1941 in film

The top ten 1941 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

• January 17 – Gone with the Wind goes into general release in the United States after touring in a roadshow version during 1940. Becoming a cultural phenomenon, it sells an estimated 60 million tickets this year alone. Adjusted for inflation with numerous rereleases, it remains the highest grossing domestic film of all time with $1.8 billion.{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm|title=All Time Box Office Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation|website=www.boxofficemojo.com|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607105553/https://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm|archivedate=2014-06-07}}
• March 24 – Glenn Miller begins work on his 1st movie Sun Valley Serenade for Twentieth Century Fox.
• May 1 – Orson Welles' Citizen Kane, consistently rated as one of the films considered the all-time best, is premiered at the Palace Theatre (New York City).
• July 2 – Sergeant York, the film biopic of World War I hero Alvin C. York, starring Gary Cooper in the title role, premieres in New York City. It is the highest-grossing picture of the year and earns Cooper the first of two Academy Awards for Best Actor.
• September – Senate Investigation into Motion Picture War Propaganda in the United States.
• October 3 – The Maltese Falcon, considered one of the greatest films noir, is released.

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• Best Picture: How Green Was My Valley – 20th Century-Fox
• Best Actor: Gary Cooper – Sergeant York
• Best Actress: Joan Fontaine – Suspicion
• Best Supporting Actor: Donald Crisp – How Green Was My Valley
• Best Supporting Actress: Mary Astor – The Great Lie
• Best Director: John Ford – How Green Was My Valley

United States unless stated

• January 1941
• 1 January
• Princess Iron Fan (China)
• 16 January
• The Face Behind the Mask
• 17 January
• The Philadelphia Story
• 21 January
• High Sierra
• 23 January
• Suvorov
• 24 January
• Life with Henry
• The Saint in Palm Springs
• 28 January
• Sullivan's Travels
• 31 January
• Buck Privates
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith
• February 1941
• 7 February
• Back Street
• 18 February
• Adam Had Four Sons
• 20 February
• Tobacco Road
• 21 February
• Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
• Nice Girl?
• The Strawberry Blonde
• Western Union
• 25 February
• The Lady Eve
• March 1941
• 1 March
• Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (Japan)
• 7 March
• Rage in Heaven
• 8 March
• Footsteps in the Dark
• 10 March
• Flying Wild
• 21 March
• The Sea Wolf
• 26 March
• I Wanted Wings
• 28 March
• Man Made Monster

• April 1941
• 4 April
• The Devil and Miss Jones
• Ohm Krüger (Germany)
• 6 April
• The Flame of New Orleans
• 10 April
• Piccolo mondo antico (Italy)
• 11 April
• Road to Zanzibar
• That Night in Rio
• 12 April
• The Great Lie
• 19 April
• The Farmer's Wife (Britain)
• Hatter's Castle (Britain)
• Quiet Wedding (GB)
• 24 April
• Crook's Tour (Britain)
• Penny Serenade
• 25 April
• They Met in Argentina
• Ziegfeld Girl
• 30 April
• That Hamilton Woman (GB)
• May 1941
• 1 May
• Citizen Kane
• 2 May
• The Black Cat
• 3 May
• Meet John Doe
• 5 May
• Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It (GB)
• 7 May
• Sheriff of Tombstone
• 9 May
• U-Boat Course West! (Germany)
• 10 May
• Spellbound
• 22 May
• Blood and Sand
• 23 May
• A Woman's Face
• 24 May
• Crook's Tour
• 30 May
• In the Navy
• June 1941
• 7 June
• Shining Victory
• 11 June
• The Gang's All Here
• 13 June
• Broadway Limited
• Man Hunt
• One Night in Lisbon
• 18 June
• Moon Over Miami
• 20 June
• The Big Store
• The Reluctant Dragon
• 25 June
• Caught in the Draft
• 26 June
• Blossoms in the Dust
• 27 June
• Hit the Road
• 28 June
• Kipps
• Love on the Dole (GB)

• July 1941
• 2 July
• Sergeant York
• The Sea Wolf
• 4 July
• A Charming Man (Czechoslovakia)
• 12 July
• The Bride Came C.O.D.
• 18 July
• The Shepherd of the Hills
• 25 July
• Target for Tonight (GB)
• 26 July
• Bad Men of Missouri
• Pimpernel Smith
• August 1941
• 1 August
• Bowery Blitzkrieg
• Charley's Aunt
• 2 August
• Major Barbara (GB)
• 6 August
• Hold That Ghost
• 7 August
• Here Comes Mr. Jordan
• 8 August
• Six Gun Gold
• 9 August
• Manpower
• 12 August
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• 15 August
• Life Begins for Andy Hardy
• 21 August
• Sun Valley Serenade
• 28 August
• The Blue Star Hotel (Czechoslovakia)
• 29 August
• The Little Foxes
• September
• 1 September
• Lady Be Good
• 5 September
• Charlie Chan in Rio
• 6 September
• Cottage to Let (GB)
• 18 September
• Ladies in Retirement
• 19 September
• The Tyrant Father (Portugal)
• 25 September
• A Yank in the RAF
• You'll Never Get Rich
• 26 September
• Hold Back the Dawn
• It Started with Eve

