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The year 1948 in film involved some significant events.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1948 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1948
Rank Title Distributor Domestic rentals
1 The Red Shoes General Film $5,000,000[1]
2 Red River United Artists $4,506,825[2]
3 The Paleface Paramount $4,500,000[1]
4 Johnny Belinda Warner Bros. $4,266,000[3]
5 Easter Parade MGM $4,144,000[4]
6 The Three Musketeers $4,124,000[4]
7 The Snake Pit 20th Century Fox $4,100,000[1]
8 The Emperor Waltz Paramount $4,000,000[1]
9 Homecoming MGM $3,699,000[4]
10 Sitting Pretty 20th Century Fox $3,550,000[5]

Events

Awards

Category/Organization 6th Golden Globe Awards
March 16, 1949		 21st Academy Awards
March 24, 1949
Best Film Johnny Belinda
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre		 Hamlet
Best Director John Huston
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Best Actor Laurence Olivier
Hamlet
Best Actress Jane Wyman
Johnny Belinda
Best Supporting Actor Walter Huston
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Best Supporting Actress Ellen Corby
I Remember Mama		 Claire Trevor
Key Largo
Best Screenplay, Adapted Richard Schweizer
The Search		 John Huston
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Best Screenplay, Original Richard Schweizer
The Search
Best Foreign Language Film Hamlet Monsieur Vincent

Top ten money making stars

Rank Actor/Actress
1. Bing Crosby
2. Betty Grable
3. (tie) Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
4. Gary Cooper
5. Bob Hope
6. Humphrey Bogart
7. Clark Gable
8. Cary Grant
9. Spencer Tracy
10. Ingrid Bergman

