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The year 1971 in film involved some significant events.

## Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

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See also: List of 1971 box office number-one films in the United States

The top ten 1971 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1971  Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic rentals

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1  | Fiddler on the Roof | United Artists | $40,500,000[1]
2  | Billy Jack | Warner Bros. | $32,500,000[1]
3  | The French Connection | 20th Century Fox | $26,300,000[1]
4  | Summer of '42 | Warner Bros.  | $20,500,000[2]
5  | Diamonds Are Forever | United Artists  | $19,727,000[2]
6  | Dirty Harry | Warner Bros.  | $18,000,000[2]
7  | A Clockwork Orange | $17,000,000[2]
8  | Carnal Knowledge | Embassy | $14,075,000[2]
9  | The Last Picture Show | Columbia | $13,110,000[2]
10  | Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song | Cinemation Industries | $9,200,000[3]

## Events

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* February 8 - Bob Dylan's hour-long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New York's Academy of Music. The film includes footage from Dylan's 1966 UK tour.
* April 23 - Melvin Van Peebles film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song becomes the highest-grossing independent film of 1971.[4]
* May - The first permanent IMAX projection system begins showing at Ontario Place's "Cinesphere" in Toronto.
* May 10 - Frank Yablans becomes President of Paramount Pictures.
* Britain's National Film School begins operation at Beaconsfield Film Studios.

## Awards

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Category/Organization | 29th Golden Globe Awards
February 6, 1972 | 25th BAFTA Awards
February 26, 1972 | 44th Academy Awards
April 10, 1972

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Drama | Comedy or Musical
Best Film | The French Connection | Fiddler on the Roof | Sunday Bloody Sunday | The French Connection
Best Director | William Friedkin
The French Connection | John Schlesinger
Sunday Bloody Sunday | William Friedkin
The French Connection
Best Actor | Gene Hackman
The French Connection | Chaim Topol
Fiddler on the Roof | Peter Finch
Sunday Bloody Sunday | Gene Hackman
The French Connection
Best Actress | Jane Fonda
Klute | Twiggy
The Boy Friend | Glenda Jackson
Sunday Bloody Sunday | Jane Fonda
Klute
Best Supporting Actor | Ben Johnson
The Last Picture Show | Edward Fox (actor)
The Go-Between | Ben Johnson
The Last Picture Show
Best Supporting Actress | Ann-Margret
Carnal Knowledge | Margaret Leighton
The Go-Between | Cloris Leachman
The Last Picture Show
Best Screenplay, Original | The Hospital
Paddy Chayefsky | The Go-Between
Harold Pinter | The Hospital
Paddy Chayefsky
Best Screenplay, Adapted | The French Connection
Ernest Tidyman
Best Original Score | Isaac Hayes
Shaft | Michel Legrand
Summer of '42 | Michel Legrand
Summer of '42
John Williams
Fiddler on the Roof
Best Original Song | "Life Is What You Make It"
Kotch | N/A | "Theme from Shaft"
Shaft
Best Foreign Language Film | The Policeman | N/A | The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

The Go-Between, directed by Joseph Losey, United Kingdom

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini), directed by Vittorio De Sica, Italy / W. Germany

## 1971 films

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### By country/region

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* List of American films of 1971
* List of Argentine films of 1971
* List of Australian films of 1971
* List of Bangladeshi films of 1971
* List of British films of 1971
* List of Canadian films of 1971
* List of French films of 1971
* List of Hong Kong films of 1971
* List of Indian films of 1971
* List of Hindi films of 1971
* List of Kannada films of 1971
* List of Malayalam films of 1971
* List of Marathi films of 1971
* List of Tamil films of 1971
* List of Telugu films of 1971
* List of Japanese films of 1971
* List of Mexican films of 1971
* List of Pakistani films of 1971
* List of South Korean films of 1971
* List of Soviet films of 1971
* List of Spanish films of 1971

