1985 in film

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The following is an overview of events in 1985 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1985 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1985[1]
Rank	Title	Distributor	Domestic gross
1	Back to the Future	Universal	$210,609,762
2	Rambo: First Blood Part II	TriStar / Carolco	$150,415,432
3	Rocky IV	MGM	$127,873,716
4	The Color Purple	Warner Bros.	$94,175,854
5	Out of Africa	Universal	$87,071,205
6	Cocoon	20th Century Fox	$76,113,124
7	The Jewel of the Nile	20th Century Fox	$75,973,200
8	Witness	Paramount	$68,706,993
9	The Goonies	Warner Bros.	$61,389,680
10	Spies Like Us	Warner Bros.	$60,088,980

Events

June 5 – The Chicago Cubs play the Atlanta Braves in a baseball game at Wrigley Field. Excerpts from the broadcast later pin this date as the day featured in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
December 3 – Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton.

Awards

Category/Organization	43rd Golden Globe Awards January 24, 1986		39th BAFTA Awards March 16, 1986	58th Academy Awards March 24, 1986
Category/Organization	Drama	Musical or Comedy	39th BAFTA Awards March 16, 1986	58th Academy Awards March 24, 1986
Best Film	Out of Africa	Prizzi's Honor	The Purple Rose of Cairo	Out of Africa
Best Director	John Huston Prizzi's Honor		N/A	Sydney Pollack Out of Africa
Best Actor	Jon Voight Runaway Train	Jack Nicholson Prizzi's Honor	William Hurt Kiss of the Spider Woman
Best Actress	Whoopi Goldberg The Color Purple	Kathleen Turner Prizzi's Honor	Peggy Ashcroft A Passage to India	Geraldine Page The Trip to Bountiful
Best Supporting Actor	Klaus Maria Brandauer Out of Africa		Denholm Elliott Defence of the Realm	Don Ameche Cocoon
Best Supporting Actress	Meg Tilly Agnes of God		Rosanna Arquette Desperately Seeking Susan	Anjelica Huston Prizzi's Honor
Best Screenplay, Adapted	Woody Allen The Purple Rose of Cairo		Richard Condon and Janet Roach Prizzi's Honor	Kurt Luedtke Out of Africa
Best Screenplay, Original	Woody Allen The Purple Rose of Cairo		Woody Allen The Purple Rose of Cairo	Earl W. Wallace, William Kelley and Pamela Wallace Witness
Best Original Score	John Barry Out of Africa		Maurice Jarre Witness	John Barry Out of Africa
Best Original Song	"Say You, Say Me" White Nights		N/A	"Say You, Say Me" White Nights
Best Foreign Language Film	The Official Story		Colonel Redl	The Official Story

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na službenom putu), directed by Emir Kusturica, Yugoslavia

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi), directed by Agnès Varda, France / U.K.

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Die Frau und der Fremde (The Woman and the Stranger), directed by Rainer Simon, East Germany

Wetherby, directed by David Hare, United Kingdom

Notable films released in 1985

United States unless stated

#

28 Up, a documentary film - (U.K.)

H

Hail Mary (Je vous salue, Marie), directed by Jean-Luc Godard - (France)
Half Life: A Parable for the Nuclear Age - (Australia)
Heaven Help Us, starring Andrew McCarthy and Mary Stuart Masterson
Here Come the Littles - (United States/Canada/Japan/Luxembourg)
The Holcroft Covenant, starring Michael Caine, Anthony Andrews, Victoria Tennant, Lilli Palmer
The Home and the World (Ghare Baire), directed by Satyajit Ray - (India)
Hour of the Star (A Hora da Estrela) - (Brazil)
How Poets are Losing Their Illusions (Jak básníci přicházejí o iluze) - (Czechoslovakia)

I

De IJssalon (The Ice-Cream Parlor) - (Netherlands)
Insignificance, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Theresa Russell, Tony Curtis, Gary Busey - (U.K.)
Into the Night, starring Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer
Invasion U.S.A., starring Chuck Norris

J

Jagged Edge, directed by Richard Marquand, starring Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Robert Loggia, Peter Coyote
The Jewel of the Nile, directed by Lewis Teague, starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito
Joshua Then and Now, starring James Woods and Alan Arkin - (Canada)
The Journey of Natty Gann, starring Meredith Salenger and John Cusack
Just One of the Guys, starring Joyce Hyser

K

King David, starring Richard Gere - (UK/US)
King Solomon's Mines, starring Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone
Kiss of the Spider Woman (O Beijo da Mulher Aranha), directed by Héctor Babenco, starring William Hurt, Raúl Juliá, Sônia Braga - (Brazil/United States)
Krush Groove, starring Blair Underwood, Run–D.M.C., Sheila E.

