1985 in film

none 1985 film radio television music The following is an overview of events in 1985 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) List of 1985 box office number-one films in the United States The top ten 1985 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: + Highest-grossing films of 1985https://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1985&p=.htm 1985 Domestic Grosses Box Office Mojo 7 April 2014 Rank Title Distributor Box-office gross 1 Back to the Future Universal $210,609,762 2 Rambo: First Blood Part II Tri-Star $150,415,432 3 Rocky IV MGM $127,873,716 4 The Color Purple Warner Bros. $94,175,854 5 Out of Africa Universal $87,071,205 6 Cocoon 20th Century Fox $76,113,124 7 The Jewel of the Nile $75,973,200 8 Witness Paramount $68,706,993 9 The GooniesWarner Bros. $61,389,680 10 Spies Like Us $60,088,980 Context The year was considered an unsuccessful one for film. Despite a record number of film releases, many films failed at the box office, and ticket sales were down 17% compared with 1984.Vincent Canby Vincent Canby Film View; Vivid Joys Among The Vast Array Of Failures https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/29/movies/film-view-vivid-joys-among-the-vast-array-of-failures.html The New York Times December 29, 1985 August 28, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20171126221002/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/29/movies/film-view-vivid-joys-among-the-vast-array-of-failures.html November 26, 2017 liveAljean Harmetz Aljean Harmetz A Bleak Summer For Movie Makers https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/02/movies/a-bleak-summer-for-movie-makers.html The New York Times September 2, 1985 August 28, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20171123173351/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/02/movies/a-bleak-summer-for-movie-makers.html November 23, 2017 live Industry executives believed the problem, in part, was a lack of original concepts.Aljean Harmetz Aljean Harmetz 'Pale Rider' Heads List In Theaters https://www.nytimes.com/1985/07/03/movies/pale-rider-heads-list-in-theaters.html The New York Times July 3, 1985 August 27, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200810124746/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/07/03/movies/pale-rider-heads-list-in-theaters.html August 10, 2020 live Films about fantasy and magic failed, as audiences leaned towards science-fiction.Vincent Canby Vincent Canby Film: Season Preview; Even Wands Can't Create Magic At The Box Office https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/08/arts/film-season-preview-even-wands-can-t-create-magic-at-the-box-office.html The New York Times September 8, 1985 August 28, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20171122061209/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/08/arts/film-season-preview-even-wands-can-t-create-magic-at-the-box-office.html November 22, 2017 live Janet Maslin said the fault for this lay partly with Steven Spielberg, who had created such a successful template with films like E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Close Encounters of the Third Kind that many fantasy films had imitated them.Janet Maslin Janet Maslin Film View; Maverick Tales Add Spice To Summer https://www.nytimes.com/1985/07/21/movies/film-view-maverick-tales-add-spice-to-summer.html The New York Times July 21, 1985 August 27, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20171125170510/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/07/21/movies/film-view-maverick-tales-add-spice-to-summer.html November 25, 2017 live There was also a saturation of youth-oriented films targeted at those under 18. Executives were not fond of these films, but the financial rewards were too significant to ignore. The few films aimed at older audiences, like Cocoon, were surprise successes.Aljean Harmetz Aljean Harmetz Christmas Film Sales Set Record https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/15/movies/christmas-film-sales-set-record.html The New York Times January 15, 1986 August 28, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20150524190656/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/15/movies/christmas-film-sales-set-record.html May 24, 2015 live Only Back to the Future and Rambo: First Blood Part II were successful blockbusters, earning