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1978 in film

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Births

January 1 – Christian Tessier, Canadian actor
January 2
- Raghda Khateb, Syrian voice actress
- Megumi Toyoguchi, Japanese voice actress
January 3 – Kimberley Locke, American singer-songwriter and model
January 5
- Clarine Harp, American voice actress
- January Jones, American actress and model
- America Olivo, American actress and singer
January 6 – Tara Spencer-Nairn, Canadian actress
January 8 – Scott Whyte, American actor
January 9 – AJ McLean, American musician, singer, dancer, actor, and entertainer
January 10 – Antonio Cupo, Canadian film and television actor
January 14 - Blake Ritson, English actor
January 15
- Eddie Cahill, American actor
- Jamie Clayton, actress, model
January 17
- Pampita, Argentine model, actress, television personality
- Takatoshi Kaneko, Japanese actor
- Ricky Wilson, English actor, singer
January 20 – Omar Sy, French actor
January 24
- Mark Hildreth, Canadian actor, voice actor
- Kristen Schaal, American actress, comedian and writer
January 25 – Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian actor and politician
January 27 – Jake Pavelka, American pilot, television personality
January 28 – Stephen Farrelly, Irish actor, professional wrestler
February 7 – Ashton Kutcher, American actor
February 9 – A. J. Buckley, Canadian actor
February 10 - Don Omar, Puerto Rican singer, rapper and actor
February 11 - Lymari Nadal, Puerto Rican actress, producer and screenwriter
February 12 –
- Paul Anderson, British actor
- Gethin Jones, Welsh television presenter
February 14 – Danai Gurira, actress, playwright
February 17
- Ashton Holmes, American actor
- Rory Kinnear, English actor and playwright
February 20
- Jay Hernandez, American actor
- Julia Jentsch, German actress
- Chelsea Peretti, American comedian, actress, television writer and singer-songwriter
February 23 – Kris Lemche, Canadian actor
February 24 – Nicole Lyn, Canadian actress
February 28 - Geoffrey Arend, American actor
March 1 – Jensen Ackles, American actor
March 3 – Aarti Mann, Indian-American actress
March 5 – Kimberly McCullough, American actress, dancer, director
March 8 – Nick Zano, American actor
March 9 – Katherine Parkinson, English actress
March 16 – Sophie Hunter, English actress and singer
March 17 – Patrick Seitz, American voice actor
March 21
- Kevin Federline, American rapper, DJ, actor, television personality, professional wrestler, and fashion model
- Rani Mukerji, Indian actress
March 23 – Nicholle Tom and David Tom, American actress and actor
March 24 – Amanda Brugel, Canadian actress
March 25 – Teddy Lussi-Modeste, French film director, screenwriter and literature teacher^[11]
March 31 - Daniel Mays, English actor
April 1 – Anamaria Marinca, Romanian actress
April 2 – Deon Richmond, American actor
April 3 – Matthew Goode, English actor
April 6 - Lauren Ridloff, deaf American actress
April 7
- Duncan James, English actor, television presenter and singer
- Scott McGillivray, Canadian television host
April 8
- Paola Núñez, Mexican actress and producer
- Rachel Roberts, Canadian model and actress
April 12 – Riley Smith, American actor
April 13 – Kyle Howard, American actor
April 14 - Michelle Duncan, Scottish-Canadian actress
April 16 – Lara Dutta, Indian actress
April 17 – Ido Mosseri, Israeli actor, singer and musician
April 19
- James Franco, American actor
- Joanna Gaines, American designer, businesswoman, entrepreneur, television personality
April 20
- Matt Austin, Canadian actor
- Clayne Crawford, American actor
April 23 – Ian Brennan, American writer, actor, producer
April 26
- Stana Katic, Canadian-American actress, producer
- Pablo Schreiber, Canadian actor
April 28
- Nate Richert, American actor, musician
- Drew Scott, Canadian actor, realtor, and entrepreneur
- Jonathan Scott, Canadian reality television personality, contractor, illusionist, and television and film producer
April 29 – Tyler Labine, Canadian actor
April 30 – Sandra Huller, German actress
May 1 – James Badge Dale, American actor
