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The following is an overview of events in 1980 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 1980 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1980^[1]
Rank	Title	Distributor	Box-office gross
1	The Empire Strikes Back	20th Century Fox	$209,398,025
2	9 to 5	20th Century Fox	$103,290,500
3	Stir Crazy	Columbia	$101,300,000
4	Airplane!	Paramount	$83,453,539
5	Any Which Way You Can	Warner Bros.	$70,687,344
6	Private Benjamin	Warner Bros.	$69,847,348
7	Coal Miner's Daughter	Universal	$67,182,787
8	Smokey and the Bandit II	Universal	$66,132,626
9	The Blue Lagoon	Columbia	$58,853,106
10	The Blues Brothers	Universal	$57,229,890

Worldwide gross revenue

The following table lists known worldwide gross revenue figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1980. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1980.

Title	Gross	Source	Country
The Empire Strikes Back	$538,375,067	^[2]	United States
The Gods Must Be Crazy	$200,000,000	^[3]	South Africa
Airplane!	$130,000,000	^[4]	United States
The Blues Brothers	$115,229,890	^[5]	United States

Events

April 29 – Sir Alfred Hitchcock, known as "the Master of Suspense", dies at his home in Bel Air, California, at the age of 80.
May 21 – The Empire Strikes Back is released and is the highest-grossing film of the year (just as its predecessor, Star Wars, was three years prior).
June 9 – Richard Pryor sets himself on fire while free-basing cocaine and drinking 151-proof rum. Pryor ran down his street in Northridge, California, until subdued by police.
June 20 – The Blues Brothers is released, and in addition to becoming one of the top-grossing films of the year, it also became the first feature film to be based on characters created on Saturday Night Live.
November 4 – Former Screen Actors Guild president and film actor Ronald Reagan wins the 1980 United States presidential election in a landslide victory.

November 7- Legendary actor Steve McQueen dies at the age of 50 after surgery to remove tumours in his neck after previously been diagnosed with lung cancer.

November 19 – Heaven's Gate becomes one of the biggest box office bombs of all-time and its colossal failure bankrupts United Artists.
Allied Artists is sold to Lorimar Productions.

Context

Industry professionals predicted comedy films and upbeat entertainment to dominate theaters in 1980. This was a response to poor morale in a nation suffering through economic recession, which generally increased theatrical visits as audiences sought escapism and ignored romantic films and depictions of blue-collar life.^[6]^[7] The financial success and low cost of production cost of comedies such as Blazing Saddles (1974) and Animal House (1978), had further driven demand for comedies; Airplane!, The Blues Brothers, Caddyshack, and The Jerk, were all scheduled for release that year. The average cost of making films had risen to $6 million which had reduced the number of films being made for niche audiences. Some studios continued to release a wide variety of films, hoping that few significant successes would compensate for other failures.^[7]

A surge of interest in science-fiction following Star Wars' release had led to many low-budget entries in the genre attempting to profit by association, and big budget entries such as Star Trek: The Motion Picture and The Black Hole, both of which were released in late 1979, just months before The Empire Strikes Back.^[8]

Awards

Category/Organization	38th Golden Globe Awards January 31, 1981		34th BAFTA Awards March 22, 1981	53rd Academy Awards March 31, 1981
Category/Organization	Drama	Musical or Comedy	34th BAFTA Awards March 22, 1981	53rd Academy Awards March 31, 1981
Best Film	Ordinary People	Coal Miner's Daughter	The Elephant Man	Ordinary People
Best Director	Robert Redford Ordinary People		Akira Kurosawa Kagemusha	Robert Redford Ordinary People
Best Actor	Robert De Niro Raging Bull	Ray Sharkey The Idolmaker	John Hurt The Elephant Man	Robert De Niro Raging Bull
Best Actress	Mary Tyler Moore Ordinary People	Sissy Spacek Coal Miner's Daughter	Judy Davis My Brilliant Career	Sissy Spacek Coal Miner's Daughter
Best Supporting Actor	Timothy Hutton Ordinary People		N/A	Timothy Hutton Ordinary People
Best Supporting Actress	Mary Steenburgen Melvin and Howard		N/A	Mary Steenburgen Melvin and Howard
Best Screenplay, Adapted	William Peter Blatty The Ninth Configuration		Jerzy Kosinski Being There	Alvin Sargent Ordinary People
Best Screenplay, Original	William Peter Blatty The Ninth Configuration		Jerzy Kosinski Being There	Bo Goldman Melvin and Howard
Best Original Score	Dominic Frontiere The Stunt Man		John Williams The Empire Strikes Back	Michael Gore Fame
Best Original Song	"Fame" Fame		N/A	"Fame" Fame
Best Foreign Language Film	Tess		N/A	Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

All That Jazz, directed by Bob Fosse, United States

Kagemusha, 影武者 (Shadow Warrior), directed by Akira Kurosawa, Japan

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Atlantic City, directed by Louis Malle, US / Canada / France