L

Ladyhawke, starring Matthew Broderick, Michelle Pfeiffer and Rutger Hauer
The Last Dragon, starring Taimak, Faith Prince
The Last Polka, starring John Candy and Eugene Levy - (Canada)
Latino, directed by Haskell Wexler
Leave All Fair, starring John Gielgud and Jane Birkin (New Zealand/France)
Legend, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry - (UK/US)
The Legend of Billie Jean, starring Helen Slater, Keith Gordon, Peter Coyote, Christian Slater, Yeardley Smith
The Legend of Suram Fortress, directed by Sergei Parajanov (Soviet Union)
Letter to Brezhnev, starring Peter Firth and Alexandra Pigg - (U.K.)
Lifeforce, starring Steve Railsback, Mathilda May, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay and Patrick Stewart, directed by Tobe Hooper
Lonely Heart (Sabishinbou) - (Japan)
Lost in America, directed by and starring Albert Brooks, with Julie Hagerty
Lust in the Dust, directed by Paul Bartel, starring Divine, Tab Hunter, Lainie Kazan

M

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, starring Mel Gibson and Tina Turner - (Australia)
The Man with One Red Shoe, starring Tom Hanks, Carrie Fisher, Lori Singer, Dabney Coleman
Manevri na petiya etazh (Maneuvers on the Fifth Floor) - (Bulgaria)
Marie, starring Sissy Spacek, Jeff Daniels, Fred Dalton Thompson
Mask, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Eric Stoltz, Cher and Sam Elliott
Mask of Murder, starring Rod Taylor and Valerie Perrine - (United States/Sweden)
The Mass Is Ended (La messa è finita), directed by and starring Nanni Moretti - (Italy)
Maxie, starring Glenn Close, Mandy Patinkin, Ruth Gordon, Valerie Curtin
The Mean Season, starring Kurt Russell, Mariel Hemingway and Richard Jordan
Meri Jung, starring Anil Kapoor - (India)
The Midnight Hour
Mirch Masala (Spices), starring Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Patil, Om Puri - (U.K./India)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, directed by Paul Schrader, starring Ken Ogata - (United States/Japan)
Movers & Shakers, directed by William Asher, starring Walter Matthau, Charles Grodin, Gilda Radner
Mr. Vampire (Goeng-si Sin-sang) - (Hong Kong)
Murphy's Romance, directed by Martin Ritt, starring Sally Field, James Garner, Brian Kerwin, Corey Haim
My Beautiful Laundrette, directed by Stephen Frears, starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Gordon Warnecke - (U.K.)
My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund), directed by Lasse Hallström - (Sweden) - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
My Science Project
My Sweet Little Village (Vesničko má středisková), directed by Jiří Menzel - (Czechoslovakia)

N

National Lampoon's European Vacation, starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
No End (Bez końca), directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski - (Poland)
No Surrender, starring Michael Angelis and Bernard Hill - (U.K.)
Nothing Left to Do But Cry (Non ci resta che piangere), directed by and starring Roberto Benigni and Massimo Troisi - (Italy)

O

The Official Story (La historia oficial) - (Argentina) - Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
Once Bitten, starring Lauren Hutton and Jim Carrey (in his first major role)
One Magic Christmas, starring Mary Steenburgen and Harry Dean Stanton - (United States/Canada)
Ordeal by Innocence, starring Donald Sutherland, Faye Dunaway, Christopher Plummer - (U.K.)
Out of Africa, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards

P

Padre nuestro (Our Father), starring Victoria Abril - (Spain)
Pale Rider, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, with Michael Moriarty and Carrie Snodgress
Pas în doi (Passo Doble) - (Romania)
The Peanut Butter Solution - (Canada)
Pee-wee's Big Adventure, directed by Tim Burton, starring Paul Reubens
Perfect, directed by James Bridges, starring John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis
Phenomena, directed by Dario Argento - (Italy)
Pizza Connection, directed by Damiano Damiani - (Italy)
Plenty, directed by Fred Schepisi, starring Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Charles Dance, Tracey Ullman, Ian McKellen, Sting - (U.K.)
Police, starring Gérard Depardieu and Sophie Marceau - (France)
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment, starring Steve Guttenberg, George Gaynes, Colleen Camp, Bubba Smith
Police Story (Ging chat goo si), directed by and starring Jackie Chan - (Hong Kong)
Private Resort, starring Johnny Depp, Rob Morrow, Andrew Dice Clay
Prizzi's Honor, directed by John Huston, starring Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston, Robert Loggia, William Hickey - Golden Globe for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
The Protector, starring Jackie Chan and Danny Aiello - (Hong Kong/United States)
The Purple Rose of Cairo, directed by Woody Allen, starring Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello

Q

The Quiet Earth - (New Zealand)

R

Radioactive Dreams, starring Michael Dudikoff and Lisa Blount - (United States/Mexico)
Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer - (United States/Japan)
Rambo: First Blood Part II, starring Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Charles Napier, Julia Nickson
Ran, directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Tatsuya Nakadai and Mieko Harada - (Japan)
Re-Animator, starring Jeffrey Combs
Real Genius, starring Val Kilmer, Gabe Jarret, William Atherton and Michelle Meyrink
Red Kiss (Rouge Baiser) - (France)
Red Sonja, starring Brigitte Nielsen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sandahl Bergman
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, starring Fred Ward, Kate Mulgrew, Joel Grey
Rendez-vous, starring Juliette Binoche and Jean-Louis Trintignant - (France)
Restless Natives, directed by Michael Hoffman - (U.K.)
The Return of the Living Dead, directed by Dan O'Bannon
Return to Oz, starring Fairuza Balk, Piper Laurie, Jean Marsh
Revolution, directed by Hugh Hudson, starring Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski - (U.K.)
Rocky IV, directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone, with Talia Shire, Dolph Lundgren, Carl Weathers, Brigitte Nielsen, Burt Young
A Room with a View, directed by James Ivory, starring Maggie Smith and Helena Bonham Carter - (U.K.)
Runaway Train, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, starring Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay
The Runner (Davandeh) - (Iran)
Rustlers' Rhapsody, directed by Hugh Wilson, starring Tom Berenger, Marilu Henner, Sela Ward, Andy Griffith, Patrick Wayne

S

Santa Claus: The Movie, starring Dudley Moore - (UK/US)
Scorpio Nights - (Philippines)
Secret Admirer, starring C. Thomas Howell, Lori Loughlin, Kelly Preston, Fred Ward
The Secret of the Sword
Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird
Shaker Run, starring Cliff Robertson, Leif Garrett, Lisa Harrow
Shoah - (France)
The Shooting Party, starring James Mason and John Gielgud - (U.K.)
Silver Bullet, starring Gary Busey, Corey Haim, Megan Follows, Everett McGill
Silverado, directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Danny Glover, Kevin Costner, Jeff Goldblum, Brian Dennehy, John Cleese, Rosanna Arquette, Linda Hunt
A Simple Death (Prostaya smert) - (U.S.S.R.)
The Slugger's Wife, directed by Hal Ashby, starring Michael O'Keefe and Rebecca De Mornay
Smooth Talk, starring Laura Dern and Treat Williams
Spies Like Us, starring Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase
St. Elmo's Fire, directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Mare Winningham, Andie MacDowell, Martin Balsam, Jenny Wright, Joyce Van Patten
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin
Stick, directed by and starring Burt Reynolds, with Candice Bergen, Charles Durning, George Segal
Subway, directed by Luc Besson, starring Isabelle Adjani and Christopher Lambert - (France)
Summer Rental, directed by Carl Reiner, starring John Candy, Rip Torn, Richard Crenna
The Supergrass, starring Adrian Edmondson, Jennifer Saunders, Robbie Coltrane - (U.K.)
The Sure Thing, directed by Rob Reiner, starring John Cusack, Daphne Zuniga, Nicollette Sheridan, Viveca Lindfors, Anthony Edwards
Sweet Dreams, a biopic of Patsy Cline, starring Jessica Lange and Ed Harris