### By genre/medium

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* List of action films of 1971
* List of animated feature films of 1971
* List of avant-garde films of 1971
* List of comedy films of 1971
* List of drama films of 1971
* List of horror films of 1971
* List of science fiction films of 1971
* List of thriller films of 1971
* List of western films of 1971

## Births

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* January 2
* Taye Diggs, American actor
* Renée Elise Goldsberry, American actress and singer
* January 3 - Sarah Alexander, English actress
* January 7 - Jeremy Renner, American actor
* January 11 - Mary J. Blige, American singer-songwriter and actress
* January 13 - Caspar Phillipson, Danish actor and singer
* January 14 - Jennifer Dundas, American actress
* January 15 - Regina King, American actress
* January 16 - Josh Evans, American filmmaker, screenwriter and actor
* January 17 - Youki Kudoh, Japanese actress and singer
* January 19 - Shawn Wayans, American actor, comedian, writer and producer
* January 20 - Questlove, American musician, filmmaker and actor
* January 21 - Dylan Kussman, American writer and actor
* January 22 - Katie Finneran, American actress
* January 23 - Diana Barrows, American actress, singer and dancer
* January 24
* Jonathan Aris, English actor
* Stanislas Merhar, French actor
* January 27
* Karin Tammaru, Estonian actress
* Fann Wong, Singaporean actress, singer and model
* January 31 - Darren Boyd, British actor
* February 1
* Michael C. Hall, American actor
* Jill Kelly, American pornographic actress
* Liisa Repo-Martell, Canadian actress
* Hynden Walch, American actress, voice actress, writer and singer
* February 2 - Arly Jover, Spanish actress
* February 3 - Elisa Donovan, American actress
* February 4 - Rob Corddry, American actor and comedian
* February 5 - Myndy Crist, American actress
* February 6 - Brian Stepanek, American actor
* February 11 - Damian Lewis, English actor
* February 12 - Scott Menville, American actor
* February 14 - Noriko Sakai, Japanese actress and singer
* February 15
* Alex Borstein, American actress
* Renee O'Connor, American actress
* February 17 - Denise Richards, American actress
* February 18
* E. Roger Mitchell, American actor
* Hiep Thi Le, Vietnamese-American actress (d. 2017)
* February 21 - Andréa Burns, American actress and singer
* February 22 - Lea Salonga, Filipina actress, singer, and columnist
* February 25 - Sean Astin, American actor
* February 28 - Tasha Smith, American actor, director and producer
* March 1
* Ma Dong-seok, South Korean-born American actor
* Teresa Gallagher, American-born British actress, voice actress and singer
* March 2
* Stefano Accorsi, Italian actor
* Method Man, American actor and musician
* Amber Smith, American actress
* March 4 - Shavar Ross, American actor, director, screenwriter, producer and editor
* March 5
* Yuri Lowenthal, American voice actor
* Scott Mosier, American producer, director and editor
* March 7
* Peter Sarsgaard, American actor
* Matthew Vaughn, English filmmaker
* March 10 - Jon Hamm, American actor
* March 11 - Johnny Knoxville, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
* March 13 - Annabeth Gish, American actress
* March 15 - Chris Patton, American voice actor
* March 16 - Alan Tudyk, American actor and voice actor
* March 22
* Iben Hjejle, Danish actress
* Keegan-Michael Key, American actor, comedian, writer and producer
* Will Yun Lee, American actor and martial artist
* March 24 - Megyn Price, American actress
* March 25 - Peter Shinkoda, Canadian actor
* March 26 - Francis Lawrence, Austrian-born American filmmaker and producer
* March 27 - Nathan Fillion, Canadian actor
* March 29
* Michael-Leon Wooley, American theatre, film, television and voice actor
* Hidetoshi Nishijima, Japanese actor
* March 31
* Craig McCracken, American cartoonist, animator, director, writer and producer
* Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor
* April 1 - Lachy Hulme, Australian actor and screenwriter
* April 5 - Krista Allen, American actress, model and stand-up comedian
* April 7 - Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, American actress
* April 12 - Shannen Doherty, American actress (d. 2024)
* April 15