May 2 - Kumail Nanjiani, Pakistani-American comedian, actor and screenwriter
May 4 – Daisuke Ono, Japanese voice actor and singer
May 5 – Santiago Cabrera, Venezuelan-born Chilean actor
May 8
- Matthew Davis, American actor
- Ana Maria Lombo, American musician and television personality
- Josie Maran, American model, actress, and entrepreneur
May 9 – Daniel Franzese, American actor, comedian and activist
May 10
- Corri English, American actress
- Kenan Thompson, American actor, comedian
May 11 – Warren Brown, English actor and former professional Thai boxer
May 12
- Aaron Abrams, Canadian actor, writer
- Malin Åkerman, Swedish-Canadian actress
- Jason Biggs, American actor
May 13 - Patrick Hughes, Australian director and screenwriter
May 15
- Caroline Dhavernas, Canadian actress
- David Krumholtz, American actor
May 16 – Jim Sturgess, English actor
May 17
- Gabriel Hogan, Canadian-born American actor
- Kat Foster, American actress
May 18 – Chad Donella, Canadian actor
May 21 – Chris Santos, American actor
May 22 – Ginnifer Goodwin, American actress
May 24 – Bryan Greenberg, American actor
May 25 – Brian Urlacher, former American football linebacker
May 26 – Laurence Fox, English actor, singer-songwriter, and guitarist
May 28 – Jake Johnson, actor, comedian
May 29 – Adam Rickitt, English actor, singer and model
June 2
- Dominic Cooper, English actor
- Nikki Cox, American actress
- Justin Long, American actor
June 4
- Josh McDermitt, American film and television actor and comedian
- Robin Lord Taylor, American actor
June 5
- Nick Kroll, American actor, comedian, writer and producer
- Jeff Schroeder, American television and online talk show host
June 6 - Judith Barsi, American child actress (d. 1988)
June 7
- Bill Hader, American actor, comedian
- Anna Torv, Australian actress
June 8 – Maria Menounos, American actress
June 9 – Michaela Conlin, American actress
June 10
- DJ Qualls, American actor
- Shane West, American actor
- Marko Zaror, Chilean martial artist and actor
June 11 – Joshua Jackson, Canadian actor
June 12 - Timothy Simons, American actor and comedian
June 13 – Ethan Embry, American actor
June 14 - Diablo Cody, Canadian writer
June 16 – Daniel Brühl, German actor
June 18 – Tara Platt, American voice actress
June 19
- Mía Maestro, Argentine actress and singer-songwriter
- Zoe Saldana, American actress
June 20
- Quinton Jackson, American mixed martial artist, actor and former professional wrestler
- Mike Birbiglia, American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer
June 21 – Erica Durance, Canadian actress
June 27 – Courtney Ford, actress
June 28 – Ha Ji-won, South Korean actress
June 29 –
- Luke Kirby, Canadian actor
- Nicole Scherzinger, American singer, songwriter, dancer, actress and television personality
July 2 – Owain Yeoman, Welsh actor
July 3 – Ian Anthony Dale, American actor
July 4
- Becki Newton, American actress
July 6
- Adam Busch, American actor, film director and singer
- Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry, American actresses
July 8 – Rachael Lillis, American voice actress
July 9 – Kyle Davis, American actor
July 11
- Dustin Demri-Burns, English actor, comedian, and writer
- Jonjo O'Neill, Irish actor
- Thomas Stone, Hungarian pornographic actor
July 12
- Topher Grace, American actor
- Michelle Rodriguez, American actress
July 15 – Greg Sestero, American actor, writer
July 17
- Justine Triet, French film director, screenwriter and editor^[12]
- R. J. Williams, American actor, television host, CEO of Young Hollywood
July 20
- Charlie Korsmo, American former child actor
- Anatol Yusef, English stage, film and television actor
July 21
- Justin Bartha, American actor
- Josh Hartnett, American actor
July 22 – A. J. Cook, Canadian actress
July 23 - Pearry Reginald Teo, Singaporean filmmaker (d. 2023)
July 24 – Jeff Mauro, American actor, chef
July 29 - Paul King, British writer and director
August 2 – Natashia Williams, American actress, model
August 3
- Tommy Dewey, American actor, producer, writer
- Shanelle Workman, American actress, voice actress, producer and director
August 4 – Mick Cain, American actor