T

Taipei Story (Qing mei zhu ma) - (Taiwan)
Tampopo (Dandelion) - (Japan)
Target, starring Gene Hackman and Matt Dillon
Tea in the Harem (Le Thé au harem d'Archimède) - (France)
Teen Wolf, starring Michael J. Fox
That Was Then... This Is Now, starring Emilio Estevez, Craig Sheffer
That's Dancing!, featuring Gene Kelly, Liza Minnelli, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Sammy Davis, Jr. and others
Thirteen at Dinner, starring Peter Ustinov, Faye Dunaway, Lee Horsley, Bill Nighy
Three Men and a Cradle (Trois hommes et un couffin) - (France)
The Time of the Hero (a.k.a. La ciudad y los perros) - (Peru)
The Time to Live and the Time to Die (Tong nian wang shi) - (Taiwan)
To Live and Die in L.A., directed by William Friedkin, starring William Petersen and Willem Dafoe
Trancers
Transylvania 6-5000, starring Jeff Goldblum, Ed Begley, Jr., Joseph Bologna, Teresa Ganzel, Geena Davis
Treasure Island (L'île au trésor) - (France/Chile)
The Trip to Bountiful, starring Geraldine Page, John Heard, Rebecca De Mornay
Trouble in Mind, directed by Alan Rudolph, starring Kris Kristofferson, Lori Singer, Geneviève Bujold, Keith Carradine
Tuff Turf, starring James Spader
Turk 182!, starring Timothy Hutton, Robert Urich, Kim Cattrall
Turtle Diary, starring Glenda Jackson and Ben Kingsley - (U.K.)
Twice in a Lifetime, starring Gene Hackman, Ellen Burstyn, Ann-Margret, Amy Madigan, Ally Sheedy, Brian Dennehy
The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal (Le due vite di Mattia Pascal), starring Marcello Mastroianni and Senta Berger - (Italy)

U-V

UFOria, starring Fred Ward, Harry Dean Stanton, Cindy Williams
The Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon sotilas) - (Finland)
Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi), directed by Agnès Varda - (France) - Golden Lion award
Vampire Hunter D (Kyûketsuki hantâ D) - (Japan)
Vampires in Havana (¡Vampiros en La Habana!) - (Cuba)
La vaquilla (The Heifer), directed by Luis García Berlanga - (Spain)
A View to a Kill, starring Roger Moore (as James Bond) with Christopher Walken, Tanya Roberts, Grace Jones - (U.K.)
Vision Quest, starring Matthew Modine and Linda Fiorentino
Volunteers, starring Tom Hanks, John Candy, Rita Wilson, Tim Thomerson, George Plimpton

W

Walking the Edge, starring Robert Forster and Nancy Kwan
Water, starring Michael Caine, Billy Connolly, Valerie Perrine - (U.K.)
Wetherby, directed by David Hare, starring Vanessa Redgrave and Ian Holm - (U.K.) - Golden Bear award
Weird Science, directed by John Hughes, starring Kelly Le Brock, Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Bill Paxton
Wild Geese II, starring Scott Glenn, Barbara Carrera, Edward Fox, Laurence Olivier - (U.K.)
When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na službenom putu) - (Yugoslavia) - Palme d'Or award
White Nights, directed by Taylor Hackford, starring Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Helen Mirren
Witness, directed by Peter Weir, starring Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas
The Woman and the Stranger (Die Frau und der Fremde) - (East Germany) - Golden Bear award

XYZ

Year of the Dragon, directed by Michael Cimino, starring Mickey Rourke and John Lone
Yes, Madam (Huang jia shi jie), starring Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock - (Hong Kong)
Young Sherlock Holmes, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Anthony Higgins
A Zed & Two Noughts, directed by Peter Greenaway - (U.K.)

Wide-release films

January–March

January 1985
- January 8
  - The Mutilator
  - Rockin' Road Trip
- January 11
  - Too Scared to Scream
  - Walking the Edge
- January 17
  - Avenging Angel
  - Tuff Turf
- January 18
  - The New Kids
  - That's Dancing!
- January 27
  - The Falcon and the Snowman
  - Fandango
February 1985
- February 8
  - Heaven Help Us
  - Mischief
  - Witness
- February 15
  - The Breakfast Club
  - Fast Forward
  - Into the Night
  - The Mean Season
  - Turk 182
  - Vision Quest
- February 20
  - Brazil (France; UK Feb. 22 1985; Germany Apr. 26 1985; US Dec. 18 1985)
March 1985
- March 1
  - Certain Fury
  - Lust in the Dust
  - The Purple Rose of Cairo
  - The Sure Thing
- March 2
  - Ghoulies
  - Missing in Action 2: The Beginning
- March 8
  - Mask
- March 15
  - Lost in America
  - Sylvester
- March 22
- March 24
  - The Care Bears Movie
- March 29

