1975 in film

none 1975 film radio television music The year 1975 in film involved some significant events, most notably the release of Steven Spielberg's Jaws, as well as the releases of two highly acclaimed films, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The 20th Century-Fox company celebrated its 40th anniversary. Events January: The government of India sets up the National Film Development Company with an objective of planning, promoting and organizing an integrated and efficient development of the Indian Film Industry.Gene Brown The New York Times Encyclopedia of Film: 1975-1976 Times Books 1984 33 March 26: The film version of The Who's Tommy premieres in London. May 26: In order to create the necessary special effects for his film, Star Wars, George Lucas forms Industrial Light and Magic.https://www.nbcchicago.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/Industrial-Light-Magic-40-Years-of-Unforgettable-Star-Wars-Moments-313454061.html 'Star Wars' and Industrial Light & Magic: 40 Years of 'Magic' Moments Bertram Colin July 11, 2015 NBC Chicago November 9, 2018 June 20: Jaws is released and becomes the highest-grossing movie of the year and the first movie to earn $100 million in US and Canadian theatrical rentals,Daily Variety October 26, 1976 Day-By-Day News Summary, Oct. '75-Sept. '76 206 setting the standard for future blockbusters. August 14: The cult classic film The Rocky Horror Picture Show premieres in London.The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0073629/ March 8, 2024 Box Office Mojo August 15: Sholay, directed by Ramesh Sippy, produced by his father G. P. Sippy, and written by Salim–Javed, is released in Bombay. The film stars Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Hema Malini, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, and Amjad Khan. When first released, Sholay receives negative critical reviews and a tepid commercial response, but favourable word-of-mouth publicity helps it to become a box office success. It breaks records for continuous showings in many theatres across India. It is the highest-grossing Indian film ever at this time, and is the highest-grossing film in India up until Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994). By numerous accounts, Sholay remains one of the highest-grossing Indian films of all time, adjusted for inflation. Sholay is often regarded as one of the greatest and most influential Indian films of all time. November 2: Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini is brutally murdered in Ostia (Rome), apparently for political reasons.https://ilglobo.com.au/news/33313/the-violent-death-of-inconvenient-intellect-pier-paolo-pasolini/ The violent death of "inconvenient" intellect, Pier Paolo Pasolini — Italianmedia ilglobo.com.au October 20, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20200811183745/https://ilglobo.com/news/the-violent-death-of-inconvenient-intellect-pier-paolo-pasolini-33313/ August 11, 2020 November 23: Sneak Previews, the first American film review show, premieres and launches the careers of critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. They remained as a team, and a staple among film critics, through various programs for the next twenty-four years. December: Warner Bros. reorganizes following John Calley's decision to step down as president-COO. Frank Wells returns as president and shares CEO duties with Ted Ashley, who also returns as chairman. December 23: Bernard Herrmann completes recording his film soundtrack for Taxi Driver, dying the following day.https://www.nytimes.com/1975/12/25/archives/bernard-herrmann-composer-oscar-winner-for-score-dead.html Bernard Herrmann, Composer, Oscar Winner for Score, Dead 1975-12-24 The New York Times 2018-02-15 Highest-grossing films North America List of 1975 box office number-one films in the United States The top ten 1975 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: #b6fcb6;" Indicates films currently in theatrical release in the week commencing . film currently playing + Highest-grossing films of 1975 Rank Title Distributor Domestic rentals 1 Jaws Universal $133,400,000Finler Joel Waldo 2003 The Hollywood Story Wallflower Press 978-1-903364-66-6 360–361 2One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest United Artists $59,200,000 3 The Rocky Horror Picture Show film currently playing 20th Century Fox $50,420,000Due to The Rocky Horror Picture Shows unusually long theatrical run, this figure may not accurately reflect its 1975 gross. 