* Andy Daly, American actor, comedian and writer
* Kate Harbour, English voice actress
* April 16 - Peter Billingsley, American actor, director and producer
* April 18 - David Tennant, Scottish actor
* April 19
* Gad Elmaleh, Moroccan-Canadian stand-up comedian and actor
* Desreta Jackson, Virgin Islander actress
* Wendy Powell, American voice actress
* April 22 - Eric Mabius, American actor
* April 24
* Anastasia Barzee, American actress
* Stefania Rocca, Italian actress
* April 28 - Bridget Moynahan, American actress
* May 10
* Adriano Giannini, Italian actor and voice actor
* Leslie Stefanson, American actress
* May 11 - Nicky Katt, American actor
* May 12 - Steven Mond, Canadian former child actor
* May 13 - Mido Hamada, Egyptian-German actor
* May 14 - Sofia Coppola, American actress, writer, and director
* May 17 - Randy Davison, American actor
* May 22 - MC Eiht, American rapper and actor
* May 25 - Justin Henry, American actor
* May 26 - Matt Stone, American actor, creator of South Park
* May 27
* Paul Bettany, English actor
* Lisa Lopes, American singer and actress (d. 2002)
* May 30
* Duncan Jones, British director, producer and screenwriter
* Idina Menzel, American actress, singer and songwriter
* John Ross Bowie, American actor and comedian
* 31 May - Jon Øigarden, Norwegian actor
* June 2
* Anthony Montgomery, American actor
* Espen Sandberg, Norwegian director
* June 4
* James Callis, British actor
* Noah Wyle, American actor
* June 5
* Susan Lynch, Northern Irish actress
* Mark Wahlberg, American actor and musician
* June 8 - Kent Faulcon, American actor, director and writer
* June 11 - Kenjiro Tsuda, Japanese actor
* June 13 - Bryan Massey, American actor
* June 14 - Sophiya Haque, English actress and singer (d. 2013)
* June 15
* Jake Busey, American actor
* Taavi Eelmaa, Estonian actor
* Daniel Lapaine, Australian actor
* June 16
* Eva Püssa, Estonian actress
* Tupac Shakur, American actor and rapper (d. 1996)
* June 18 - Lisa Barbuscia, American model, singer and actress
* June 20 - Josh Lucas, American actor
* June 22 - Mary Lynn Rajskub, American actress and comedian
* June 28
* Benito Martinez, American actor
* Aileen Quinn, American actress and singer
* June 30
* Tom Green, Canadian-American comedian, show host, actor and filmmaker
* Monica Potter, American actress
* July 1
* Missy Elliott, American musician and actress
* Melissa Peterman, American actress, television host and comedian
* July 4
* Kate Dickie, Scottish actress
* Al Madrigal, American comedian, writer, actor and producer
* July 7 - Christian Camargo, American actor, producer, writer and director
* July 8 - Amanda Peterson, American actress (d. 2015)
* July 9 - Scott Grimes, American actor and singer
* July 15 - Jim Rash, American actor, comedian and filmmaker
* July 16 - Corey Feldman, American actor
* July 18 - Sarah McLeod, New Zealand actress
* July 19
* Kate Henshaw, Nigerian actress
* Andres Puustusmaa, Estonian actor and director
* July 20 - Sandra Oh, Canadian-American actress
* July 21 - Charlotte Gainsbourg, French-British actress
* July 24 - Patty Jenkins, American director, screenwriter and producer
* July 25 - Miriam Shor, American actress
* July 30 - Christine Taylor, American actress
* July 31 - Eve Best, British actress
* August 4
* Stuart Beattie, Australian filmmaker
* Yo-Yo, American rapper and actress
* August 6 - Merrin Dungey, American actress
* August 9
* Mark Povinelli, American actor
* Nikki Ziering, American model and actress
* August 10
* Luca Guadagnino, Italian director and producer
* Justin Theroux, American actor
* August 12
* Rebecca Gayheart, American actress
* Yvette Nicole Brown, American actress, comedian, writer and host
* August 13
* Moritz Bleibtreu, German actor and director
* Heike Makatsch, German actress, voice actress and singer
* Rolando Molina, Salvadoran actor
* August 14 - Scott Michael Campbell, American actor, writer, producer and director
* August 18 - Jacob Vargas, Mexican-American actor
* August 20
* David Walliams, English comedian, actor, writer and television personality
* Ke Huy Quan, American actor and stunt choreographer
* August 21 - Kristi Angus, Canadian actress
* August 22 - Richard Armitage, English actor and author
* August 25 - Claire Rushbrook, English actress