Gloria, directed by John Cassavetes, United States

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Heartland, directed by Richard Pearce, United States

Palermo or Wolfsburg (Palermo oder Wolfsburg), directed by Werner Schroeter, West Germany

Notable films released in 1980

United States unless stated

Q

Qurbani (Sacrifice), directed by and starring Feroz Khan – (India)

R

Raging Bull, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty
Resurrection, starring Ellen Burstyn and Eva Le Gallienne
The Return of the King, animated film, voices of Orson Bean, John Huston, William Conrad
Return of the Secaucus 7, directed by John Sayles
El Retorno del Hombre Lobo (Return of the Werewolf) – (Spain)
Roadie, directed by Alan Rudolph, starring Meat Loaf and Kaki Hunter
Le Roi et l'oiseau (The King and the Mocking Bird), animated film – (France)
Rockshow, concert film featuring Paul McCartney and Wings – (U.K.)
Rough Cut, directed by Don Siegel, starring Burt Reynolds, Lesley-Anne Down, David Niven
Rude Boy, a rockumentary featuring The Clash – (U.K.)

S

Sällskapsresan (The Charter Trip), directed by and starring Lasse Åberg – (Sweden)
Saturn 3, directed by Stanley Donen, starring Farrah Fawcett, Kirk Douglas, Harvey Keitel
The Sea Wolves, starring Gregory Peck, David Niven, Roger Moore – (UK/US/Switzerland)
See You in the Next War (enja u sledećem ratu) – (Yugoslavia)
Seems Like Old Times, starring Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase and Charles Grodin
Serial, starring Martin Mull, Tuesday Weld, Christopher Lee, Bill Macy, Sally Kellerman, Tom Smothers
The Shining, directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers
Simon, starring Alan Arkin
A Small Circle of Friends, starring Brad Davis and Karen Allen
Smokey and the Bandit II, directed by Hal Needham, starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed and Dom DeLuise
Solo Sunny – (East Germany)
Somewhere in Time, starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour
Special Treatment (Poseban tretman) – (Yugoslavia)
Stardust Memories, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Charlotte Rampling and Jessica Harper
Stir Crazy, directed by Sidney Poitier, starring Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder
Stalker, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky and released in 1979 but later released in 1980
The Stunt Man, directed by Richard Rush, starring Peter O'Toole, Barbara Hershey, Steve Railsback
Sunday Lovers, starring Gene Wilder, Roger Moore, Lino Ventura
Superman II, starring Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Terence Stamp

T

Terror Train, starring Ben Johnson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Hart Bochner
La terrazza (The Terrace), starring Marcello Mastroianni, Vittorio Gassman, Ugo Tognazzi – (Italy)
That Sinking Feeling, directed by Bill Forsyth, starring John Gordon Sinclair – (U.K.)
Those Lips, Those Eyes, starring Frank Langella, Glynnis O'Connor, Tom Hulce
Times Square, directed by Allen Moyle, starring Robin Johnson, Trini Alvarado, Tim Curry
To Love the Damned (Maledetti vi amerò) – (Italy)
Tom Horn, starring Steve McQueen, Richard Farnsworth, Linda Evans
Tribute, starring Jack Lemmon – (Canada)
Twelve Months (Sekai Meisaku Douwa Mori wa Ikiteiru / Dvenadtsat mesyatsev) – (Japan/U.S.S.R.)

U

The Unseen, starring Barbara Bach and Stephen Furst
Up the Academy, directed by Robert Downey Sr.
Urban Cowboy, directed by James Bridges, starring John Travolta, Debra Winger, Scott Glenn, Madolyn Smith, Barry Corbin
Used Cars, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Kurt Russell, Jack Warden, Deborah Harmon and Gerrit Graham

V

Virus (Fukkatsu no hi), starring Sonny Chiba and Glenn Ford – (Japan)
Le Voyage en douce, starring Dominique Sanda and Geraldine Chaplin – (France)

W

Waiter, Scarper! (Vrchní, prchni!) – (Czechoslovakia)
The Watcher in the Woods, starring Bette Davis – (UK/US)
When Time Ran Out, starring Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, William Holden, Burgess Meredith, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons
Where the Buffalo Roam, directed by Art Linson, starring Bill Murray and Peter Boyle
Wholly Moses!, starring Dudley Moore, Laraine Newman, Paul Sand, Dom DeLuise
Who's Singin' Over There? (Ko to tamo peva) – (Yugoslavia)
Why Would I Lie?, starring Treat Williams, Lisa Eichhorn, Valerie Curtin
Willie & Phil, directed by Paul Mazursky, starring Margot Kidder, Ray Sharkey, Michael Ontkean
Windows, starring Talia Shire and Elizabeth Ashley
Witches' Brew, starring Teri Garr and Richard Benjamin

