1976 in film

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

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See also: List of 1976 box office number-one films in the United States

The top ten 1976 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1976  Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic rentals

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1  | Rocky | United Artists | $55,900,000[1]
2  | A Star Is Born | Warner Bros. | $37,100,000[1]
3  | King Kong | Paramount | $36,900,000[1]
4  | Silver Streak | 20th Century Fox | $30,018,000[2]
5  | All the President's Men | Warner Bros.  | $30,000,000[1]
6  | The Omen | 20th Century Fox  | $28,500,000[1]
7  | The Bad News Bears | Paramount  | $24,800,000[1]
8  | The Enforcer | Warner Bros.  | $24,000,000[1]
9  | In Search of Noah's Ark | Sunn Classic | $23,800,000[1]
10  | Midway | Universal | $21,610,435[2]

## Events

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* January – Paramount Pictures sets up a separate motion picture division and names David V. Picker as president.[3]
* March 22 – Filming begins on George Lucas' Star Wars science fiction film. In one of the most lucrative business decisions in film history, Lucas declines his directing fee of $500,000 in exchange for complete ownership of merchandising and sequel rights.
* April 1 – The Rocky Horror Picture Show is officially re-released as a midnight movie at the Waverly Theater (Now the IFC Center) in Greenwich Village in New York City, starting through the run and still being shown in there as of 2013[update] all around the world.[4]
* April 9 – Alfred Hitchcock's last film, Family Plot, is released.
* August 11 – John Wayne appears in his final film, The Shootist.
* August 26 – Alan Ladd Jr. is promoted from head of worldwide production to president of 20th Century Fox's film division.
* November 15 – Michael Eisner is brought in as president and CEO of Paramount Pictures.
* November 21 – Rocky, the first in the film series opens. It becomes the highest-grossing film released in the year and goes on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
* December 5 – Bound for Glory debuts and is the first motion picture in which inventor/operator Garrett Brown used his new Steadicam for filming moving scenes,[5] although its use had already been seen in Marathon Man and Rocky which were filmed later but released earlier.
* December 17 - King Kong opens to the year's highest opening weekend gross and overall box office success.

## Awards

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Category/Organization | 34th Golden Globe Awards
January 29, 1977 | 30th BAFTA Awards
March 24, 1977 | 49th Academy Awards
March 28, 1977

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Drama | Musical or Comedy
Best Film | Rocky | A Star Is Born | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Rocky
Best Director | Sidney Lumet
Network | Miloš Forman
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | John G. Avildsen
Rocky
Best Actor | Peter Finch
Network | Kris Kristofferson
A Star Is Born | Jack Nicholson
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Peter Finch
Network
Best Actress | Faye Dunaway
Network | Barbra Streisand
A Star Is Born | Louise Fletcher
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Faye Dunaway
Network
Best Supporting Actor | Laurence Olivier
Marathon Man | Brad Dourif
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Jason Robards
All the President's Men
Best Supporting Actress | Katharine Ross
Voyage of the Damned | Jodie Foster
Taxi Driver and Bugsy Malone | Beatrice Straight
Network
Best Screenplay, Adapted | Paddy Chayefsky
Network | Alan Parker
Bugsy Malone | William Goldman
All the President's Men
Best Screenplay, Original | Paddy Chayefsky
Network
Best Original Score | Kenneth Ascher and Paul Williams
A Star Is Born | Bernard Herrmann
Taxi Driver | Jerry Goldsmith
The Omen
Leonard Rosenman
Bound for Glory
Best Original Song | "Evergreen"
A Star Is Born | N/A | "Evergreen"
A Star Is Born
Best Foreign Language Film | Face to Face | N/A | Black and White in Color

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Taxi Driver, directed by Martin Scorsese, United States

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson, directed by Robert Altman, United States

## 1976 films

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### By country/region

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* List of American films of 1976
* List of Argentine films of 1976
* List of Australian films of 1976
* List of Bangladeshi films of 1976
* List of British films of 1976
* List of Canadian films of 1976
* List of French films of 1976
* List of Hong Kong films of 1976
* List of Indian films of 1976
* List of Hindi films of 1976
* List of Kannada films of 1976
* List of Malayalam films of 1976
* List of Marathi films of 1976
* List of Tamil films of 1976
* List of Telugu films of 1976
* List of Japanese films of 1976
* List of Mexican films of 1976
* List of Pakistani films of 1976
* List of South Korean films of 1976
* List of Soviet films of 1976
* List of Spanish films of 1976

