1957 in film

The top ten 1957 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

The highest-grossing 1957 films in various countries.

• January 14 – Legendary actor Humphrey Bogart dies at the age of 57 in Los Angeles from esophageal cancer. Best known for his appearances in classic films such as The Petrified Forest, Dead End, The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Sabrina, as well as for To Have and Have Not and The Big Sleep co-starring with his wife Lauren Bacall; Bogart was one of the biggest stars of Hollywood's Golden Age and won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in The African Queen. He was named as one of the greatest actors of all-time by the American Film Institute.^[17]
• February 1 – US studio RKO ceases domestic distribution of feature films, which is taken over by Universal Pictures.^[18]
• May – Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal wins the Special Jury Prize at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival.
• June 6 – Jerry Lewis appears in his first film without Dean Martin in The Delicate Delinquent.
• June – United Artists rejoins the Motion Picture Association of America, following an expansion of the MPAA code appeals board members. The board had previously denied The Man With the Golden Arm a Production Code seal in 1955, leading UA to quit the MPAA.
• October 2 – Raintree County is the first film shot in MGM Camera 65.
• October 16 – First London Film Festival held at the newly opened National Film Theatre.^[19]
• December 6 – Ingmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries is released in Sweden. It goes on to win the Golden Bear at the 8th Berlin International Film Festival and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1959.

• February 14 - Cinderella (re-release)
• July 3 - Bambi (re-release)

United States unless stated

• Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
• Terrytoons (1930–1964)
• Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
• The Three Stooges (1934–1959)
• Tom and Jerry (1940–1958)
• Woody Woodpecker (1941–1972)
• Droopy (1943–1958)
• Noveltoons (1943–1967)
• The Nearsighted Mister Magoo (1950–1959)
• Casper the Friendly Ghost (1950–1959)
• Herman and Katnip (1952–1959)
• Chilly Willy (1953–1972)

Ending this year

• Popeye the Sailor (1933-1957)
• Maggie and Sam (1955-1957)
• Spike and Tyke (1957)