X

Xanadu, starring Olivia Newton-John, Michael Beck, Gene Kelly

Y

The Young Master (Shi di chu ma), directed by and starring Jackie Chan – (Hong Kong)
Yūgure made – (Japan)

Z

Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs), directed by Seijun Suzuki – (Japan)

Births

January 2 - David Gyasi, British actor
January 4
- June Diane Raphael, American actress and comedian
- D'Arcy Carden, American actress and comedian
- Greg Cipes, voice actor
January 7
- Hele Kõrve, Estonian actress and singer
- Simon Woods, English actor and writer
January 8
- Rachel Nichols, American actress and model
- Sam Riley, English actor and singer
January 10
- Katie Dippold, American actress, writer and screenwriter
- Sarah Shahi, American actress and former model
January 16 – Lin-Manuel Miranda, American singer-songwriter and actor^[9]
January 17 – Zooey Deschanel, American singer-songwriter and actress^[10]
January 18
- Estelle, British singer, songwriter, record producer and actress
- Jason Segel, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, singer, songwriter, author and producer
January 19
- Luke Macfarlane, American actor
January 21
- Nana Mizuki, Japanese singer and voice actress
- Kim Sharma, Indian actress
January 29 - Jason James Richter, American actor and musician
January 30 – Wilmer Valderrama, American actor
February 2 – Zhang Jingchu, Chinese actress
February 3 - Ben Turner, British-Iranian actor
February 6 - Ben Lawson, Australian actor
February 8
- William Jackson Harper, American actor
- Sinead Matthews, English actress
February 11 – Matthew Lawrence, American actor^[11]
February 12
- Christina Ricci, American actress^[12]
- Enver Gjokaj, American actor
- Sarah Lancaster, American actress
February 14 – Michelle Ye, Hong Kong actress and producer
February 17 - Jason Ritter, American actor, voice actor and producer^[13]
February 21 - Brendan Sexton III, American actor
February 22 - Haven Paschall, American actress, voice actress, and singer
February 25
- Chris Knowings, American actor
- Christy Knowings, American actress and comedian
- Rashaan Nall, American writer, director, screenwriter and actor
February 28
- Denise Gough, Irish actress
- Charles Halford, American actor
February 29
- Steven Cree, Scottish actor
- Peter Scanavino, American actor
March 2 - Rebel Wilson, Australian actress, comedian, writer and producer^[14]
March 3
- Meiling Melançon, American actress and screenwriter
- Katherine Waterston, American actress^[15]
March 7
- Laura Prepon, American actress
- Mart Toome, Estonian actor
March 9 – Matthew Gray Gubler, American actor
March 13 - Nathan Phillips, Australian actor
March 18 - Sophia Myles, English actress
March 20 - Mikey Day, American actor and comedian
March 23 - Itay Tiran, Israeli actor and director
March 25 - Tinsel Korey, Canadian actress and singer-songwriter
March 30 - Fiona Gubelmann, American actress
March 31
- Kate Micucci, American actress
- Maaya Sakamoto, Japanese singer and voice actress
April 4 - Collette Wolfe, American actress
April 8
- Carrie Savage, American voice actress
- Katee Sackhoff, American actress
April 10 – Charlie Hunnam, British actor and screenwriter
April 11 - Julia Chantrey, Canadian actress
April 13
- Colleen Clinkenbeard, American voice actress
- Kelli Giddish, American actress
April 14
- Tom Franco, American actor
- Claire Coffee, American actress
April 15 - Arian Moayed, Iranian-born American actor, writer and director
April 17
- Nicholas D'Agosto, American actor
- Samantha Soule, American actress
April 22 - Rodrigo Hilbert, Brazilian television presenter, actor, and former model
April 25 - Daniel MacPherson, Australian actor and television presenter
April 26
- Jordana Brewster, American actress
- Anna Mucha, Polish actress
- Channing Tatum, American actor^[16]
April 29
- Jo Martin, British actress
- Damien Dante Wayans, American actor, screenwriter, producer and director
April 30 - Sam Heughan, Scottish actor
May 2 - Ellie Kemper, American actress and comedian^[17]
May 5 - Zach McGowan, American actor
May 8
- Jasen Fisher, American former child actor
- Kimberlee Peterson, American actress
May 14 - Sérgio Guizé, Brazilian actor
May 18 - Matt Long, American actor
May 20 - Cauã Reymond, Brazilian actor
May 22
- Nazanin Boniadi, British actress
- Lucy Gordon, English actress and model (died 2009)
- Evelin Võigemast, Estonian actress
May 23
- D. J. Cotrona, American actor
- Chris Gethard, American actor, comedian and writer
May 25 - Will Janowitz, American actor
May 27 - Ben Feldman, American actor and producer
May 29 - Adam Brown, English actor and comedian
June 3 - Billy Slaughter, American actor
June 10 - Jessica DiCicco, American film, television and voice actress
June 15 - Candace Brown, American actress and comedian
June 16 – Sibel Kekilli, German actress
June 18 - David Giuntoli, American actor
June 19 - Neil Brown Jr., American actor
June 20 - Tika Sumpter, American actress, singer, producer, television host and model
June 21 - Preeya Kalidas, British singer and actress
June 23
- Heath Freeman, American actor (died 2021)
- Melissa Rauch, American actress and comedian
June 24 – Minka Kelly, American actress