more than double the box office of Cocoon. Films offering escapism and pro-America themes like Rambo: First Blood Part II and Rocky IV also fared well. The glut of youth-targeted films like Return to Oz and The Black Cauldron, and science-fiction comedies like Weird Science, Real Genius, and My Science Project had resulted in a string of failures. Executives said that the films were all very similar and marketed in the same way, offering no variety for audiences. Events April – Rupert Murdoch's News Group Publications officially acquires 50% of TCF Holdings, parent company of 20th Century Fox, for $250 million from Marvin Davis and his family.Variety May 1, 1985 Murdoch Officially Gets Half Interest in 20th Fox June 5 – The Chicago Cubs play the Atlanta Braves in a baseball game at Wrigley Field. Excerpts from the broadcast later pin this date as the day featured in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. December 3 – Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton. Awards Category/Organization 43rd Golden Globe AwardsJanuary 24, 1986 39th BAFTA AwardsMarch 16, 1986 58th Academy AwardsMarch 24, 1986 Drama Musical or Comedy Best Film Out of Africa Prizzi's Honor The Purple Rose of Cairo Out of Africa Best Director John HustonPrizzi's Honor N/A Sydney PollackOut of Africa Best Actor Jon VoightRunaway Train Jack NicholsonPrizzi's Honor William HurtKiss of the Spider Woman Best Actress Whoopi GoldbergThe Color Purple Kathleen TurnerPrizzi's Honor Peggy AshcroftA Passage to India Geraldine PageThe Trip to Bountiful Best Supporting Actor Klaus Maria BrandauerOut of Africa Denholm ElliottDefence of the Realm Don AmecheCocoon Best Supporting Actress Meg TillyAgnes of God Rosanna ArquetteDesperately Seeking Susan Anjelica HustonPrizzi's Honor Best Screenplay, Adapted Woody AllenThe Purple Rose of Cairo Richard Condon and Janet RoachPrizzi's Honor Kurt LuedtkeOut of Africa Best Screenplay, Original Woody AllenThe Purple Rose of Cairo Earl W. Wallace, William Kelley and Pamela WallaceWitness Best Original Score John BarryOut of Africa Maurice JarreWitness John BarryOut of Africa Best Original Song "Say You, Say Me"White Nights N/A "Say You, Say Me"White Nights Best Foreign Language Film The Official Story Colonel Redl The Official Story Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na službenom putu), directed by Emir Kusturica, Yugoslavia Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival): Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi), directed by Agnès Varda, France / U.K. Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival): Die Frau und der Fremde (The Woman and the Stranger), directed by Rainer Simon, East Germany Wetherby, directed by David Hare, United Kingdom People's Choice Award (Toronto International Film Festival): The Official Story (La historia oficial), directed by Luis Puenzo, Argentina 1985 films By country/region List of American films of 1985 List of Argentine films of 1985 List of Australian films of 1985 List of Bangladeshi films of 1985 List of British films of 1985 List of Canadian films of 1985 List of French films of 1985 List of Hong Kong films of 1985 List of Indian films of 1985 List of Hindi films of 1985 List of Kannada films of 1985 List of Malayalam films of 1985 List of Marathi films of 1985 List of Tamil films of 1985 List of Telugu films of 1985 List of Japanese films of 1985 List of Mexican films of 1985 List of Pakistani films of 1985 List of South Korean films of 1985 List of Soviet films of 1985 List of Spanish films of 1985 By genre/medium List of action films of 1985 List of animated feature films of 1985 List of avant-garde films of 1985 List of comedy films of 1985 List of drama films of 1985 List of horror films of 1985 List of science fiction films of 1985 List of thriller films of 1985 List of western films of 1985 Births January 1 – Juliana Harkavy, American actress January 2 – Carla Juri, Swiss actress January 3 Nicole Beharie, American actress Leah Gibson, Canadian actress January 5 – Michael Cuccione, Canadian child actor, singer and dancer (died 2001) January 6 Hugh Skinner, English actor Adam Pearson (actor), British actor, presenter and campaigner January 9 – James Acaster, English comedian and actor January 10 – Alex Meraz, American actor and dancer January 11 – Aja Naomi King, American actress