1946 in film

The top ten 1946 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: ==Events==

• February 14 - Charles Vidor's Gilda starring Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford shows audiences one of the most famous scenes of the 20th century: Rita Hayworth singing "Put The Blame On Mame". • April 22 - The Allies in Japan begin burning the prints of Japanese films banned for non-democratic or "feudal" content. • November 21 – William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives premieres in New York featuring an ensemble cast including Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, and Harold Russell. • December 20 – Frank Capra's ''It's a Wonderful Life'', featuring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Travers, and Thomas Mitchell opens in New York. ==Awards==

==Notable films released in 1946==

United States unless stated A • Angel on My Shoulder • Anna and the King of Siam, starring Irene Dunne, Rex Harrison and Linda Darnell • Aru yo no Tonosama B • Bad Bascomb, starring Wallace Beery, Margaret O'Brien and Marjorie Main • The Bandit of Sherwood Forest, starring Cornel Wilde • The Beast with Five Fingers, starring Robert Alda and Peter Lorre • Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bête), directed by Jean Cocteau, starring Jean Marais and Josette Day • The Best Years of Our Lives, directed by William Wyler, starring Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews and Harold Russell – winner of 8 Oscars • Beware, directed by Bud Pollard, starring Louis Jordan • The Big Sleep, directed by Howard Hawks, starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall • Black Beauty, starring Mona Freeman and Richard Denning • The Blue Dahlia, starring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake • Blue Skies, starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire • Boom in the Moon, starring Buster Keaton • A Boy and His Dog, starring Harry Davenport C • The Captive Heart, the first Prisoner of War film from World War II • Canyon Passage, starring Dana Andrews • Centennial Summer • The Chase • Children of Paradise (U.S. release) • Cloak and Dagger • Cluny Brown, starring Charles Boyer and Jennifer Jones D • The Dark Corner, starring Lucille Ball and Mark Stevens • The Dark Mirror, starring Olivia de Havilland • Deception • Decoy, a film noir starring Jean Gillie • Devotion • The Diary of a Chambermaid • Dragonwyck, starring Gene Tierney • Dressed to Kill, a Sherlock Holmes mystery directed by Roy William Neill, starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes, and Nigel Bruce as Watson (released in U.K. as Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Code) • Duel in the Sun, starring Jennifer Jones, Gregory Peck, Joseph Cotten and Lillian Gish G • Gallant Journey, directed by William A. Wellman • Gilda, starring Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford • Great Expectations, directed by David Lean, starring John Mills, Jean Simmons and Valerie Hobson • Green for Danger, starring Alastair Sim and Trevor Howard • The Green Years H • The Harvey Girls, directed by George Sidney, starring Judy Garland and John Hodiak • Henry V (U.S. release) • Humoresque, starring Joan Crawford and John Garfield I • I See a Dark Stranger • ''It's a Wonderful Life'', directed by Frank Capra, starring James Stewart, Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore • Ivan the Terrible J • The Jolson Story, a biopic of Al Jolson starring Larry Parks K • The Kid from Brooklyn • The Killers, directed by Robert Siodmak, starring Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner L • Let There Be Light, documentary directed by John Huston • Little Giant, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello M • Make Mine Music • Magnificent Doll, starring Ginger Rogers and David Niven • A Matter of Life and Death, written and directed by Powell and Pressburger, starring David Niven • Monsieur Beaucaire, starring Bob Hope • The Murderers Are Among Us (Die Mörder sind unter uns), starring Hildegard Knef • My Darling Clementine, directed by John Ford, starring Henry Fonda and Linda Darnell N • Night and Day • A Night in Casablanca with the Marx Brothers • No Regrets for Our Youth (Waga seishun ni kuinashi) • Nobody Lives Forever • Notorious, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman O • The Outlaw (re-release) • The Overlanders P • Paisan, directed by Roberto Rossellini (Italy) • Patrie, directed by Louis Daquin (France) • People Are Funny, starring Jack Haley • The Postman Always Rings Twice, starring Lana Turner and John Garfield R • ''The Razor's Edge'', starring Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney • Renegade Girl, starring Ann Savage • The Return of Monte Cristo, starring Louis Hayward • Road to Utopia, starring Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour and Bob Hope S • The Seventh Veil (U.S. release) • She-Wolf of London. starring June Lockhart • Shoeshine (Sciuscià), directed by Vittorio De Sica • Shock, directed by Alfred L. Werker, starring Vincent Price and Lynn Bari • Sister Kenny, starring Rosalind Russell • Somewhere In The Night, starring John Hodiak • Song of the South by Walt Disney, combines animation and live action. • The Spiral Staircase, starring Dorothy McGuire • A Stolen Life, starring Bette Davis • The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, starring Barbara Stanwyck • The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr and George Sanders • The Stranger, directed by and starring Orson Welles, Loretta Young and Edward G. Robinson T • Terror by Night, a Sherlock Holmes mystery directed by Roy William Neill, starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes, and Nigel Bruce as Watson • Theirs Is the Glory • Three Strangers • Three Wise Fools, starring Margaret O'Brien and Lionel Barrymore • The Time of Their Lives, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello • To Each His Own, starring Olivia de Havilland • Tomorrow Is Forever, starring Orson Welles • Two Sisters from Boston, starring Kathryn Grayson, June Allyson, Lauritz Melchior, Jimmy Durante and Peter Lawford. U • Utamaro and His Five Women (Utamaro o meguru gonin no onna) V • The Verdict W • Wake Up and Dream • Wanted for Murder • The Wife of Monte Cristo, directed by Edgar G. Ulmer • Without Reservations Y • The Yearling, starring Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman ==Serials==