June 26 - Jason Schwartzman, American actor, producer and musician
July 1 - Fortune Feimster, American writer, comedian and actress
July 3 – Olivia Munn, American actress
July 4 - Max Elliott Slade, American former child actor
July 6 – Eva Green, French actress
July 7 - Marika Domińczyk, Polish-American actress
July 10
- James Rolfe, American filmmaker, actor, YouTuber and online personality
- Jessica Simpson, American singer and actress
- Thomas Ian Nicholas, American actor
- Aaron Staton, American actor
July 12 - Kristen Connolly, American actress
July 15 – Jasper Pääkkönen, Finnish actor and film producer
July 17 – Brett Goldstein, British actor and comedian
July 18 – Kristen Bell, American actress
July 19
- Mark Webber, American actor, screenwriter and director
- Chris Sullivan, American actor
July 27 - Ewen Leslie, Australian actor
July 29 - Rachel Miner, American actress
July 30 - April Bowlby, American actress
August 3
- Hannah Simone, Canadian actress
- Teuku Rifnu Wikana, Indonesian actor
August 5 - Sophie Winkleman, English actress
August 6
- Monique Ganderton, Canadian stunt performer and actress
- Rory Scovel, American actor and comedian
August 8 – Marisa Quintanilla, American actress
August 9 - Stephen Schneider, American actor
August 10
- Pua Magasiva, New Zealand actor (died 2019)^[18]
August 11 - Merritt Wever, American actress
August 12 - Dominique Swain, American actress and producer
August 13 - Álex González, Spanish actor
August 15 - Natalie Press, English actress
August 18 – Preeti Jhangiani, Indian actress
August 19
- Adam Campbell, English actor
- Aaron Horvath, American animator, screenwriter, producer and director
August 21 - John Brotherton, American actor
August 23 - Joanne Froggatt, English actress
August 25 – Jackie Tohn, American actress and singer
August 26
- Macaulay Culkin, American actor^[19]
- Chris Pine, American actor^[20]
August 31 - Leo Bill, English actor
September 1 - Lara Pulver, English actress
September 7
- J. D. Pardo, American actor
- Alex Hassell, English actor
September 9 – Michelle Williams, American actress
September 12 - Hiroyuki Sawano, Japanese music composer
September 13 – Ben Savage, American actor
September 13 – Cristiana Capotondi, Italian actress
September 18 - Charity Wakefield, English actress
September 19 - Benjamin Davies, Scottish actor
September 21
- Kareena Kapoor, Indian actress
- Autumn Reeser, American actress
September 25
- T.I., American actor and rapper
- Chris Owen, American actor
September 29
- Zachary Levi, American actor and singer
- Chrissy Metz, American actress
September 30 - Toni Trucks, American actress
October 1 - Sarah Drew, American actress
October 3 - Daniel DeSanto, Canadian actor and voice actor
October 4
- Nick Mohammed, English actor, comedian and writer
- Morgan Spector, American actor
October 6
- David Alpay, Canadian actor, musician and producer
- Jenny Wade, American actress
October 8
- Nick Cannon, American comedian, rapper and television host
- Nathan Head, British actor
October 14 – Ben Whishaw, English actor
October 18
- Erin Dean, American former actress
- Natasha Rothwell, American writer, actress and comedian
October 19 – Benjamin Salisbury, American actor
October 21
- Kim Kardashian, American media personality, model and actress
- Lino Musella, Italian actor
October 23 - Robert Belushi, American actor
October 24
- Casey Wilson, American actress and comedian
- Monica, American singer-songwriter, producer and actress
October 25 - Mehcad Brooks, American actor
October 28 - Wes Ball, American film director and artist
October 29 – Ben Foster, American actor
October 30 - Sarah Carter, Canadian actress
October 31
- Samaire Armstrong, American actress
- Eddie Kaye Thomas, American actor
November 1 - Dani Rovira, Spanish comedian and actor
November 2 - Kim So-yeon, South Korean actress
November 5 - Luke Hemsworth, Australian actor
November 8 - Brooke Lyons, American actress
November 9 - Vanessa Lachey, American actress, fashion model and television host
November 10 - Alberta Mayne, Canadian actress
November 12
- Ryan Gosling, Canadian actor
- Gustaf Skarsgård, Swedish actor
November 13 - Monique Coleman, American actress
November 18 - Mathew Baynton, English actor, writer, comedian, singer and musician
November 29 - Jason Griffith, American actor and voice actor
December 3
- Anna Chlumsky, American actress
- Jenna Dewan, American actress and dancer
December 5 - Jessica Paré, Canadian actress
December 9 – Simon Helberg, American actor and comedian
December 13 - Satoshi Tsumabuki, Japanese actor
December 15 - Yuri Kolokolnikov, Russian actor
December 16 - Michael Jibson, English actor, director, writer and voice over artist
December 18
- Christina Aguilera, American singer, songwriter, actress and television personality
- Neil Fingleton, English actor (died 2017)
December 19
- Jake Gyllenhaal, American actor
- Marla Sokoloff, American actress
December 22 - Chris Carmack, American actor
December 26 - Jared Van Snellenberg, American former actor
December 27 - Elizabeth Rodriguez, American actress
December 30 – Eliza Dushku, American actress
December 31 – Rosanne Mulholland, Brazilian actress