https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/11/UPI-Almanac-for-Saturday-Jan-11-2020/6871578622259/ UPI Almanac for Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020 United Press International January 11, 2020 February 3, 2020 January 12, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200112071743/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/11/UPI-Almanac-for-Saturday-Jan-11-2020/6871578622259/ live …actor Aja Naomi King in 1985 (age 35) January 12 – Issa Rae, American actress, writer and producer January 13 – Ellen Wong, Canadian actress January 16 – Sidharth Malhotra, Indian actorThe Times of India Sidharth Malhotra turns 30, ready for 'action' http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Sidharth-Malhotra-turns-30-ready-for-action/articleshow/45910369.cms 16 January 2015 10 September 2015 January 19 – Damien Chazelle, American film directorhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Damien-Chazelle Damien Chazelle Biography, Movies, & Facts Encyclopedia Britannica en May 7, 2019 January 22 – Tim Dillon, American stand-up comedian and actor January 23 – Doutzen Kroes, Dutch actress and model January 25 Claudia Kim, South Korean actress and model Hartley Sawyer, American actor Michael Trevino, American actor January 26 – Edwin Hodge, American actor January 28 – Tom Hopper, British actor January 29 Giovanna Fletcher, English actress and presenter Isabel Lucas, Australian actress and model February 2 – Romain Cogitore, French film directorhttps://vodkaster.telerama.fr/artistes/romain-cogitore/557126 Romain Cogitore 1 July 2023 Télérama fr February 5 – Paige Howard, American actress February 6 – Crystal Reed, American actress February 7 Tina Majorino, American actress Deborah Ann Woll, American actress and model February 9 David Gallagher, American actor and singer Rachel Melvin, American actress February 13 - Tracy Ifeachor, British actress February 14 – Jake Lacy, American actor February 15 – Natalie Morales, American actress and director February 17 – Anne Curtis, Filipino-Australian actress, model, television host February 18 - Laia Costa, Spanish actress February 19 Haylie Duff, American actress and singer Arielle Kebbel, American actress and model Tatanka Means, Native American activist, actor February 22 – Zach Roerig, American actor February 26 - Shiloh Fernandez, American actor February 27 - Heléne Yorke, Canadian actress March 1 – Michael Conner Humphreys, American actor March 3 – Nathalie Kelley, Australian actress March 5 – Kenichi Matsuyama, Japanese actor March 9 – Jolyon Coy, English actor and writer March 10 – Cooper Andrews, American actor March 13 – Emile Hirsch, American actorEmile Davenport Hirsch 03/13/1985 http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/emile_davenport_hirsch_born_1985_16867714 California Birth Index January 30, 2014 March 14 – Max Benitz, English writer and former actor March 15 Eva Amurri, American actress Kellan Lutz, American actor March 18 – Bianca King, Filipino-British former actress and model March 19 – Yolanthe Cabau, Spanish-Dutch actress and television host March 21 – Sonequa Martin-Green, American actress and producer March 22 Katie Stuart, Canadian actress and stunt performer James Wolk, American actor March 23 – Maryana Spivak, Russian actress March 24 – Jeremy James Kissner, American actor March 26 Jonathan Groff, American actor and singer Keira Knightley, English actress29 March 2013 Monitor Entertainment Weekly 1252 30 Francesca Marie Smith, American actress and writer March 27 – Ram Charan, Indian film actorHooli Shekhar H. Ram Charan birthday: Rana, Kajal, others wish, share Rangasthalm star's rare photos https://www.ibtimes.co.in/ram-charan-birthday-rana-kajal-others-wish-share-rangasthalm-stars-rare-photos-765066 9 November 2019 International Business Times, India Edition 27 March 2018 March 31 – Jessica Szohr, American actress April 1 – Josh Zuckerman, American actor April 6 - Sinqua Walls, American actor April 7 – Ariela Massotti, Brazilian actress April 9 Annie Funke, American actress Tomohisa Yamashita, Japanese singer, actor and television host April 10 Barkhad Abdi, Somali-American actor and director Christie Laing, Canadian actress April 12 – Hitomi Yoshizawa, Japanese former singer and actress April 16 Rhiana Griffith, Australian actress Benjamin Rojas, Argentine actor and singer Gregor Schmidinger, Austrian screenwriter and director April 17 