1990 in film

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The year 1990 in film involved many significant events as shown below. Universal Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1990, despite its actual 75th anniversary taking place in 1987.

## Highest-grossing films

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See also: List of 1990 box office number-one films in the United States

The top 10 films released in 1990 by worldwide gross are as follows:[1]

Highest-grossing films of 1990  Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross

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1  | Ghost | Paramount | $505,702,588
2  | Home Alone | 20th Century Fox | $476,684,675
3  | Pretty Woman | Buena Vista | $463,406,268
4  | Dances with Wolves | Orion | $424,208,848
5  | Total Recall | Sony / Carolco | $261,317,921
6  | Back to the Future Part III | Universal | $244,527,583
7  | Die Hard 2 | 20th Century Fox | $240,031,094
8  | Presumed Innocent | Warner Bros. | $221,303,188
9  | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | New Line | $202,084,756
10  | Kindergarten Cop | Universal | $201,957,688

## Events

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* March 2 - The Hunt for Red October is released. It is the first film in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan franchise and is met with critical and blockbuster commercial success.
* March 23 – Pretty Woman is released and grosses $463 million, making Julia Roberts a worldwide star.
* March 30 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is released to massive box office success. At the time, it is the highest-grossing independent film in history.
* May 25 – Universal Pictures unveils a new opening logo with music composed by James Horner, which debuts on Back to the Future Part III. It is the first change to the Universal opening logo in 27 years.
* June 1 – CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for CGI characters, used in Total Recall.
* June 15 – Following a massive media and marketing blitz, Dick Tracy is released. Walt Disney Studios chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg expressed disappointment in a studio memo that noted that the film had cost about $100 million in total to produce, market and promote and with its disappointing performance claimed "We made demands on our time, talent and treasury that, upon reflection, may not have been worth it".
* June 22 – The use of real-time computer graphics or "digital puppetry" to create a character in a motion picture is performed, in RoboCop 2.
* July 4 – The first digitally-manipulated matte painting is used, in Die Hard 2.
* July 13 - Ghost, starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg, is released and grosses $506 million, making it the third highest-grossing movie at the time.
* November 9 – Kevin Costner's directorial debut, Dances with Wolves, is released. It later earns twelve Academy Award nominations and wins seven, including Best Picture and Best Director for Costner.
* November 16
* Home Alone is released. It spends twelve consecutive weeks at number one on the United States box office, becoming both the highest-grossing film of the year and the highest-grossing comedy of all-time.
* The Rescuers Down Under is considered as the first fully digital film ever made.
* December 24 – Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman marry.
* Buchwald v. Paramount decided, a leading case on the financial rewards due to writers of film treatments.

## Awards

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Category/Organization | 48th Golden Globe Awards
January 19, 1991 | 44th BAFTA Awards
March 17, 1991 | 63rd Academy Awards
March 25, 1991

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Drama | Musical or Comedy
Best Film | Dances with Wolves | Green Card | Goodfellas | Dances with Wolves
Best Director | Kevin Costner
Dances with Wolves | Martin Scorsese
Goodfellas | Kevin Costner
Dances with Wolves
Best Actor | Jeremy Irons
Reversal of Fortune | Gérard Depardieu
Green Card | Philippe Noiret
Cinema Paradiso | Jeremy Irons
Reversal of Fortune
Best Actress | Kathy Bates
Misery | Julia Roberts
Pretty Woman | Jessica Tandy
Driving Miss Daisy | Kathy Bates
Misery
Best Supporting Actor | Bruce Davison
Longtime Companion | Salvatore Cascio
Cinema Paradiso | Joe Pesci
Goodfellas
Best Supporting Actress | Whoopi Goldberg
Ghost
Best Screenplay, Adapted | Michael Blake
Dances with Wolves | Martin Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi
Goodfellas | Michael Blake
Dances with Wolves
Best Screenplay, Original | Giuseppe Tornatore
Cinema Paradiso | Bruce Joel Rubin
Ghost
Best Original Score | The Sheltering Sky
Ryuichi Sakamoto and Richard Horowitz | Cinema Paradiso
Ennio Morricone and Andrea Morricone | Dances with Wolves
John Barry
Best Original Song | "Blaze of Glory"
Young Guns II | N/A | "Sooner or Later"
Dick Tracy
Best Foreign Language Film | Cyrano de Bergerac |