April–June

April 1985
- April 3
  - Alamo Bay
- April 10
  - Private Resort
- April 12
  - Cat's Eye
  - Girls Just Want to Have Fun
  - Ladyhawke
- April 25
  - Crimewave (US)
- April 26
  - Just One of the Guys
  - Stick
May 1985
- May 3
  - Code of Silence
  - Gotcha!
  - Gymkata
- May 8
  - Creature
- May 10
  - Rustlers' Rhapsody
- May 17
  - Ordeal by Innocence
- May 22
  - Brewster's Millions
  - Rambo: First Blood Part II
  - A View to a Kill (San Francisco premiere; London premiere June 12, 1985)
- May 31
  - Fletch
June 1985
- June 7
  - The Goonies (US; UK Nov. 29 1985; Aus Dec. 12 1985; Japan Dec. 21 1985)
  - Perfect
- June 13
  - Prizzi's Honor
  - Warriors of the Wind
- June 14
  - Secret Admirer
  - The Stuff
- June 21
  - Cocoon
  - Return to Oz (US; UK July 10, 1985)
- June 26
  - Pale Rider
- June 28
  - St. Elmo's Fire

July–September

July 1985
- July 3
  - Back to the Future
  - Red Sonja
- July 5
  - The Lift
- July 10
  - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
- July 12
  - Explorers
  - Silverado
- July 19
- July 24
  - The Black Cauldron
- July 26
August 1985
- August 2
  - Fright Night
  - Follow That Bird
  - Weird Science
- August 7
  - Real Genius
- August 9
  - My Science Project
  - Pee-wee's Big Adventure
  - Summer Rental
  - Pray for Death
- August 16
  - American Flyers
  - The Return of the Living Dead
  - Volunteers
  - Year of the Dragon
- August 21
  - Agnes of God
- August 23
  - Better Off Dead
  - Godzilla 1985
  - Teen Wolf
- August 30
  - American Ninja
  - Compromising Positions
September 1985
- September 10
  - Plenty
  - Smooth Talk
- September 13
  - After Hours
- September 27
  - Invasion U.S.A.
  - The Journey of Natty Gann
  - Maxie

October–December

October 1985
- October 4
  - Commando
  - Jagged Edge
  - Sweet Dreams
- October 11
  - Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
  - Silver Bullet
- October 18
  - Re-Animator
- October 23
  - Twice in a Lifetime
November 1985
- November 1
- November 8
  - Target
  - That Was Then... This Is Now
  - Transylvania 6-5000
- November 15
  - Once Bitten
  - Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer
- November 22
  - Bad Medicine
  - Fever Pitch
  - King Solomon's Mines
  - One Magic Christmas
  - Starchaser: The Legend of Orin
  - White Nights
- November 27
  - Rocky IV
  - Santa Claus: The Movie
December 1985
- December 4
  - Young Sherlock Holmes
- December 6
  - Fool for Love
  - Runaway Train (limited; wide Jan. 17 1986)
  - Spies Like Us
- December 11
  - The Jewel of the Nile
- December 13
  - A Chorus Line
  - Clue
  - Legend (UK; US April 18, 1986)
- December 18
  - The Color Purple
  - Out of Africa
- December 20
  - Enemy Mine
- December 25
  - Murphy's Romance (limited; wide Jan. 31 1986)
  - Revolution
  - The Trip to Bountiful
- December 27
  - Joey

Births

January 3 - Nicole Beharie, American actress
January 19 - Damien Chazelle, American film director
February 7 - Tina Majorino, American actress
March 13 - Emile Hirsch, American actor
March 15
- Eva Amurri, American actress
- Kellan Lutz, American actor
March 26
- Jonathan Groff, American actor and singer
- Keira Knightley, English actress
April 16 - Rhiana Griffith, Australian actress
April 17 - Rooney Mara, American actress
April 23 - Rachel Skarsten, Canadian actress
April 27 - Sheila Vand, American actress
April 30 - Gal Gadot, Israeli actress and model
May 10 - Odette Annable, American actress
May 28 - Tao Okamoto, Japanese actress
May 28 - Carey Mulligan, English actress
May 29 - Blake Foster, American actor
May 30 - Sam Gifaldi, American actor
June 2 - Miyuki Sawashiro, Japanese voice actress
June 12
- Dave Franco, American actor
- Liisa Pulk, Estonian actress
June 15 - Maxey Whitehead, American voice actress
June 21 - Lana Del Rey, American singer and songwriter
July 1 - Léa Seydoux, French actress
July 2 - Ashley Tisdale, American actress and singer
July 18 - Chace Crawford, American actor
July 21 - Vanessa Lengies, Canadian actress and singer
August 9 - Anna Kendrick, American actress and singer
August 23 - Juss Haasma, Estonian actor
September 4 - Morgan Garrett, American voice actress
September 10 - Elyse Levesque, Canadian actress
September 16 - Madeline Zima, American actress
September 22 - Tatiana Maslany, Canadian actress
September 24 - Jessica Lucas, Canadian actress and singer
October 11 - Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress
October 28 - Troian Bellisario, American actress
October 31 - Kether Donohue, American actress and singer
November 2 - Josh Grelle, American voice actor
November 10 - Giovonnie Samuels, American actress
November 20 - Dan Byrd, American actor
November 30 - Kaley Cuoco, American actress
December 3 - Amanda Seyfried, American actress and singer
December 5 - Frankie Muniz, American actor
December 10 - Raven-Symoné, American actress and singer

