1987 in film
Overview of the events of 1987 in film
The following is an overview of events in 1987 in film , including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Paramount Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1987. Seven popular films (The Color Purple The Aristocats Make Mine Music Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Melody Time Cinderella The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
The top ten 1987 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1987[ 1]
Rank
Title
Distributor
Box-office gross
1
Three Men and a Baby Buena Vista
$167,780,960
2
Fatal Attraction Paramount
$156,645,693
3
Beverly Hills Cop II $153,665,036
4
Good Morning, Vietnam Buena Vista
$123,922,370
5
Moonstruck MGM
$80,640,528
6
The Untouchables Paramount
$76,270,454
7
The Secret of My Success Universal
$66,995,000
8
Stakeout Buena Vista
$65,673,233
9
Lethal Weapon Warner Bros.
$65,207,127
10
The Witches of Eastwick $63,766,510
Events
Awards
Academy Awards :
Best Picture : The Last Emperor Best Director : Bernardo Bertolucci The Last Emperor Best Actor : Michael Douglas Wall Street Best Actress : Cher Moonstruck Best Supporting Actor : Sean Connery The Untouchables Best Supporting Actress : Olympia Dukakis Moonstruck Best Foreign Language Film : Babette's Feast Babettes Gæstebud ), directed by Gabriel Axel , DenmarkGolden Globe Awards :
Drama: Best Picture : The Last Emperor Best Actor : Michael Douglas – Wall Street Best Actress : Sally Kirkland Anna Musical or comedy: Best Picture : Hope and Glory Best Actor : Robin Williams Good Morning, Vietnam Best Actress : Cher – Moonstruck Other Best Director : Bernardo Bertolucci – The Last Emperor Best Foreign Language Film : My Life as a Dog Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
Under the Sun of Satan Sous le soleil de Satan ), directed by Maurice Pialat , FranceGolden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
Au revoir les enfants Goodbye, Children ), directed by Louis Malle , France / W. GermanyGolden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
Tema The Theme ), directed by Gleb Panfilov , USSR
1987 films
Births
January 1 – Gia Coppola , American director and screenwriter
January 2 – Shelley Hennig , American actress and model
January 5
January 7 – Lyndsy Fonseca , American actress
January 8
January 9 - Nicola Coughlan , Irish actress
January 12 – Naya Rivera , American actress, singer, and model (died 2020)
January 13 – Max Van Ville , American DJ, producer, and actor
January 16 – Carrie Keranen , voice actress, production manager, producer, and voice director
January 18
January 20 – Evan Peters , American actor and producer
January 31 - Victor Ortiz , American professional boxer and actor
February 1
February 4 – Lewis Tan , English actor and martial artist
February 5
February 6 - Natalia Reyes , Colombian actress
February 7 – Doua Moua , American actor
February 9
February 11 – Julio Torres , Salvadoran writer, comedian, and actor
February 17 – Ísis Valverde , Brazilian actress
February 20
February 21
February 28 – Michelle Horn , American actress
March 4 – Tamzin Merchant , English actress and author
March 8
March 9 - Bow Wow , American rapper and actor
March 10 – Ser'Darius Blain , Haitian-American actor
March 20 – Rollo Weeks , British former actor
March 22 – Billy Kametz , American voice actor (died 2022)
March 26 – Josh Herdman , English actor and mixed martial artist
March 28 – Jimmy Wong , American actor and musician
April 1 – Mackenzie Davis , Canadian actress, producer and model
April 3 – Rachel Bloom , American actress, comedian, writer, singer-songwriter, and producer