Cinema Paradiso

| Journey of Hope

## 1990 films

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### By country/region

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* List of American films of 1990
* List of Argentine films of 1990
* List of Australian films of 1990
* List of Bangladeshi films of 1990
* List of British films of 1990
* List of Canadian films of 1990
* List of French films of 1990
* List of Hong Kong films of 1990
* List of Indian films of 1990
* List of Hindi films of 1990
* List of Kannada films of 1990
* List of Malayalam films of 1990
* List of Marathi films of 1990
* List of Tamil films of 1990
* List of Telugu films of 1990
* List of Japanese films of 1990
* List of Mexican films of 1990
* List of Pakistani films of 1990
* List of Soviet films of 1990
* List of South Korean films of 1990
* List of Spanish films of 1990

### By genre/medium

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* List of action films of 1990
* List of animated feature films of 1990
* List of avant-garde films of 1990
* List of crime films of 1990
* List of comedy films of 1990
* List of drama films of 1990
* List of horror films of 1990
* List of science fiction films of 1990
* List of thriller films of 1990
* List of western films of 1990

## Births

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* January 1 - Tom Ackerley, British producer and former assistant director
* January 7 – Liam Aiken, American actor
* January 13 – Liam Hemsworth, Australian actor
* January 14 - Grant Gustin, American actor and singer
* January 15 - Chris Warren, American actor
* January 18 - Zeeko Zaki, Egyptian-born American actor
* January 19 - Shaunette Renée Wilson, Guyanese-born American actress
* January 21 - Jacob Smith, American actor
* January 23 - Joel Basman, Swiss actor
* January 25 - Dustin Ingram, American actor and musician
* January 26 – Christopher Massey, American actor, comedian and rapper
* January 29 – François Civil, French actor[2]
* January 30
* Eiza González, Mexican actress and singer
* Jake Thomas, American actor and voice actor
* February 1 - Toby Onwumere, Nigerian-American actor
* February 2 - Julia Fox, Italian-American actress
* February 4 - Will Denton, American actor
* February 5
* Charlbi Dean, South African actress and model (died 2022)
* Anthony Ingruber, Dutch-Australian actor and impressionist
* February 8 - Christian Madsen, American actor
* February 9 - Tyson Houseman, Canadian actor
* February 15 - Callum Turner, British actor and model
* February 16 - The Weeknd, Canadian singer-songwriter
* February 21 – Flavio Aquilone, Italian voice actor
* February 28 - Georgina Leonidas, British actress
* March 1 – Harry Eden, British actor
* March 2 - Tiger Shroff, Indian actor
* March 11 - Reiley McClendon, American actor
* March 12 – Jörgen Liik, Estonian actor
* March 13 - Sasha Clements, Canadian actress
* March 24 – Keisha Castle-Hughes, Australian-New Zealand actress
* March 25 - Kiowa Gordon, American actor of Hualapai descent
* March 26 - Choi Woo-shik, Korean-Canadian actor
* March 28 – Laura Harrier, American actress
* March 29 - Josh Blaylock, American actor
* March 30 - Chelsea Harris, American actress
* April 5 - Haruma Miura, Japanese actor (died 2020)
* April 9 – Kristen Stewart, American actress
* April 10 – Alex Pettyfer, English actor, model
* April 15 – Emma Watson, English actress[3]
* April 16 – Lorraine Nicholson, American actress
* April 17 – Gia Mantegna, American actress
* April 18 - Britt Robertson, American actress
* April 23 – Dev Patel, British actor
* April 25 - Meghann Fahy, American actress
* May 1 - Caitlin Stasey, Australian actress and singer
* May 2 - Kay Panabaker, American retired actress
* May 3 - Harvey Guillén, American actor
* May 6 - Moses Storm, American writer, actor and comedian
* May 14
* Rea Lest-Liik, Estonia actress
* Sasha Spielberg, American actress, daughter of producer/director Steven Spielberg and actress Kate Capshaw