• January 1 - Meagen Fay, American actress
• January 5 - Jeep Swenson, South African-American professional wrestler, stuntman, and actor (d. 1997)
• January 8 - Ron Cephas Jones, American actor (d. 2023)
• January 12 – John Lasseter, American animator, director, producer, and writer
• January 15 – Mario Van Peebles, American actor and director
• January 16 - Ricardo Darin, Argentine actor
• January 17
  • Keith Chegwin, English television presenter and actor (d. 2017)
  • Steve Harvey, American actor, comedian, and author
• January 19 - Roger Ashton-Griffiths, English character actor, screenwriter and director
• January 21 - Gregory Paul Martin, British writer and actor
• January 24 - Adrian Edmondson, English comedian, actor, musician, and television presenter
• January 25 – Jenifer Lewis, American actress, comedian, singer and activist
• January 27 - Danny Aiello III, American stunt performer, stunt coordinator, director, and actor (d. 2010)
• January 28 - Harley Jane Kozak, American actress
• January 29 - Diane Delano, American character actress (d. 2024)
• February 1 - Cylk Cozart, American actor, director, writer and producer
• February 6
  • Kathy Najimy, American actress
  • Robert Townsend, American actor, director and writer
• February 14 - Ken Wahl, American actor
• February 16 – LeVar Burton, American actor, director, producer, and author
• February 19 – Ray Winstone, English actor
• February 22 - Robert Bathurst, English actor
• February 26 - C. J. Graham, American actor
• February 27 – Timothy Spall, English actor
• February 28 – John Turturro, American actor, writer and director
• March 4 - Mykelti Williamson, American actor
• March 6
  • Eddie Deezen, American actor and comedian
  • Alex McArthur, American actor
• March 8
  • David Paul, American actor (d. 2020)
  • Peter Paul, former American actor and producer
  • Cynthia Rothrock, American actress
• March 9 - Oliver Stritzel, German actor
• March 12 - Jerry Levine, American actor and director
• March 13 - Daniel Licht, American composer (d. 2017)
• March 15
  • Park Overall, American actress
  • David Silverman, American animator
• March 20
  • Amy Aquino, American actress
  • Vanessa Bell Calloway, American actress
  • Spike Lee, American director, producer, writer and actor
  • Theresa Russell, American actress
  • Chris Wedge, American director, producer, and voice actor
• March 21 - Haydn Gwynne, English actress (d. 2023)
• March 23
  • Teresa Ganzel, American actress
  • Amanda Plummer, American actress
• March 27
  • Stephen Dillane, English actor
  • Caroline Williams, American actress and producer
• March 28 – Paul Eiding, American actor, voice actor, and voice instructor
• March 29 – Christopher Lambert, French actor
• March 30
  • Michael Lehmann, American director
  • Tawny Moyer, American actress
• March 31 - Marc McClure, American actor
• April 4 – Aki Kaurismäki, Finnish director
• April 7 - Phoebe Nicholls, English actress
• April 12 – Suzzanne Douglas, American actress (d. 2021)
• April 13
  • Gary Kroeger, American actor and announcer
  • Saundra Santiago, American actress
• April 14
  • Richard Jeni, American actor and comedian (d. 2007)
  • Marc Platt, American producer
• April 23 – Jan Hooks, American actress and comedian (d. 2014)
• April 25 - Esther Scott, American actress
• April 27 - Robert Curtis Brown, American actor
• April 29 – Daniel Day-Lewis, English actor
• May 4 - John Akomfrah, Ghanaian-born British filmmaker
• May 5 – Richard E. Grant, English actor
• May 7 - Ned Bellamy, American actor
• May 10 - Alex Jennings, English actor
• May 13 - Mark Heap, English actor and comedian
• May 15 - Dan Patrick, American sportscaster, radio personality and actor
• May 17 - Whip Hubley, American actor
• May 21 – Judge Reinhold, American actor
• May 22 - Seema Azmi, Indian actress
• May 23 - Mark Arnold, American actor
• May 29
  • Ted Levine, American actor
  • Oliver Muirhead, English character actor
• May 30 - Aire Koop, Estonian actress
• June 1 – Dorota Kędzierzawska, Polish director and screenwriter
• June 5 - Steven Pacey, English actor
• June 8 - Dimple Kapadia, Indian actress
• June 10 - Robert Clohessy, American actor
• June 14 - Jay Roach, American filmmaker
• June 17
  • Sam Douglas, British actor
  • Jon Gries, American actor
  • Phyllida Lloyd, English director and producer
• June 18
  • Ralph Brown, English actor and writer
  • Andrea Evans, American actress
• June 19 - Michael Maloney, British actor
• June 23 – Frances McDormand, American actress
• June 25 - Giuseppe Cederna, Italian actor
• June 29 – María Conchita Alonso, Cuban-Venezuelan singer and actress
• July 2 - Bret Hart, Canadian-American pro wrestler
• July 5 - James Tillis, American former professional boxer and actor
• July 9 – Kelly McGillis, American actress
• July 12 - Christopher Quinten, British actor
• July 13 – Cameron Crowe, American director and screenwriter
• July 19 - Terri Treas, American actress, writer and director
• July 20 – Donna Dixon, American actress, wife of Dan Aykroyd
• July 21
  • Sulev Keedus, Estonian director and screenwriter
  • Jon Lovitz, American actor, comedian and singer
• July 26 – Nana Visitor, American actress
• July 27 - Bill Engvall, American actor and stand-up comedian
• July 28 - Lisa Freeman, American author and actress
• July 30 - Victor Slezak, American actor
• August 1 - Taylor Negron, American actor, comedian and writer (d. 2015)
• August 2 - Mojo Nixon, American musician and actor (d. 2024)
• August 5
  • Jerry Lambert, American actor
  • Joanne Samuel, Australian actress
• August 9 – Melanie Griffith, American actress
• August 15
  • Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor
  • Mark Rosman, American director, producer and screenwriter
• August 16 – Laura Innes, American actress
• August 17 - Ken Kwapis, American film and television director
• August 18
  • Carole Bouquet, French actress
  • Denis Leary, American actor, comedian and writer
• August 19 - Martin Donovan, American actor
• August 24 – Stephen Fry, English comedian, author and actor
• August 25 - Simon McBurney, English actor
• August 26 - Ewan Stewart, Scottish actor
• August 27 - Đơn Dương, Vietnamese actor (d. 2011)
• August 28
  • Rick Rossovich, American actor
  • Daniel Stern, American actor
• September 1 – Gloria Estefan, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and actress
• September 2 - Steve Porcaro, American composer
• September 4 - Khandi Alexander, American choreographer and actress
• September 8 - Heather Thomas, American actress
• September 10 – Kate Burton, American actress
• September 12
  • Rachel Ward, English actress
  • Hans Zimmer, German composer
• September 16 - Maria Gladkowska, Polish actress
• September 19
  • Mark Acheson, Canadian actor
  • Stephen Hibbert, British-American actor and writer (d. 2026)
• September 21 – Ethan Coen, American director, producer, screenwriter and editor
• September 23
  • Rosalind Allen, New Zealand actress
  • Rosalind Chao, American actress
• September 24 – Brad Bird, American animator, director, writer and actor
• September 25 – Michael Madsen, American actor (d. 2025)
• September 30 – Fran Drescher, American actress
• October 4 – Bill Fagerbakke, American actor and voice actor
• October 5 – Bernie Mac, American actor and comedian (d. 2008)
• October 11
  • Dawn French, English actress, comedian and writer
  • Eric Keenleyside, Canadian actor
• October 12
  • Clémentine Célarié, French actress
  • Camilla and Carey More, English twin actresses
• October 13 - Marc Macaulay, American actor
• October 17 – Lawrence Bender, American film producer
• October 19 - Sheri Foster, American actress
• October 23 - Elizabeth D'Onofrio, American actress
• October 24 – John Kassir, American actor and comedian
• October 25 – Nancy Cartwright, American voice actress
• October 28
  • Betsy Aidem, American actress
  • Christian Berkel, German actor
• October 29
  • Dan Castellaneta, American actor, voice actor, comedian, and screenwriter
  • Scott Thomson, American actor
• October 30 – Kevin Pollak, American actor
• November 2 - Michael Bailey Smith, American actor
• November 3 – Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor and director
• November 5 - Elizabeth Bracco, American actress
• November 6
  • Cam Clarke, American voice actor and singer
  • Lori Singer, American actress and cellist
• November 7 - Christopher Knight, American actor
• November 15 - Ray McKinnnon, American actor, screenwriter, director and producer
• November 18 - Joey Miyashima, American actor
• November 19
  • Ofra Haza, Israel singer, songwriter and actress (d. 2000)
  • Tom Virtue, American actor
• November 21 - Michiko Nishiwaki, Japanese actress and stuntwoman
• November 24 – Denise Crosby, American actress
• November 30 – Gary Lewis, Scottish actor
• December 3 – Valérie Quennessen, French actress (d. 1989)
• December 10
  • João Canijo, Portuguese director (d. 2026)
  • Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (d. 2012)
• December 12 – Higgins, American dog actor (d. 1975)
• December 13
  • Steve Buscemi, American actor
  • Billy Van Zandt, American actor
• December 19
  • John Gulager, American actor and director
  • Michael Milhoan, American actor
• December 21 – Ray Romano, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and voice actor
• December 24 – Scott Spiegel, American screenwriter, director, producer and actor (d. 2025)
• December 29 – Brad Grey, American television and film producer (d. 2017)
• December 30 – Joanna Pacula, Polish actress
• December 31 – Brian Howe, American actor

