1949 in film
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Events
Top grossing films
- North America
- Adam's Rib
- Jolson Sings Again
- Pinky
- I Was a Male War Bride, The Snake Pit, Joan of Arc
- Best Picture: All the King's Men - Rossen, Columbia
- Best Actor: Broderick Crawford - All the King's Men
- Best Actress: Olivia de Havilland - The Heiress
Other films released
Other films released in 1949 include:
- All the King's Men
- Battleground
- Champion
- The Fountainhead
- The Heiress
- In the Good Old Summertime
- Kind Hearts and Coronets
- Ma and Pa Kettle
- Manon
- My Friend Irma
- Passport to Pimlico
- Sands of Iwo Jima
- The Small Back Room
- The Third Man
- The Stratton Story
- Twelve O'Clock High
- The Walls of Malapaga
- The Window
- The Winslow Boy
- Alexander Popov
- ''The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Short film series
- Donald Duck (1936-1956)
- Popeye (1933-1957)
- The Three Stooges (1934-1959)
- Tom and Jerry (1940-1958)
Births
- January 10 - Linda Lovelace, pornographic film actress (d. 2002)
- January 12 - Wayne Wang, director
- January 14 - Lawrence Kasdan, director, screenwriter
- January 17 - Andy Kaufman, comedian, actor (d. 1984)
- March 22 - Fanny Ardant, actress
- May 9 - Billy Joel, songwriter
- May 31 - Tom Berenger, actor
- June 22 - Meryl Streep, US actress
- July 7 - Shelley Duvall, actress
- August 23 - Shelley Long, US actress
- August 31 - Richard Gere, US actor
- October 8 - Sigourney Weaver, US actress
- November 6 - Arturo Sandoval, songwriter
- November 26 - Juanin Clay, US actress
- December 11 - Teri Garr, US actress
- December 25 - Sissy Spacek, US actress
Deaths
- January 6 - Victor Fleming, director
- December 16 - Sidney Olcott, pioneer film director
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