### By genre/medium

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* List of action films of 1976
* List of animated feature films of 1976
* List of avant-garde films of 1976
* List of comedy films of 1976
* List of drama films of 1976
* List of horror films of 1976
* List of science fiction films of 1976
* List of thriller films of 1976
* List of western films of 1976

## Births

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Unknown - Coralie Fargeat, French film director and screenwriter

* January 2 – Paz Vega, Spanish actress
* January 4 - August Diehl, German actor
* January 6
* Johnny Yong Bosch, American actor, voice actor
* Danny Pintauro, American actor
* January 7 - Tyron Leitso, Canadian actor
* January 8 - Jenny Lewis, American singer-songwriter, musician and actress
* January 13
* Alice Winocour, French screenwriter and director
* Michael Peña, American actor
* January 15 - Dorian Missick, American actor
* January 18 - Derek Richardson, American actor
* January 20 - Wayne Bastrup, American actor and musician
* January 21 – Lars Eidinger, German film, television and stage actor
* January 27
* Chris Gauthier, English-born Canadian actor (d. 2024)
* Wojciech Klata, Polish actor
* January 28 – Lee Ingleby, English film, television and stage actor
* January 31 - Paul Scheer, American actor, comedian
* February 3
* Isla Fisher, Australian actress
* Tim Heidecker, American comedian, writer, director, actor and musician
* February 5
* Abhishek Bachchan, Indian actor
* Tony Jaa, Thai actor, martial artist, director and stuntman
* February 8 - Sharon Duncan-Brewster, British actress
* February 9 – Charlie Day, American actor, screenwriter, producer, comedian, director and musician
* February 10 - Keeley Hawes, English actress
* February 11 – Brice Beckham, American actor
* February 14 - Erica Leerhsen, American actress
* February 22 - Tamara Mello, American actress
* February 23
* Aaron Aziz, Singaporean actor, singer and film director
* Mike Houston, American actor
* Kelly Macdonald, Scottish actress
* February 25 – Rashida Jones, American actress, director, writer, and producer
* February 28
* Aaron Cohen, American-Canadian actor
* Ali Larter, American actress and model
* February 29 - Ja Rule, American rapper and actor
* March 8 – Freddie Prinze Jr., American actor, voice actor, writer and producer
* March 13 – Danny Masterson, American actor and DJ
* March 14
* Daniel Gillies, New Zealand-Canadian actor, producer, director and screenwriter
* Corey Stoll, American actor
* March 16 – Paul Schneider, American actor
* March 19 - Rachel Blanchard, Canadian actress
* March 21 – Rachael MacFarlane, American voice actress, singer and writer
* March 22 – Reese Witherspoon, American actress and producer
* March 23
* Michelle Monaghan, American actress
* Keri Russell, American actress
* March 25 - Domenick Lombardozzi, American actor
* March 26 – Amy Smart, American actress
* March 27 - Craig Wayans, American writer, producer and actor
* March 30 - Jessica Cauffiel, American actress and singer
* April 1
* Troy Baker, American voice actor
* David Oyelowo, English actor, producer, director
* April 5 – Sterling K. Brown, American actor
* April 6 - Candace Cameron Bure, American actress, producer, author, and talk show panelist
* April 13
* Jonathan Brandis, American actor (d. 2003)
* Valentina Cervi, Italian actress
* Glenn Howerton, American actor and writer
* April 15 – Susan Ward, American actress and model
* April 16 - Lukas Haas, American actor
* April 17 - Maïwenn, French actress and filmmaker
* April 18
* Tyrone Giordano, deaf American actor
* Kevin Rankin, American actor
* April 20 – Joey Lawrence, American actor
* April 23 – Gabriel Damon, American actor
* April 26
* Elisabet Reinsalu, Estonian actress
* Thurop Van Orman, American cartoonist, animator, voice actor, producer and director
* April 27 – Sally Hawkins, English actress
* April 28 - Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse, Native American actor
* May 1
* Darius McCrary, American actor, rapper, singer and producer
* Violante Placido, Italian actress and singer
* May 5
* Dieter Brummer, Australian actor (d. 2021)
* Sage Stallone, American actor (d. 2012)
* May 12 - Daniel Newman, British actor
* May 14 - Martine McCutcheon, English actress and singer
* May 22 – Külli Teetamm, Estonian actress
* May 25
* Erinn Hayes, American actress and comedian
* Cillian Murphy, Irish actor
* Ethan Suplee, American film and television actor
* J. Michael Tatum, American voice actor
* May 26
* Stephen Curry, Australian comedian and actor
* Alexander Karim, Swedish actor and writer
* May 28 - Liam O'Brien, American voice actor, writer and director
* May 29 – Yûsuke Iseya, Japanese actor
* May 30 – Omri Katz, American retired actor
* May 31 – Colin Farrell, Irish actor
* June 4 - Damion Poitier, American actor and stuntman
* June 6 - Jonathan Nolan, British-American screenwriter, producer and director
* June 8 - Eion Bailey, American actor
* June 10 - Simon Fenton, English actor
* June 17 - Scott Adkins, British actor, producer and martial artist
* June 18
* Alana de la Garza, American actress
* Blake Shelton, American singer and actor