• Daughter of Don Q • Chick Carter, Detective • The Crimson Ghost • Hop Harrigan • King of the Forest Rangers, starring Larry Thompson • Lost City of the Jungle • The Mysterious Mr. M • The Phantom Rider, starring Robert Kent and Peggy Stewart • The Scarlet Horseman • Son of the Guardsman ==Short film series==

• Shirley Temple (1932–1946) • The Three Stooges (1934–1959) • Popular Science (1935–1950) ==Animated short film series==

• Mickey Mouse (1928–1953) • Looney Tunes (1930–1969) • Terrytoons (1930–1964) • Merrie Melodies (1931–1969) • Popeye (1933–1957) • Color Rhapsodies (1934–1949) • Donald Duck (1936–1956) • Pluto (1937–1951) • Andy Panda (1939–1949) • Goofy (1939–1953) • Bugs Bunny (1940–1964) • Tom and Jerry (1940–1958) • The Fox and the Crow (1941–1950) • Woody Woodpecker (1941–1949) • Mighty Mouse (1942–1955) • Droopy (1943–1958) • Chip and Dale (1943–1956) • Screwball Squirrel (1944–1946) • Yosemite Sam (1945–1963) • George and Junior (1946–1948) ==Births==

• January 1 - Rick Hurst, American actor (d. 2025) • January 5 – Diane Keaton, American actress, producer and director (d. 2025) • January 6 – Cheng Pei-Pei, Chinese actress (d. 2024) • January 7 – Arnis Līcītis, Latvian actor (d. 2022) • January 16 – Kabir Bedi, Indian actor • January 19 – Dolly Parton, American country singer and actress • January 20 – David Lynch, American director (d. 2025) • January 26 • Christopher Hampton, British director and screenwriter • Gene Siskel, American film critic and journalist (d. 1999) • February 2 • Blake Clark, American stand-up comedian, actor and voice actor • J. E. Freeman, American actor (d. 2014) • February 4 – Ivano Marescotti, Italian actor (d. 2023) • February 5 – Charlotte Rampling, English actress • February 7 – Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (d. 2011) • February 8 – Alex Diakun, Canadian actor • February 13 – Joe Estevez, American actor, director and producer • February 20 – Brenda Blethyn, English actress • February 21 • Tyne Daly, American actress • Anthony Daniels, English actor, voice actor and mime artist • Alan Rickman, English actor (d. 2016) • March 1 – Lana Wood, American actress and producer • March 6 – Martin Kove, American actor and martial artist • March 7 • Dan Grimaldi, American actor • John Heard, American actor (d. 2017) • March 9 – Alexandra Bastedo, British actress (d. 2014) • March 12 • Dean Cundey, American cinematographer and filmmaker • Liza Minnelli, American singer and actress • Frank Welker, American actor, voice actor and former stand-up comedian • March 14 – Steve Kanaly, American actor • March 21 – Timothy Dalton, British actor • March 27 – Carl Weintraub, American actor • March 29 – Paul Herman, American actor (d. 2022) • April 3 – Nicholas Jones, English character actor • April 5 • Jane Asher, English actress • Björn Granath, Swedish actor (d. 2017) • April 8 • Stuart Pankin, American actor • Tim Thomerson, American actor and comedian • April 12 – Ed O'Neill, American actor and comedian • April 15 • Bob DeSimone, American actor • Michael Tucci, American actor • April 18 – Hayley Mills, English actress • April 19 – Tim Curry, English actor and singer • April 20 – Haruhiko Yamanouchi, Japanese actor • April 22 – John Waters, American filmmaker, writer and actor • April 23 – Blair Brown, American actress • April 25 • Andrzej Seweryn, Polish actor and director • Talia Shire, American actress • April 29 – Wayne Robson, Canadian actor (d. 2011) • May 1 – Joanna Lumley, British actress • May 2 – David Suchet, English actor • May 9 – Candice Bergen, American actress • May 10 - Maureen Lipman, English actress and comedian • May 11 – Ago Roo, Estonian actor • May 13 – Tim Pigott-Smith, English actor (d. 2017) • May 18 – Andreas Katsulas, American actor (d. 2006) • May 19 – André the Giant, French professional wrestler and actor (d. 1993) • May 20 – Cher, American singer and actress • May 22 – Jack Kehler, American character actor (d. 2022) • May 23 – Anthony May, English actor (d. 2021) • June 1 – Brian Cox, Scottish actor • June 2 - Lasse Hallström, Swedish director • June 3 • Tristan Rogers, Australian actor (d. 2025) • Penelope Wilton, English actress • June 5 – John Bach, British-born New Zealand actor • June 8 – Alan Scarfe, British-Canadian actor (d. 2024) • June 12 – Jack Thibeau, American actor • June 15 • Angela Down, English actress • Roy Holder, English actor (d. 2021) • June 26 • Ricky Jay, American actor and writer (d. 2018) • Leo Rossi, American actor, writer and producer • June 28 • Bruce Davison, American actor and director • Gilda