April 4 – Sarah Gadon , actress
April 6 - Jerrod Carmichael , American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and filmmaker
April 7 - Richard Pyros , British-Australian actor
April 9 – Jesse McCartney , actor, singer-songwriter and voice actor
April 10 – Shay Mitchell , Canadian actress and model
April 12
April 16 - Jack Cutmore-Scott , English actor
April 18 - Rosie Huntington-Whiteley , British actress and model
April 19
April 20 – John Patrick Amedori , American actor and musician
April 21 - Meng'er Zhang , Chinese actress
April 27 – William Moseley , English actor
April 28 – Tonia Sotiropoulou , Greek actress
May 5 – Jessie Cave , English actress and comedian
May 7 - Maya Erskine , American actress
May 8 – Aneurin Barnard , Welsh actor
May 13 – Hunter Parrish , American actor and singer
May 27 – Bella Heathcote , Australian actress and model
May 28 – Jessica Rothe , American actress
May 31 – Meredith Hagner , American actress
June 3 - Lalaine , American actress and singer-songwriter
June 6 – Daniel Logan , New Zealand-born American actor
June 11 – Jimmy O. Yang , Hong Kong-American actor, stand-up comedian and writer
June 12 - Abbey Lee , Australian actress and musician
June 19 - Beattie Edmondson , English actress
June 22 – Joe Dempsie , English actor
June 23 - Edward Holcroft , English actor
June 25
June 26 – Valerie Pachner , Austrian actress
June 27 – Ed Westwick , English film and television actor
July 3 - Chad Broskey , American actor
July 6 – Matt O'Leary , American actor
July 7 – Julianna Guill , American actress
July 11 – Cristina Vee , American voice actress
July 15 – Jimmy Rees , Australian entertainer
July 25 – Michael Welch , American actor
July 26
July 27 – Mara Wilson , actress and writer
July 29 – Genesis Rodriguez , American actress and model
July 31 – Brittany Byrnes , Australian actress
August 2 - Hannah Hoekstra , Dutch actress
August 8 – Katie Leung , Scottish film, television, and stage actress
August 18
August 19 – Manny Jacinto , Canadian actor
August 21 – Cody Kasch , American actor
August 25
August 30 - Johanna Braddy , American actress
September 7 – Evan Rachel Wood , American actress, model, and musician
September 8
September 10 - Tunji Kasim , Scottish actor
September 11
September 14
September 15 - Christian Cooke , English actor
September 17 – Augustus Prew , English actor
September 19 – Danielle Panabaker , American actress
September 20 – Sarah Natochenny , American voice actress
September 21 – Ryan Guzman , American actor
September 22
September 23 – Skylar Astin , American actor and singer
September 24
September 28 – Hilary Duff , actress, singer, songwriter, and businesswoman
September 29
September 30 - Mahaley Patel , American actress
October 1 – Michaela Coel , British actress and screenwriter
October 9 - Melissa Villaseñor , American stand-up comedian, actress, writer and musician
October 11 - Mike Conley Jr. , American Basketball Player
October 14 – Jay Pharoah , American actor and stand-up comedian
October 16 – Zhao Liying , Chinese actress
October 18 – Zac Efron , actor and singer
October 24 – Lincoln Lewis , Australian actor
November 1 - Jamie Demetriou , English comedian, actor and screenwriter
November 5 – Kevin Jonas , American singer-songwriter and actor (Jonas Brothers)
November 9 – Jennifer Holland , American actress
November 10 - Andrew Koji , British actor and martial artist
November 11
November 12 – Kengo Kora , Japanese actor
November 14 – Brian Gleeson , Irish actor
November 18 – Jake Abel , American actor and singer
November 23 – Vallo Kirs , Estonian actor