4 Shampoo Columbia $23,822,000Top 20 Films of 1975 by Domestic Revenue 5 Dog Day Afternoon Warner Bros. $22,500,000 6 The Return of the Pink Panther United Artists $20,017,000 7 Three Days of the Condor Paramount $20,014,000 8 Funny Lady Columbia $19,313,000 9 The Other Side of the Mountain Universal $18,012,000 10 Tommy Columbia $17,793,000 International The highest-grossing 1975 films in countries outside of North America. International market Film Admissions Revenue Production country Ref Reference(s) Local currency US$ Brazil The Towering Inferno 10,377,230 United States Les Entrees Au Bresil: 1975 Entries in Brazil: 1975 http://www.jpbox-office.com/v9_charts_total.php?filtre=datebresil&variable=1975&view=36 live 2022-04-02 JP's Box-Office fr https://web.archive.org/web/20220402192047/http://www.jpbox-office.com/v9_charts_total.php?filtre=datebresil&variable=1975&view=36 2022-04-02 France The Towering Inferno 4,466,376 United States Bilan Annuel France – 1975 http://www.jpbox-office.com/bilanfr.php?year=1975 JP's Box-Office 12 December 2018 West Germany Jaws 7,000,000 United States Bilan Annuel Allemagne – 1975 http://www.jpbox-office.com/bilanall.php?year=1975 JP's Box-Office 12 December 2018 India Sholay 150,000,000+ 350,000,000 $41,790,000 India 2015 AskIndicine: Live QnA starts at 4:30PM https://www.indicine.com/movies/bollywood/askindicine-live-qna-starts-at-430pm/ live 2022-03-29 Indicine en-US https://web.archive.org/web/20150816125918/http://www.indicine.com:80/movies/bollywood/askindicine-live-qna-starts-at-430pm/ 2015-08-16 Sholay in India: 350 million at Indian box office,Sholay emerges as Bollywood's most successful re-run product even after 20 years https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-and-the-arts/films/story/19950915-sholay-emerges-as-bollywoods-most-successful-re-run-product-even-after-20-years-807750-1995-09-14 India Today 15 September 1995 8.3759 Indian rupees per US dollar in 1975Pacific Exchange Rate Service http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/etc/USDpages.pdf#page=3 UBC Sauder School of Business University of British Columbia 3 21 November 2017 n Sholay Italy My Friends 10,467,254 Italy Bilan Annuel Italie – 1975 http://www.jpbox-office.com/bilanitalie.php?year=1975 JP's Box-Office 12 December 2018 Japan The Towering Inferno 3,640,000,000 United States 1976 1975年度日本映画/外国映画業界総決算 Kinema Junpo Kinema Junposha 1976年（昭和51年）2月下旬号 117 ja Soviet Union Bobby 62,600,000 15,650,000 Rbls $21,440,000 India Bobby in the Soviet Union: 15.65 million Rbls62.6 million tickets sold,http://kinanet.livejournal.com/1469857.html Зарубежные популярные фильмы в советском кинопрокате (Индия) Sergey Kudryavtsev average ticket price of 25 kopecksMoscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War, page 48, Cornell University Press, 2011 nb (US$21.44 million,0.73 Rbl per US dollar in 1975Archive of Bank of Russia http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls nb 19.24 crore)8.973 Indian rupees per US dollar in 1975https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/PublicationsView.aspx?id=15268 Reserve Bank of India - Publications nb in 1975 n Bobby Spain Jaws 5,918,754 United States Bilan Annuel Espagne – 1975 http://www.jpbox-office.com/bilanespagne.php?year=1975 JP's Box-Office 12 December 2018 United Kingdom Jaws 16,200,000 £11,800,000 $11.8 GBR 1975 yes,000,000United States BFI Statistical Yearbook 2013 2012 British Film Institute London https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-statistical-yearbook-2013.pdf 22 & 32 8 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131228060414/http://www.