Rooney Mara, American actress Luke Mitchell, Australian actor and model Maiken Pius, Estonian actress April 18 - Tom Hughes, English actor April 20 – Billy Magnussen, American actor April 22 – Kristin Fairlie, Canadian actress April 23 – Rachel Skarsten, Canadian actress April 27 – Sheila Vand, American actress April 29 – Bar Paly, Israeli-American actress April 30 – Gal Gadot, Israeli actress and modelVanessa Oswald Gal Gadot: A New Kind of Action Hero https://books.google.com/books?id=6bnXDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA94 15 July 2019 Greenhaven Publishing LLC 978-1-5345-6778-8 94 May 3 – Meagan Tandy, American actress and model May 5 Clark Duke, American actor, comedian and director Shoko Nakagawa, Japanese actress, voice actress and singer May 6 – Jamie Winstone, English actress, daughter of actor Ray Winstone May 9 – Chris Zylka, American actor and model May 10 – Odette Annable, American actress May 11 Aimee Horne, Australian actress, singer and voice-over artist Jadyn Wong, Canadian actress May 14 Lina Esco, American actress, producer and director Sally Martin, New Zealand actress May 15 – Tathagata Mukherjee, Indian actor May 16 Stanislav Ianevski, Bulgarian actor Jing Lusi, British actress Andrew Keenan-Bolger, American actor Julia Voth, Canadian actress and model May 17 – Sophie McShera, English actress May 20 – Joel Fry, British actor and musician May 22 Tao Okamoto, Japanese actress and model Chris Salvatore, American actor, singer-songwriter, and model May 25 Luciana Abreu, Portuguese singer, actress and television host Lauren Frost, American actress and singer Roman Reigns, American professional wrestler and actor May 28 – Carey Mulligan, English actressPulver Andrew A special intensity: How Carey Mulligan quietly grabbed Hollywood's attention https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/apr/04/a-special-intensity-how-carey-mulligan-quietly-grabbed-hollywoods-attention 28 January 2022 The Guardian 4 April 2015 en May 29 Blake Foster, American actor Yukihiro Takiguchi, Japanese actor, singer and model (died 2019) May 30 – Sam Gifaldi, American actor May 31 Zoraida Gómez, Mexican actress June 2 – Miyuki Sawashiro, Japanese voice actress June 4 – Bar Refaeli, Israeli model, television host and actress June 5 – Marc Pickering, English actor June 7 – Adam Nagaitis, British actor June 9 – Sonam Kapoor, Indian actress and model Sonam Kapoor http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Celebrity/Sonam-Kapoor/894295-Profile.aspx 12 November 2013 Hindustan Times 23 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20141211031321/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Celebrity/Sonam-Kapoor/894295-Profile.aspx 11 December 2014 dead June 10 Susannah Fielding, English actress Andrew Lees, Australian actor June 12 Dave Franco, American actor Liisa Pulk, Estonian actress June 16 – Débora Nascimento, Brazilian actress and model June 17 – Tramell Tillman, American actor June 18 Sorel Carradine, American actress Alex Hirsch, American voice actor, animator, writer, storyboard artist and producer June 21 – Lana Del Rey, American singer and songwriterHiatt Brian Lana Del Rey – The Saddest, Baddest Diva in Rock Rolling Stone July 18, 2014 1212 44 June 22 – Douglas Smith, Canadian actor June 24 - Mary Holland, American actress and comedian June 25 - Annaleigh Ashford, American actress June 27 – Martin Sensmeier, American actor and model June 28 – Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly, American actress June 30 Lasarus Ratuere, Australian actor Hugh Sheridan, Australian actor, musician and television presenter July 1 – Léa Seydoux, French actress July 2 Nelson Franklin, American actor Ashley Tisdale, American actress and singer July 5 François Arnaud, Canadian actor Stephanie McIntosh, Australian actress and singer July 6 – Ranveer Singh, Indian actor July 7 – Seo Woo, South Korean actress July 11 – Nitya Vidyasagar, Indian-American actress July 14 Lee Kwang-soo, South Korean actor, entertainer and model Phoebe Waller-Bridge, English actress and writer July 15 Tomer Capone, Israeli actor Pedro Carvalho, Portuguese actor Agniya Kuznetsova, Russian actress Crowd Lu, Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor Ecstasia Sanders, American-Canadian actress Gaia Scodellaro, Italian actress July 16 Yōko Hikasa, Japanese voice actress and singer Hiroyuki