August 6 – Lee Ji-ah, South Korean actress
August 8 – Countess Vaughn, American actress
August 10
- Leo Fitzpatrick, American actor
- Alison Folland, American actress and filmmaker
August 18 – Andy Samberg, American actor, comedian
August 19 - Michelle Borth, American actress
August 20 – Kris Smith, English Australian model, television presenter and rugby league footballer
August 22 – James Corden, English singer, actor, television host
August 23 – Andrew Rannells, American actor, voice actor, singer
August 24 – Beth Riesgraf, American actress
August 25 – Kel Mitchell, American actor, comedian
August 28 – Sam Wills, New Zealand prop comic, busker, clown, and mime
August 30 – Gianpaolo Venuta, Canadian actor
August 31 – Mike Erwin, American actor
September 3 – Nick Wechsler, Amer(ican actor
September 4 – Wes Bentley, American actor
September 7 – Devon Sawa, Canadian actor
September 12 – Benjamin McKenzie, American actor
September 16
- Carolina Dieckmann, Brazilian actress
- Ebonie Smith, American former actress and model
September 18 – Billy Eichner, American comedian, actor, writer, and television personality
September 20 – Charlie Weber, American actor
September 21 – Paulo Costanzo, Canadian actor
September 22 – Daniella Alonso, American actress and fashion model
September 23 – Anthony Mackie, American actor
September 24 - Christopher Nowinski, American author, co-founder and executive director of the Concussion Legacy Foundation; as well as a former professional wrestler with World Wrestling Entertainment
September 25 – Rossif Sutherland, Canadian actor
September 28 – Lucas Bryant, Canadian actor
September 29 – Nathan West, American actor
September 30 - Stark Sands, American actor
October 1 – Katie Aselton, American actress, film director and producer
October 3
- Christian Coulson, English actor
- Shannyn Sossamon, American actress
October 6 - Lindsey Pearlman, American actress (d. 2022)
October 7
- Joe Armstrong, English actor
- Hattie Morahan, English actress
October 9 – Randy Spelling, American actor
October 10
- Trevor Eyster, American actor
- Edan Gross, American former child actor
- Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, American actress
October 11
- Wes Chatham, American actor
- Trevor Donovan, American actor
October 14 – Usher, American singer, actor
October 15
- Devon Gummersall, American actor
- Matt Lutz, American actor
October 16 – Kala Savage, American actress
October 18 – Wesley Jonathan, American actor
October 21
- Will Estes, American actor
- Michael McMillian, American actor
October 26 –
- CM Punk, American mixed martial artist, comic book writer and retired professional wrestler
- Anthony Carrino, American contractor, designer, developer and television personality
October 27 – David Walton, American actor
October 28
- Gwendoline Christie, English actress and model
- Justin Guarini, American singer and actor
October 30 - Matthew Morrison, American singer, actor
October 31 – Brian Hallisay, American actor
November 1 – Mary Kate Schellhardt, American actress
November 2
- Oliver Chris, English actor
- Whit Hertford, American theatre director, writer and actor
November 7 - Will Gluck, American director, producer, screenwriter and composer
November 8 – Keir O'Donnell, Australian-American actor
November 9 – Sisqó, American singer, actor, songwriter
November 10
- David Paetkau, Canadian actor
- Diplo, American actor, DJ, record producer, rapper, songwriter
November 12
- Nicolas Giraud, French actor and filmmaker
- Alexandra Maria Lara, Romanian-German actress
- Ashley Williams, American actress
November 13 - Marit Velle Kile, Norwegian former actress
November 17
- Nonso Anozie, British actor
- Zoe Bell, New Zealand stuntwoman, actress
- Tom Ellis, Welsh actor
- Rachel McAdams, Canadian actress
November 19 – Eric Nenninger, American actor
November 20 - Nadine Velazquez, American actress and model
November 21 – Yasmine Al Massri, International actress, dancer, video artist and human rights advocate
November 23 – Kayvan Novak, British actor, voice actor, and comedian
November 24 – Katherine Heigl, American actress
November 25 – Taís Araújo, Brazilian actress