* August 29 - Carla Gugino, American actress
* August 31 - Chris Tucker, American actor
* September 1 - Maury Sterling, American actor
* September 2 - Katt Williams, American actor and comedian[5]
* September 3 - Drena De Niro, American actress and filmmaker
* September 8
* David Arquette, American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter
* Martin Freeman, English actor[6]
* September 9
* Eric Stonestreet, American actor and comedian
* Henry Thomas, American actor
* September 14
* Pat Healy, American actor
* Kimberly Williams-Paisley, American actress
* September 15
* Josh Charles, American actor
* Colleen O'Shaughnessey, American voice actress
* September 16 - Amy Poehler, American actress
* September 17
* Felix Solis, American actor, director and producer
* Ian Whyte, Welsh actor and stuntman
* September 18 - Jada Pinkett Smith, American actress
* September 19
* Sanaa Lathan, American actress
* Selene Luna, Mexican-American actress and comedian
* September 21 - Luke Wilson, American actor
* September 22 - Lawrence Gilliard Jr., American actor
* September 27 - Amanda Detmer, American actress
* September 28 - Matt Day, Australian actor and filmmaker
* September 29 - Mackenzie Crook, English actor, comedian, director and writer
* September 30 - Jenna Elfman, American actress
* October 5
* Matthew Maher, American actor
* Samuel Vincent, Canadian voice actor and singer
* October 6 - Emily Mortimer, English actress
* October 10 - Amanda Ryan, English actress
* October 11
* Justin Lin, Taiwanese-American director
* Trish Sie, American director
* October 13
* Sacha Baron Cohen, English actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer
* Luis Tosar, Spanish actor and musician
* October 17 - Andy Whitfield, Welsh actor (d. 2011)
* October 20
* Snoop Dogg, American rapper, songwriter, media personality and actor
* Kenneth Choi, American actor
* Rachel House, New Zealand actress and director
* October 21 - Jennifer Lee, American screenwriter, film director and chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios
* October 25 - Craig Robinson, American actor, comedian, musician and singer
* October 26
* Rosemarie DeWitt, American actress
* Anthony Rapp, American actor and singer
* Phil Johnston, American screenwriter, director, producer and voice actor
* October 29 - Winona Ryder, American actress
* November 2 - Meta Golding, Haitian-American actress
* November 3
* Piret Laurimaa, Estonian actress
* Dylan Moran, Irish comedian, writer and actor
* November 4 - Tabu, Indian actress
* November 9 - Jason Antoon, American actor
* November 10 - Walton Goggins, American actor
* November 11 - David DeLuise, American actor
* November 13 - Noah Hathaway, American actor
* November 14
* Giovanni Cirfiera, Italian actor
* Marco Leonardi, Italian actor
* November 16 - Justine Clarke, Australian actress, singer, musician and television host
* November 17 - David Ramsey, American actor, director and martial artist
* November 18 - Goran Kostić, Serbian actor
* November 20
* Enrico Casarosa, Italian-American storyboard artist, director and writer
* Joel McHale, American actor, comedian, writer, producer and television host
* November 23
* Lisa Arch, American actress and comedian
* Chris Hardwick, American comedian, actor, television and podcast host, writer and producer
* November 24 - Lior Raz, Israeli actor and screenwriter
* November 25 - Christina Applegate, American actress
* November 29 - Naoko Mori, Japanese actress
* December 3
* Joseph Gatt, English actor
* Ola Rapace, Swedish actor
* December 5
* Mitch Silpa, American writer, actor and director
* Kali Rocha, American actress
* Dolly Wells, English actress and writer
* December 6 - Katariina Unt, Estonian actress
* December 7 - DeObia Oparei, English actor
* December 9 - Emma Thomas, English producer
* December 14 - Natascha McElhone, British actress
* December 17
* Sinan Akkuş, Turkish-German actor
* Claire Forlani, English actress
* December 18 - Claudia Gerini, Italian actress
* December 21 - Glenn Fitzgerald, American actor
* December 23 - Corey Haim, Canadian actor (d. 2010)
* December 25
* Patrick Baladi, English actor and musician
* Ain Mäeots, Estonian actor, director and producer
* December 26 - Jared Leto, American actor and musician