Notable films released in 1948

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Births

  • January 7 – Kenny Loggins, American singer-songwriter
  • January 10 – William Sanderson, American actor
  • January 12 – Anthony Andrews, English actor
  • January 13 – Malcolm Storry, British actor
  • January 14 – Carl Weathers, American actor and football player (d. 2024)
  • January 16 – John Carpenter, American director, producer and screenwriter
  • January 18 – M. C. Gainey, American character actor
  • January 20 – Geno Silva, American actor (d. 2020)
  • January 21 – Trey Wilson, American character actor (d. 1989)
  • January 25 – Emily Richard, British actress (d. 2024)
  • January 28 – Mikhail Baryshnikov, Latvian-American actor
  • January 29 – Marc Singer, Canadian actor
  • February 1 – Rick James, American singer and actor (d. 2004)
  • February 3 – Thomas Rosales Jr., American actor and stuntman
  • February 5
  • February 9 – David Hayman, Scottish actor and director
  • February 13 - Kitten Natividad, Mexican-American actress (d. 2022)
  • February 15 – Tino Insana, American actor, producer, writer, voice artist and comedian (d. 2017)
  • February 16 – Troy Evans, American actor
  • February 17 – Anne Lonnberg, American actress and singer of Swedish descent
  • February 18 – Sinéad Cusack, Irish actress
  • February 20 – Jennifer O'Neill, American actress
  • February 22 – John Ashton, American actor (d. 2024)
  • February 23 – Dennis Waterman, English actor and singer (d. 2022)
  • February 25 – K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Indian actress (d. 2022)
  • February 28
  • February 29
    • Ken Foree, American actor
    • Kerry Walker, Australian actress
  • March 1 – Karl Johnson, Welsh actor
  • March 4 – Brian Cummings, American voice actor
  • March 5 – Annette Charles, American actress and dancer (d. 2011)
  • March 6 – Anna Maria Horsford, American actress
  • March 14 – Billy Crystal, American actor and comedian
  • March 16 – James Otis, American actor (d. 2020)
  • March 20 – Helene Vannari, Estonian actress (d. 2022)
  • March 23 - Penelope Milford, American actress
  • March 24 - Adrian Shergold, British director
  • March 25 – Bonnie Bedelia, American actress
  • March 26 – Steven Tyler, American singer, songwriter, musician and actor
  • March 28
    • Matthew Corbett, English television personality, actor, writer, puppeteer and comedian
  • March 29 – Bud Cort, American actor
  • March 31 – Rhea Perlman, American actress and writer
  • April 5 – Carlos Carrasco, American actor
  • April 6 – Patrika Darbo, American actress
  • April 9 – Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress
  • April 20 – Gregory Itzin, American character actor (d. 2022)
  • April 25 – Freda Foh Shen, American film, television and theatre actress
  • April 28 – Marcia Strassman, American actress and singer (d. 2014)
  • May 3
    • Larry Brandenburg, American actor
    • Chris Mulkey, American actor
  • May 11 – Pam Ferris, Welsh actress
  • May 12
  • May 14 – Walter Olkewicz, American character actor (d. 2021)
  • May 15 – Malcolm Stewart, Canadian actor
  • May 18 – Jesper Christensen, Danish actor
  • May 19 – Bruce Jarchow, American actor
  • May 21 – Jonathan Hyde, Australian-born English actor
  • May 27 - Ken Lerner, American actor
  • June 1 – Powers Boothe, American actor (d. 2017)
  • June 7 – Xavier Saint-Macary, French actor (d. 1988)
  • June 11 – Michael Swan, American actor
  • June 18 - Philip Jackson, English actor
  • June 19 – Phylicia Rashad, American actress, singer and director
  • June 21 – Ian McEwan, English author
  • June 22 – Steve Eastin, American character actor
  • June 28
  • July 2 – Saul Rubinek, German-born Canadian actor, director and producer
  • July 5 – William Hootkins, American actor (d. 2005)
  • July 6 – Nathalie Baye, French actress
  • July 7 – Lori Tan Chinn, American actress and comedian
  • July 9 – Ray Baker, American actor
  • July 12
    • Susan Blu, American voice actress, voice director and casting director
    • Ben Burtt, American sound designer
  • July 13 – Catherine Breillat, French director
  • July 15 - Richard Franklin, Australian director (d. 2007)
  • July 16 - Rubén Blades, Panamanian musician, composer and actor
  • July 17 - Wayne Sleep, British choreographer and actor
  • July 18 - James Faulkner, British actor
  • July 20 – Muse Watson, American actor
  • July 26 – Leon Vitali, English actor (d. 2022)
  • July 28 – Georgia Engel, American actress (d. 2019)
  • July 30 – Jean Reno, French actor
  • August 5 – Barbara Flynn, English actress
  • August 13 – Peter Iacangelo, American actor (d. 2021)
  • August 14 – Joseph Marcell, British actor and comedian
  • August 18 – Grainger Hines, American actor, writer, producer and director
  • August 19 – Jim Carter, English actor
  • August 20 – John Noble, Australian actor
  • August 30 – Lewis Black, American actor and comedian
  • September 1 – James Rebhorn, American character actor (d. 2014)
  • September 4 – Michael Berryman, American character actor
  • September 7 – Susan Blakely, American actress
  • September 11
    • Philip Alford, former American actor
    • Michael Sacks, American actor
  • September 15 – Kathryn Kates, American actress (d. 2022)
  • September 17 – John Ritter, American actor (d. 2003)
  • September 19
  • September 24
  • September 25 - Mimi Kennedy, American actress
  • September 26 – Olivia Newton-John, British-born Australian actress and singer (d. 2022)
  • September 27 – A Martinez, American actor and singer
  • October 2 – Persis Khambatta, Indian actress and model (d. 1998)
  • October 3 - Niall Buggy, Irish actor
  • October 5 – Sal Viscuso, American actor
  • October 6 - Frances Tomelty, Northern Irish actress
  • October 8 – James Harper, American actor
  • October 11
    • John R. Cherry III, American director and screenwriter (d. 2022)
    • Jonathan Hadary, American actor
  • October 14 – Gerard Murphy, Irish actor (d. 2013)
  • October 16 – Hema Malini, Indian actress and politician
  • October 17
  • October 21 – Tom Everett, American actor
  • October 28 – Telma Hopkins, American actress and singer
  • October 29 – Kate Jackson, American actress
  • October 30 – Don Creech, American actor
  • October 31 – Michael Kitchen, English actor and producer
  • November 3 - Robert Pugh, Welsh actor
  • November 11 – Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (d. 2005)
  • November 13 – Adelle Lutz, American model, actress and costume designer
  • November 14 – Robert Ginty, American actor and producer (d. 2009)
  • November 18 – Dom Irrera, American actor and stand-up comedian
  • November 20 – Richard Masur, American character actor
  • November 26 – Marianne Muellerleile, American actress
  • November 28 – Agnieszka Holland, Polish director and screenwriter
  • November 30 – Larry Bishop, American actor, screenwriter and director
  • December 1 – Remo Girone, Italian actor
  • December 3 - Ozzy Osbourne, British actor and media personality (d. 2025)
  • December 6 – JoBeth Williams, American actress and director
  • December 9 - Ron Vawter, American actor (d. 1994)
  • December 14
  • December 15
  • December 21 – Samuel L. Jackson, American actor and producer
  • December 22 – Lynne Thigpen, American actress (d. 2003)
  • December 27 – Gérard Depardieu, French actor and filmmaker
  • December 31 – Donna Summer, American singer and songwriter (d. 2012)

Deaths

Film debuts

References

  1. ^ a b c d "All-Time Top-Grossers". Variety. Vol. 193, no. 6. January 13, 1954. p. 10. ISSN 0042-2738. Retrieved 2022-07-20 – via Archive.org.
  2. ^ Andreychuk, Ed (1997). The Golden Corral: A Roundup of Magnificent Western Films. McFarland & Company Inc. pp. 24–25. ISBN 0-7864-0393-4.
  3. ^ Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1–31 p 29 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  4. ^ a b c The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  5. ^ "Top Grossers of 1948." Variety, January 5, 1949, p. 46.
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