November 26 – Jun Fukuyama, Japanese voice actor and singer
November 28 – Jodie Resther, Canadian actress
November 29 – Lauren German, actress
November 30
- Gael García Bernal, Mexican film actor, director, and producer
- Nelsan Ellis, American actor (d. 2017)
December 1 – Stefan Kapičić, Serbian actor
December 7
- Shiri Appleby, American actress
- Kristofer Hivju, Norwegian film actor, producer and writer
December 8 – Ian Somerhalder, American actor
December 9 – Jesse Metcalfe, American actor
December 10 - Summer Phoenix, American actress
December 12 - Gbenga Akinnagbe, American actor and writer
December 13 – Cameron Douglas, American actor
December 15 – Will Wikle, American actor and reality television personality
December 16 – Joe Absolom, English actor
December 17 – Douglas Tait, American actor, stuntman, filmmaker
December 18
- Josh Dallas, American actor
- Katie Holmes, American actress
- Ravi Patel, American actor
December 21
- Charles Dera, American pornographic actor, dancer, model, martial artist, and former U.S. Marine
- Mike Vitar, American actor
December 22 – Mia Tyler, American actress, model, author, visual artist, media personality, socialite, fashion designer, talent manager and music promoter
December 23 - Josh Cowdery, American actor
December 24 – Carlson Twins, American actors, models
December 25 – Jeremy Strong, American film, television, and stage actor
December 27 - Lisa Jakub, Canadian writer and former actress
December 28 – John Legend, American composer and actor
December 30 – Tyrese Gibson, American actor, singer, model
December 31 – Johnny Sins, pornographic actor, director, and Internet personality

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Rank	Title	Distributor	Box-office gross
1	Grease	Paramount	$159,978,870^[1]
2	Superman	Warner Bros.	$134,218,018^[2]
3	National Lampoon's Animal House	Universal	$120,091,123^[3]
4	Every Which Way but Loose	Warner Bros.	$85,196,485^[4]
5	Heaven Can Wait	Paramount	$81,640,278^[5]
6	Hooper	Warner Bros.	$78,000,000^[6]
7	Jaws 2	Universal	$77,737,272^[7]
8	Revenge of the Pink Panther	United Artists	$49,579,269^[8]
9	The Deer Hunter	Universal	$48,979,328^[9]
10	Halloween	Compass International	$47,000,000^[10]

Category/Organization	36th Golden Globe Awards January 27, 1979		32nd BAFTA Awards March 22, 1979	51st Academy Awards April 9, 1979
Category/Organization	Drama	Musical or Comedy	32nd BAFTA Awards March 22, 1979	51st Academy Awards April 9, 1979
Best Film	Midnight Express	Heaven Can Wait	Julia	The Deer Hunter
Best Director	Michael Cimino The Deer Hunter		Alan Parker Midnight Express	Michael Cimino The Deer Hunter
Best Actor	Jon Voight Coming Home	Warren Beatty Heaven Can Wait	Richard Dreyfuss The Goodbye Girl	Jon Voight Coming Home
Best Actress	Jane Fonda Coming Home	Ellen Burstyn Same Time, Next Year Maggie Smith California Suite	Jane Fonda Julia	Jane Fonda Coming Home
Best Supporting Actor	John Hurt Midnight Express			Christopher Walken The Deer Hunter
Best Supporting Actress	Dyan Cannon Heaven Can Wait		Geraldine Page Interiors	Maggie Smith California Suite
Best Screenplay, Adapted	Oliver Stone Midnight Express		Alvin Sargent Julia	Oliver Stone Midnight Express
Best Screenplay, Original	Oliver Stone Midnight Express		Alvin Sargent Julia	Nancy Dowd, Waldo Salt and Robert C. Jones Coming Home
Best Original Score	Giorgio Moroder Midnight Express		John Williams Star Wars	Giorgio Moroder Midnight Express Joe Renzetti The Buddy Holly Story
Best Original Song	"Last Dance" Thank God It's Friday		N/A	"Last Dance" Thank God It's Friday
Best Foreign Language Film	Autumn Sonata		N/A	Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	5	Sally Eilers	69	US	Actress	Bad Girl The Black Camel
	12	Arthur Sheekman	76	US	Screenwriter	Duck Soup Some Came Running
	23	Jack Oakie	74	US	Actor	The Great Dictator Lover Come Back
	26	Leo Genn	72	UK	Actor	Quo Vadis The Longest Day
	27	Oskar Homolka	79	Austria	Actor	Sabotage I Remember Mama
	29	Tim McCoy	86	US	Actor	Texas Cyclone Two-Fisted Law
February	2	Wendy Barrie	69	UK	Actress	The Hound of the Baskervilles The Private Life of Henry VIII