* May 15 - Sophie Cookson, English actress
* May 16
* Deniz Akdeniz, Australian actor
* Thomas Brodie-Sangster, British actor
* Marc John Jefferies, American actor
* May 17
* Ross Butler, American actor
* Leven Rambin, American actress
* May 18 - Luke Kleintank, American actor
* May 20 - Josh O'Connor, British actor
* May 27 - Chris Colfer, American actor and singer
* May 30
* Sai Bennett, English actress
* Im Yoon-ah, South Korean actress
* Mason Lee, Taiwanese-American actor
* May 31 - Phillipa Soo, American actress and singer
* June 2
* Brittany Curran, American actress
* Jack Lowden, Scottish actor
* June 13 - Aaron Taylor-Johnson, British actor
* June 15 - Denzel Whitaker, American actor
* June 17 - Monica Barbaro, American actress
* June 18 - Jeremy Irvine, English actor
* June 20 - Jacob Wysocki, American actor and comedian
* July 2 – Margot Robbie, Australian actress[4]
* July 4
* Melissa Barrera, Mexican actress and singer
* David Kross, German actor
* July 6 – Jeremy Suarez, American actor
* July 12 – Rachel Brosnahan, American-British actress
* July 13 - Nomzamo Mbatha, South African actress and television personality
* July 15 - Olly Alexander, British musician, actor and screenwriter
* July 16
* Eddie Hassell, American actor (died 2020)
* James Maslow, American actor
* July 19 - Steven Anthony Lawrence, American actor
* July 24 – Daveigh Chase, American actress
* July 27 – Indiana Evans, Australian actress and singer-songwriter
* July 29 – Matt Prokop, American actor
* July 31 - Ruby Modine, American actress, model and singer
* August 1 - Jack O'Connell, English actor
* August 4 - Chet Hanks, American actor and musician
* August 9
* Bill Skarsgård, Swedish actor
* Emily Tennant, Canadian actress
* August 10 – Lucas Till, American actor
* August 15 – Jennifer Lawrence, American actress
* August 17 – Rachel Hurd-Wood, British actress
* August 20 - Win Morisaki, Burmese singer and actor
* August 23 – Wesley Singerman, American record producer, songwriter and guitarist, and voice actor
* August 24 – Elizabeth Debicki, Australian actress
* August 29
* Nicole Gale Anderson, American actress
* Erika Harlacher, American voice actress
* September 1 - Aisling Loftus, English actress
* September 3 - Bianca Bin, Brazilian actress
* September 9 – Klaudia Tiitsmaa, Estonian actress
* September 11 - Georgina Terry, British actress
* September 15 – Matt Shively, American actor
* September 20 – Saara Pius, Estonian actress
* September 21
* Christian Serratos, American actress
* Allison Scagliotti, American actress and director
* September 28 - Kirsten Prout, Canadian actress
* October 5
* Wesley Morgan, Canadian actor and model
* Taylour Paige, American actress and dancer
* October 6 - Scarlett Byrne, English actress and model
* October 8 - Tom Rhys Harries, Welsh actor
* October 13
* Florian Munteanu, German-Romanian actor and model
* Himesh Patel, British actor
* October 18 - Carly Schroeder, American actress
* October 22 – Jonathan Lipnicki, American actor
* October 31 - Patti Harrison, American actress and comedian
* November 2 – Kendall Schmidt, American actor
* November 4 – Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Canadian actor
* November 6 - Bowen Yang, Australian-born American actor, comedian and writer
* November 9 – Chris Di Staulo, Canadian filmmaker
* November 14 - Jessica Jacobs, Australian actress and singer (died 2008)
* November 16 - Milo Gibson, American actor
* November 18 - Matt Milne, English actor and director
* November 24 - Sarah Hyland, American actress
* November 26 - Rita Ora, British actress, singer and songwriter
* November 28 - Carla Diaz, Brazilian actress
* November 29 - Diego Boneta, Mexican actor, producer and singer
* December 10 - Teyana Taylor, American singer-songwriter and actress
* December 20 – JoJo, American singer-songwriter and actress
* December 23
* Moses J. Moseley, American actor, writer and model (died 2022)
* Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, American actress and singer