Onoue, Japanese actor Rosa Salazar, Canadian-American actress Cha Ye-ryun, South Korean actress July 17 – Caitlin Van Zandt, American actor July 18 Chace Crawford, American actor James Norton, English actor July 20 – John Francis Daley, American actor, director, producer, screenwriter and musician July 21 – Vanessa Lengies, Canadian actress and singer July 22 – Blake Harrison, English actor, voice actor and dancer July 25 James Lafferty, American actor, director and producer Shantel VanSanten, American model and actress July 27 Aljin Abella, Australian actor of Filipino descent Lou Taylor, American actor July 28 – Jon Michael Hill, American actor July 30 – Aml Ameen, British actor August 1 – Henry Lloyd-Hughes, English actor August 2 – Georgina Haig, Australian actress August 7 - Stephen Oyoung, American actor August 9 – Anna Kendrick, American actress and singer August 10 – Jared Nathan, American actor (died 2006) August 11 Jacqueline Fernandez, Sri Lankan actress Henry Lloyd-Hughes, British actor August 12 – África Zavala, Mexican actress August 15 – Emily Kinney, American actress, singer and songwriter August 16 Arden Cho, American actress, singer and model Cristin Milioti, American actress and singer August 17 – Yū Aoi, Japanese actress August 18 – Desiree Casado, former actress August 21 Laura Haddock, English actress Albrecht Schuch, German actor August 23 Juss Haasma, Estonian actor Adrian Molina, Mexican-American film director, screenwriter and animator August 27 – Kayla Ewell, American actress August 31 - Kae Alexander, Japanese actress September 2 Yani Gellman, Canadian actor Allison Miller, American actress September 4 – Morgan Garrett, American voice actress September 6 – Lauren Lapkus, American actress and comedian September 10 Monica Lopera, Colombian-American actress Elyse Levesque, Canadian actress September 11 – Hayden Szeto, Canadian actor September 16 Max Minghella, English actor and filmmaker Madeline Zima, American actress September 21 – Robert Hoffman, American actor September 22 – Tatiana Maslany, Canadian actress September 23 – Hasan Minhaj, American actor and stand-up comedian September 24 – Jessica Lucas, Canadian actress and singer September 25 – Eréndira Ibarra, Mexican actress September 26 – Talulah Riley, English actress September 27 – Grace Helbig, American actress, comedian and YouTuber September 30 – Ben Lewis, Canadian actor and writer October 1 – Emerald Fennell, English screen actress and director October 5 – Carolina Bartczak, Canadian-Polish actress October 6 – Ida Engvoll, Swedish actress October 8 – Max Crumm, American actor and singer October 10 – Aaron Himelstein, American actor October 11 – Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress (died 2025) October 17 – Max Irons, English-Irish actor and model October 24 – Tim Pocock, Australian actor October 25 – John Robinson, American actor October 26 Soko, French singer and actress Qi Wei, Chinese actress Asin Thottumkal, Indian actresshttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/I-am-only-23-Asin/etarticleshow/4425552.cms https://web.archive.org/web/20131021070756/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-04-21/news-interviews/28058815_1_joseph-thottumkal-asin-age-factor live 21 October 2013 I am only 23: Asin 4 August 2013 The Times of India 21 April 2009 October 28 – Troian Bellisario, American actress October 31 – Kether Donohue, American actress and singer November 2 – Josh Grelle, American voice actor November 5 – Annet Mahendru, American actress November 7 – Lucas Neff, American actor November 10 – Giovonnie Samuels, American actress November 12 – Ben Aldridge, British actor November 15 – Thue Ersted Rasmussen, Danish actor November 20 – Dan Byrd, American actor November 21 William Chan, Hong Kong singer and actor Ronny Chieng, Malaysian comedian and actor November 23 – Katie Crown, Canadian-American actress, voice actress, comedian and writer November 26 – Arturo Castro, Guatemalan actor November 27 – Alison Pill, Canadian actress November 30 Gia Crovatin, American actress and producer Kaley Cuoco, American actress Daniel Ings, English actor Chrissy Teigen, American actress, model and television personality December 1 – Janelle Monáe, American singer, rapper and actress December 3 – Amanda Seyfried, American actress and singer December 5 – Frankie Muniz, American actor December 6 – Max Kasch, American actor