1954 in film
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Events
- May 12 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces wife Marion Benda. The two were married in 1927.
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Top grossing films
- North America
- White Christmas, starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Rosemary Clooney
- The Caine Mutiny, starring Humphrey Bogart, Jose Ferrer, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray and Lee Marvin
- The Glenn Miller Story, starring James Stewart and June Allyson
- The Egyptian in CinemaScope
- Rear Window, starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter, Wendell Corey and Raymond Burr
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Academy Awardss
- Best Picture: On the Waterfront - Horizon-American, Columbia
- Best Actor: Marlon Brando - On the Waterfront
- Best Actress: Grace Kelly - The Country Girl
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Other films released
- The Belles of St. Trinian's
- Brigadoon
- Casanova's Big Night starring Bob Hope
- The Dam Busters
- Demetrius and the Gladiators
- Dial M for Murder
- Doctor in the House, starring Dirk Bogarde in the first of the "Doctor" series
- Dragnet
- Gate of Hell
- Godzilla
- The High and the Mighty
- Hobson's Choice, starring Charles Laughton and John Mills, and directed by David Lean
- Ikura
- An Inspector Calls, with Alastair Sim, based on the J.B. Priestley play
- King Richard and the Crusaders
- The Long, Long Trailer
- Monster from the Ocean Floor
- On the Waterfront
- Sabrina
- Sansho the Bailiff
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
- The Seven Samurai
- Shichinin no Samurai (Seven Samurai)
- A Star Is Born
- Three Coins in the Fountain
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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Short film series
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Births
- January 1 - Helen Wellington-Lloyd,actress
- January 6 - Anthony Minghella, director
- February 17 - Rene Russo, actress
- March 4 - Catherine O'Hara, actress
- June 19 - Kathleen Turner, actress
- June 22 - Freddie Prinze, actor/comedian
- December 7 - Jackie Chan, actor
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Deaths
- January 18 - Sydney Greenstreet, actor
- February 12 - Dziga Vertov, filmmaker
- November 15 - Lionel Barrymore, actor
- December 8 - Gladys George, actressde:Filmjahr 1954
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