* June 19 - Ryan Hurst, American actor
* June 21
* Aaron Lazar, American actor and singer
* Dan Scanlon, American animator, storyboard artist, director and screenwriter
* June 23 - Morgan Kelly, Canadian actor
* June 27
* Joseph Sikora, American actor
* Wagner Moura, Brazilian actor, director and filmmaker
* June 28 - Lorraine Stanley, English actress
* June 29
* Omar Doom, American actor, musician and artist
* Bret McKenzie, New Zealand musician, comedian and actor
* July 1 - Thomas Sadoski, American actor
* July 3 - Andrea Barber, American actress and comedian
* July 5
* Jamie Elman, Canadian-American actor
* Liberty Phoenix, American former actress
* July 6 - Bashir Salahuddin, American actor, writer and comedian
* July 7 - Hamish Linklater, American actor
* July 9 – Fred Savage, American actor
* July 10 - Adrian Grenier, American actor, producer and director
* July 15
* Gabriel Iglesias, American stand-up comedian and actor
* Diane Kruger, German actress
* July 17 - Dagmara Dominczyk, Polish-American actress
* July 18 – Elsa Pataky, Spanish-Australian actress
* July 19
* Benedict Cumberbatch, English actor[6]
* Vinessa Shaw, American actress and model
* July 31 – Mela Lee, American voice actress
* August 2 – Sam Worthington, Australian actor
* August 6
* Andero Ermel, Estonian actor
* Melissa George, Australian actress
* Soleil Moon Frye, American actress and director
* August 8 - Nigél Thatch, American actor
* August 9
* Jessica Capshaw, American actress
* Audrey Tautou, French actress
* August 16
* Brendan Cowell, Australian actor and writer
* Kinga Philipps, Polish-American actress
* August 19 - Pablo Larraín, Chilean filmmaker
* August 23 - Scott Caan, American actor, director and writer
* August 24 - Alex O'Loughlin, Australian actor, director and writer
* August 25 – Alexander Skarsgard, Swedish actor
* August 26
* Mike Colter, American actor
* Byron Lawson, Canadian actor
* August 27 – Sarah Chalke, Canadian actress, model and voice artist
* August 30 - Lillo Brancato, American actor
* September 3 – Vivek Oberoi, Indian actor
* September 5 – Carice van Houten, Dutch actress and singer
* September 6
* Domenica Cameron-Scorsese, American actress
* Robin Atkin Downes, English actor and voice actor
* Naomie Harris, English actress
* September 7 - Oliver Hudson, American actor
* September 9
* Emma de Caunes, French actress
* Lúcia Moniz, Portuguese singer and actress
* September 13 - Colin Trevorrow, American filmmaker
* September 14 - Austin Basis, American actor
* September 18 - Denis Ménochet, French actor
* September 20
* Jon Bernthal, American actor
* Enuka Okuma, Canadian actress
* September 21 - Eric Michael Cole, American actor, producer and editor
* September 22 - Sala Baker, New Zealand actress and stuntman
* September 24 - Matthew Gravelle, Welsh actor
* September 25 - Charlotte Ayanna, Puerto Rican-American actress
* September 26 – Kersti Heinloo, Estonian actress
* October 1 - Danielle Bisutti, American actress and singer
* October 3 – Seann William Scott, American actor, comedian and producer
* October 4 – Alicia Silverstone, American actress
* October 6 - Brett Gelman, American actor and comedian
* October 9
* Sam Riegel, American voice actor, director and writer
* Nick Swardson, American actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter and producer
* October 11 - Emily Deschanel, American actress
* October 14 - Chang Chen, Taiwanese actor
* October 16 - Gil Kenan, British-American filmmaker
* October 19 - Desmond Harrington, American actor
* October 20 – Dan Fogler, American actor, comedian and writer
* October 21 – Andrew Scott, Irish actor
* October 23 – Ryan Reynolds, Canadian actor and film producer
* October 26 - Florence Kasumba, Ugandan-born German actress
* October 31 – Piper Perabo, American actress
* November 1
* Chad Lindberg, American actor
* Logan Marshall-Green, American actor and filmmaker
* November 5 - Sebastian Arcelus, American actor
* November 7 - Melyssa Ade, Canadian actress
* November 13 - Masayoshi Haneda, Japanese actor
* November 19 - Happy Anderson, American actor
* November 23 - Page Kennedy, American actor and rapper
* November 24
* Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Japanese actor
* Michael Roof, American actor and comedian (d. 2009)
* November 28 - Ryan Kwanten, Australian actor and producer
* November 29
* Chadwick Boseman, American actor and playwright (d. 2020)
* Anna Faris, American actress, podcaster and writer
* December 1 - Dean O'Gorman, New Zealand actor
* December 3 - Richard Cawthorne, Australian actor
* December 5 - Amy Acker, American actress
* December 7 – Mark Duplass, American filmmaker, actor, writer, and musician
* December 8 – Dominic Monaghan, English actor
* December 16 - Mark Ashworth, English actor
* December 18 - Koyuki, Japanese model and actress
* December 23 - Kyle Kinane, American stand-up comedian and actor
* December 26 - Eugene Wanangwa Khumbanyiwa, South African voice actor
* December 27 - Aaron Stanford, American actor
* December 28 - Joe Manganiello, American actor
* December 29
* Dome Karukoski, Finnish director
* Danny McBride, American actor, comedian and writer
* December 31 - Chris Terrio, American screenwriter and director