and musician December 10 – Raven-Symoné, American actress and singer December 13 – Rachel Hendrix, American actress December 25 Smith Cho, American actress Perdita Weeks, British actress December 27 – Jessica Harmon, Canadian actress and director December 31 - Erich Bergen, American actor Deaths Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films January 5 Robert Surtees 78 US Cinematographer The Graduate Ben-Hur 5 John Paxton 73 US Screenwriter Murder, My Sweet Crossfire 11 Edward Buzzell 89 US Director Go West Neptune's Daughter 12 Paul Luty 52 UK Actor The Water Babies The Dresser 13 Carol Wayne 42 US Actress The Party Heartbreakers 14 Jetta Goudal 93 Netherlands Actress Lady of the Pavements Paris at Midnight 18 Wilfrid Brambell 72 Ireland Actor Steptoe and Son A Hard Day's Night 18 Georgie Stoll 82 US Composer, Musical Director Meet Me in St. Louis Anchors Aweigh 25 Paul J. Smith 78 US Composer Pinocchio Cinderella 29 Chic Murray 65 UK Actor Casino Royale Gregory's Girl February 4 John Wexley 77 US Screenwriter Angels with Dirty Faces Confessions of a Nazi Spy 6 Neil McCarthy 52 UK Actor Where Eagles Dare Clash of the Titans 10 Wanda Tuchock 86 US Screenwriter Finishing School The Foxes of Harrow 11 Henry Hathaway 86 US Director True Grit How the West Was Won 11 Heinz Roemheld 83 US Composer The Lady from Shanghai Yankee Doodle Dandy 12 Nicholas Colasanto 61 US Actor Raging Bull Fat City 19 Dorothy Black 85 South Africa Actress The Night Has Eyes The Farmer's Wife 20 Clarence Nash 80 US Voice Actor The Three Caballeros Fun and Fancy Free 21 Ina Claire 91 US Actress The Awful Truth Ninotchka 21 Louis Hayward 75 South Africa Actor House by the River And Then There Were None 22 Alexander Scourby 71 US Actor The Big Heat Giant 24 Joseph C. Wright 92 US Art Director Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Guys and Dolls 27 J. Pat O'Malley 80 UK Actor One Hundred and One Dalmatians Hello, Dolly! 27 David Huffman 39 US Actor Firefox F.I.S.T. March 1 Alfred Zeisler 92 US Producer, Director Victor and Victoria Fear 3 Connie Gilchrist 89 US Actress A Letter to Three Wives Some Came Running 3 Noel Purcell 84 Ireland Actor Moby Dick Mutiny on the Bounty 5 Thomas Little 98 US Set Decorator All About Eve The Day the Earth Stood Still 8 Edward Andrews 70 US Actor The Harder They Fall Sixteen Candles 19 Anthony Nelson Keys 73 UK Producer Dracula The Curse of Frankenstein 21 Michael Redgrave 77 UK Actor The Lady Vanishes The Importance of Being Earnest 21 Michael Trubshawe 79 UK Actor The Pink Panther The Guns of Navarone April 16 Scott Brady 60 US Actor Johnny Guitar The China Syndrome 21 John Welsh 70 Ireland Actor Krull Lucky Jim 23 Kent Smith 78 US Actor Cat People Nora Prentiss 25 Richard Haydn 80 UK Actor The Sound of Music Alice in Wonderland 26 Albert Maltz 76 US Screenwriter This Gun for Hire Broken Arrow May 1 George Pravda 68 Czech Republic Actor Thunderball Firefox 4 Harry Earles 83 US Actor Freaks The Unholy Three 7 Dawn Addams 54 UK Actress The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll The Robe 8 Susan Morrow 53 US Actress The Savage Cat-Women of the Moon 8 Dolph Sweet 64 US Actor Finian's Rainbow Colossus: The Forbin Project 9 Edmond O'Brien 69 US Actor The Barefoot Contessa The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 13 Selma Diamond 64 Canada Actress My Favorite Year Bang the Drum Slowly 13 Leatrice Joy 91 US Actress Vanity Triumph 14 Frank Westmore 62 ?? Makeup Artist The Ten Commandments The Towering Inferno 16 Margaret Hamilton 82 US Actress The Wizard of Oz Brewster McCloud 17 Hugh Burden 72 UK Actor The Ruling Class Funeral in Berlin 20 George Memmoli 46 US Actor Mean Streets Phantom of the Paradise 22 Wolfgang Reitherman 75 Germany Animator, Director The Jungle Book Robin Hood 22 Gerald Case 80 UK Actor Vampyres The Elephant Man 25 Robert Nathan 91 US Screenwriter The Clock Pagan Love Song 26 Harold Hecht 77 US Producer Marty Sweet Smell of Success 30 Talbot Jennings 90 US Screenwriter Mutiny on the Bounty Knights of the Round Table June 1 Richard Greene 66 UK Actor Kentucky The Hound of the Baskervilles 7 Gordon Rollings 59 UK Actor The Bed Sitting Room Superman II 8 Charles LeMaire 88 US Costume Designer All About Eve Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing 9 Clifford Evans 73 UK Actor Kiss of the Vampire The Curse of the Werewolf 10 George Chandler 86 US