wilson. ... The Academy Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... Gregory Peck at Cannes, 2000 Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American film actor. ... To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1960 novel by Harper Lee, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961. ... Janet Gaynor getting the first Best Actress Oscar from Douglas Fairbanks Sr. ... Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate Anne Bancroft (September 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005) was an American actress, born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano in The Bronx, New York to Michael and Mildred Italiano, both children of Italian immigrants. ... The Miracle Worker is a play by William Gibson based upon Helen Kellers autobiography, The Story of my Life. ...

Births

• January 1 - Nancy Mette,actress
• January 17 - Jim Carrey, actor, comedian
• July 3 - Tom Cruise, actor
• September 11 - Elizabeth Daily, actress
• September 26 - Melissa Sue Anderson, actress
• October 1 - Esai Morales, actor
• November 11 - Demi Moore,US actress
• November 19 - Jodie Foster, actress and director

January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. ... July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... Tom Cruise as seen on a poster for the 2001 film Vanilla Sky Tom Cruise is the stage name of Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (born 3 July 1962), an American actor and film producer who has starred in a number of top-grossing movies and remains one of the biggest... September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... EG Daily Elizabeth Guttman (born September 11, 1961), better known by her stage names of Elizabeth Daily and E.G. Daily, is an American voice actress, actress, and singer. ... September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining. ... Melissa Sue Anderson Melissa Sue Anderson (born September 26, 1962) is an American actress best known as playing Mary Ingalls in the famous television series Little House on the Prairie. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in Leap years). ... Esai Morales is an actor who has most recently starred as Lt. ... November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... Demi Moore Demi Moore (born Demetria Guynes on November 11, 1962 in Roswell, New Mexico) is an American actress with a trademark husky voice. ... November 19 is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Foster in the movie, Panic Room (2002) Alicia Christian Jodie Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an Oscar-winning American actress and director. ...

Deaths

• January 13 - Ernie Kovacs, comedian, actor
• August 5 - Marilyn Monroe
• December 15 - Charles Laughton, stage and film actor

January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Ernie Kovacs (1919-1962) Ernie Kovacs (January 23, 1919 – January 13, 1962) was a creative and innovative entertainer from the early days of television. ... August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ... Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson, June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962) was a twentieth-century movie star, sex symbol and pop icon. ... December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Charles Laughton as photographed in 1940 by Carl Van Vechten Charles Laughton (July 1, 1899 - December 15, 1962) was a British-born American stage and film actor of partial Irish Catholic extraction. ...

Other movies released

• A Kind of Loving
• Billy Budd
• Birdman of Alcatraz
• Boys' Night Out
• Cape Fear
• Divorce - Italian Style
• Dr. No
• Family Diary
• Girls! Girls! Girls!
• How the West Was Won
• Kid Galahad
• King Kong vs. Godzilla
• Lawrence of Arabia
• Lolita
• Mutiny on the Bounty
• My Name is Ivan
• Requiem for a Heavyweight
• Ride the High Country
• State Fair
• Sweet Bird of Youth
• Taras Bulba
• The Given Word
• The Longest Day
• The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
• The Manchurian Candidate
• The Miracle Worker
• The Phantom of the Opera - Hammer production, starring Herbert Lom
• The Premature Burial
• The Trial of Joan of Arc
• To Kill a Mockingbird
• What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?