1959 in film

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Top Grossing Films of the Year 3 Academy Awards 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 Other Movies Released

Events

• September 18 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx marries his second wife, Barbara Blakely.
• November 18 - William Wyler's film Ben-Hur premieres at Loew's Theater in New York City.

1. Ben-Hur, starring Charlton Heston
2. Some Like It Hot, starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon
3. Hitchcock's North by Northwest, starring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint
4. Rio Bravo
5. The Killer Shrews
6. Date with Death
7. Apur Sansar

• Best Picture: Ben-Hur - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Best Actor: Charlton Heston - Ben-Hur
• Best Actress: Simone Signoret - Room at the Top

• November 14 - Paul McGann, British actor

• March 3 - Lou Costello, comedian and actor, half of Abbott and Costello comedy team
• June 16 - George Reeves, actor
• June 18 - Ethel Barrymore, actress
• October 14 - Errol Flynn, actor

• The Diary of Anne Frank
• Anatomy of a Murder
• The Horse Soldiers