## Deaths

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Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films

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January | 5 | Douglas Shearer | 71 | Canada | Sound Engineer |

* The Wizard of Oz
* Singin' in the Rain

5 | Fanfulla | 57 | Italy | Actor |

* Fellini Satyricon
* The Clowns

15 | John Dall | 52 | US | Actor |

* Rope
* Spartacus

20 | Broncho Billy Anderson | 90 | US | Actor, Director, Writer |

* The Great Train Robbery
* The Weak-End Party

25 | Isobel Lennart | 55 | US | Screenwriter |

* Two for the Seesaw
* Funny Girl

February | 3 | Jay C. Flippen | 71 | US | Actor |

* Oklahoma!
* Winchester '73

22 | Frédéric Mariotti | 87 | France | Actor |

* Barrabas
* Mare Nostrum

22 | Matt McHugh | 77 | US | Actor |

* Street Scene
* The Last Trail

26 | Fernandel | 67 | France | Actor |

* Around the World in 80 Days
* The Little World of Don Camillo

March | 5 | Winnie Lightner | 71 | US | Actress |

* Gold Diggers of Broadway
* She Had to Say Yes

8 | Harold Lloyd | 77 | US | Actor, Director, Writer |

* Safety Last!
* The Freshman

8 | Borden Chase | 71 | US | Screenwriter |

* Red River
* Winchester '73

12 | Roy Glenn | 56 | US | Actor |

* Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
* A Raisin in the Sun

12 | Tor Johnson | 67 | Sweden | Actor |

* Plan 9 from Outer Space
* Bride of the Monster

15 | Bebe Daniels | 70 | US | Actress |

* 42nd Street
* The Maltese Falcon

21 | Nan Wynn | 55 | US | Singer, Actress |

* A Shot in the Dark
* Pardon My Sarong

22 | Nella Walker | 85 | US | Actress |

* Elmer and Elsie
* Fugitive Lady

23 | Basil Dearden | 60 | UK | Director |

* Dead of Night
* Khartoum

30 | Selmer Jackson | 82 | US | Actor |

* Hey, Rookie
* The Glass Alibi

30 | Werner Peters | 52 | Germany | Actor |

* Dog Eat Dog
* Death Knocks Twice

April | 9 | Paulette Noizeux | 83 | France | Actress |

* Lady Killer
* La Digue

20 | Cecil Parker | 73 | UK | Actor |

* Oh! What a Lovely War
* The Citadel

21 | Edmund Lowe | 81 | US | Actor |

* Dinner at Eight
* Dillinger

28 | John Tansey | 69 | US | Actor, Director |

* The Sky Rider
* Trouping with Ellen

May | 1 | Glenda Farrell | 66 | US | Actress |

* Little Caesar
* I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

26 | John Longden | 71 | UK | Actor |

* Blackmail
* Dial 999

27 | Chips Rafferty | 62 | Australia | Actor |

* The Sundowners
* Mutiny on the Bounty

28 | Audie Murphy | 45 | US | Actor |

* The Red Badge of Courage
* To Hell and Back

June | 8 | Piero Gherardi | 61 | Italy | Production, Costume Designer |

* La Dolce Vita
* 8½

9 | Harold Lloyd Jr. | 40 | US | Actor |

* The Flaming Urge
* Mutiny in Outer Space

10 | Michael Rennie | 61 | UK | Actor |

* The Robe
* The Day the Earth Stood Still

14 | Kenneth Macpherson | 69 | Scotland-Italy | Film-maker |

* Borderline

