1977 in film

none 1977 film radio television music The year 1977 in film involved some significant events, with Star Wars becoming the highest-grossing movie of all-time and notably the releases of Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Annie Hall. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) List of 1977 box office number-one films in the United States The top ten 1977 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: + Highest-grossing films of 1977 Rank Title Distributor Box-office gross 1 Star Wars 20th Century Fox $221,280,994Variety 'Star Wars' B.O. History May 17, 1999 30Block Alex Ben Wilson Lucy Autrey 2010 George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets of Their Financial and Cultural Success HarperCollins 978-0-06-177889-6 519 https://archive.org/details/georgelucassbloc00alex/page/519/mode/2up?view=theater 2 Smokey and the Bandit Universal $126,737,428https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=smokeyandthebandit.htm Box Office Mojo Smokey and the Bandit, Box Office Information January 26, 2012 3Close Encounters of the Third Kind Columbia $116,395,460https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=closeencountersofthethirdkind.htm Box Office Mojo Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Box Office Information May 26, 2014 4 Saturday Night Fever Paramount $94,213,184https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=saturdaynightfever.htm Box Office Mojo Saturday Night Fever, Box Office Information May 26, 2014 5 The Goodbye Girl Warner Bros. $83,700,000The Goodbye Girl (1977) The Numbers https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Goodbye-Girl-The April 2, 2022 6A Bridge Too Far United Artists $50,750,000https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=bridgetoofar.htm Box Office Mojo A Bridge Too Far (1977) , Box Office Information 2016-11-18 7 The Deep Columbia $47,346,365https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0075925/ Box Office Mojo The Deep, Box Office Information April 2, 2022 8 The Spy Who Loved Me United Artists $46,838,673https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=spywholovedme.htm Box Office Mojo The Spy Who Loved Me, Box Office Information January 26, 2012 9Oh, God! Warner Bros. $41,687,243https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0076489/ Box Office Mojo Oh, God! April 2, 2022 10Annie Hall United Artists $38,251,425https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=anniehall.htm Box Office Mojo Annie Hall, Box Office Information January 26, 2012 Events February 23 – During a press conference at Sardi's in Manhattan, it is officially announced that Christopher Reeve will be playing the role of Superman. March 28 – At the 49th Academy Awards, Rocky picks up the Academy Award for Best Picture. Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway, and Beatrice Straight all win Oscars for their performances in Network for Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress, while Jason Robards wins for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in All the President's Men. He will win again the following year, becoming the only person to win two consecutive Best Supporting Actor awards. May 25 – Star Wars opens in theatres and becomes the highest-grossing film of the year. The film revolutionises the use of special effects in film and television production. It also embraces the notion of omitting any sort of opening credits sequence. Lucas, told by the Directors Guild of America that he must have an opening credits sequence, instead distributes the film independently, sans the opening credits. The film's release is often considered one of the most important events in film history. June 22 – Walt Disney Productions releases The Rescuers, which brings back an interest in animation that had been lost to both filmgoers and critics throughout the beginning of the 1970s.http://www.cataroo.com/DBrescu.html Don Bluth The Disney Years: The Rescuers cataroo.com 3 April 2017 November 16 – Close Encounters of the Third Kind opens to widespread critical acclaim and massive box office success, becoming one of the top-grossing films to date and cementing Steven Spielberg's status as one of the most talented and profitable film directors of all time. December 5 – The Solar System, produced and directed by Thomas G. Smith for Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, is