## Deaths

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

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January | 2 | Alan Hale Jr. | 68 | US | Actor |

* Hang 'Em High
* Johnny Dangerously

5 | Arthur Kennedy | 75 | US | Actor |

* Lawrence of Arabia
* Some Came Running

6 | Ian Charleson | 40 | UK | Actor |

* Chariots of Fire
* Gandhi

6 | Peter Cookson | 76 | US | Actor |

* Swingtime Johnny
* Detective Kitty O'Day

8 | Terry-Thomas | 78 | UK | Actor |

* Bachelor Flat
* It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

10 | Lyle R. Wheeler | 84 | US | Art Director |

* Gone with the Wind
* The Day the Earth Stood Still

14 | John Witty | 74 | UK | Actor |

* The Frightened City
* The Vault of Horror

15 | Gordon Jackson | 66 | UK | Actor |

* The Great Escape
* The Ipcress File

20 | John Maxim | 64 | UK | Actor |

* The Frightened City
* Dracula: Prince of Darkness

20 | Barbara Stanwyck | 82 | US | Actress |

* Double Indemnity
* Stella Dallas

25 | Ava Gardner | 67 | US | Actress |

* The Barefoot Contessa
* The Killers

26 | Dodo Abashidze | 66 | Georgia | Director |

* The Legend of Suram Fortress
* Ashik Kerib

27 | Helen Jerome Eddy | 92 | US | Actress |

* Girls Demand Excitement
* A Shot in the Dark

February | 2 | Hans Schumm | 93 | Germany | Actor |

* Spy Smasher
* The Great Dictator

6 | John Merivale | 72 | Canada | Actor |

* The List of Adrian Messenger
* Arabesque

6 | Jimmy Van Heusen | 77 | US | Songwriter |

* Going My Way
* The Joker Is Wild

8 | Frank Ross | 85 | US | Producer |

* The Devil and Miss Jones
* The Robe

13 | Ken Lynch | 79 | US | Actor |

* North by Northwest
* Anatomy of a Murder

14 | Jean Wallace | 66 | US | Actress |

* Lancelot and Guinevere
* No Blade of Grass

15 | Henry Brandon | 77 | Germany | Actor |

* The War of the Worlds
* The Searchers

15 | Michel Drach | 59 | France | Director, Screenwriter, Producer |

* Amelie or The Time to Love
* The Simple Past

16 | Joshua Shelley | 70 | US | Actor |

* All the President's Men
* Funny Lady

17 | Allen Rivkin | 86 | US | Screenwriter |

* Dancing Lady
* The Farmer's Daughter

19 | Gabriel Katzka | 59 | US | Producer |

* Kelly's Heroes
* The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

19 | Michael Powell | 84 | UK | Director |

* Black Narcissus
* A Matter of Life and Death

28 | Fabia Drake | 86 | UK | Actress |

* A Room with a View
* Year of the Dragon

March | 5 | Gary Merrill | 74 | US | Actor |

* All About Eve
* Twelve O'Clock High

17 | Capucine | 62 | Switzerland | Actress |

* The Pink Panther
* North to Alaska

18 | Robin Harris | 36 | US | Actor, Comedian |

* Do the Right Thing
* House Party

20 | Maurice Cloche | 82 | France | Director |

* Monsieur Vincent
* Doctor Laennec

28 | Helene Reynolds | 75 | US | Actress |

* Moontide
* The Man Who Wouldn't Die

April | 2 | Aldo Fabrizi | 84 | Italy | Actor |

* Open City
* Cops and Robbers

3 | Clair Huffaker | 63 | US | Screenwriter |

* The War Wagon
* 100 Rifles

8 | Ernest Steward | 79 | UK | Cinematographer |

* Some Girls Do
* Quest for Love

11 | Vanda Godsell | 67 | UK | Actress |

* This Sporting Life
* A Shot in the Dark

15 | Greta Garbo | 84 | Sweden | Actress |

* Grand Hotel
* Ninotchka

17 | Joseph McMillan Johnson | 77 | US | Art Director, Production Designer, Visual Effects Artist |