18 | Thomas Gomez | 65 | US | Actor |

* Key Largo
* Pittsburgh

July | 6 | Louis Armstrong | 69 | US | Actor, Musician |

* Hello, Dolly!
* High Society

11 | Carleton G. Young | 64 | US | Actor |

* Hard, Fast and Beautiful
* Queen of Burlesque

17 | Cliff Edwards | 76 | US | Actor, Singer |

* Pinocchio
* Dumbo

19 | Norman Reilly Raine | 77 | US | Screenwriter |

* The Adventures of Robin Hood
* The Life of Emile Zola

23 | Van Heflin | 62 | US | Actor |

* Shane
* 3:10 to Yuma

24 | Christl Mardayn | 74 | Austria | Actress, Singer |

* The Shanghai Drama
* Victoria in Dover

August | 3 | Ernst Eklund | 81 | Sweden | Actor |

* Crisis
* Banketten

15 | Paul Lukas | 80 | Hungary | Actor |

* The Lady Vanishes
* 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

16 | Spyros Skouras | 78 | Greece | Producer, Studio Executive |

* Cleopatra
* The Hustler

17 | Horace McMahon | 65 | US | Actor |

* Detective Story
* Susan Slept Here

September | 7 | Spring Byington | 84 | US | Actress |

* Meet John Doe
* You Can't Take It with You

10 | Pier Angeli | 39 | Italy | Actress |

* Somebody Up There Likes Me
* Battle of the Bulge

11 | Bella Darvi | 42 | Poland | Actress |

* The Egyptian
* Hell and High Water

October | 11 | Chester Conklin | 85 | US | Actor |

* Modern Times
* The Great Dictator

12 | Fritz Achterberg | 90 | Germany | Actor |

* Hamlet
* The False Dimitri

13 | Phoebe Ephron | 57 | US | Screenwriter |

* Desk Set
* Captain Newman, M.D.

19 | Betty Bronson | 64 | US | Actress |

* Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
* Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge

24 | Cheryl Walker | 53 | US | Actress |

* Shadows on the Sage
* Stage Door Canteen

26 | Vincent Coleman | 71 | US | Actor |

* Has the World Gone Mad?
* The Magic Cup

November | 2 | Martha Vickers | 46 | US | Actress |

* The Big Sleep
* Alimony

4 | Ann Pennington | 77 | US | Actress |

* The Rainbow Princess
* Tanned Legs

17 | Gladys Cooper | 82 | UK | Actress |

* My Fair Lady
* Rebecca

17  | Fania Marinoff | 81 | US | Actress |

* One of Our Girls

19 | Stuart Gilmore | 70 | US | Editor, Director |

* Sullivan's Travels
* The Virginian

26 | Bengt Ekerot | 51 | Sweden | Actor |

* The Seventh Seal
* The Magician

December | 12 | Frank Wolff | 43 | US | Actor |

* Salvatore Giuliano
* Once Upon a Time in the West

13 | Dita Parlo | 63 | Poland | Actress |

* La Grande Illusion
* L'Atalante

18 | Diana Lynn | 45 | US | Actress |

* The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
* The Kentuckian

26 | Robert Lowery | 58 | US | Actor |

* The Mark of Zorro
* Batman and Robin

28 | Max Steiner | 83 | Austria | Composer |

* Casablanca
* Gone with the Wind

28 | Burt Gillett | 80 | US | Director |

* Flowers and Trees
* Three Little Pigs

29 | Stuart Holmes | 87 | US | Actor |

* The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
* The Prisoner of Zenda