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-statistical-yearbook-2013.pdf 28 December 2013 live dmy-all Jaws 28 November 2004 British Film Institute http://old.bfi.org.uk/features/ultimatefilm/chart/details.php?ranking=14 24 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20120803010001/http://old.bfi.org.uk/features/ultimatefilm/chart/details.php?ranking=14 3 August 2012 dead United States & Canada Jaws 128,078,800 $260,000,000 $260,000,000United States Jaws (1975) https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jaws.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm Box Office Mojo 12 December 2018 Worldwide gross The following table lists known worldwide gross figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1975. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1975. This list also includes gross revenue from later re-releases. Title Admissions () Revenue Country Jaws 242,800,000Guinness World Records 2015 2014 60 9781908843708 160–161 Records Guinness World https://archive.org/details/GuinnessWorldRecords2015 $470,653,000 United StatesOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 78,706,404One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest box office admissions: United States and Canada 53,685,400One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) Domestic Total Est. Tickets https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=oneflewoverthecuckoosnest.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm Box Office Mojo 5 January 2019 United Kingdom 9.65millionThe Ultimate Film Chart http://old.bfi.org.uk/features/ultimatefilm/chart/ British Film Institute 5 January 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20120803005823/http://old.bfi.org.uk/features/ultimatefilm/chart/ 3 August 2012 dead France, Germany 10,374,879One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=8243 JP's Box-Office 5 January 2019 Spain, Denmark 4,996,125Пролетая над гнездом кукушки (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1975) Премьеры https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/chelyusti-1975-396/dates/ KinoPoisk 5 January 2019 ru-RU n The Rocky Horror Picture Show 58,431,570The Rocky Horror Picture Show box office admissions: North America 55,069,400The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) Domestic Total Est. Tickets https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=rockyhorrorpictureshow.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm Box Office Mojo 5 January 2019 France, Germany 3,362,170The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=8302 JP's Box-Office 5 January 2019 n $166,000,000The Rocky Horror Picture Show gross revenue: North America $139,876,417Box Office Information for The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The Numbers. Retrieved 25 August 2013. International to 1990 $24,324,290 Screen International 27 March 1993 23 The long, Rocky road to profit International since 2007 $2,628,789The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0073629/ March 8, 2024 Box Office Mojo United Kingdom £600,000Hemley Matthew Rocky Horror Show tops UK cinema box office https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2015/rocky-horror-show-tops-uk-cinema-box-office/ The Stage 18 September 2015 (600000 GBR 2015 yes no) included above n United Kingdom United States Sholay 250,000,000Mitra Sumit After series of box-office duds, Ramesh Sippy strikes back with romantic venture Saagar https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19850731-after-series-of-box-office-duds-ramesh-sippy-strikes-back-with-romantic-venture-saagar-770238-2013-12-27 7 February 2019 India Today 31 July 1985 $70,000,000Sholay estimated gross revenue million ( million no) India (1975 release) 350 million (41.79 million no) Soviet Union (1979 release) 28.2 million noSee List of highest-grossing films in the Soviet Union Highest-grossing foreign films. n India Dog Day Afternoon 24,861,525Dog Day Afternoon box office admissions: North America 24,390,200Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Domestic Total Est. Tickets https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=dogdayafternoon.