## Deaths

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

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January | 1 | Walter Janssen | 88 | Germany | Actor |

* The Great Longing
* Maskerade

12 | Agatha Christie | 85 | UK | Writer |

* Witness for the Prosecution
* Murder on the Orient Express

13 | Margaret Leighton | 53 | UK | Actress |

* The Go-Between
* The Best Man

18 | Sonia Dresdel | 66 | UK | Actress |

* This Was a Woman
* The Fallen Idol

23 | Paul Dupuis | 62 | France | Actor |

* Against the Wind
* Madness of the Heart

23 | Paul Robeson | 77 | US | Actor, Singer |

* Show Boat
* The Proud Valley

29 | Michael Gwynn | 59 | UK | Actor |

* Cleopatra
* Jason and the Argonauts

February | 4 | Roger Livesey | 69 | UK | Actor |

* The Entertainer
* The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

11 | Lee J. Cobb | 64 | US | Actor |

* On the Waterfront
* The Exorcist

11 | John Twist | 77 | US | Screenwriter |

* King Richard and the Crusaders
* Annie Oakley

12 | Sal Mineo | 37 | US | Actor |

* Rebel Without a Cause
* Exodus

13 | Lily Pons | 77 | France | Singer, Actress |

* I Dream Too Much
* Hitting a New High

13 | John Lounsbery | 64 | US | Animator |

* Dumbo
* Lady and the Tramp

15 | Maria Corda | 77 | Hungary | Actress |

* White Rose
* The Private Life of Helen of Troy

16 | Campbell Singer | 66 | UK | Actor |

* The Square Peg
* The Hands of Orlac

24 | Peter Madden | 71 | UK | Actor |

* From Russia with Love
* Doctor Zhivago

| 26 | Frieda Inescort | 75 | UK | Actress |

* A Place in the Sun
* The Letter

March | 3 | Doris Hill | 70 | US | Actress |

* Sons of the Saddle
* Men Are Like That

5 | Charles Lederer | 69 | US | Screenwriter |

* His Girl Friday
* Ocean's 11

14 | Busby Berkeley | 80 | US | Director, Choreographer |

* 42nd Street
* Hollywood Hotel

17 | Luchino Visconti | 69 | Italy | Director, Writer |

* The Leopard
* Death in Venice

20 | Michael Goodliffe | 61 | UK | Actor |

* Cromwell
* Jigsaw

28 | Richard Arlen | 76 | US | Actor |

* Wings
* Wildcat

April | 2 | Ray Teal | 74 | US | Actor |

* Judgment at Nuremberg
* Ace in the Hole

4 | George Pastell | 53 | Cyprus | Actor |

* From Russia with Love
* The Magus

5 | Howard Hughes | 70 | US | Director, Producer |

* Hell's Angels
* The Outlaw

5 | Robert Lord | 75 | US | Screenwriter, Producer |

* One Way Passage
* 20,000 Years in Sing Sing

11 | Liam Dunn | 59 | US | Actor |

* Blazing Saddles
* Young Frankenstein

12 | Paul Ford | 74 | US | Actor |

* Advise & Consent
* The Music Man

21 | Léonide Moguy | 75 | Russia | Director, Writer |

* Paris After Dark