released.2020-02-05 Thomas G. Smith Collection https://libraries.indiana.edu/thomas-g-smith-collection 2021-02-02 libraries.indiana.edu en It led to the producer hiring Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), a company producing visual effects for films such as the Star Wars and Indiana Jones films. Awards Category/Organization 35th Golden Globe AwardsJanuary 28, 1978 31st BAFTA AwardsMarch 16, 1978 50th Academy AwardsApril 3, 1978 Drama Musical or Comedy Best Film The Turning Point The Goodbye Girl Annie Hall Best Director Herbert RossThe Turning Point Woody AllenAnnie Hall Best Actor Richard BurtonEquus Richard DreyfussThe Goodbye Girl Peter FinchNetwork Richard DreyfussThe Goodbye Girl Best Actress Jane FondaJulia Diane KeatonAnnie HallMarsha MasonThe Goodbye Girl Diane KeatonAnnie Hall Best Supporting Actor Peter FirthEquus Edward FoxA Bridge Too Far Jason RobardsJulia Best Supporting Actress Vanessa RedgraveJulia Jenny AgutterEquus Vanessa RedgraveJulia Best Screenplay, Adapted Neil SimonThe Goodbye Girl Woody Allen and Marshall BrickmanAnnie Hall Alvin SargentJulia Best Screenplay, Original Woody Allen and Marshall BrickmanAnnie Hall Best Original Score John WilliamsStar Wars John AddisonA Bridge Too Far John WilliamsStar WarsJonathan TunickA Little Night Music Best Original Song "You Light Up My Life"You Light Up My Life N/A "You Light Up My Life"You Light Up My Life Best Foreign Language Film A Special Day N/A Madame Rosa Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): Father and Master (Padre padrone), directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Italy Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival): The Ascent (Voskhozhdeniye), directed by Larisa Shepitko, USSR 1977 films By country/region List of American films of 1977 List of Argentine films of 1977 List of Australian films of 1977 List of Bangladeshi films of 1977 List of British films of 1977 List of Canadian films of 1977 List of French films of 1977 List of Hong Kong films of 1977 List of Indian films of 1977 List of Hindi films of 1977 List of Kannada films of 1977 List of Malayalam films of 1977 List of Marathi films of 1977 List of Tamil films of 1977 List of Telugu films of 1977 List of Japanese films of 1977 List of Mexican films of 1977 List of Pakistani films of 1977 List of South Korean films of 1977 List of Soviet films of 1977 List of Spanish films of 1977 By genre/medium List of action films of 1977 List of animated feature films of 1977 List of avant-garde films of 1977 List of comedy films of 1977 List of drama films of 1977 List of horror films of 1977 List of science fiction films of 1977 List of thriller films of 1977 List of western films of 1977 Births January 1 Steven Robertson, Scottish actor Jerry Yan, Taiwanese actor, model and singer January 6 – Genevieve O'Reilly, Irish actress January 7 – Dustin Diamond, American actor (d. 2021) January 8 – Amber Benson, American actress January 11 James Huang, American actor, producer and director Devin Ratray, American actor, producer and writer January 12 – Piolo Pascual, Filipino actorhttps://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-14230-71946-62 Philippines, Manila, Civil Registration, 1899-1984 Image Philippines, Manila, Civil Registration, 1899-1984; pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-14230-71946-62 — FamilySearch.org FamilySearch August 23, 2015 January 13 – Orlando Bloom, English actorOrlando Bloom https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bbbe788c1 https://web.archive.org/web/20160528233140/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bbbe788c1 dead May 28, 2016 BFI 8 January 2022 en January 14 – Ruco Chan, Hong Kong actor January 15 – Ronald Zehrfeld, German actor January 17 – Leigh Whannell, Australian screenwriter, actor, producer and director January 19 Rob Delaney, American comedian, actor and writer Taliesin Jaffe, American voice actor January 21 - Jerry Trainor, American actor January 22 - Matthew Newton, Australian actor, writer and director January 23 - Christian Tessier, Canadian actor and singer January 24 - Johann Urb, Estonian-American actor January 26 - Hemky Madera, American actor January 28 Zhao Tao, Chinese actress Joey Fatone, American singer and actor January 29 Justin Hartley, American actor Sam Jaeger, American actor and screenwriter January 31 Bobby Moynihan, American actor, comedian and writer Kerry Washington, American actress February 6 - Josh Stewart, American actor February 7 - Susanne Pollatschek, Scottish-British actress February 9 – A. 