1976 in film Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

Events

• March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas' Star Wars science fiction film. In one of the best business decisions in film history, Lucas cuts his directing fee by $500,000 to gain ownership of merchandising and sequel rights

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: Rocky - Chartoff-Winkler, United Artists
• Best Director: John G. Avildsen - Rocky
• Best Actor: Peter Finch - Network (first actor to win posthumously)
• Best Actress: Faye Dunaway - Network
• Best Supporting Actor: Jason Robards Jr All The President's Men
• Best Supporting Actress: Beatrice Straight - Network

• January 3 - Jason Marsden, actor.
• January 6 - Danny Pintauro, actor
• February 11 - Brice Beckham, actor.
• February 28 - Ja Rule, actor/rap singer/songwriter.
• April 15 - Susan Ward,actress
• September 7 - Shannon Elizabeth, actress.
• October 4 - Alicia Silverstone, actress.

• January 12 - Agatha Christie, writer
• January 23 - Paul Robeson, actor, singer
• February 11 - Lee J Cobb, actor.
• February 11 - Alice Allyn, actress.
• February 11 - Charlie Naughton, actor.
• February 12 - Sal Mineo, actor
• February 26 - Frieda Inescort, actress
• March 14 - Busby Berkeley, director
• March 17 - Luchino Visconti, italian theatre and cinema director.
• June 9 - Sybil Thorndike, actress
• October 14 - Edith Evans, actress
• November 15 - Jean Gabin, actor
• November 28 - Rosalind Russell, actress

• Silver Streak - Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor
• The Song Remains the Same - Led Zeppelin
• Wilma - Shirley Jo Finney, Cicely Tyson, Denzel Washington
• Network
• Rocky
• To Fly
• King Kong, starring Jessica Lange and Jeff Bridges
• The Enforcer
• The Pink Panther Strikes Again
• Carrie, starring Sissy Spacek
• Logan's Run
• Marathon Man
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail
• Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000
• Buffalo Bill and the Indians Golden Bear winner
• Bugsy Malone
• A Star is Born
• Face to Face
• The Marquis of O
• Cousin, Cousine
• Bound for Glory
• All the President's Men
• Black and White in Color Academy Award for Best Foreign Picture, Ivory Coast
• Carrie
• Seven Beauties
• Voyage of the Damned

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