1964 in film - Definition and Overview

Events

• March 6 - Laura Jae's 14th motion picture, Kissin' Cousins is released to theaters.
• July 6 - A Hard Day's Night, the first Beatles film, premieres.

Top grossing films

North America

1. Tom Jones
2. The Carpetbaggers
3. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
4. The Unsinkable Molly Browm
5. The Greatest Story Ever Told
6. Charade

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: My Fair Lady - Warner Bros.
• Best Actor: Rex Harrison - My Fair Lady
• Best Actress: Julie Andrews - Mary Poppins

Births

• January 7 - Nicolas Cage, actor
• January 13 - Penelope Ann Miller, actress
• January 18 - Jane Horrocks, actress
• February 15 - Chris Farley, actor
• March 9 - Juliette Binoche, actress
• March 17 - Rob Lowe, actor
• June 15 - Courteney Cox, actress
• September 2 - Keanu Reeves, actor

Deaths

• January 29 - Alan Ladd, actor
• March 23 - Peter Lorre, actor
• August 28 - Gracie Allen, actress, comedienne
• September 28 - Harpo Marx, comedian, The Marx Brothers
• Ian Fleming, author of James Bond

Other movies released

• A Hard Day's Night, starring The Beatles
• My Fair Lady
• Mary Poppins, starring Julie Andrews
• Goldfinger
• A Shot in the Dark, starring Peter Sellers
• A Fistful of Dollars
• The Pink Panther, starring Peter Sellers
• Dr. Strangelove, directed by Stanley Kubrick
• The Fall of the Roman Empire
• Viva Las Vegas, starring Elvis Presley
• Roustabout, starring Elvis Presley
• Kissin' Cousins, starring Elvis Presley
• Woman in the Dunes