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Buckley, Irish-Canadian actor February 16 – Paul Brittain, American actor and comedian February 17 – Isaac Kappy, American actor and musician (d. 2019)https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/isaac-kappy-death-cause-age-thor-terminator-salvation-paris-jackson-a8914356.html Isaac Kappy death: Thor and Breaking Bad actor dies, aged 42 Loughrey Clarisse May 15, 2019 The Independent May 4, 2020 February 18 Ike Barinholtz, American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer Kristoffer Polaha, American actor February 21 – Cyrine Abdelnour, Lebanese actress, and model February 24 Libero De Rienzo, Italian actor (d. 2021) Kate Mulvany, Australian actress, playwright and screenwriter February 25 - Ingrid Oliver, British actress and comedian February 26 – James Wan, Australian director, producer and screenwriter February 27 – Ji Sung, South Korean actor March 2 – Heather McComb, American actress March 8 – James Van Der Beek, American actor (d. 2026)https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/feb/12/james-van-der-beek-obituary James Van Der Beek obituary 12 February 2026 Anthony Hayward Guardian 23 March 2026 March 9 – Lydia Mackay, American voice actress March 13 - Adam G. Simon, American actor and screenwriter March 15 – Brian Tee, Japanese-born American actor March 19 Jorma Taccone, American comedian, director, actor and writer Ebon Moss-Bachrach, American actor March 22 – Anabel Rodríguez Ríos, Venezuelan film director and screenwriterAnabel Rodríguez Ríos https://www.sensacine.com.mx/actores/actor-897187/biografia/ 28 March 2021 SensaCine México March 23 Daniel Espinosa, Swedish director Joanna Page, Welsh actress and producer Edwin Siu, Hong Kong actor and singer Clayton Watson, Australian producer, actor, writer and director March 24 Olivia Burnette, American actress Jessica Chastain, American actressThomson David The New Biographical Dictionary of Film: Sixth Edition https://books.google.com/books?id=Qt2BAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT510 May 6, 2014 Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 978-1-101-87470-7 510 October 25, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20171107085211/https://books.google.com/books?id=Qt2BAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT510 November 7, 2017 live March 25 – Édgar Ramírez, Venezuelan actor March 28 – Annie Wersching, American actress (d. 2023) April 2 – Michael Fassbender, Irish-German actorhttps://apnews.com/article/michael-fassbender-christopher-meloni-adam-rodriguez-clark-gregg-pedro-pascal-666ada19aa45cc35fede345f5eebcccb Tomorrow's birthdays Associated Press 1 April 2021 14 June 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210614054327/https://apnews.com/article/michael-fassbender-christopher-meloni-adam-rodriguez-clark-gregg-pedro-pascal-666ada19aa45cc35fede345f5eebcccb 14 June 2021 live April 3 – Alice Lowe, English actress, writer and comedian April 6 Bill Holderman, American director, screenwriter and producer Nacho Vigalondo, Spanish filmmaker April 8 – Ana de la Reguera, Mexican actress April 10 – Stephanie Sheh, American voice actress April 14 Jon Daly, American actor, comedian, writer and producer Sarah Michelle Gellar, American actress Rob McElhenney, American actor, writer, and producer April 16 – Tameka Empson, English actress April 19 – Bryan Spears, American film and television producerSpears Lynne Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World 2008 Thomas Nelson Inc. 9781418567354 20 April 20 – Robert Wilfort, English actor April 23 John Cena, American professional wrestler and actor Eric Edelstein, American actor John Oliver, British-American comedian, producer, actor and television host Kal Penn, American actor April 24 Eric Balfour, American actor and singer Rebecca Mader, English actress April 25 Marguerite Moreau, American actress Jessica Prunell, American former child actress April 26 Jason Earles, American actor Tom Welling, American actor McKenzie Westmore, American actress and singer May 2 – Jenna von Oÿ, American actress May 3 – Jeffrey Garcia, American actor and stand-up comedian May 4 - Emily Perkins, Canadian actress May 5 – Virginie Efira, Belgian-French actress May 10 – Todd Lowe, American actor May 11 - Andy On, American actor and martial artist May 12 Michael Jelenic, American animator, storyboard artist, screenwriter, producer and director Rachel Wilson, Canadian actress May 13 – Samantha Morton, English actress May 14 – Jacky Ido, Burkinabé-born French actor May 15 – Ben Whitehead, English actor, voice artist and read-in artist May 16 Lynn Collins, American actress Melanie Lynskey, New Zealand actress Emilíana Torrini, Icelandic singer May 18 – Evan Helmuth, American actor (d. 2017) May 19 – Kelly Sheridan, Canadian voice actress May 20 Matt Czuchry, American actor Angela Goethals, American former actress May 23 Caroline Amiguet, French actress Richard Ayoade, British comedian, actor, filmmaker, writer, author and television presenter Heather Wahlquist, American actress May 25 - Julian Bailey, Canadian actor May 27 – Anna Maxwell Martin, British actress May 31 – Eric Christian Olsen, American actor June 1 Christian Ditter, German director, producer and screenwriter Danielle Harris, American actress June 2 – Zachary Quinto, American actor June 5 – Liza Weil, American actress June 11 - Shane Meier, Canadian actor June 14 – Sullivan Stapleton, Australian actor June 20 - Ronnie Gene Blevins, American character actor June 22 Bernadette Heerwagen, German actress Denis Moschitto, German actor June 23 - Sian Heder, American filmmaker June 25 – Josh Braaten, American actor June 29 - Jeff Baena, American screenwriter and director (d. 2025) June 30 – Christopher Sommers, Irish actor July 1 – Liv Tyler, American actress July 4 – Vesela Kazakova, Bulgarian actress July 6 – Audrey Fleurot, French actress July 8 – Milo Ventimiglia, American actor July 10 Chiwetel Ejiofor, English actor Cary Joji Fukunaga, American director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer Gwendoline Yeo, Singaporean actress July 11 - Edward Moss (impersonator), American actor July 12 - Steve Howey, American actor July 13 Ashley Scott, American actress Kari Wahlgren, American voice actress July 14 - Tim Downie, English actor and writer July 15 - Lana Parrilla, American actress July 18 Daniel and Luis Moncada, Honduran-American actors Kelly Reilly, English actress July 22 Joaquim Dos Santos, Portuguese-American animator, storyboard artist, director, producer and writer Parisa Fitz-Henley, Jamaican-born American actress July 23 - Shane McRae, American actor July 24 Danny Dyer, English actor and presenter Michelle Buteau, American actress and comedian July 26 Tony Sampson, Canadian oiler, former actor and voice artist Rebecca St. James, Australian-American singer-songwriter and actress July 27 – Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Irish actor July 30 Javier Botet, Spanish actor Jaime Pressly, American actress August 2 Edward Furlong, American actor Artemis Pebdani, American actress Krzysztof Soszynski, Polish-Canadian actor and retired mixed martial artist August 3 – Tómas Lemarquis, French-Icelandic actor August 8 – Lindsay Sloane, American actress August 10 – Yeşim Büber, Turkish actress August 13 - Damian O'Hare, Irish actor August 18 Mizuo Peck, American actress Dar Salim, Iraqi-born Danish actor August 19 - Sara Martins, Portuguese-French actress August 23 – Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Ghanaian-British actor August 25 - Jonathan Togo, American actor August 26 - Patrick Kennedy, English actor and director August 30 Raúl Castillo, American actor Michael Gladis, American actor Elden Henson, American actor September 3 Chen Shu, Chinese actress and singer James Daniel Wilson, English actor and writer September 6 - Bertie Carvel, British actor September 8 – Nate Corddry, American actor and comedian September 11 – Ludacris, American actor and rapper September 15 – Tom Hardy, English actor September 19 – Kyle Cease, American actor and comedian September 25 Divya Dutta, Indian actress Clea DuVall, American actress Joel David Moore, American character actor and director September 27 Michael C. Maronna, American actor Dan Starkey, English actor September 29 - Sasha Rionda, Mexican actress October 1 - Anna Madeley, English actress October 3 – Hassan Johnson, American actor, model and producer October 5 Randy Havens, American actor Luke Roberts, English actor October 7 – Brandon Quinn, American actor October 8 Jamie Marchi, American voice actress Travis Wester, American actor October 9 - Sam Spruell, British actor