Radner, American comedian and actress (d. 1989) • July 2 – Ron Silver, American actor (d. 2009) • July 6 – Sylvester Stallone, American actor and director • July 9 – Norbert Weisser, German actor • July 10 – Sue Lyon, American actress (d. 2019) • July 11 - Beverly Todd, American actress • July 13 – Cheech Marin, American actor and comedian • July 14 – Vincent Pastore, American actor • July 16 • Dave Goelz, American puppeteer and actor • Richard LeParmentier, American actor (d. 2013) • July 17 – Alun Armstrong, English actor • July 18 – Dicken Ashworth, English actor • July 20 – Randal Kleiser, American director, producer, screenwriter and actor • July 22 – Danny Glover, American actor and director • July 27 – Rade Šerbedžija, Croatian actor, director and musician • August 1 - David Calder, English actor • August 6 – Peter Simonischek, Austrian actor (d. 2023) • August 9 – Alain Dorval, French voice actor of Sylvester Stallone, from 1976 to 2024 (d 2024). • August 14 – Antonio Fargas, American actor • August 15 - Tony Robinson, English actor • August 16 – Lesley Ann Warren, American actress and singer • August 19 • Ti Lung, Hong Kong actor • Christopher Malcolm, Scottish actor, director and producer (d. 2014) • August 20 – José Wilker, Brazilian actor (d. 2014) • August 24 – BP Fallon, Irish actor • August 26 – Alison Steadman, English actress • August 29 – Lindy Davies, Australian actress and director • August 30 – Peggy Lipton, American actress, model and singer (d. 2019) • September 1 – Susan Backlinie, American actress and stuntwoman (d. 2024) • September 5 – Dennis Dugan, American director, actor, writer and comedian • September 13 – Frank Marshall, American producer and director • September 15 • Tommy Lee Jones, American actor • Oliver Stone, director and producer • September 18 – Struan Rodger, British actor • September 19 – Michael Elphick, English actor (d. 2002) • September 22 – John Woo, Hong Kong director, producer and screenwriter • September 25 • Mary Beth Hurt, American actress (d. 2026) • Drew Snyder, American actor • September 26 – Togo Igawa, Japanese character actor • September 28 • Peter Egan, British actor • Jeffrey Jones, American actor • October 2 – Dale Soules, American actress • October 3 - William Hall Jr., American actor (d. 2025) • October 4 – Susan Sarandon, American actress • October 6 – John Hostetter, American actor and visual artist (d. 2016) • October 10 • Charles Dance, English actor • Ben Vereen, American actor • October 14 – Katy Manning, British actress • October 15 – John Getz, American actor • October 16 – Suzanne Somers, American actress and singer (d. 2023) • October 22 – Richard McGonagle, American actor • October 27 – Ivan Reitman, Slovak-born Canadian director and producer (d. 2022) • October 31 – Stephen Rea, Northern Irish actor • November 3 • Michael Champion, American singer, musician and actor (d. 2021) • Tom Savini, American prosthetic makeup artist, actor, stunt performer and director • November 4 – John Callen, English-born New Zealand actor and director • November 6 – Sally Field, American actress • November 7 – John Aylward, American actor (d. 2022) • November 10 - Alaina Reed Hall, American actress and singer (d. 2009) • November 16 – Dan Shor, American actor, director and writer • November 20 • Sullivan Walker, Trinidadian actor (d. 2012) • Samuel E. Wright, American actor and singer (d. 2021) • November 21 – Andrew Davis, American director, producer and writer • November 22 – Paul A. Partain, American actor (d. 2005) • November 26 – Mark L. Lester, American director, screenwriter and producer • November 29 - Nathan Jung, American actor and stuntman (d. 2021) • December 1 – Maggie Steed, English actress and comedian • December 8 • Frank Pesce, American actor (d. 2022) • John Rubinstein, American actor, composer and director • December 14 • Patty Duke, American actress (d. 2016) • Lynne Marie Stewart, American actress (d. 2025) • December 16 – Charles Dennis, Canadian actor, director and screenwriter • December 17 • Jayne Eastwood, Canadian actress and comedian • Eugene Levy, Canadian actor • December 18 – Steven Spielberg, American director and producer • December 19 – Robert Urich, American actor and producer (d. 2002) • December 20 – John Spencer, American actor (d. 2005) • December 21 – Josh Mostel, American actor • December 24 – Daniel Beretta, French voice actor and singer (d. 2024) • December 25 – Stuart Wilson, English actor • December 29 – Marianne Faithfull, British actress and singer (d. 2025) • December 31 – Margaret Travolta, American actress ==Deaths==