• January 14 – Humphrey Bogart, 57, American actor, Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, Key Largo, The Caine Mutiny^[26]
• January 19 – Sheila Terry, 46, American actress, The Sphinx, The Silk Express^[27]
• January 26 – William Eythe, 38, American actor, The Song of Bernadette, The House on 92nd Street
• February 19 – Märta Torén, 31, Swedish actress, Sirocco, One Way Street^[28]
• March 25 – Max Ophüls, 54, German director, The Earrings of Madame de..., Lola Montès
• March 31
  • Harry Depp, 74, American actor, The Love Girl, Inez from Hollywood
  • Gene Lockhart, 65, Canadian actor, Miracle on 34th Street, Algiers
• April 3 – Ned Sparks, 73, Canadian actor, 42nd Street, Imitation of Life
• April 8 – Dorothy Sebastian, 53, American actress, Spite Marriage, Our Dancing Daughters
• April 27 – Paweł Owerłło, 87, Polish actor, Pan Tadeusz
• May 7 – Charles King, 62, American actor, Outlaws of the Plains, Adventures of Sir Galahad
• May 9 – Ezio Pinza, 64, Italian singer and actor, Tonight We Sing, Mr. Imperium
• May 12 – Erich von Stroheim, 71, Austrian actor, director, Sunset Boulevard, La Grande Illusion
• May 29 – James Whale, 67, British director, Frankenstein, The Invisible Man
• June 12 – Robert Alton, 51, American choreographer and director, White Christmas^[29]
• July 3 – Judy Tyler, 24, American actress, Jailhouse Rock, Bop Girl Goes Calypso
• July 15 – George Cleveland, 71, Canadian actor, Carson City, Fort Defiance
• July 24 – Sacha Guitry, 72, French playwright, actor and director, Confessions of a Cheat, A Crime in Paradise
• August 7 – Oliver Hardy, 65, American actor, The Flying Deuces, Sons of the Desert
• August 9 – Konrad Tom, 70, Polish actor, screenwriter, director and singer, His Excellency, The Shop Assistant
• August 12 – Tim Whelan, 63, American director, The Thief of Bagdad, The Divorce of Lady X
• September 1 – Helen Haye, 83, Indian-British actress, The 39 Steps^[30]
• September 19 – Edvard Persson, 69, Swedish actor, South of the Highway, Kalle's Inn
• October 20 – Jack Buchanan, 66, British actor, The Band Wagon^[31]
• October 29 – Louis B. Mayer, 73, Russian-American producer and studio executive, Greed, That's Entertainment!
• November 7 – Dina Romano, 81, Italian actress, The Materassi Sisters
• November 17 – Cora Witherspoon, 67, American actress, The Bank Dick, Libeled Lady
• November 25 – Raymond Griffith, 62, American actor, Hands Up!, All Quiet on the Western Front
• November 29 – Erich Wolfgang Korngold, 60, Austrian composer, Anthony Adverse, The Adventures of Robin Hood
• November 30 – Fred F. Sears, 44, American director, Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, Rock Around the Clock
• December 11 – Musidora, 58, French actress, director, Les Vampires, Judex
• December 15 – Alfonso Bedoya, 53, Mexican actor, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre^[32]
• December 24 – Norma Talmadge, 63, American actress, New York Nights, Secrets ^[33]
• December 25 – Charles Pathé, 94, French producer, writer, The Conquest of the Pole
• December 27 – Alan Bridge, 66, American actor, The Stranger from Texas, Cross My Heart