October 10 - Ali Suliman, Palestinian-Israeli actor October 11 – Matthew Bomer, American actor October 14 - Carmen Soo, Malaysian actress October 16 – Tamara Podemski, Canadian actress October 17 - Alimi Ballard, American actor October 18 – Peter Sohn, American animator, voice actor, storyboard artist and director October 19 – Jason Reitman, Canadian-American actor and filmmaker October 20 – Sam Witwer, American actor and musician October 26 – Jon Heder, American actor October 28 - Miloud Mourad Benamara, Algerian-born Italian actor October 29 Jon Abrahams, American actor Brendan Fehr, Canadian actor November 1 - Martin Copping, Australian actor November 2 – Randy Harrison, American actor November 3 – Greg Plitt, American fitness model and actor (d. 2015) November 4 – Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Irish actor November 10 – Brittany Murphy, American actress (d. 2009) November 11 – Scoot McNairy, American actor November 14 – Brian Dietzen, American actor November 15 Sean Murray, American actor Ursula Yovich, Aboriginal Australian actress and singer November 16 – Maggie Gyllenhaal, American actress November 18 - Miranda Raison, British-French actress November 19 – Reid Scott, American actor November 21 – Michael Sorvino, American actor and producer November 23 – Lateef Crowder dos Santos, Brazilian-American actor and stuntman November 24 – Colin Hanks, American actor, director and producer November 25 - Lisa Dwan, Irish actress November 30 - Nelsan Ellis, American actor (d. 2017) December 1 Akiva Schaffer, American writer, director, actor, comedian and musician Nate Torrence, American comedic actor December 5 – Armando Riesco, Puerto Rican actor December 6 - Jefferson Hall, English actor December 7 - Chris Chalk, American actor December 8 Maarja Jakobson, Estonian actress Matthias Schoenaerts, Belgian actor December 10 – Emmanuelle Chriqui, Canadian actress December 15 – Geoff Stults, American actor December 17 - Katheryn Winnick, Canadian actress December 21 Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine, American actress Kevin Miller, American voice actor, comedian and podcast host Gregory Siff, American writer and actor December 24 - Michael Raymond-James, American actor December 28 Vanessa Ferlito, American actress Michael Spears, Indigenous American actor December 30 – Lucy Punch, English actress December 31 - Psy, South Korean singer Deaths Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films January 3 Tom Gries 54 US Director Will Penny The Hawaiians 5 Onslow Stevens 74 US Actor Appointment in Berlin Angel on My Shoulder 6 Niall MacGinnis 63 Ireland Actor Martin Luther Helen of Troy 12 Henri-Georges Clouzot 69 France Director, Screenwriter The Wages of Fear Les Diaboliques 14 Peter Finch 60 UK Actor Network Sunday Bloody Sunday 18 Yvonne Printemps 82 France Actress, Singer Le Voyage en Amérique The Duel 26 Margaret Hayes 60 US Actress Blackboard Jungle Good Day for a Hanging 31 Daniel Mainwaring 74 US Screenwriter Out of the Past Invasion of the Body Snatchers February 3 Pauline Starke 76 US Actress The Viking What Men Want 17 Edward G. Boyle 78 Canada Production Designer The Apartment Gone with the Wind 18 Andy Devine 71 US Actor Stagecoach The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 22 Edith Barrett 70 US Actress Ladies in Retirement I Walked with a Zombie 27 Allison Hayes 46 US Actress Count Three and Pray Gunslinger 28 Eddie "Rochester" Anderson 71 US Actor Cabin in the Sky It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World March 8 Henry Hull 86 US Actor Werewolf of London The Buccaneer 25 Nunnally Johnson 79 US Screenwriter, Director The Grapes of Wrath The Dirty Dozen 27 Diana Hyland 41 US Actress One Man's Way The Chase April 17 Marjorie Gateson 86 US Actress Private Number The King's Vacation 19 Marion Gering 75 Russia Director Devil and the Deep Rumba 21 Gummo Marx 83 US Actor, Agent 28 Ricardo Cortez 76 US Actor The Case of the Black Cat The Maltese Falcon May 10 Joan Crawford 71 US Actress Mildred Pierce What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 15 Herbert Wilcox 87 UK Director, Producer Odette Irene 21 Dorothy Christy 70 US Actress Parlor, Bedroom and Bath Bright Eyes 31 William Castle 63 US Producer, Director Rosemary's Baby House on Haunted Hill June 2 Stephen Boyd 45 Ireland Actor Ben-Hur Fantastic Voyage 3 Roberto Rossellini 71 Italy Director, Screenwriter Rome, Open