* Portrait of Jennie
* Rear Window

18 | Robert D. Webb | 87 | US | Director |

* Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
* Love Me Tender

20 | Alex McCrindle | 78 | UK | Actor |

* Star Wars
* Eye of the Needle

22 | Albert Salmi | 62 | US | Actor |

* The Brothers Karamazov
* The Bravados

23 | Paulette Goddard | 79 | US | Actress |

* So Proudly We Hail!
* Modern Times

25 | Dexter Gordon | 67 | US | Musician, Actor |

* Round Midnight
* Awakenings

27 | Bella Spewack | 91 | US | Screenwriter |

* My Favorite Wife
* Week-End at the Waldorf

May | 1 | Sunset Carson | 69 | US | Actor |

* Sheriff of Cimarron
* Alias Billy the Kid

2 | David Rappaport | 38 | US | Actor |

* Time Bandits
* Turkish Delight

6 | Charles Farrell | 89 | US | Actor |

* Lucky Star
* 7th Heaven

10 | Susan Oliver | 58 | US | Actress |

* The Disorderly Orderly
* Your Cheatin' Heart

12 | Anthony Masters | 70 | UK | Production Designer |

* 2001: A Space Odyssey
* Dune

12 | Nate Monaster | 78 | US | Screenwriter |

* That Touch of Mink
* How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life

14 | Franklyn Seales | 37 | West Indies | Actor |

* The Onion Field
* Southern Comfort

16 | Sammy Davis Jr. | 64 | US | Actor, Singer |

* Ocean's 11
* Robin and the 7 Hoods

16 | Jim Henson | 53 | US | Puppeteer, Director, Screenwriter, Producer |

* The Dark Crystal
* The Muppet Movie

18 | Jill Ireland | 54 | UK | Actress |

* Hard Times
* Breakheart Pass

22 | Max Wall | 82 | UK | Actor |

* Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
* Jabberwocky

25 | Vic Tayback | 60 | US | Actor |

* Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
* All Dogs Go to Heaven

June | 1 | Eric Barker | 78 | UK | Actor |

* Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
* There's a Girl in My Soup

2 | Rex Harrison | 82 | UK | Actor |

* My Fair Lady
* Doctor Dolittle

3 | Tom Brown | 70 | US | Actor |

* Duke of Chicago
* I Killed Wild Bill Hickok

4 | Jack Gilford | 81 | US | Actor |

* A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
* Catch-22

6 | Marcel Grignon | 75 | France | Cinematographer |

* Is Paris Burning?
* The Fixer

7 | Barbara Baxley | 67 | US | Actress |

* East of Eden
* No Way to Treat a Lady

15 | Leonard Sachs | 80 | UK | Actor |

* Thunderball
* John Wesley

20 | Ina Balin | 52 | US | Actress |

* From the Terrace
* The Patsy

23 | Frank Gatliff | 62 | UK | Actor |

* The Ipcress File
* Operation Daybreak

25 | Sydney Boehm | 82 | US | Screenwriter |

* Seven Thieves
* The Big Heat

July | 8 | Howard Duff | 76 | US | Actor |

* Kramer vs. Kramer
* The Naked City

13 | Lois Moran | 81 | US | Actress |

* Words and Music
* Under Suspicion

14 | Philip Leacock | 74 | UK | Director |

* The War Lover
* Let No Man Write My Epitaph

15 | Margaret Lockwood | 73 | UK | Actress |

* The Lady Vanishes
* Night Train to Munich

15 | Bud Thackery | 87 | US | Cinematographer |

* The Crimson Ghost
* Coogan's Bluff

19 | Eddie Quillan | 83 | US | Actor |

* Mutiny on the Bounty
* The Big Shot

20 | Sergei Parajanov | 66 | Georgia | Director |

* Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
* The Color of Pomegranates

