1949 in film

Events

Top grossing films

North America

1. Adam's Rib
2. Jolson Sings Again
3. Pinky
4. I Was a Male War Bride, The Snake Pit, Joan of Arc

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: All the King's Men – Rossen, Columbia
• Best Actor: Broderick Crawford – All the King's Men
• Best Actress: Olivia de Havilland – The Heiress

Movies released

Movies released in 1949 include:

• All the King's Men
• Battleground
• Champion
• Sands of Iwo Jima
• Twelve O'Clock High
• In the Good Old Summertime
• The Third Man
• The Fallen Idol
• The Fountainhead
• Manon
• The Heiress
• Ma and Pa Kettle
• My Friend Irma
• The Walls of Malapaga

Births

• January 10 – Linda Lovelace, pornographic film actress (d. 2002)
• January 12 – Wayne Wang, director
• January 14 – Lawrence Kasdan, director, screenwriter
• January 17 – Andy Kaufman, comedian, actor (d. 1984)
• March 22 – Fanny Ardant, actress
• May 9 – Billy Joel, songwriter
• May 31 – Tom Berenger, actor
• June 22 – Meryl Streep,US actress.
• July 7  – Shelley Duvall,actress
• August 23 – Shelley Long, US actress
• October 8 – Sigourney Weaver,US actress.
• November 6 – Arturo Sandoval, songwriter.
• November 26 – Juanin Clay, US actress
• December 11 – Teri Garr,US actress
• December 25 – Sissy Spacek, US actress

Deaths

• January 6 – Victor Fleming, director
• December 16 – Sidney Olcott, pioneer film director