• January 13 – Enid Stamp Taylor, English actress • February 5 – George Arliss, English actor • April 1 – Noah Beery Sr., American actor • June 23 – William S. Hart, American actor • July 10 - Slim Summerville, American actor and director • August 8 – Paul Porcasi, Italian actor • August 10 – Léon Gaumont, French film pioneer • August 12 – Egon Brecher, Austrian actor, director • August 13 – H. G. Wells, British science fiction writer • August 26 – Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter • August 28 – Florence Turner, American actress • September 21 – Olga Engl, Austrian actress • October 8 – John St. Polis, American actor • November 2 – Gabriel Gabrio, French actor • November 18 – Donald Meek, Scottish-American actor • December 12 – Renée Jeanne Falconetti, French actress • December 25 – W. C. Fields, American comedian and actor ==Film debuts==

• Rodolfo Acosta – Soy un prófugo • Patricia Barry – Her Kind of Man • Raymond Burr – Without Reservations • Eddie Byrne – I See a Dark Stranger • Hamilton Camp – Bedlam • Gianna Maria Canale – The Black Eagle • Paul Carpenter – This Man Is Mine • Adolfo Celi – A Yank in Rome • Kirk Douglas – The Strange Love of Martha Ivers • William Fawcett – Stars Over Texas • John Hoyt – O.S.S. • Martha Hyer – The Locket • Erland Josephson – It Rains on Our Love • Sam Kydd – The Captive Heart • Burt Lancaster – The Killers • Norman Leavitt – The Harvey Girls • Gina Lollobrigida – The Black Eagle • Lois Maxwell – A Matter of Life and Death • Michael Medwin – Piccadilly Incident • Slim Pickens – Smoky • Liam Redmond – I See a Dark Stranger • Enrico Maria Salerno – Unknown Man of San Marino • Yvonne Sanson – The Black Eagle • Emil Sitka – One Exciting Week • José Luis López Vázquez – María Fernanda la Jerezana • Yves Vincent – Devil and the Angel • Georges Wilson – Martin Roumagnac ==References==