21 | Stanley Shapiro | 65 | US | Screenwriter |

* Pillow Talk
* That Touch of Mink

23 | Georges Flamant | 86 | France | Actor |

* La Chienne
* The 400 Blows

27 | Elizabeth Allan | 80 | UK | Actress |

* David Copperfield
* Camille

27 | Ernest Archer | 80 | UK | Art Director |

* Superman
* The Pirates of Penzance

28 | Jill Esmond | 82 | UK | Actress |

* Thirteen Women
* No Funny Business

August | 2 | Edwin Richfield | 68 | UK | Actor, Screenwriter |

* Ben-Hur
* The Dam Busters

3 | Betty Amann | 85 | Germany | Actress |

* Strictly Business
* In Old Mexico

12 | Dorothy Mackaill | 87 | US | Actress |

* No Man of Her Own
* Safe in Hell

12 | Sara Seegar | 76 | US | Actress |

* Dead Men Tell No Tales
* The Music Man

17 | Pearl Bailey | 72 | US | Actress, Singer |

* Carmen Jones
* St. Louis Blues

23 | Dorothea Kent | 74 | US | Actress |

* Pin Up Girl
* She Married a Cop

27 | Raymond St. Jacques | 60 | US | Actor |

* Cotton Comes to Harlem
* The Green Berets

28 | Edmund H. North | 79 | US | Screenwriter |

* The Day the Earth Stood Still
* Patton

September | 4 | Irene Dunne | 91 | US | Actress |

* The Awful Truth
* Cimarron

5 | Jack Hildyard | 82 | UK | Cinematographer |

* The Bridge on the River Kwai
* The Message

19 | Werner Janssen | 91 | US | Composer |

* Blockade
* The Southerner

19 | Hermes Pan | 80 | US | Choreographer |

* My Fair Lady
* Top Hat

20 | Jackie Moran | 67 | US | Actor |

* The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
* Nobody's Darling

October | 4 | Jill Bennett | 58 | UK | Actress |

* For Your Eyes Only
* The Sheltering Sky

4 | Roy Charman | 60 | UK | Sound Engineer |

* Aliens
* Raiders of the Lost Ark

14 | Leonard Bernstein | 72 | US | Composer |

* West Side Story
* On the Waterfront

15 | Delphine Seyrig | 58 | France | Actress, Director |

* Last Year at Marienbad
* The Day of the Jackal

20 | Joel McCrea | 84 | US | Actor |

* Sullivan's Travels
* Foreign Correspondent

27 | Jacques Demy | 59 | France | Director, Screenwriter, Composer |

* The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
* The Young Girls of Rochefort

27 | Ugo Tognazzi | 68 | Italy | Actor |

* La Cage aux Folles
* The Conjugal Bed

November | 2 | William Travilla | 70 | US | Costume Designer |

* The Seven Year Itch
* Adventures of Don Juan

3 | Valerie French | 62 | UK | Actress |

* Jubal
* Decision at Sundown

3 | Mary Martin | 76 | US | Actress, Singer |

* Love Thy Neighbor
* Night and Day

3 | Walter H. Tyler | 81 | US | Art Director |

* Samson and Delilah
* The Ten Commandments

4 | Carol Sobieski | 51 | US | Screenwriter |

* Fried Green Tomatoes
* Annie

10 | Maura McGiveney | 51 | US | Actress |

* Twist Around the Clock
* Do Not Disturb

11 | Alexis Minotis | 90 | Greece | Actor |

* Land of the Pharaohs
* Boy on a Dolphin

12 | Eve Arden | 82 | US | Actress |

* Mildred Pierce
* Anatomy of a Murder

13 | Don Chaffey | 73 | New Zealand | Director |

* Jason and the Argonauts
* Pete's Dragon

13 | Maurice Richlin | 70 | US | Screenwriter |

* The Pink Panther
* Pillow Talk

23 | Roald Dahl | 74 | UK | Screenwriter |

* Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
* You Only Live Twice

27 | David White | 74 | US | Actor |

* Sweet Smell of Success
* The Apartment

December | 1 | Sergio Corbucci | 63 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter |

* Django
* Navajo Joe

1 | Carla Lehmann | 73 | Canada | Actress |

* Candlelight in Algeria
* 29 Acacia Avenue

2 | Robert Cummings | 80 | US | Actor |

* Dial M for Murder
* Saboteur

4 | Edward Binns | 79 | US | Actor |

* 12 Angry Men
* Fail-Safe

7 | Joan Bennett | 80 | US | Actress |

* Father of the Bride
* Scarlet Street

8 | Martin Ritt | 76 | US | Director, Actor, Producer |

* Hud
* The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

9 | Mike Mazurki | 82 | US | Actor |

* Some Like It Hot
* Dick Tracy

18 | Anne Revere | 87 | US | Actress |

* National Velvet
* Gentleman's Agreement

18 | Connie Russell | 67 | US | Singer, Actress |

* Cruisin' Down the River
* Nightmare

26 | Gene Callahan | 67 | US | Production Designer |

* The Hustler
* Steel Magnolias

28 | Warren Skaaren | 44 | US | Screenwriter |

* Batman
* Beetlejuice

## Debuts

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* Hank Azaria – Pretty Woman
* Abraham Benrubi – Diving In
* Julie Benz – Two Evil Eyes
* Brenda Blethyn – The Witches
* Andrew Bryniarski – Dragonfight
* Bill Camp – Reversal of Fortune
* Robert Carlyle – Silent Scream
* Kyle Chandler – The Color of Evening
* Nick Chinlund – The Ambulance
* Scott Cohen – Jacob's Ladder
* Russell Crowe – Blood Oath
* James Badge Dale – Lord of the Flies
* Hope Davis – Flatliners
* Andy Dick – The Grifters
* Vin Diesel – Awakenings
* Ann Dowd – Green Card
* Denise Dowse – Coldfire
* Chris Ellis – Days of Thunder
* Kerry Fox – An Angel at My Table
* Brad Garrett – Jetsons: The Movie
* Balthazar Getty – Lord of the Flies
* Brendan Gleeson – The Field
* John Hannah – Harbour Beat
* Marcia Gay Harden – Miller's Crossing
* Damon Herriman – The Big Steal
* Djimon Hounsou – Without You I'm Nothing
* Ashley Johnson – Lionheart
* Jacek Koman – Hunting
* Valérie Lemercier – May Fools
* Nia Long – Buried Alive
* George Lopez – Ski Patrol
* Aasif Mandvi – No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers
* Margo Martindale – Days of Thunder
* Samantha Mathis – Pump Up the Volume
* Debi Mazar – Goodfellas
* John McConnell – Miller's Crossing
* Neal McDonough – Darkman
* Rose McGowan – Class of 1999
* Kristin Minter – Home Alone
* Julianne Moore – Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
* Peter Mullan – The Big Man
* Guy Pearce – Heaven Tonight
* Luke Perry – Terminal Bliss
* Christina Ricci – Mermaids
* Rob Schneider – Martians Go Home
* Nick Searcy – Days of Thunder
* June Squibb – Alice
* Joe Viterelli – State of Grace
* Isiah Whitlock Jr. – Gremlins 2: The New Batch
* Jeffrey Wright – Presumed Innocent
* Catherine Zeta-Jones – Les 1001 Nuits

## References

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1. ^ "1990 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
2. ^ Mauduech, Bénédicte (18 February 2019). "François Civil, jeunesse se place". Libération (in French). Archived from the original on 16 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
3. ^ "Emma Watson | Biography, Movie, Harry Potter, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
4. ^ "Margot Robbie | Biography, Movies, Wolf of Wall Street, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2 July 2022.

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