* Action in Arabia

25 | Carol Reed | 69 | UK | Director, Writer |

* OIiver!
* The Third Man

26 | Neil McCallum | 46 | Canada | Actor |

* The Longest Day
* Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

26 | Sid James | 62 | UK | Actor |

* The Lavender Hill Mob
* Trapeze

29 | Thelma Connell | 63 | UK | Film Editor |

* Alfie
* The Deadly Affair

May | 3 | David Bruce | 62 | US | Actor |

* Susie Steps Out
* Lady on a Train

7 | Alan Baxter | 67 | US | Actor |

* Saboteur
* The Set-Up

27 | Hilde Hildebrand | 78 | Germany | Actress |

* Victor and Victoria
* Little Dorrit

27 | Ruth McDevitt | 80 | US | Actress |

* The Parent Trap
* The Birds

June | 5 | Violet Wilkey | 73 | US | Actress |

* The Birth of a Nation
* The Burned Hand

6 | Victor Varconi | 85 | Hungary | Actor |

* The King of Kings
* The Sea Hawk

9 | Sybil Thorndike | 93 | UK | Actress |

* The Magic Box
* Melba

10 | Adolph Zukor | 103 | US | Producer, Studio Executive |

* Wings
* Shanghai Express

25 | Johnny Mercer | 66 | US | Songwriter |

* The Harvey Girls
* Darling Lili

28 | Stanley Baker | 48 | UK | Actor |

* The Guns of Navarone
* Helen of Troy

July | 2 | Frances Howard | 73 | US | Actress |

* The Shock Punch
* The Swan

7 | Norman Foster | 72 | US | Actor, Director |

* Pilgrimage
* State Fair

12 | James Wong Howe | 76 | China | Cinematographer |

* The Rose Tattoo
* Hud

17 | Rina Morelli | 67 | Italy | Actress |

* The Leopard
* Senso

28 | Lucie Mannheim | 77 | Germany | Actress |

* The 39 Steps
* The High Command

August | 2 | Fritz Lang | 85 | Germany | Director, Writer |

* Metropolis
* The Big Heat

6 | William Mervyn | 64 | UK | Actor |

* The Ruling Class
* The Long Arm

10 | Ray Corrigan | 74 | US | Actor |

* The Three Mesquiteers
* Range Busters

17 | William Redfield | 49 | US | Actor |

* One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
* Death Wish

17 | Murvyn Vye | 60 | US | Actor |

* A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
* Al Capone

18 | Luigi Serventi | 91 | Italy | Actor |

* A Woman's Story
* The Story of a Poor Young Man

28 | Alastair Sim | 75 | UK | Actor |

* The Green Man
* Scrooge

September | 10 | Dalton Trumbo | 70 | US | Screenwriter |

* Spartacus
* Roman Holiday

30 | Paul Dehn | 63 | UK | Screenwriter |

* Goldfinger
* Murder on the Orient Express

October | 5 | Barbara Nichols | 47 | US | Actress |

* Sweet Smell of Success
* The Naked and the Dead

14 | Edith Evans | 88 | UK | Actress |

* Tom Jones
* The Nun's Story

November | 3 | Ramsay Hill | 86 | US | Actor, Technical Advisor |

* The Crusades
* One Hundred and One Dalmatians[7]