Deaths


Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	1	Adolph Deutsch	82	US	Composer, Arranger	Oklahoma! The Apartment
	3	Ivan Triesault	81	Estonia	Actor	Notorious The Bad and the Beautiful
	14	Robert Ardrey	71	US	Screenwriter	The Three Musketeers Khartoum
	17	Barbara Britton	60	US	Actress	The Virginian Captain Kidd
	18	Cecil Beaton	76	UK	Costume Designer, Production Designer	Gigi My Fair Lady
	22	Iris Meredith	64	US	Actress	The Green Archer The Spider's Web
	23	Leonard Strong	71	US	Actor	Shane The Naked Jungle
	24	Lil Dagover	92	Germany	Actress	The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Destiny
	24	James Poe	58	US	Screenwriter	Around the World in 80 Days Lilies of the Field
	27	Peppino De Filippo	76	Italy	Actor	Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy Boccaccio '70
	28	Erle C. Kenton	83	US	Director	House of Frankenstein Who Done It?
	29	Jimmy Durante	86	US	Actor, Singer	The Man Who Came to Dinner It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
February	1	Romolo Valli	54	Italy	Actor	The Leopard 1900
	3	Ray Heindorf	71	US	Composer	Yankee Doodle Dandy The Music Man
	9	Renée Houston	77	UK	Actress	Repulsion The Horse's Mouth
	13	David Janssen	48	US	Actor	The Green Berets The Shoes of the Fisherman
	17	Jerry Fielding	57	US	Composer	The Wild Bunch The Outlaw Josey Wales
	17	Ed Graves	62	US	Art Director	Doctor Dolittle Our Man Flint
	18	Gale Robbins	58	US	Actress, Singer	Calamity Jane Three Little Words
	26	Mario Mattoli	81	Italy	Director, Screenwriter	Funniest Show on Earth Imputato, alzatevi!
	27	George Tobias	78	US	Actor	The Glenn Miller Story Sergeant York
March	5	Jay Silverheels	67	Canada	Actor	The Lone Ranger One Little Indian
	8	Frank McDonald	80	US	Director	Isle of Fury In Old Missouri
	17	Farciot Edouart	85	US	Special Effects Artist	Double Indemnity Vertigo
	27	Philip W. Anderson	64	US	Film Editor	Giant The Parent Trap
	27	Steve Fisher	67	US	Screenwriter	Dead Reckoning Lady in the Lake
	28	Dick Haymes	61	Argentina	Actor, Singer	One Touch of Venus State Fair
	30	David Sharpe	70	US	Stuntman, Actor	Dick Tracy Returns Trail Riders
April	3	Mary McCarty	56	US	Actress	The French Line All That Jazz
	6	John Collier	78	UK	Screenwriter	Deception The War Lord
	9	Kathleen Burke	66	US	Actress	Island of Lost Souls The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
	10	Kay Medford	65	US	Actress	Funny Girl A Face in the Crowd
	11	Charlotte Henry	66	US	Actress	Alice in Wonderland Babes in Toyland
	14	Tom Fadden	85	US	Actor	Invasion of the Body Snatchers Flareup
	15	Raymond Bailey	75	US	Actor	Vertigo The Gallant Hours
	17	Alf Sjöberg	76	Sweden	Director	Only a Mother Wild Birds
	19	Tony Beckley	50	UK	Actor	The Italian Job Get Carter
	25	Mario Bava	65	Italy	Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer	Black Sabbath The Whip and the Body
	26	Cicely Courtneidge	87	Australia	Actress, Singer	Take My Tip Under Your Hat
	29	William Clemens	74	US	Director	The Case of the Stuttering Bishop Calling Philo Vance
	29	Alfred Hitchcock	80	UK	Director	Psycho Rear Window
May	1	Henry Levin	70	US	Director	Murderers' Row Where the Boys Are
	1	Gene Markey	84	US	Screenwriter	On the Avenue Luxury Liner
	2	George Pal	72	Hungary	Producer, Director	War of the Worlds The Time Machine
	4	Kay Hammond	71	UK	Actress	Blithe Spirit Five Golden Hours
	12	Lillian Roth	69	US	Actress	Animal Crackers Ladies They Talk About
	14	Hugh Griffith	67	UK	Actor	Ben-Hur Tom Jones
	15	Gordon E. Sawyer	74	US	Sound Engineer	West Side Story The Alamo
	16	José Calvo	64	Spain	Actor	A Fistful of Dollars I Giorni dell'ira
	19	Ray Rennahan	84	US	Cinematographer	Blood and Sand Lady in the Dark
	21	Ida Kamińska	80	Ukraine	Actress	The Shop on Main Street The Angel Levine
	26	Franz Bachelin	84	Germany	Art Director	Journey to the Center of the Earth Stalag 17
June	4	Gloria Saunders	52	US	Actress	Captive Women Northwest Territory
	12	Milburn Stone	75	US	Actor	Captive Wild Woman The Judge
	18	Terence Fisher	76	UK	Director	Dracula The Curse of Frankenstein
