1966 in film - Definition and Overview

Events

Top grossing films

North America

1. Thunderball
2. Dr. Zhivago
3. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
4. That Darn Cat!
5. The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
6. Lt. Robinson Crusoe, USN

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: A Man for All Seasons - Highland, Columbia
• Best Actor: Paul Scofield - A Man for All Seasons
• Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Births

• January 13 - Patrick Dempsey, actor
• February 11 - Stephen Gregory, actor.
• February 7 - Chris Rock, actor and comedian.
• May 20 - Helena Bonham-Carter, actress
• July 11 - Debbe Dunning, actress
• July 15 - Irène Jacob, actress
• August 14 - Halle Berry, actress.
• September 2 - Salma Hayek, actress
• November 17 - Sophie Marceau, actress

Deaths

• January 14 - Barry Fitzgerald, actor
• February 1 - Buster Keaton, American actor and film director
• December 15 - Walt Disney

Other movies released

• A Man for All Seasons
• Alfie
• Batman
• Chappaqua
• Follow Me, Boys!
• Hawaii
• Morgan!
• Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (short subject)
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
• The Wild Angels
• Paradise, Hawaiian Style
• Our Man Flint
• Blowup
• The Singing Nun
• Cul-de-Sac Golden Bear winner
• The Battle of Algiers Golden Lion winner
• A Man and a Woman Palme d'Or winner
• The Birds, the Bees and the Italians Palme d'Or winner
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
• The Sand Pebbles
• It Happened Here
• Paris brûle-t-il? (Is Paris Burning?)