Notable deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	5	Robert Surtees	78	US	Cinematographer	The Graduate Ben-Hur
	5	John Paxton	73	US	Screenwriter	Murder, My Sweet Crossfire
	11	Edward Buzzell	89	US	Director	Go West Neptune's Daughter
	12	Paul Luty	52	UK	Actor	The Water Babies The Dresser
	13	Carol Wayne	42	US	Actress	The Party Heartbreakers
	14	Jetta Goudal	93	Netherlands	Actress	Lady of the Pavements Paris at Midnight
	18	Wilfrid Brambell	72	UK	Actor	Steptoe and Son A Hard Day's Night
	25	Paul J. Smith	78	US	Composer, Orchestrator	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Cinderella
February
	4	Fred Ryan	67	UK	Boom Operator	Doctor Blood's Coffin I Was Monty's Double
	6	Neil McCarthy	52	UK	Actor	Where Eagles Dare Clash of the Titans
	6	James Hadley Chase	78	UK	Writer, Miscellaneous	The Night of the Generals Palmetto
	10	Wanda Tuchock	86	US	Screenwriter	Finishing School The Foxes of Harrow
	11	Henry Hathaway	86	US	Director, Producer	True Grit How the West Was Won
	12	Nicholas Colasanto	61	US	Actor	Raging Bull Fat City
	16	Larry Ward	60	US	Actor, Writer	Hombre The Dakotas
	19	Dorothy Black	85	South Africa	Actress	The Night Has Eyes The Farmer's Wife
	20	Clarence Nash	80	US	Actor	The Three Caballeros Fun and Fancy Free
	21	Ina Claire	91	UK	Actress	The Awful Truth Ninotchka
	21	Louis Hayward	75	UK	Actor, Director, Producer	House by the River And Then There Were None
	27	J. Pat O'Malley	80	UK	Actor, Voice Actor	One Hundred and One Dalmatians Hello, Dolly!
	27	David Huffman	39	US	Actor, Producer	Firefox F.I.S.T.
March
	1	Alfred Zeisler	92	US	Producer, Director	Victor and Victoria Fear
	3	Noel Purcell	84	Ireland	Actor	Moby Dick Mutiny on the Bounty
	5	Thomas Little	98	US	Set Decorator	All About Eve The Day the Earth Stood Still
	8	Edward Andrews	70	US	Actor	The Harder They Fall Sixteen Candles
	19	Anthony Nelson Keys	73	UK	Producer	Dracula The Curse of Frankenstein
	21	Michael Redgrave	77	UK	Actor, Writer	The Lady Vanishes The Importance of Being Earnest
	21	Michael Trubshawe	79	UK	Actor	The Pink Panther The Guns of Navarone
April
	16	Scott Brady	60	US	Actor	Johnny Guitar The China Syndrome
	21	John Welsh	70	UK	Actor, Production Manager	Krull Lucky Jim
	23	Kent Smith	78	US	Actor	Cat People Nora Prentiss
	25	Richard Haydn	80	UK	Actor	The Sound of Music Alice in Wonderland
	26	Albert Maltz	76	US	Screenwriter	This Gun for Hire Broken Arrow
May	1	George Pravda	68	UK	Actor	Thunderball Firefox
	4	Harry Earles	83	US	Actor	Freaks The Unholy Three
	5	Mildred Dixon	74	US	Actress
	7	Dawn Addams	54	UK	Actress	The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll The Robe
	8	Susan Morrow	53	US	Actress	The Savage Cat-Women of the Moon
	8	Dolph Sweet	64	US	Actor	Finian's Rainbow Colossus: The Forbin Project
	9	Edmond O'Brien	69	US	Actor	The Barefoot Contessa The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
	11	Chester Gould	84	US	Writer, Cartoonist	Dick Tracy Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
	13	Selma Diamond	64	US	Actress, Writer	My Favorite Year Bang the Drum Slowly
	13	Leatrice Joy	91	US	Actress	Vanity Triumph
	14	Frank Westmore	62	??	Makeup Artist	The Ten Commandments The Towering Inferno
	16	Margaret Hamilton	82	US	Actress	The Wizard of Oz Brewster McCloud
	17	Hugh Burden	72	UK	Actor, Writer	The Ruling Class Funeral in Berlin
	22	Wolfgang Reitherman	75	US	Animator, Director, Producer	The Jungle Book Robin Hood
	22	Gerald Case	80	UK	Actor	Vampyres The Elephant Man
	25	Robert Nathan	91	US	Writer, Actor	The Clock Pagan Love Song
	26	Harold Hecht	77	US	Producer	Marty Sweet Smell of Success
	30	Talbot Jennings	90	US	Screenwriter	Mutiny on the Bounty Knights of the Round Table
June	1	Richard Greene	66	UK	Actor, Producer	Kentucky The Hound of the Baskervilles
	7	Gordon Rollings	59	UK	Actor	The Comedy Man Carry on Doctor
	9	Clifford Evans	73	UK	Actor, Writer	The Kiss of the Vampire The Curse of the Werewolf
	10	George Chandler	86	US	Actor	Fury Roxie Hart
	17	John Boulting	71	UK	Producer, Director	Lucky Jim I'm All Right Jack
	24	Valentine Dyall	77	UK	Actor	Henry V Ivanhoe
	28	James Craig	73	US	Actor, Writer	Kitty Foyle The Human Comedy
July	1	Elsie Wagstaff	86	UK	Actress	Meet Sexton Blake The Interrupted Journey