• Norman Alden – Hear Me Good
• Luana Anders – Reform School Girl
• Elga Andersen – Les Collégiennes
• Alan Arkin – Calypso Heat Wave
• Jean-Paul Belmondo – On Foot, on Horse, and on Wheels
• Françoise Brion – Love in the Afternoon
• Peter Brown – The Story of Esther Costello
• Lilyan Chauvin – Ten Thousand Bedrooms
• Bernard Cribbins – Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
• Alain Delon – Send a Woman When the Devil Fails
• Catherine Deneuve – Les Collégiennes
• Anthony Franciosa – This Could Be the Night
• Ben Gazzara – The Strange One
• William Hickey – A Hatful of Rain
• Bill Hunter – The Shiralee
• Clifton James – The Strange One
• Sally Kellerman – Reform School Girl
• Burt Kwouk – Windom's Way
• Paul Maxwell – Death in Small Doses
• David McCallum – Ill Met by Moonlight
• John McGiver – The Man in the Raincoat
• Dina Merrill – Desk Set
• George Peppard – The Strange One
• Lee Remick – A Face in the Crowd
• Jean Seberg – Saint Joan
• Patsy Smart – The Flying Scot
• Georgina Spelvin – Les Collégiennes
• Liv Ullmann – Fjols til fjells
• Ray Walston – Kiss Them for Me
• Adam West – Voodoo Island