	22	Monang Carvajal	82	Philippines	Actress	Anak Dalita The Moises Padilla Story
	23	John Laurie	83	UK	Actor	The 39 Steps Hobson's Choice
	23	Odile Versois	50	France	Actress	To Paris with Love The Young Lovers
	24	Boris Kaufman	73	Poland	Cinematographer	On the Waterfront 12 Angry Men
	28	José Iturbi	84	Spain	Conductor, Actor	Anchors Aweigh Three Daring Daughters
	30	Thomas Browne Henry	72	US	Actor	20 Million Miles to Earth Julius Caesar
July	6	Frank Cordell	62	UK	Composer	Cromwell Khartoum
	6	Gail Patrick	69	US	Actress	My Man Godfrey My Favorite Wife
	7	Reginald Gardiner	77	UK	Actor	The Great Dictator The Man Who Came to Dinner
	7	Dore Schary	74	US	Producer, Screenwriter, Executive	Boys Town Sunrise at Campobello
	11	Peggy Knudsen	57	US	Actress	The Big Sleep Half Past Midnight
	24	Peter Sellers	54	UK	Actor	Dr. Strangelove Being There
	30	Charles McGraw	66	US	Actor	The Narrow Margin Spartacus
	31	Bobby Van	51	US	Actor, Dancer	Kiss Me Kate Lost Horizon
August	1	Strother Martin	61	US	Actor	The Wild Bunch Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
	2	Donald Ogden Stewart	85	US	Screenwriter	The Philadelphia Story Holiday
	9	Elliot Nugent	83	US	Director	My Favorite Brunette Up in Arms
	14	Dorothy Stratten	20	Canada	Actress	Galaxina They All Laughed
	17	Harold Adamson	73	US	Lyricist	An Affair to Remember Higher and Higher
	24	Yootha Joyce	53	UK	Actress	A Man for All Seasons George and Mildred
	25	Gower Champion	59	US	Actor, Dancer, Director	Show Boat Till the Clouds Roll By
	25	Lester Dorr	87	US	Actor	Behind Prison Gates The Shadow Returns
	26	Tex Avery	72	US	Animator, Director	Droopy Screwy Squirrel
	27	Douglas Kenney	33	US	Screenwriter	Animal House Caddyshack
September	3	Barbara O'Neil	70	US	Actress	Gone with the Wind All This, and Heaven Too
	4	Duncan Renaldo	76	Romania	Actor	Lady Luck The Cisco Kid Returns
	5	Barbara Loden	48	US	Actress, Director	Splendor in the Grass Wanda
	12	Lillian Randolph	81	US	Actress	It's a Wonderful Life The Onion Field
	17	Michael Strong	62	US	Actor	Point Blank The Great Santini
	19	Sol Lesser	90	US	Producer	Tarzan the Fearless Stage Door Canteen
	25	Lewis Milestone	84	Moldova	Director	All Quiet on the Western Front Ocean's 11
October	6	Hattie Jacques	58	UK	Actress	Carry On Scrooge
	10	Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas	49	US	Actor	Our Gang General Spanky
	28	Leon Janney	63	US	Actor	Charly Penrod and Sam
November	4	Noel Langley	68	South Africa	Screenwriter	The Wizard of Oz Ivanhoe
	7	Emilio Cigoli	70	Italy	Actor	Shoeshine Sunday in August
	7	Steve McQueen	50	US	Actor	The Great Escape Papillon
	9	Carmel Myers	81	US	Actress	All Night Ben-Hur
	9	Victor Sen Yung	65	US	Actor	Across the Pacific Charlie Chan in Honolulu
	14	Nick Dennis	76	US	Actor	A Streetcar Named Desire Kiss Me Deadly
	15	Bill Lee	64	US	Actor, Singer	Mary Poppins Alice in Wonderland
	16	Imogen Hassall	38	UK	Actress	When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth Toomorrow
	22	Mae West	87	US	Actress, Screenwriter	She Done Him Wrong I'm No Angel
	24	Nancy Hsueh	38	US	Actress	Targets House Calls
	24	George Raft	79	US	Actor	Some Like It Hot They Drive by Night
	26	Conrad A. Nervig	91	US	Film Editor	A Tale of Two Cities King Solomon's Mines
	26	Rachel Roberts	53	UK	Actress	Murder on the Orient Express Picnic at Hanging Rock
	28	Sarah Y. Mason	84	US	Screenwriter	Little Women Magnificent Obsession
	29	Edith Evanson	84	US	Actress	Rope The Big Heat
December	8	John Lennon	40	UK	Singer, Actor	A Hard Day's Night How I Won the War
	12	Urie McCleary	75	US	Art Director	Blossoms in the Dust Patton
	16	Peter Collinson	44	UK	Director	The Italian Job And Then There Were None
	20	Ben Sharpsteen	85	US	Director, Producer	Pinocchio Dumbo
	21	Marc Connelly	90	US	Actor, Screenwriter	The Spirit of St. Louis Tall Story
	22	Lesser Samuels	86	US	Screenwriter	No Way Out Ace in the Hole
	23	Memmo Carotenuto	72	Italy	Actor	Big Deal on Madonna Street Bread, Love and Dreams
	28	Sam Levene	75	US	Actor	Sweet Smell of Success Brute Force
	31	Raoul Walsh	93	US	Director, Actor	White Heat High Sierra