November 27 – Lashana Lynch , Jamaican-British actress
November 28 – Karen Gillan , Scottish actress and filmmaker
December 1 - Sarah Snook , Australian actress
December 3 – Michael Angarano , American actor
December 4 - Orlando Brown , American actor, rapper and singer
December 6 - Idara Victor , American actress
December 8 – Aria Curzon , American actress
December 11 – Moe Dunford , Irish actor
December 16 - Hallee Hirsh , American actress
December 21 – Khris Davis , American actor
December 28 – Adam Gregory , American actor
Deaths
Month
Date
Name
Age
Country
Profession
Notable films
January
3 David Maysles 55
US
Documentarian
9 Arthur Lake 81
US
Actor
14 Douglas Sirk 89
Germany
Director
15 Ray Bolger 83
US
Actor, Singer
15 George Markstein 60
UK
Screenwriter
16 Joyce Jameson 54
US
Actress
27 Norman McLaren 72
UK
Animator, Director
February
1 Alessandro Blasetti 86
Italy
Director, Screenwriter
22 David Susskind 66
US
Producer
23 William Rose 68
US
Screenwriter
23 Esmond Knight 80
UK
Actor
25 James Coco 56
US
Actor
25 John Collin 58
UK
Actor
28 Joan Greenwood 65
UK
Actress
March
2 Randolph Scott 89
US
Actor
3 Danny Kaye 74
US
Actor, Singer
7 Henri Decaë 71
France
Cinematographer
7 Waldo Salt 72
US
Screenwriter
21 Dean Paul Martin 35
US
Actor
21 Robert Preston 68
US
Actor
22 Morton Haack 62
US
Costume Designer
27 William Bowers 71
US
Screenwriter
28 Patrick Troughton 67
UK
Actor
April
6 Philip M. Jefferies 61
US
Production Designer
11 Kent Taylor 79
US
Actor
17 Dick Shawn 63
US
Actor
19 Milt Kahl 78
US
Animator
May
2 Michael Gover 73
UK
Actor
4 Paul Groesse 81
US
Art Director
7 Colin Blakely 56
Ireland
Actor
14 Rita Hayworth 68
US
Actress
21 Alejandro Rey 57
Argentina
Actor
24 Hermione Gingold 89
UK
Actress
29 Howard Shoup 83
US
Costume Designer
June
1 Khwaja Ahmad Abbas 72
India
Director, Screenwriter
3 Will Sampson 53
US
Actor
6 Fulton Mackay 64
UK
Actor
8 Daniel Mandell 91
US
Film Editor
10 Elizabeth Hartman 43
US
Actress
11 Dan Vadis 49
China
Actor
13 Geraldine Page 62
US
Actress
22 Fred Astaire 88
US
Actor
24 Jackie Gleason 71
US
Actor
July
1 Jerry Livingston 78
US
Songwriter
3 Viola Dana 90
US
Actress
5 Phil Abramson 54
US
Set Decorator
7 Hannelore Schroth 65
Germany
Actress
12 Harold Goodwin 84
US
Actor
15 Alfie Bass 71
UK
Actor
17 Yūjirō Ishihara 52
Japan
Actor, Singer
20 Richard Egan 65
US
Actor
22 Adele Comandini 89
US
Screenwriter
31 Joseph E. Levine 81
US
Producer
August
1 Pola Negri 90
Poland
Actress
17 Clarence Brown 97
US
Director
17 Shaike Ophir 58
Israel
Actor
19 Hayden Rorke 76
US
Actor
21 Bombolo 56
Italy
Actor
22 Ted Sherdeman 78
US
Screenwriter
28 John Huston 81
US
Actor, Director, Screenwriter
29 Lee Marvin 63
US
Actor
September
1 Philip Friend 72
UK
Actor
4 Richard Marquand 49
UK
Director
5 Bill Fraser 79
UK
Actor
11 Lorne Greene 72
Canada
Actor
12 John Qualen 87
US
Actor
13 Mervyn LeRoy 86
US
Director
23 Bob Fosse 60
US
Director, Screenwriter
23 Erland Van Lidth De Jeude 34
Netherlands
Actor
25 Mary Astor 81
US
Actress
25 Emlyn Williams 81
UK
Actor, Screenwriter
October
2 Madeleine Carroll 81
UK
Actress
21 Bob Simmons 64
UK
Stuntman
22 Lino Ventura 68
Italy
Actor
November
4 Danielle Gaubert 44
France
Actress
5 Georges Franju 75
France
Director, Screenwriter
11 John 'Dusty' King 78
US
Actor, Singer
23 Marcia Henderson 58
US
Actress
26 Morton Lowry 73
UK
Actor
29 Irene Handl 85
UK
Actress
December
4 Rouben Mamoulian 90
Georgia
Director
8 Fay Baker 70
US
Actress
14 Clinton Sundberg 84
US
Actor
21 Robert Paige 76
US
Actor
21 Ralph Nelson 71
US
Director
Film debuts
References
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