	3	Nelson Leigh	80	US	Actor	Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Yukon Manhunt
	7	Ewen Solon	67	NZ	Actor	Tarzan the Magnificent The Curse of the Werewolf
	8	Phil Foster	71	US	Actor	Bang the Drum Slowly Conquest of Space
	8	Victor Rendina	68	US	Actor	The Godfather Racing with the Moon
	17	Margo	68	Mexico	Actress	The Leopard Man Lost Horizon
	18	Louisa Ghijs	83	Belgium	Actress	De vier Mullers
	20	Estelle Evans	78	US	Actress	To Kill a Mockingbird The Learning Tree
	23	Kay Kyser	80	US	Musician, Actor	Playmates My Favorite Spy
	23	Mickey Shaughnessy	64	US	Actor	Designing Woman Jailhouse Rock
	28	Grant Williams	53	US	Actor	The Incredible Shrinking Man PT 109
August
	2	Bob Holt	56	US	Actor	Gremlins Bedknobs and Broomsticks
	2	Frank Faylen	79	US	Actor	Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Funny Girl
	7	Grayson Hall	62	US	Actress	House of Dark Shadows The Night of the Iguana
	8	Louise Brooks	78	US	Actress	Pandora's Box Diary of a Lost Girl
	8	Milton H. Greene	63	US	Producer	The Prince and the Showgirl Bus Stop
	10	Kenny Baker	72	US	Singer, Actor	The Harvey Girls At the Circus
	12	Patrick Hines	55	US	Actor	Amadeus 1776
	13	Marion Martin	77	US	Actress	The Big Street The Big Store
	14	Gale Sondergaard	86	US	Actress	Anthony Adverse Anna and the King of Siam
	15	Lester Cole	81	US	Screenwriter	Blood on the Sun High Wall
	24	Morrie Ryskind	89	US	Screenwriter	A Night at the Opera My Man Godfrey
	28	Ruth Gordon	88	US	Actress, Writer	Rosemary's Baby Harold and Maude
	29	Evelyn Ankers	67	US	Actress	The Wolf Man The Ghost of Frankenstein
	29	Patrick Barr	77	UK	Actor	The Longest Day Octopussy
	30	Tom Howard	75	UK	Special Effects	Blithe Spirit Tom Thumb
September	4	George O'Brien	86	US	Actor, Producer	Sunrise She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
	6	Johnny Desmond	65	US	Actor, Singer	Escape from San Quentin Calypso Heat Wave
	6	Jane Frazee	67	US	Actress, Singer	San Antonio Rose Calendar Girl
	10	Alexa Kenin	23	US	Actress	Honkytonk Man Pretty in Pink
	14	Julian Beck	60	US	Actor	The Cotton Club Oedipus Rex
	16	Art Scholl	53	US	Stuntman, Actor
	24	Paul Mann	71	US	Actor	America, America Fiddler on the Roof
	27	Lloyd Nolan	83	US	Actor	Peyton Place Hannah and Her Sisters
	28	L. B. Abbott	77	US	Special Effects	Patton Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
	29	Arthur Krams	73	US	Set Decorator	The Rose Tattoo Holiday in Mexico
	30	Simone Signoret	64	France	Actress	Room at the Top Ship of Fools
	30	Floyd Crosby	85	US	Cinematographer	High Noon The Pit and the Pendulum
October	2	George Savalas	60	US	Actor	Kelly's Heroes The Greatest Story Ever Told
	2	Rock Hudson	59	US	Actor	Giant Pillow Talk
	6	Nelson Riddle	64	US	Composer, Orchestrator	The Great Gatsby Lolita
	10	Yul Brynner	65	US	Actor	The King and I The Magnificent Seven
	10	Orson Welles	70	US	Actor, Writer, Director	Citizen Kane Touch of Evil
	13	Francesca Bertini	93	Italy	Actress	Odette 1900
	16	Franklin Milton	78	US	Recording Supervisor	Ben-Hur Grand Prix
	22	Stefano Satta Flores	48	Italy	Actor	We All Loved Each Other So Much Four Flies on Grey Velvet
	25	Gary Holton	33	UK	Actor	Quadrophenia The Gentle Touch
	30	Kirby Grant	73	US	Actor	Trail of the Yukon Northwest Territory
	30	David Oxley	64	Spain	Actor	The Hound of the Baskervilles House of the Living Dead
November	1	Phil Silvers	74	US	Actor	You're in the Army Now It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
	12	Dimitar Panov	83	Bulgaria	Actor	The Prince Whale
	19	Jimmy Ritz	81	US	Actor, Writer	On the Avenue Pack Up Your Troubles
	19	Stepin Fetchit	83	US	Actor	Zenobia Charlie Chan in Egypt
December	11	Kathleen Ryan	63	Ireland	Actress	Odd Man Out Esther Waters
	12	Anne Baxter	62	US	Actress	The Razor's Edge All About Eve
	12	Phil Karlson	77	US	Director	The Silencers Kid Galahad
	14	Bruce Weintraub	33	US	Set Decorator	Scarface Prizzi's Honor
	17	Harry M. Leonard	85	US	Sound Recordist	Laura Captain Eddie
	23	Gina Kaus	92	Austria	Screenwriter	The Red Danube The Robe
	26	Margarete Schön	90	Germany	Actress, Director	Die Nibelungen The Street Song
	28	Renato Castellani	72	Italy	Director, Writer	Romeo and Juliet Under the Sun of Rome
	31	Ricky Nelson	45	US	Actor, Singer	Rio Bravo The Wackiest Ship in the Army
	31	Sam Spiegel	84	UK	Producer	Lawrence of Arabia On the Waterfront