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm Box Office Mojo 5 January 2019 France 471,325Dog Day Afternoon (1975) http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=8315 JP's Box-Office 5 January 2019 n United States Awards Awards ceremonies Academy Awards - March 29, 1976 (ABC) BAFTA Awards - March 17, 1976 Golden Globe Awards - January 24, 1976 Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival) 13 to 28 May 1976: Chronicle of the Years of Fire (Chronique des années de braise) Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival) 25 June to 6 July 1976: Adoption (Örökbefogadás) Notable awards Category/Organization Golden Globe AwardsJanuary 24, 1976 BAFTA AwardsFebruary 29, 1976 Academy AwardsMarch 29, 1976 Comedy or Musical Drama Best Film The Sunshine Boys One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Best Director Miloš FormanOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Stanley KubrickBarry Lyndon Miloš FormanOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Best Actor Walter MatthauThe Sunshine Boys Jack NicholsonOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Al PacinoDog Day Afternoon / The Godfather Part II Jack NicholsonOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Best Actress Ann-MargretTommy Louise FletcherOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Ellen BurstynAlice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Louise FletcherOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Best Supporting Actor Richard BenjaminThe Sunshine Boys Fred AstaireThe Towering Inferno George BurnsThe Sunshine Boys Best Supporting Actress Brenda VaccaroOnce Is Not Enough Diane LaddAlice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Lee GrantShampoo Best Screenplay, Adapted One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest<br/ >Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman Alice Doesn't Live Here AnymoreRobert Getchell One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestLawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman Best Screenplay, Original Dog Day AfternoonFrank Pierson Best Original Score John WilliamsJaws John WilliamsJawsThe Towering Inferno John WilliamsJawsLeonard RosenmanBarry Lyndon Best Original Song "I'm Easy"Nashville N/A "I'm Easy"Nashville Best Foreign Language Film Lies My Father Told Me N/A Dersu Uzala 1975 films By country/region List of American films of 1975 List of Argentine films of 1975 List of Australian films of 1975 List of Bangladeshi films of 1975 List of British films of 1975 List of Canadian films of 1975 List of French films of 1975 List of Hong Kong films of 1975 List of Indian films of 1975 List of Hindi films of 1975 List of Kannada films of 1975 List of Malayalam films of 1975 List of Marathi films of 1975 List of Tamil films of 1975 List of Telugu films of 1975 List of Japanese films of 1975 List of Mexican films of 1975 List of Pakistani films of 1975 List of South Korean films of 1975 List of Soviet films of 1975 List of Spanish films of 1975 By genre/medium List of action films of 1975 List of animated feature films of 1975 List of avant-garde films of 1975 List of comedy films of 1975 List of drama films of 1975 List of horror films of 1975 List of science fiction films of 1975 List of thriller films of 1975 List of western films of 1975 Births January 1 Sonali Bendre, Indian actress Toni Ann Gisondi, American child actress January 2: Dax Shepard, American actor January 3 Jason Marsden, American actor Danica McKellar, American actress January 5: Bradley Cooper, American actor and film director January 6: Nicole DeHuff, American actress (d. 2005) January 9: Patrick Sabongui, Canadian actor and stunt performer January 15: Jorge R. Gutierrez, Mexican animator, director, writer and voice actor January 16: Julie Ann Emery, American actress January 18: Sean Huze, American actor and screenwriter Aleksandra Woźniak, Polish actresshttps://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?osoba=1118895 filmpolski.pl pl Aleksandra Woźniak January 22: Balthazar Getty, American actor and musician January 25: Dat Phan, Vietnamese-American stand-up comedian and