	14	Claude Binyon	72	US	Writer, Director	The Saxon Charm Dreamboat
	15	Ilka Chase	77	US	Actress	Now, Voyager Ocean's 11
	18	Kathleen Lockhart	83	UK	Actress	A Christmas Carol Bewitched
	18	Maggie McNamara	48	US	Actress	The Moon Is Blue Three Coins in the Fountain
	24	Franco Arcalli	48	Italy	Screenwriter	Last Tango in Paris Zabriskie Point
	28	Philip Ahn	72	US	Actor	Never So Few Paradise, Hawaiian Style
March	12	John Cazale	42	US	Actor	The Godfather Dog Day Afternoon
	16	Reb Russell	72	US	Actor	Range Warfare Border Vengeance
	18	Peggy Wood	86	US	Actress	The Sound of Music The Story of Ruth
	24	Leigh Brackett	62	US	Screenwriter	The Big Sleep The Empire Strikes Back
	25	Leslie Fenton	76	UK	Actor, Director	Boys Town Whispering Smith
	25	Jack Hulbert	85	UK	Actor	Bulldog Jack Jack Ahoy
	25	Hanna Ralph	92	Germany	Actress	Faust Helena
	31	Astrid Allwyn	72	US	Actress	Follow the Fleet Love Affair
April	1	Lynne Roberts	56	US	Actress	Girls of the Big House Port Sinister
	9	Michael Wilson	63	US	Screenwriter	The Bridge on the River Kwai Lawrence of Arabia
	13	Paul McGrath	74	US	Actor	A Face in the Crowd Advise & Consent
	22	Will Geer	76	US	Actor	Winchester '73 Bandolero!
May	6	Loyal Griggs	71	US	Cinematographer	White Christmas Shane
	11	Philip Ray	79	UK	Actor	A Night to Remember Dracula: Prince of Darkness
	12	Robert Coogan	53	US	Actor	Skippy Johnny Doughboy
	16	Robert Florey	78	France	Director	The Cocoanuts Murders in the Rue Morgue
June	20	Mark Robson	64	Canada	Director	Peyton Place The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
	29	Bob Crane	49	US	Actor	Gus Superdad
	30	Frank Santillo	65	US	Editor	Grand Prix Junior Bonner
July	3	James Daly	59	US	Actor	Planet of the Apes The Big Bounce
	14	Jack Woolgar	64	UK	Actor	Death Line
	17	Thayer David	51	US	Actor	Rocky The Eiger Sanction
	19	Agnes Christine Johnston	82	US	Screenwriter	Life Begins for Andy Hardy Black Beauty
August	5	Queenie Smith	79	US	Actress	Mississippi The Killers
	13	Ferenc Kiss	86	Hungary	Actor	Cafe Moscow The Talking Rob
	24	Louis Prima	67	US	Actor, Singer	The Jungle Book Rose of Washington Square
	26	Charles Boyer	78	France	Actor	Gaslight Algiers
	28	Robert Shaw	51	UK	Actor	Jaws The Sting
	31	Lee Garmes	80	US	Cinematographer	Detective Story A Big Hand for the Little Lady
September	3	Karin Molander	89	Sweden	Actress	Halvblod Erotikon
	9	Jack L. Warner	86	Canada	Producer, Studio Executive	My Fair Lady Camelot
	12	Frank Ferguson	78	US	Actor	Rancho Notorious The Good Humor Man
	18	Ann Shoemaker	87	US	Actress	Sunrise at Campobello Alice Adams
	24	Ruth Etting	80	US	Singer, Actress	Roman Scandals Gift of Gab
	30	Edgar Bergen	75	US	Actor, Ventriloquist	The Muppet Movie Fun and Fancy Free
October	10	Kathryn McGuire	74	US	Actress	Sherlock Jr. The Navigator
	16	Dan Dailey	62	US	Actor	It's Always Fair Weather There's No Business Like Show Business
	19	Gig Young	64	US	Actor	They Shoot Horses Don't They That Touch of Mink
	30	Brian Hayles	47	UK	Screenwriter	Warlords of Atlantis Arabian Adventure
November	5	Denis O'Dea	73	Ireland	Actor	Esther and the King Niagara
	9	Florence Marly	59	Czechoslovakia	Actress	Sealed Verdict Tokyo Joe
	16	Claude Dauphin	75	France	Actor	Barbarella Grand Prix
	20	Robert Alan Aurthur	56	US	Screenwriter	Grand Prix All That Jazz
	23	June Martel	69	US	Actress	Fighting Youth Santa Fe Stampede
	26	Ford Beebe	90	US	Director	The Green Hornet Buck Rogers
	27	Susan Shaw	44	UK	Actress	Wide Boy Fire Maidens from Outer Space
	28	André Morell	69	UK	Actor	The Bridge on the River Kwai The Hound of the Baskervilles
December	7	I. Stanford Jolley	78	US	Actor	King of the Rocket Men I Killed Wild Bill Hickok
	10	Ed Wood	54	US	Director, Screenwriter, Actor	Glen or Glenda Plan 9 from Outer Space
	12	Fay Compton	84	UK	Actress	Othello The Haunting
	15	Chill Wills	76	US	Actor	The Alamo Giant
	19	Duncan Lamont	60	UK	Actor	Frankenstein Created Woman Battle of Britain
	23	Louis de Rochemont	89	US	Producer	Windjammer The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

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