1958 in film

Events

Top Grossing Films of the Year

1. Le Fatiche di Ercole
2. Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, starring Jimmy Stewart
3. Touch of Evil, directed by Orson Welles, starring Charlton Heston
4. Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
5. Jalsaghar

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: Gigi - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Best Actor: David Niven - Separate Tables
• Best Actress: Susan Hayward - I Want to Live!

Births

• February 11 - Michael Jackson, controller of BBC2.
• April 21 - Andie MacDowell, actress
• October 16 - Tim Robbins, American actor
• December 6 - Nick Park, film-maker and animator

Deaths

• January 11 - Edna Purviance, actress

Other Movies Released

• Gigi
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
• The Defiant Ones

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