actor January 29: Kelly Packard, American actress January 31: Preity Zinta, Indian actress February 3: Terry Chen, Canadian actor February 4: Natalie Imbruglia, Australian-British singer and actress February 5: Alison Hammond, English television personality and actress February 7: Dan Green, American voice actor, voice director and screenwriter February 9: Rawson Marshall Thurber, American filmmaker and actor February 10: Scott Elrod, American former actor February 17: Raymond S. Persi, American animator, director, screenwriter, producer, storyboard artist and voice actor February 18: Hristo Zhivkov, Bulgarian actor (d. 2023) February 22: Drew Barrymore, American actress and director February 23: Callan Mulvey, Australian actor February 27: Quentin Kenihan, Australian writer and actor (d. 2018) March 2: Lee Sun-kyun, South Korean actor (d. 2023) March 3: Patric Chiha, Austrian film director and screenwriterPatric Chiha https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne=94124.html 14 August 2022 AlloCiné fr 22 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220122223939/https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne=94124.html live Tiger Chen, Chinese martial artist, actor and stuntman March 9: Chaske Spencer, American actor and producer March 10: Yee Jee Tso, Canadian actor March 11: Josh Robert Thompson, American voice actor, actor, comedian and impressionist March 15: Eva Longoria, American actress, director and producer Will.i.am, American actor and singer/rapper March 16: Sienna Guillory, English actress March 17: Natalie Zea, American actress March 18: Charles Parnell, American actor March 21: Justin Pierce, American-British actor and skateboarder (d. 2000) March 22: Guillermo Diaz, American actor Nathan Greno, American director and writer Cole Hauser, American actor March 24: Brennan Elliott, Canadian actor April 2: Deedee Magno, Filipino-American actress and singer Pedro Pascal, Chilean and American actor Adam Rodriguez, American actor April 6: Zach Braff, American actor, director, screenwriter and producer April 10: David Harbour, American actor April 11: Gloria Calderón Kellett, American writer, producer, director and actress April 12: Camila Morgado, Brazilian actress April 13: Angus MacLane, American director, animator, screenwriter and voice actor April 14: Amy Birnbaum, American voice actress Anderson Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist and boxer. April 15: Elissa Knight, American employee at Pixar and voice actress April 21: Charlie O'Connell, American actor April 27: Erica Schroeder, American voice actress April 30: Johnny Galecki, American actor May 2: Jenna Lamia, American actress and writer May 3: Christina Hendricks, American actress Dulé Hill, American actor May 4: Óscar Jaenada, Spanish actor May 8: Wilmer Calderon, Puerto Rican-American actor May 9: Chris Diamantopoulos, Greek-Canadian actor and voice artist May 22: Stephen Walters, English actor May 24: Will Sasso, Canadian-American actor, comedian, voice actor and podcaster May 26: Nicki Aycox, American actress and musician (d. 2022) May 27: André 3000, American singer, songwriter, rapper and actor June 4: Russell Brand, English comedian, actor and radio host Angelina Jolie, American actress June 6: Nina Kaczorowski, American actress and stuntwoman June 8: Shilpa Shetty, Indian actress June 10: Nicole Bilderback, Korean-born American actress June 19: Hugh Dancy, English actor June 22: Jeff Hephner, American actor June 23: Jeffrey Carlson, American actor and singer (d. 2023) June 25: Linda Cardellini, American actress June 27: Tobey Maguire, American actor June 28: Jeff Geddis, Canadian actor June 29: Șerban Pavlu, Romanian actor July 2: Elizabeth Reaser, American actress July 3: Ryan McPartlin, American actor July 5: Sope Aluko, Nigerian-born British-American actress Kip Gamblin, Australian actor July 6: 50 Cent, American actor and rapper July 7: Nina Hoss, German film and stage actress July 9: Nathaniel Marston, American actor and producer (d. 2015) July 10: Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Icelandic actor and singer (d. 2018) July 11: Bridgette Andersen, American actress (d. 1997) Bruno Gouery, French actor and writer July 13: Gareth Edwards, British filmmaker July 14: Jaime Gomez, American actor and rapper July 17: Elena Anaya, Spanish actress Cécile de France, Belgian actress July 19: Reuben Langdon, American stuntman and voice actor July 20: Judy Greer, American actress Jason Raize, American actor, singer and Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme (d. 2004) July 21: David Dastmalchian, American actor July 22: Hannah Waterman, English actress July 23: Suriya, Indian actor July 28: Ori Pfeffer, Israeli actor August 4: Sari Lennick, American actress August 5: Iddo Goldberg, Israeli actor Jabez Olssen, New Zealand editor Stéphanie Szostak, French actress August 7: Megan Gale, Australian actress Hans Matheson, Scottish actor and musician Charlize Theron, South African-American actress August 9: Mahesh Babu, Indian actor and producerLubna Khan 9 August 2025 Jr NTR On Mahesh Babu's Birthday: 'Wishing You All The Love And Success' https://www.news18.com/movies/telugu-cinema/jr-ntr-on-mahesh-babus-birthday-wishing-you-all-the-love-and-success-aa-ws-l-9494931.html News18 10 August 2025 Anjali Jay, British actress and writer August 11: Roger Craig Smith, American actor and voice actor August 12: Casey Affleck, American actor August 13: James Carpinello, American actor August 16: Brad Morris, American actor Taika Waititi, New Zealand filmmaker, actor and comedian August 18: Kaitlin Olson, American actress and comedian August 19: Simone Kessell, New Zealand television August 22: Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor August 24: James D'Arcy, English actor and director August 25: Raymond Wong Ho-yin, Hong Kong actorhttps://news.modia.com.hk/headlines/140235/%e9%bb%83%e6%b5%a9%e7%84%b644%e6%ad%b2%e7%94%9f%e6%97%a5-%e8%80%81%e5%a9%86%e5%9d%90%e5%a4%a7%e9%ab%80%e6%90%9e%e9%a9%9a%e5%96%9c/ 黃浩然44歲生日 老婆坐大髀搞驚喜 2022-10-24 2020-09-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20200926161056/https://news.modia.com.hk/headlines/140235/%E9%BB%83%E6%B5%A9%E7%84%B644%E6%AD%B2%E7%94%9F%E6%97%A5-%E8%80%81%E5%A9%86%E5%9D%90%E5%A4%A7%E9%AB%80%E6%90%9E%E9%A9%9A%E5%96%9C/ dead August 27: Bodie Olmos, American actor August 28: Eugene Byrd, American actor Nick E. Tarabay, Lebanese actor August 29: Dante Basco, American actor Juan Diego Botto, Argentine-Spanish actor September 1: Scott Speedman, Canadian actor Jason Zumwalt, American actor, voice actor, comedian and screenwriter September 2: MC Chris, American rapper, voice actor, comedian and writer September 10: Kyle Bornheimer, American actor and comedian September 18: Jason Sudeikis, American actor, comedian and screenwriter September 19: Daniel Eric Gold, American actor September 20: Moon Bloodgood, American actress September 22: Mireille Enos, American actress September 23: Alex Karpovsky, American director, actor, screenwriter, producer and editor Kip Pardue, American actor and model September 27: Sam Lee, Hong Kong actor September 30 Asia Argento, Italian actress Marion Cotillard, French actress Christopher Jackson, American actor, singer, musician and composer October 3 - Alanna Ubach, American actress October 4 - Reggie Lee, Filipino-American actor October 5 Parminder Nagra, English actress Monica Rial, American voice actress Scott Weinger, American actor Kate Winslet, English actress Diane Morgan, British actress October 7: Tim Minchin, British-Australian comedian, actor, writer and musician Kaspars Znotiņš, Latvian actor October 8: Richard Short, English actor October 10: Lenn Kudrjawizki, German actor and musician October 11: Nat Faxon, American actor, comedian, director and screenwriter October 15: Chukwudi Iwuji, Nigerian-British actor October 16: Nelson Lee, Taiwanese-Canadian actor Kellie Martin, American actress October 26: Lennon Parham, American actress October 29: Aksel Hennie, Norwegian actor, director and screenwriter October 31: Keith Jardine, American actor November 2: Danny Cooksey, American actor and musician November 8: Tara Reid, American actress November 11: Eyal Podell, Israeli-American actor and screenwriter November 12: Steven Kynman, British actor, puppeteer, writer and voice actor November 13: Aisha Hinds, American actress November 15: J. 