1946 in film

Events

Top grossing films

North America

1. The Bells of St. Mary's
2. Leave Her to Heaven
3. tie Blue Skies, The Road to Utopia, Spellbound

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: The Best Years of Our Lives – Goldwyn, RKO Radio
• Best Actor: Fredric March – The Best Years of Our Lives
• Best Actress: Olivia de Havilland – To Each His Own

Movies released

Movies released in 1946 include:

• Song of the South by Walt Disney, combines animation and live action.
• The Best Years of Our Lives
• Duel in the Sun
• Notorious, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant
• The Yearling, starring Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman
• The Razor's Edge, starring Tyrone Power
• Tomorrow Is Forever
• Without Reservations
• It's a Wonderful Life, directed by Frank Capra, starring James Stewart
• Henry V
• La Belle et la bête
• The Lost Weekend
• The Postman Always Rings twice
• The Big Sleep, starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
• The Harvey Girls, directed by George Sidney, starring Judy Garland
• Beware, directed by Bud Pollard, starring Louis Jordan
• The Blue Dahlia
• The Beast with Five Fingers, starring Robert Alda and Peter Lorre

Births

• January 5  – Diane Keaton, actress
• January 16  – Kabir Bedi, actor
• January 19  – Dolly Parton, singer, actress
• January 20  – David Lynch, film director
• January 26  – Gene Siskel, film critic, Siskel and Ebert (+ 1999)
• April 23  – Blair Brown, actress
• April 25  – Talia Shire, actress
• May 20  – Cher, American singer/actress
• June 15  – Brigitte Fossey, French actress
• September 15- Oliver Stone, American film director
• September 18- Nicholas Clay, actor (+ 2000)
• October 4  – Susan Sarandon, actress
• October 17  – Vicki Hodge, actress
• October 18  – Andrea Zsadon, actress
• October 25  – Edith Leyrer. actress
• October 27  – Carrie Snodgress, actress
• November 6  – Sally Field, actress
• November 18 – Andrea Allan, actress
• November 21 – Emma Cohen, actress
• November 21 – Ulla Jessen, actress
• November 22 – Baisho Mitsuko, actress
• November 25 – Marika Lindstrom, actress
• November 27 – Nina Maslova, actress
• December 2 – Gulsun Karamustafa, film director
• December 8 – Sharmila Tagore, actress
• December 14 – Patty Duke, actress
• December 18 – Steven Spielberg, film director

Deaths

• April 1 – Noah Beery, Sr., actor
• June 23 – William S. Hart, silent film star
• August 10 – Léon Gaumont, French film pioneer
• August 13 – H.G. Wells, science fiction writer
• August 28 – Florence Turner, actress