1959 in film Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

Events

• The Three Stooges make their 180th and last short film, Sappy Bullfighters.
• 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.
• Sammy Davis, Jr and May Britt start dating.

Academy Awards

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

• April 15 - Emma Thompson, British actor
• July 29 - Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor
• November 14 - Paul McGann, British actor

• March 3 - Lou Costello, comedian and actor, half of Abbott and Costello comedy team
• February 5 - Gwili Andre, actress
• June 16 - George Reeves, actor
• June 18 - Ethel Barrymore, actress
• October 14 - Errol Flynn, actor
• November 20 – Sylvia Lopez, European actress
• November 25 - Gérard Philipe, French actor

• Ballad of a Soldier (Ballada o soldate)
• The Diary of Anne Frank
• The Horse Soldiers
• Ben-Hur, starring Charlton Heston
• The Killer Shrews
• Date with Death
• Apur Sansar
• The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad
• The 400 Blows
• General Della Rovere Golden Lion winner
• The Great War Golden Lion winner
• Black Orpheus Palm d'Or winner
• Les Cousins Golden Bear winner
• Porgy and Bess
• Suddenly, Last Summer
• Hiroshima. Mon Amour
• Room at the Top
• Donald in Mathmagic Land (short subject)
• 4D Man
• Hercules Unchained (originally: Ercole e la regina di Lidia)

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