City Germany, Year Zero 5 Luis César Amadori 75 Italy/Argentina Director, Screenwriter Almafuerte Albéniz 13 Matthew Garber 21 UK Actor Mary Poppins The Gnome-Mobile 14 Alan Reed 69 US Actor Friendly Persuasion The Desperate Hours 19 Geraldine Brooks 51 US Actress An Act of Murder The Reckless Moment 20 Abner Biberman 68 US Director, Actor The Night Runner Behind the High Wall July 2 William H. Ziegler 67 US Film Editor My Fair Lady Auntie Mame 22 Erik Chitty 70 UK Actor Doctor Zhivago Lola August 3 Alfred Lunt 84 US Actor Sally of the Sawdust Second Youth 14 George Oppenheimer 77 US Screenwriter Libeled Lady Adventures of Don Juan 16 Elvis Presley 42 US Actor, Singer Love Me Tender Blue Hawaii 17 Delmer Daves 73 US Screenwriter, Director 3:10 to Yuma Dark Passage 19 Groucho Marx 86 US Actor, Screenwriter Duck Soup A Night at the Opera 19 Peter Dyneley 56 UK Actor Thunderbirds Are Go Thunderbird 6 21 Danny Lockin 34 US Actor Hello Dolly! 22 Sebastian Cabot 59 UK Actor The Time Machine The Jungle Book 22 Alex Segal 62 US Director Ransom! Harlow 29 Jean Hagen 54 US Actress Singin' in the Rain The Asphalt Jungle 31 H. C. Potter 72 US Director Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House The Farmer's Daughter September 2 Stephen Dunne 59 US Actor Ten Thousand Bedrooms The Woman from Tangier 8 Zero Mostel 62 US Actor The Producers A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum October 3 Tay Garnett 83 US Director The Postman Always Rings Twice Cheers for Miss Bishop 5 Fred F. Finklehoffe 67 US Screenwriter Meet Me in St. Louis The Stooge 14 Bing Crosby 74 US Actor, Singer Going My Way White Christmas 31 Joan Tetzel 56 US Actress The Paradine Case The File on Thelma Jordon November 4 Betty Balfour 74 UK Actress Champagne 29 Acacia Avenue 9 Gertrude Astor 90 US Actress The Strong Man The Cat and the Canary 15 William C. McGann 84 US Director Times Square Playboy Girls on Probation 18 Victor Francen 89 Belgium Actor San Antonio Hell and High Water 25 Richard Carlson 65 US Actor Creature from the Black Lagoon The Helen Morgan Story 30 Olga Petrova 93 UK Actress, Screenwriter Exile To the Death 30 Terence Rattigan 66 UK Screenwriter The Yellow Rolls-Royce The V.I.P.s December 4 Leila Hyams 72 US Actress Freaks Island of Lost Souls 18 Cyril Ritchard 79 Australia Actor Blackmail Half a Sixpence 19 Jacques Tourneur 73 France Director Out of the Past Cat People 25 Charlie Chaplin 88 UK Actor, Director, Screenwriter The Great Dictator Modern Times 26 Howard Hawks 81 US Director The Big Sleep Rio Bravo 28 Charlotte Greenwood 87 US Actress Oklahoma! The Opposite Sex Film debuts Jeannetta Arnette – Teenage Graffiti Raymond J. Barry – Between the Lines Tom Berenger – The Sentinel Demián Bichir – Fantoche Hart Bochner – Islands in the Stream Powers Boothe – The Goodbye Girl Carole Bouquet – That Obscure Object of Desire Guy Boyd – Between the Lines Joan Chen – Youth Beverly D'Angelo – The Sentinel Judy Davis – High Rolling Brian Dennehy – Looking for Mr. Goodbar Fran Drescher – Saturday Night Fever Danny Elfman (film composer) – I Never Promised You a Rose Garden Charles Fleischer – One on One Mel Gibson – Summer City Gary Grubbs – For the Love of Benji Steve Guttenberg – Rollercoaster Luis Guzmán – Short Eyes Mark Hamill – Wizards John Heard – Between the Lines Helen Hunt – Rollercoaster Michael Ironside – Outrageous! Krystyna Janda – Pani Bovary to ja Mimí Lazo – The Smoking Fish Bruce McGill – Handle with Care Michael McKean – Cracking Up Kevin McNally – The Spy Who Loved Me Richard Moll – Brigham Joe Morton – Between the Lines Paul Pape – Saturday Night Fever Pete Postlethwaite – The Duellists Bill Raymond – Sudden Death Sheryl Lee Ralph – A Piece of the Action Sy Richardson – Cinderella Richard Riehle – Joyride Chelcie Ross – Keep My Grave Open William Sanderson – Fight for Your Life Tony Sirico – Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell Meryl Streep – Julia Sven-Ole Thorsen – Mind Your Back, Professor Stephen Tobolowsky – Keep My Grave Open Craig Wasson – Rollercoaster Sigourney Weaver – Annie Hall Robin Williams – Can I Do It... 'Till I Need Glasses? Lambert Wilson – Julia Rita Wilson – The Day It Came to Earth Penelope Wilton – Joseph Andrews References External links List of 1977 films at IMDb 1977 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo List of 1977 deaths at IMDb List of 1977 births at IMDb Film Category:Film by year