1972 in film

Events

Top Grossing Films of the Year

1. The Godfather
2. The Poseidon Adventure
3. Cabaret, starring Liza Minnelli
4. Ultimo tango a Parigi
5. The Getaway
6. Fritz the Cat
7. Shaft's Big Score!
8. Lady Sings the Blues
9. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
10. The Cowboys

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: The Godfather - Ruddy, Paramount
• Best Director : Bob Fosse - Cabaret
• Best Actor: Marlon Brando - The Godfather (declined)
• Best Actress: Liza Minnelli - Cabaret
• Best Supporting Actor ; Joel Grey - Cabaret
• Best Supporting Actress : Eileen Heckart - Butterflies Are Free

Births

• March 23 - Judith Godrèche, actress

Deaths

• January 1 - Maurice Chevalier, French actor/singer
• January 17 - Rochelle Hudson, actress
• February 2 - Jessie Royce Landis, actress
• March 20 - Marilyn Maxwell, actress
• April 5 - Isabel Jewell, actress
• April 5 - Brian Donlevy, actor
• April 30 - Gia Scala, actress
• May 3 - Bruce Cabot, actor
• May 15 - Nigel Green, actor
• May 21 – Margaret Rutherford, actress
• July 6 - Brandon De Wilde, actor
• August 7 - Joi Lansing, actress
• October 9 - Miriam Hopkins, actress
• November 23 - Marie Wilson, actress
• December 9 - Louella Parsons, Hollywood columnist
• December 26 - Harry S. Truman, president/actor

Other Movies Released

• Deliverance
• Young Winston, starring Anthony Hopkins
• Une belle fille comme moi, directed by Francois Truffaut
• Sounder, starring Cicely Tyson
• Slaughterhouse-Five
• They call me Trinity, spaghetti western with Terence Hill

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