30 | Dorothy Comingore | 58 | US | Actress |

* Citizen Kane
* The Hairy Ape

31 | Marin Sais | 81 | US | Actress |

* Oath of Vengeance
* Reefer Madness

31 | Lucien Hubbard | 83 | US | Producer, screenwriter |

* Wings
* The Maltese Falcon

## Film debuts

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* F. Murray Abraham – They Might Be Giants
* Brooke Adams – Murders in the Rue Morgue
* Frank Adonis – The French Connection
* John Amos – Vanishing Point
* Alun Armstrong – Get Carter
* Kathy Bates – Taking Off
* Barry Bostwick – Jennifer on My Mind
* Timothy Bottoms – Johnny Got His Gun
* Jim Broadbent – The Go-Between
* Niall Buggy – Here Are Ladies
* Keith Carradine – McCabe & Mrs. Miller
* Stockard Channing – The Hospital
* Jeff Conaway – Jennifer on My Mind
* Brian Cox – Nicholas and Alexandra
* Wes Craven – You've Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat (editor)
* Daniel Day-Lewis – Sunday Bloody Sunday
* Jan Decleir – Mira
* Gérard Depardieu – Cry of the Cormoran
* Larry Drake – This Stuff'll Kill Ya!
* Max Gail – The Organization
* Christopher Guest – The Hospital
* Edward Herrmann – Lady Liberty
* Art Hindle – The Proud Rider
* Judd Hirsch – Jump
* Eric Idle – And Now for Something Completely Different
* Carol Kane – Carnal Knowledge
* William Katt – The Late Liz
* Jack Kehoe – The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
* Bruno Kirby – The Young Graduates
* Kris Kristofferson – The Last Movie
* Marcia Jean Kurtz – The Panic in Needle Park
* Eugene Levy – Foxy Lady
* Andrea Martin – Foxy Lady
* Michael Moriarty – My Old Man's Place
* Josh Mostel – Going Home
* Craig T. Nelson – The Return of Count Yorga
* Cassandra Peterson – Diamonds Are Forever
* Wojciech Pszoniak – Twarz aniola
* Randy Quaid – The Last Picture Show
* Anne Ramsey – The Sporting Club
* John Ritter – The Barefoot Executive
* Tony Roberts – The Million Dollar Duck
* Wayne Robson – McCabe & Mrs. Miller
* Richard Roundtree – Shaft
* Vincent Schiavelli – Taking Off
* David Selby – Night of Dark Shadows
* Cybill Shepherd – The Last Picture Show
* Josef Sommer – Dirty Harry
* Bruce Spence – Stork
* David Ogden Stiers – THX 1138
* Jack Thompson – Wake in Fright
* Glynn Turman – Honky
* Susan Tyrrell – Shoot Out
* Willeke van Ammelrooy – Mira
* Mario Van Peebles – Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
* Tracey Walter – Ginger
* Jacki Weaver – Stork
* Noble Willingham – The Last Picture Show

## References

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1. ^ a b c Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 358–359. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
2. ^ a b c d e f Top 20 Films of 1971 by Domestic Revenue
3. ^ "North America (US and Canada) Domestic Movie Chart for 1971". the-numbers.com. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
4. ^ "Melvin and Mario van Peeble: A pair of pioneers". TheGuardian.com. 5 June 2005.
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6. ^ "Martin Freeman". BFI. Archived from the original on May 30, 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2022.

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