Actor Fury Roxie Hart 12 Dominique Laffin 33 France Actress The Crying Woman This Sweet Sickness 17 John Boulting 71 UK Producer, Director Lucky Jim I'm All Right Jack 17 Georgia Hale 84 US Actress The Gold Rush The Great Gatsby 24 Valentine Dyall 77 UK Actor Henry V The Haunting 28 James Craig 73 US Actor Kitty Foyle The Human Comedy July 3 Nelson Leigh 80 US Actor Gunfight at the O.K. Corral World Without End 7 Ewen Solon 67 New Zealand Actor The Message Tarzan the Magnificent 8 Phil Foster 71 US Actor Bang the Drum Slowly Conquest of Space 8 Victor Rendina 68 US Actor The Godfather Racing with the Moon 9 Rafael Campos 49 Dominican Republic Actor Blackboard Jungle Where the Buffalo Roam 10 Arthur J. Ornitz 68 US Cinematographer Serpico The Boys in the Band 16 Elsie Wagstaff 86 UK Actress Meet Sexton Blake The Interrupted Journey 17 Margo 68 Mexico Actress The Leopard Man Lost Horizon 19 Henry Mollison 80 UK Actor The Man in the White Suit A Bride for Henry 20 Estelle Evans 78 Bahamas Actress To Kill a Mockingbird The Learning Tree 21 Alvah Bessie 81 US Screenwriter Northern Pursuit Objective, Burma! 23 Mickey Shaughnessy 64 US Actor From Here to Eternity Jailhouse Rock 23 Tom Waldman 63 US Screenwriter The Party High Time 27 Michel Audiard 65 France Screenwriter, Director He Died with His Eyes Open Garde à Vue 28 Grant Williams 53 US Actor The Incredible Shrinking Man PT 109 August 1 Al Overton 73 US Sound Engineer Diamonds Are Forever The Shootist 1 Joseph Walker 92 US Cinematographer It Happened One Night Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 2 Bob Holt 56 US Actor Gremlins Bedknobs and Broomsticks 2 Frank Faylen 79 US Actor Gunfight at the O.K. Corral It's a Wonderful Life 7 Grayson Hall 62 US Actress House of Dark Shadows The Night of the Iguana 8 Louise Brooks 78 US Actress Pandora's Box Diary of a Lost Girl 8 Milton H. Greene 63 US Producer The Prince and the Showgirl Bus Stop 10 Kenny Baker 72 US Singer, Actor The Harvey Girls At the Circus 12 Patrick Hines 55 US Actor Amadeus 1776 13 Marion Martin 77 US Actress The Big Street The Man in the Iron Mask 14 Gale Sondergaard 86 US Actress Anthony Adverse Anna and the King of Siam 15 Lester Cole 81 US Screenwriter Blood on the Sun High Wall 24 Morrie Ryskind 89 US Screenwriter A Night at the Opera My Man Godfrey 28 Ruth Gordon 88 US Actress, Screenwriter Rosemary's Baby Harold and Maude 29 Evelyn Ankers 67 Chile Actress The Wolf Man The Ghost of Frankenstein 29 Patrick Barr 77 UK Actor The Dam Busters Octopussy 30 Tom Howard 75 UK Special Effects Artist Blithe Spirit Tom Thumb September 4 Isabel Jeans 93 UK Actress Gigi Suspicion 4 George O'Brien 86 US Actor Sunrise She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 6 Johnny Desmond 65 US Actor, Singer Escape from San Quentin Calypso Heat Wave 6 Jane Frazee 67 US Actress, Singer San Antonio Rose Calendar Girl 10 Alexa Kenin 23 US Actress Honkytonk Man Pretty in Pink 11 William Alwyn 79 UK Composer The Crimson Pirate A Night to Remember 14 Julian Beck 60 US Actor The Cotton Club Oedipus Rex 23 Harvey Parry 85 US Stuntman Escape from New York Johnny Dangerously 24 Paul Mann 71 Canada Actor America, America Fiddler on the Roof 26 Frank Bracht 75 US Film Editor The Odd Couple White Christmas 27 Lloyd Nolan 83 US Actor Peyton Place Hannah and Her Sisters 28 L. B. Abbott 77 US Special Effects Artist Patton Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 29 Arthur Krams 73 US Set Decorator The Rose Tattoo Holiday in Mexico 30 Simone Signoret 64 France Actress Room at the Top Ship of Fools 30 Floyd Crosby 85 US Cinematographer High Noon The Pit and the Pendulum October 2 Rock Hudson 59 US Actor Giant Pillow Talk 6 Nelson Riddle 64 US Composer The Great Gatsby Lolita 8 Theresa Harris 78 US Actress Jezebel Blossoms in the Dust 10 Yul Brynner 65 Russia Actor The King and I The Magnificent Seven 10 Orson Welles 70 US Actor, Director, Screenwriter Citizen Kane Touch of Evil 11 Elwood Ullman 82 US Screenwriter Snow White and the Three Stooges Tickle Me 13 Francesca Bertini 93 Italy Actress Odette 1900 16 Franklin Milton 78 US Sound Engineer Ben-Hur Grand Prix 21 Diane Thomas 39 US Screenwriter Romancing the Stone 22 Stefano Satta Flores 48 Italy Actor We All Loved Each Other So Much Four Flies on Grey Velvet 24 Masaichi Nagata 79 Japan Producer Rashomon Gamera, the Giant Monster 28 William Bramley 57 US Actor West