1962 in film

Events

Top Grossing Films of the Year

1. Dr. No
2. Hatari!, starring John Wayne
3. How the West Was Won, starring James Stewart, Gregory Peck, John Wayne, George Peppard, and Debbie Reynolds
4. Taras Bulba
5. State Fair, starring Pat Boone, Bobby Darin, and Ann-Margret
6. Girls! Girls! Girls!
7. Kid Galahad
8. The Premature Burial
9. Lawrence of Arabia, starring Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn and Claude Rains

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: Lawrence of Arabia - Horizon-Spiegel-Lean, Columbia
• Best Actor: Gregory Peck - To Kill a Mockingbird
• Best Actress: Anne Bancroft - The Miracle Worker

Births

• January 17 - Jim Carrey, actor, comedian
• September 11 - Elizabeth Daily, actress
• September 26 - Melissa Sue Anderson, actress
• October 1 - Esai Morales, actor
• November 19 - Jodie Foster, actress and director

Deaths

• January 13 - Ernie Kovacs, comedian, actor

Other Movies Released

• Boys' Night Out
• The Longest Day
• The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, starring James Stewart and John Wayne
• To Kill a Mockingbird, starring Gregory Peck

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