1973 in film

Events

• The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces his second wife, Barbara Blakely. Blakely would later marry actor/singer Frank Sinatra.

Top grossing films

North America

1. The Poseidon Adventure
2. Deliverance
3. The Getaway
4. Live and Let Die
5. Paper Moon
6. Last Tango in Paris
7. The Sound of Music
8. Live and Let Die
9. Jesus Christ Superstar
10. The World's Greatest Athlete by The Walt Disney Company
11. American Graffiti, directed by George Lucas, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, and Harrison Ford
12. The Way We Were
13. Lady Sings the Blues
14. Mary Poppins

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: The Sting – Bill/Phillips-Hill, Zanuck/Brown, Universal
• Best Director : George Roy Hill – The Sting
• Best Actor: Jack Lemmon – Save the Tiger
• Best Actress: Glenda Jackson – A Touch of Class
• Best Supporting Actor : John Houseman – The Paper Chase
• Best Supporting Actress : Tatum O'Neal – Paper Moon

Births

• February 12 – Tara Strong, voice actor
• September 4 – Jason David Frank (from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), actor
• October 3 – Neve Campbell, actress

Deaths

• January 26 – Edward G Robinson, actor
• February 15 – Tim Holt, actor
• February 22 – Katina Paxinou, actress
• March 10 – Robert Siodmak, director
• April 26 – Irene Ryan, actress
• May 11 – Lex Barker, actor
• June 23 – Fay Holden, actress
• July 2 – Betty Grable, actress
• July 7 – Veronica Lake, actress
• July 11 – Robert Ryan, actor
• July 12 – Lon Chaney Jr, actor
• July 18 – Jack Hawkins, actor
• July 20 – Bruce Lee, actor
• August 16 – Vida Ann Borg, actress
• September 13 – Betty Field, actress
• September 21 – Diana Sands, actress
• September 26 – Anna Magnani, actress
• October 16 – Gene Krupa, musician, actor
• November 23 – Sessue Hayakawa, actor
• November 23 – Claire Dodd, actress
• November 23 – Constance Talmadge, actress
• November 25 – Laurence Harvey, actor
• December 26 – William Haines, actor

Other movies released

• The Sting starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford and Robert Shaw
• Papillon, starring Dustin Hoffman
• The Exorcist
• Robin Hood (Walt Disney)
• The Way We Were
• Serpico, starring Al Pacino
• Enter the Dragon, starring Bruce Lee
• Walking Tall
• Jeremiah Johnson
• Battle for the Planet of the Apes
• Scarecrow, Palme d'Or winner
• The Hireling, Palme d'Or winner
• Distant Thunder, Golden Bear winner
• Day for Night
• Bang the Drum Slowly
• Save the Tiger
• Dillinger starring Warren Oates
• Alvin Purple (a)