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Brandy, British-born American actress November 16: David Leitch, American filmmaker, actor, stunt performer and stunt coordinator November 19: Sushmita Sen, Indian actress November 22: James Madio, American actor November 26: DJ Khaled, American DJ, rapper and actor December 1: David Hornsby, American actor December 5: Paula Patton, American actress December 6: Noel Clarke, British actor and filmmaker December 12: Mayim Bialik, American actress and game show host December 14: KaDee Strickland, American actress December 17 Milla Jovovich, Ukrainian-American actress Hilje Murel, Estonian actress Steve Zissis, American actor, writer and producer December 22: Omar Dorsey, American actor December 27: Heather O'Rourke, American child actress (d. 1988) December 29: Shawn Hatosy, American actor December 31: Amy Palant, American voice actress and singer Deaths Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films January 1 Arthur Pierson 73 Norway/US Director, Actor The Fighting O'Flynn Home Town Story 9 Pierre Fresnay 77 France Actor La Grande Illusion Le Corbeau 18 Gertrude Olmstead 77 US Actress The Boob The Monster 21 Marie Lohr 84 Australia Actress The Winslow Boy Great Catherine 24 Larry Fine 72 US Actor The Three Stooges 4 for Texas 27 Bill Walsh 61 US Screenwriter, Producer Mary Poppins Bedknobs and Broomsticks February 1 Richard Wattis 62 UK Actor The Longest Day The Man Who Knew Too Much 11 Maria Balcerkiewiczówna 71 Poland Actress Vampires of Warsaw Augustus the Strong 17 George Marshall 83 US Director How the West Was Won Destry Rides Again 20 Robert Strauss 61 US Actor Stalag 17 The Seven Year Itch 20 Lillian Fontaine 88 UK Actress The Locket The Lost Weekend March 3 Edward H. Griffith 86 US Director Honeymoon in Bali Virginia 3 Therese Giehse 76 Germany Actress Mädchen in Uniform Black Moon 4 Renée Björling 76 Sweden Actress Summer Interlude A Lesson in Love 7 Ben Blue 73 Canada/US Actor The Big Broadcast of 1938 The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming 8 George Stevens 70 US Director, Producer A Place in the Sun Giant 9 Shirley Ross 62 US Actress The Big Broadcast of 1938 Thanks for the Memory 14 Susan Hayward 57 US Actress I Want to Live! The Snows of Kilimanjaro 15 John H. Auer 68 Hungary Director, Producer Johnny Trouble City That Never Sleeps 15 Arthur Crabtree 74 UK Director, Screenwriter Caravan Lilli Marlene 19 Harry Lachman 88 US Director Charlie Chan in Rio It Happened in Hollywood 22 Cass Daley 59 US Actress, Singer Riding High Ladies' Man 25 Michele Girardon 36 France Actress The Lovers Hatari! April 3 Mary Ure 42 UK Actress Where Eagles Dare Look Back in Anger 5 Inez Courtney 67 US Actress Clarence The 13th Man 10 Marjorie Main 85 US Actress Meet Me in St. Louis Ma and Pa Kettle 13 Larry Parks 60 US Actor The Jolson Story Down to Earth 14 Fredric March 77 US Actor The Best Years of Our Lives A Star Is Born 15 Richard Conte 65 US Actor The Godfather Ocean's 11 15 William Hartnell 67 UK Actor Hell Drivers Carry On Sergeant 22 Mary Philips 74 US Actress A Farewell to Arms Leave Her to Heaven May 4 Moe Howard 77 US Actor The Three Stooges Men in Black 9 Philip Dorn 73 Netherlands Actor Random Harvest I Remember Mama 22 Torben Meyer 90 Germany Actor Roberta Till We Meet Again 30 Michel Simon 80 Switzerland Actor L'Atalante The Train June 3 Ozzie Nelson 69 US Actor Sweetheart of the Campus The Impossible Years 4 Evelyn Brent 75 US Actress Underworld The Last Command 6 Larry Blyden 49 US Actor On a Clear Day You Can See Forever Kiss Them for Me 11 Jane Griffiths 45 UK Actress The Million Pound Note The Durant Affair 28 Rod Serling 50 US Screenwriter Seven Days in May Planet of the Apes July 2 James Robertson Justice 68 UK Actor The Guns of Navarone Moby Dick 2 Audrey Maas 40 US Producer Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore 14 Madan Mohanhttps://www.madanmohan.in/press/screen1.pdf "King of Gazals" Mahan Mohan is dead 23 March 2026 51 India Music