1950 in film
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Events
- February 15 – Walt Disney Studios' animated film Cinderella debuts.
Top grossing films
- North America
- Cinderella (Disney) (#6 in year of release)
- Samson and Delilah
- Battleground
- King Solomon's Mines
- Cheaper by the Dozen
- Annie Get Your Gun
- Father of the Bride
Academy Awards
- Best Picture: All About Eve – 20th Century-Fox
- Best Actor: José Ferrer – Cyrano de Bergerac
- Best Actress: Judy Holliday – Born Yesterday
Movies released
Movies released in 1950 include:
- Sunset Boulevard
- John Ford's Rio Grande starring John Wayne
- Harvey starring Jimmy Stewart
- Destination Moon
- Fancy Pants
- All About Eve, starring Bette Davis and George Sanders
- Justice is Done
- The Asphalt Jungle
- Cyrano de Bergerac starring Jose Ferrer
- Born Yesterday
Births
- January 16 – Debbie Allen, actress, dancer, choreographer
- January 24 – Daniel Auteuil, actor
- February 18 – Cybill Shepherd,actress
- March 16 – Kate Nelligan, actress
- March 18 – Brad Dourif, actor
- March 30 – Robbie Coltrane, actor
- April 4 – Christine Lahti, actress
- April 20 – Veronica Cartwright, actress
- April 29 – Phillip Noyce, director
- May 12 – Gabriel Byrne, actor
- September 28 – John Sayles, director, screenwriter
- October 31 – John Candy, comedian and actor
Deaths
- January 3 – Emil Jannings, actor
- January 12 – John M. Stahl
- April 7 – Walter Huston, Academy Award winning actor
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