Film debuts

Joan Allen - Compromising Positions
Sean Astin - The Goonies
Fairuza Balk - Return to Oz
Josh Brolin - The Goonies
Tim Burton (director) - Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Helena Bonham Carter - A Room with a View
Don Cheadle - Moving Violations
Patrick Dempsey - Heaven Help Us
Linda Fiorentino - Vision Quest
Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple
Ethan Hawke - Explorers
John Hawkes - Future-Kill
Richard Jenkins - Silverado
Elias Koteas - One Magic Christmas
LL Cool J - Krush Groove
Stephen Lang - Twice in a Lifetime
Hugh Laurie - Plenty
Joey Lawrence - Summer Rental
John Leguizamo - Mixed Blood
Melissa Leo - Always
Tom Lister, Jr. - Runaway Train
Dolph Lundgren - A View to a Kill
Madonna - Vision Quest
Lesley Manville - Dance with a Stranger
Alyssa Milano - Commando
Rob Morrow - Private Resort
Viggo Mortensen - Witness
Brigitte Nielsen - Red Sonja
River Phoenix - Explorers
Keanu Reeves - One Step Away
Miranda Richardson - Dance with a Stranger
Mia Sara - Legend
Kyra Sedgwick - War and Love
Christian Slater - The Legend of Billie Jean
Yeardley Smith - Heaven Help Us
Danny Trejo - Runaway Train
Stanley Tucci - Prizzi's Honor
Blair Underwood - Krush Groove
Thomas F. Wilson - Back to the Future
Oprah Winfrey - The Color Purple
Noah Wyle - Lust in the Dust
Billy Zane - Back to the Future

References

"1985 Domestic Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 7 April 2014.

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[1] "1985 Domestic Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 7 April 2014.