Side Story Getting Straight 29 John Davis Lodge 82 US Actor The Scarlet Empress The Little Colonel 30 Kirby Grant 73 US Actor Trail of the Yukon Northwest Territory 30 David Oxley 64 UK Actor The Hound of the Baskervilles House of the Living Dead November 1 Phil Silvers 74 US Actor You're in the Army Now It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 6 Sanjeev Kumar 47 India Actor Sholay Aandhi 9 Helen Rose 81 US Costume Designer The Bad and the Beautiful Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 19 Jimmy Ritz 81 US Actor On the Avenue Pack Up Your Troubles 19 Stepin Fetchit 83 US Actor Zenobia Charlie Chan in Egypt 27 Harry Harvey Sr. 84 US Actor The Pride of the Yankees Ace in the Hole December 3 Sam Gilman 70 US Actor One-Eyed Jacks The Missouri Breaks 5 Howard Rodman 73 US Screenwriter Coogan's Bluff Charley Varrick 8 Jack H. Skirball 89 US Producer Shadow of a Doubt Payment on Demand 11 Kathleen Ryan 63 Ireland Actress Odd Man Out Esther Waters 12 Anne Baxter 62 US Actress The Razor's Edge All About Eve 12 Phil Karlson 77 US Director The Silencers Kid Galahad 14 Bruce Weintraub 33 US Set Decorator Scarface Prizzi's Honor 17 Harry M. Leonard 85 US Sound Engineer Laura Captain Eddie 22 Lawrence Hauben 54 US Screenwriter One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 23 Gina Kaus 92 Austria Screenwriter The Red Danube The Robe 26 Margarete Schön 90 Germany Actress Die Nibelungen The Street Song 28 Renato Castellani 72 Italy Director, Screenwriter Romeo and Juliet Under the Sun of Rome 31 Ricky Nelson 45 US Actor, Singer Rio Bravo The Wackiest Ship in the Army 31 Sam Spiegel 84 Poland Producer Lawrence of Arabia On the Waterfront Film debuts Jane Adams – Bombs Away Joan Allen – Compromising Positions Kelly Asbury (animator) – The Black Cauldron Roger Ashton-Griffiths – Dreamchild Sean Astin – The Goonies John Aylward – Strings Becky Ann Baker – The Protector Fairuza Balk – Return to Oz Jean-Marc Barr – King David Gary Basaraba – Alamo Bay Randall Batinkoff – Streetwalkin' Josh Brolin – The Goonies Tim Burton (director) – Pee Wee's Big Adventure Steve Buscemi – The Way It Is Helena Bonham Carter – A Room with a View Don Cheadle – Moving Violations Jude Ciccolella – Insignificance Blake Clark – St. Elmo's Fire Gary Cole – To Live and Die in L.A. Don S. Davis – The Journey of Natty Gann Patrick Dempsey – Heaven Help Us Kevin Dillon – Heaven Help Us Martin Donovan – Hard Choices Ellen Albertini Dow – American Drive-In Charles S. Dutton – Cat's Eye Jeff Fahey – Silverado Linda Fiorentino – Vision Quest Guillermo Francella – El Telo y la Tele Vincent Gallo – The Way It Is Peter Gerety – The Little Sister Greg Germann – Streetwalkin''' Gilbert Gottfried – Bad MedicineRupert Graves – A Room with a ViewLisaGay Hamilton – Krush GrooveIan Hart – No SurrenderEthan Hawke – ExplorersAmy Hill – Dim Sum: A Little Bit of HeartDana Ivey – ExplorersKen Jenkins – What Comes AroundRichard Jenkins – SilveradoElias Koteas – One Magic ChristmasAleksei Kravchenko – Come and SeeLL Cool J – Krush GrooveStephen Lang – Twice in a LifetimeWallace Langham – Weird ScienceHugh Laurie – PlentyMelissa Leo – AlwaysTom Lister, Jr. – Runaway TrainDolph Lundgren – A View to a KillLesley Manville – Dance with a StrangerStephen Marcus – My Beautiful LaundretteMona Marshall – Starchaser: The Legend of OrinMadonna - A Certain SacrificeMatt McCoy – Fraternity VacationJack McGee – Turk 182Viggo Mortensen – WitnessBrigitte Nielsen – Red SonjaDanny Nucci – ExplorersHugh O'Conor – LambCarl Anthony Payne II – The Last DragonSarah Polley – One Magic ChristmasJeremy Ratchford – JuniorMiranda Richardson – Dance with a StrangerLinus Roache – No SurrenderChris Rock – Krush GrooveGabrielle Rose – The Journey of Natty GannKyra Sedgwick – War and LoveJonathan Silverman – Girls Just Want to Have FunChristian Slater – The Legend of Billie JeanYeardley Smith – Heaven Help UsMira Sorvino – The StuffFred Thompson – MarieDanny Trejo – Runaway TrainStanley Tucci – Prizzi's HonorBlair Underwood – Krush GrooveThomas F. Wilson – Back to the FutureRussell Wong – The Musical SingerNoah Wyle – Lust in the DustBilly Zane – Back to the FutureOprah Winfrey – The Color Purple'' References External links List of 1985 films at IMDb 1985 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo List of 1985 deaths at IMDb List of 1985 births at IMDb 1980s Film Category:Film by year