1973 in film
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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
- The Poseidon Adventure
- Deliverance
- The Getaway
- Live and Let Die
- Paper Moon
- Last Tango in Paris
- The Sound of Music
- Live and Let Die
- Jesus Christ Superstar
- The World's Greatest Athlete by The Walt Disney Company
- American Graffiti, directed by George Lucas, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, and Harrison Ford
- The Way We Were
- Lady Sings the Blues
- 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)
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