15 | Jean Gabin | 72 | France | Actor |

* La Grande Illusion
* Port of Shadows

22 | Rupert Davies | 60 | UK | Actor |

* Waterloo
* The Criminal

28 | Rosalind Russell | 69 | US | Actress |

* His Girl Friday
* Auntie Mame

29 | Godfrey Cambridge | 43 | US | Actor |

* Cotton Comes to Harlem
* The President's Analyst

December | 3 | Mary Nash | 92 | US | Actress |

* The Philadelphia Story
* The Human Comedy

8 | Cathy Downs | 50 | US | Actress |

* My Darling Clementine
* The Dark Corner

12 | Jack Cassidy | 49 | US | Actor |

* Bunny O'Hare
* The Eiger Sanction

20 | Walter Fitzgerald | 80 | UK | Actor |

* The Fallen Idol
* Man in the Sky

## Film debuts

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* Diego Abatantuono – Young, Violent, Dangerous
* Victoria Abril – Robin and Marian
* Shohreh Aghdashloo – The Chess Game of the Wind
* Dan Aykroyd – Love at First Sight
* Tony Barry – Break of Day
* Albert Brooks – Taxi Driver
* Dean Cain – Elmer
* Nicholas Campbell – The Omen
* Michael Cavanaugh – The Enforcer
* Chow Yun-fat – Tou tai ren
* Cam Clarke – Baker's Hawk
* James Cromwell – Murder by Death
* Ron Dean – The Last Affair
* Michael Dorn – Rocky
* Bill Duke – Car Wash
* Joe Flaherty – Tunnel Vision
* Paul Freeman – Whose Child Am I?
* Richard Griffiths – It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
* Mariel Hemingway – Lipstick
* Ernie Hudson – Leadbelly
* Amy Irving – Carrie
* Michael Kamen (film composer) – The Next Man
* Alice Krige – Vergeet My Nie
* Jessica Lange – King Kong
* Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Spy Who Never Was
* James Lew – The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
* Delroy Lindo – Find the Lady
* Mark Margolis – The Opening of Misty Beethoven
* Marc McClure – Freaky Friday
* Edie McClurg – Carrie
* Sam McMurray – The Front
* Glenn Morshower – Drive-In
* Bill Murray – Next Stop, Greenwich Village
* Lena Olin – Face to Face
* Holmes Osborne – The Student Body
* Stuart Pankin – Next Stop, Greenwich Village
* Frank Pesce – Rocky
* Tim Pigott-Smith – Aces High
* Mary Kay Place – Bound for Glory
* Jonathan Pryce – Voyage of the Damned
* John Ratzenberger – The Ritz
* James Rebhorn – The Yum Yum Girls
* Isabella Rossellini – A Matter of Time
* Cecilia Roth – No toquen a la nena
* Deep Roy – The Pink Panther Strikes Again
* Mercedes Ruehl – Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
* Theresa Russell – The Last Tycoon
* Helen Shaver – Shoot
* Brooke Shields – Alice, Sweet Alice
* Ron Silver – Tunnel Vision
* P.J. Soles – Carrie
* Carol Sutton – Sounder, Part 2
* Holland Taylor – The Next Man
* Tim Thomerson – Car Wash
* Charlene Tilton – Freaky Friday
* Ian Tracey – The Keeper
* Frank Vincent – The Death Collector
* John Waters (actor) – End Play
* Tom Wilkinson – The Shadow Line
* Debra Winger – Slumber Party '57
* Tom Wright – Tomcats
* Keone Young – Baby Blue Marine

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 360–361. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
2. ^ a b Top 20 Films of 1976 by Domestic Revenue
3. ^ "Day-By-Day News Summary, Oct. '75-Sept. '76". Daily Variety. October 26, 1976. p. 208.
4. ^ rock Horror Picture Show film booking in Feb 2011 Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
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