Film debuts

Christopher Atkins – The Blue Lagoon
James Avery – The Stunt Man
Michael Badalucco – Raging Bull
Adam Baldwin – My Bodyguard
Adrienne Barbeau – The Fog
Drew Barrymore – Altered States
Jennifer Beals – My Bodyguard
Pierce Brosnan – The Long Good Friday
Cherie Currie - Foxes
Julie Carmen – Night of the Juggler
Jim Carter – Flash Gordon
Rosalind Chao – The Big Brawl
Robbie Coltrane – Death Watch
Barry Corbin – Urban Cowboy
Tony Cox – Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
Peter Coyote – Die Laughing
Joan Cusack – Cutting Loose
Willem Dafoe – Heaven's Gate
John Diehl – Falling in Love Again
Billy Drago – Windwalker
Frankie Faison – Permanent Vacation
Miriam Flynn – First Family
Michael J. Fox – Midnight Madness
Peter Gallagher – The Idolmaker
Richard Gant – Night of the Juggler
Michael Gross – Just Tell Me What You Want
Julie Hagerty – Airplane!
Tom Hanks – He Knows You're Alone
Robert Hays – Airplane!
Linda Hunt – Popeye
William Hurt – Altered States
Jeremy Irons – Nijinsky
Gregory Itzin – Airplane!
O-Lan Jones – Die Laughing
Don Lake – Don't Answer the Phone!
Adam LeFevre – Return of the Secaucus 7
Juliette Lewis – Bronco Billy
William H. Macy – Somewhere in Time
Ann Magnuson – The Long Island Four
Michael Maloney – Richard's Things
Sophie Marceau – La Boum
Francis Xavier McCarthy – Altered States
Christopher McDonald – The Hearse
Elizabeth McGovern – Ordinary People
Micole Mercurio – Alligator
Cathy Moriarty – Raging Bull
David Morse – Inside Moves
Taylor Negron – The Gong Show Movie
Cynthia Nixon – Little Darlings
Richard Norton – The Octagon
Catherine O'Hara – Nothing Personal
Ed O'Neill – Cruising
Terry O'Quinn – Heaven's Gate
Michelle Pfeiffer – The Hollywood Knights
Cindy Pickett – Night Games
Richard Portnow – Roadie
Harold Ramis – Caddyshack (director)
Judge Reinhold – Running Scared
Marco Rodríguez – The Baltimore Bullet
John Rothman – Stardust Memories
David Schofield – The Dogs of War
Armin Shimerman – Stardust Memories
Jean Smart – Hoodlums
Kurtwood Smith – Roadie
Sharon Stone – Stardust Memories
David Strathairn – Return of the Secaucus 7
David Suchet – Schiele in Prison
John Turturro – Raging Bull
Gedde Watanabe – The Long Island Four
Hugo Weaving – ...Maybe This Time
Dianne Wiest – It's My Turn
Bruce Willis – The First Deadly Sin
Mare Winningham – One-Trick Pony
John Witherspoon – The Jazz Singer
Nicholas Woodeson – Heaven's Gate
Sean Young – Jane Austen in Manhattan
Lenore Zann – Hounds of Notre Dame

