1955 in film
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Events
- November 3 - The musical Guys and Dolls, starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, debuts.
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Top grossing films
- North America
- Cinerama Holiday
- Mister Rogers
- tie Battle Cry and 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, starring James Mason, Kirk Douglas and Peter Lorre
- Not as a Stranger
- The Country Girl
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Other films released
- Blackboard Jungle
- Oklahoma! (the first film shot in the widescreen process known as Todd-AO)
- The Seven Year Itch
- All that Heaven Allows
- Marty
- The Lady and the Tramp
- Love is a Many-Splendored Thing
- The Trouble With Harry - directed by Alfred Hitchcock
- Galapagos
- To Catch a Thief
- Land of the Pharaohs
- Pather Panchali
- Du rififi chez les hommes
- Bob le flambeur
- To Hell and Back starring Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake, and David Janssen
- Ordet
- East of Eden
- Kiss Me Deadly
- Summertime
- Bad Day at Black Rock
- Richard III with Laurence Olivier
- The Ladykillers
- The Lost Continent
- The Quatermass Xperiment
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Academy Awards
- Best Picture: Marty - Hecht-Lancaster, United Artists
- Best Actor: Ernest Borgnine - Marty
- Best Actress: Anna Magnani - The Rose Tattoo
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Births
- January 6 - Rowan Atkinson, comedian, actor
- January 12 - Kirstie Alley, actress
- January 12 - Rockne O'Bannon, writer, producer
- January 18 - Kevin Costner, actor
- March 16 - Isabelle Huppert, actress
- April 1 - Annette O'Toole, actress
- June 27 - Isabelle Adjani, actress
- August 4 - Billy Bob Thornton, US actor
- August 27 - Diana Scarwid, US actress
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Deaths
- February 12 - Tom Moore actor
- April 7 - Theda Bara, actress
- August 5 - Carmen Miranda, Brazilian singer, actress
- September 30 - James Dean, actor, cult
- October 1 - Charles Christie, pioneer film studio owner in Hollywood
- November 10 - Rene Rijff, Dutch actorpl:1955 - film
