1961 in film

See also: 1960 in film, other events of 1961, 1962 in film, list of 'years in film'.

Table of contents

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

Events

Top Grossing Films of the Year

1. One Hundred and One Dalmatians
2. El Cid, starring Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren
3. The Last Time I Saw Archie
4. Teen Kanya
5. Posto, Il\

Births

• January 5 - Suzy Amis, actress
• January 13 - Julia Louis-Dreyfus, actress
• February 11 - Carey Lowell, actress
• April 6 - Gene Eugene, actor, lead singer of Adam Again

Deaths

• February 11 - Eduard R Verkade, Dutch actor/director
• October 11 - Chico Marx, member of the Marx Brothers

Other Movies Released

• West Side Story
• The Guns of Navarone
• The Hustler
• Two Rode Together, starring James Stewart and Richard Widmark
• Fanny