Notes

References

^ "1980 Domestic Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
^ "The Empire Strikes Back (1980)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
^ Gorelik, Boris (12 July 2014). "Jamie se treffer: Met Uys, ja – die wêreld in". Rapport. Media24. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
^ 1980 in film at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
^ "The Blues Brothers". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved December 16, 2008.
^ Harmetz, Aljean (January 19, 1981). "What Were 1980's Most Popular Movie?". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2015-05-24. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Harmetz, Aljean (August 5, 1979). "Hollywood Is Taking Aim At The Funny Bone". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 16, 2021. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
^ Lewin, David (December 2, 1979). "Can the Makers of 'Star Wars' Do It Again?". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 8, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
^ "Lin-Manuel Biography (1980–)". Biography.com. Archived from the original on November 9, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
^ Editors of Chase's (30 September 2018). Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-64143-264-1.
^ Contemporary; Sandra Whiteley (1999). The Teacher's Calendar, 1999-2000: The Day-by-day Directory to Holidays, Historic Events, Birthdays and Special Days, Weeks and Months. Contemporary Books. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-8092-2662-7.
^ Chase's Editors; Contemporary Books (September 2002). Chase's Calendar of Events 2003. McGraw-Hill. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-07-139098-9.
^ "The birth of Jason Ritter". californiabirthindex.org. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
^ Aubusson, Kate (20 May 2015). "Rebel Wilson's birth date revealed in ASIC documents". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 May 2015. Business records filed with the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) list the date of birth for a "Rebel Melanie Elizabeth Wilson" as March 2, 1980
^ "Person Details for Katherine B Waterston, "United States Public Records, 1945-2009"". FamilySearch.org. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
^ "Monitor". Entertainment Weekly. No. 1255/1256. 2013. p. 31.
^ "Ellie Kemper". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
^ Owen, Catrin. "Pua Magasiva's life in the spotlight and the 'demons' behind it". Stuff. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
^ Paul T. Hellmann (14 February 2006). Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Routledge. p. 783. ISBN 1-135-94859-3.
^ Editors of Chase's (30 September 2018). Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 428. ISBN 978-1-64143-264-1.

External links

List of 1980 films at IMDb
1980 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo
List of 1980 deaths at IMDb
List of 1980 births at IMDb

[bom-1] "1980 Domestic Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 7 April 2014.

[2] "The Empire Strikes Back (1980)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 13, 2013.

[Gorelik-3] Gorelik, Boris (12 July 2014). "Jamie se treffer: Met Uys, ja – die wêreld in". Rapport. Media24. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-14.

[AFI_film-53895-4] 1980 in film at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

[5] "The Blues Brothers". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved December 16, 2008.

[NYTimesMostPopular-6] Harmetz, Aljean (January 19, 1981). "What Were 1980's Most Popular Movie?". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2015-05-24. Retrieved March 18, 2021.

[NYTimesTanenPredict-7] Harmetz, Aljean (August 5, 1979). "Hollywood Is Taking Aim At The Funny Bone". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 16, 2021. Retrieved March 16, 2021.

[NYTimesKurtz-8] Lewin, David (December 2, 1979). "Can the Makers of 'Star Wars' Do It Again?". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 8, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2021.

[9] "Lin-Manuel Biography (1980–)". Biography.com. Archived from the original on November 9, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2017.

[10] Editors of Chase's (30 September 2018). Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-64143-264-1.

[11] Contemporary; Sandra Whiteley (1999). The Teacher's Calendar, 1999-2000: The Day-by-day Directory to Holidays, Historic Events, Birthdays and Special Days, Weeks and Months. Contemporary Books. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-8092-2662-7.

[12] Chase's Editors; Contemporary Books (September 2002). Chase's Calendar of Events 2003. McGraw-Hill. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-07-139098-9.

[13] "The birth of Jason Ritter". californiabirthindex.org. Retrieved 2020-10-02.

[14] Aubusson, Kate (20 May 2015). "Rebel Wilson's birth date revealed in ASIC documents". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 May 2015. Business records filed with the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) list the date of birth for a "Rebel Melanie Elizabeth Wilson" as March 2, 1980

[15] "Person Details for Katherine B Waterston, "United States Public Records, 1945-2009"". FamilySearch.org. Retrieved July 23, 2014.

[16] "Monitor". Entertainment Weekly. No. 1255/1256. 2013. p. 31.

[17] "Ellie Kemper". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2016.

[spotlight-18] Owen, Catrin. "Pua Magasiva's life in the spotlight and the 'demons' behind it". Stuff. Retrieved 18 December 2019.

[19] Paul T. Hellmann (14 February 2006). Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Routledge. p. 783. ISBN 1-135-94859-3.

[20] Editors of Chase's (30 September 2018). Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 428. ISBN 978-1-64143-264-1.

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