director Veer-Zaara 20 Richard Gaines 70 US Actor Double Indemnity The More the Merrier 28 Alfred L. Werker 78 US Director The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Repeat Performance August 2 Jean Yarbrough 73 US Director Inside Job Shed No Tears 7 Phyllis Povah 82 US Actress The Women Pat and Mike 11 Howard Wendell 67 US Actor The Fighting Chance The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake 23 Sidney Buchman 73 US Screenwriter Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Here Comes Mr. Jordan 23 Hank Patterson 86 US Actor The Arizona Kid Tarantula 25 Joseph Kane 81 US Director King of the Cowboys Flame of Barbary Coast 29 Bob Baker 64 US Actor The Singing Outlaw The Phantom Stage 31 Pierre Blaise 20 France Actor Lacombe, Lucien Down the Ancient Staircase September 9 John McGiver 61 US Actor The Manchurian Candidate Midnight Cowboy 19 Pamela Brown 58 UK Actress Lust for Life Becket 24 Clive Morton 71 UK Actor The Moonraker Kind Hearts and Coronets 27 Mark Frechette 27 US Actor Zabriskie Point Many Wars Ago October 16 Don Barclay 82 US Actor Man Hunt Mary Poppins 18 Al Lettieri 47 US Actor The Godfather The Getaway 19 Cesare Bettarini 74 Italy Actor Like the Leaves 24 Martin Boddey 68 UK Actor Carry on Sergeant Carry on Nurse 31 Joseph Calleia 78 Malta/US Actor, Singer After the Thin Man Touch of Evil November 2 Pier Paolo Pasolini 53 Italy Director, Screenwriter, Actor The Hawks and the Sparrows Teorema 4 Sheila Ryan 54 US Actress Dressed to Kill Song of Texas 5 Annette Kellerman 88 Australia Actress Venus of the South Seas A Daughter of the Gods 17 Kay Johnson 70 US Actress Dynamite Of Human Bondage December 7 Hardie Albright 71 US Actor Three-Cornered Moon The Scarlet Letter 9 William A. Wellman 79 US Director Wings Battleground 13 Cyril Delevanti 88 UK Actor Mary Poppins Soylent Green 14 Arthur Treacher 81 UK Actor Thank You, Jeeves! Heidi 17 Frank Sully 67 US Actor The Grapes of Wrath Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch 20 William Lundigan 61 US Actor The House on Telegraph Hill Love Nest 21 Rowland V. Lee 84 US Director Son of Frankenstein Captain Kidd 24 Bernard Herrmann 64 US Composer Psycho Taxi Driver Film debuts Tom Alter – Mrig Trishna Jack Angel – Funny Lady Pernilla August – Giliap Michael Berryman – Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze Bruce Boxleitner – Sixpack Annie Jay Brazeau – The Melting Pot Bryan Brown – Scobie Malone Kim Cattrall – Rosebud Maury Chaykin – Me George Cheung – The Killer Elite George Coe – The Stepford Wives Tom Conti – Galileo Robert Costanzo – Dog Day Afternoon Tim Curry – The Rocky Horror Picture Show Ken Davitian – Sons of Sassoun John de Lancie – Legacy John Debney (film composer) – The Strongest Man in the World Brad Dourif – One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Griffin Dunne – The Other Side of the Mountain Joe Estevez – Lucky Lady Conchata Ferrell – Deadly Hero Laurence Fishburne – Cornbread, Earl and Me Carrie Fisher – Shampoo M. C. Gainey – Hard Times Richard Gere – Report to the Commissioner Patrick Gorman – Three Days of the Condor Debbie Harry – Deadly Hero Bernard Hill – It Could Happen to You Danny Huston – The "Human" Factor Brion James – Hard Times Wolf Kahler – Barry Lyndon James Keane – Three Days of the Condor Nastassja Kinski – The Wrong Move Christopher Lloyd – One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Mary Stuart Masterson – The Stepford Wives Richard Masur – Whiffs Rudy Ray Moore – Dolemite Chris Mulkey – Loose Ends Sam Neill – Landfall Bill Paxton – Crazy Mama Dennis Quaid – Crazy Mama Rajinikanth – Apoorva Raagangal Leo Rossi – Alias Big Cherry Chris Sarandon – Dog Day Afternoon Gailard Sartain – Nashville Sandra Seacat – Night Moves Lin Shaye – Hester Street Don Stark – Switchblade Sisters Patrick Stewart – Hennessy John Travolta – The Devil's Rain Vlasta Vrána – Shivers Dee Wallace – The Stepford Wives Steven Williams – Cooley High Treat Williams – Deadly Hero Notes n 30em nb References External links List of 1975 films at IMDb List of 1975 deaths at IMDb List of 1975 births at IMDb Film Category:Film by year