• October 1941
• 2 October
• Honky Tonk
• One Foot in Heaven
• 8 October
• 49th Parallel
• Week-End in Havana
• 10 October
• Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
• 17 October
• The Devil and Daniel Webster
• Jesse James at Bay
• 18 October
• The Maltese Falcon
• 22 October
• You Belong to Me
• 23 October
• Dumbo
• 24 October
• Spooks Run Wild
• 25 October
• The Tell-Tale Heart
• 28 October
• How Green Was My Valley
• 31 October
• The Chocolate Soldier
• November 1941
• 7 November
• Unexpected Uncle
• 14 November
• I Wake Up Screaming
• Suspicion
• 15 November
• Blues in the Night
• 21 November
• Look Who's Laughing
• Shadow of the Thin Man
• Skylark
• They Died with Their Boots On
• 27 November
• Stormy Waters (France)
• 28 November
• The Corsican Brothers
• Keep 'Em Flying
• December 1941
• 1 December
• The 47 Ronin (Part 1) (Japan)
• Tarzan's Secret Treasure
• 2 December
• Ball of Fire
• 5 December
• Mr. Bug Goes to Town
• 12 December
• Among the Living
• Red River Valley
• The Wolf Man
• 18 December
• H.M. Pulham, Esq.
• Kathleen
• 21 December
• The Heavenly Play (Sweden)
• 25 December
• Louisiana Purchase
• The Shanghai Gesture
• 26 December
• Hellzapoppin'
• The Sausage-Maker Who Disappeared (Norway)

United States unless stated

• The 47 Ronin (Genroku chushingura), directed by Kenji Mizoguchi – (Japan)
• 49th Parallel, directed by Michael Powell, starring Leslie Howard and Laurence Olivier – (GB)

• Adam Had Four Sons, starring Ingrid Bergman and Warner Baxter
• Among the Living, starring Albert Dekker and Susan Hayward
• Andy Hardy's Private Secretary, starring Mickey Rooney

• Babes on Broadway, directed by Busby Berkeley, starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney
• Back Street, starring Charles Boyer and Margaret Sullavan
• Bad Men of Missouri, starring Dennis Morgan and Jane Wyman
• Ball of Fire, directed by Howard Hawks, starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck
• The Big Store, starring the Marx Brothers, Margaret Dumont, Tony Martin
• The Black Cat, starring Basil Rathbone and Bela Lugosi
• Blood and Sand, starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Rita Hayworth
• Blossoms in the Dust, starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon
• The Blue Star Hotel (Hotel Modrá hvězda), directed by Martin Frič – (Czechoslovakia)
• Blues in the Night, starring Priscilla Lane and Betty Field
• Bowery Blitzkrieg, starring the East Side Kids
• The Bride Came C.O.D., starring James Cagney and Bette Davis
• Broadway Limited, starring Victor McLaglen, Dennis O'Keefe, Patsy Kelly
• Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family, directed by Yasujirō Ozu – (Japan)
• Buck Privates, starring Abbott and Costello

• Caught in the Draft, starring Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour
• Charlie Chan in Rio, starring Sidney Toler
• Charley's Aunt, starring Jack Benny
• A Charming Man (Roztomilý člověk), directed by Martin Frič – (Czechoslovakia)
• The Chocolate Soldier, starring Nelson Eddy
• Churchill's Island (La Forteresse de Churchill) – (Canada)
• Citizen Kane, directed by and starring Orson Welles, with Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Everett Sloane, Dorothy Comingore, Ray Collins
• The Corsican Brothers, starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
• Cottage to Let, directed by Anthony Asquith, starring Leslie Banks, Alastair Sim, John Mills – (GB)
• Crook's Tour, starring Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne
• Cuando los hijos se van (When Children Leave Home) – (Mexico)

• The Devil and Daniel Webster (aka All That Money Can Buy), starring Walter Huston and Edward Arnold
• The Devil and Miss Jones, starring Jean Arthur and Robert Cummings
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, starring Spencer Tracy and Ingrid Bergman
• Dumbo, animated film from Walt Disney

• The Face Behind the Mask, starring Peter Lorre
• The Farmer's Wife, starring Basil Sydney
• Footsteps in the Dark, starring Errol Flynn
• The Flame of New Orleans, starring Marlene Dietrich
• Flying Wild, starring the East Side Kids
• Freedom Radio, directed by Anthony Asquith – (GB)

• The Gang's All Here, starring Frankie Darro and Mantan Moreland
• The Ghost of St. Michael's, starring Will Hay and Charles Hawtrey – (GB)
• The Great Lie, starring Mary Astor and Bette Davis

• H.M. Pulham, Esq., starring Hedy Lamarr and Robert Young
• The Hard Life of an Adventurer (Těžký život dobrodruha) – (Czechoslovakia)
• Hatter's Castle, starring Robert Newton and Deborah Kerr – (Britain)
• The Heavenly Play (Himlaspelet), directed by Alf Sjöberg – (Sweden)
• Hellzapoppin', starring Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson
• Here Comes Mr. Jordan, starring Robert Montgomery
• High Sierra, starring Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart
• Hit the Road, starring the Dead End Kids
• Hold Back the Dawn, starring Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland and Paulette Goddard
• Hold That Ghost, starring Abbott and Costello
• Honky Tonk, starring Clark Gable and Lana Turner
• How Green Was My Valley, directed by John Ford, starring Walter Pidgeon and Maureen O'Hara – winner of 5 Academy Awards

• I Wake Up Screaming, starring Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Carole Landis
• I Wanted Wings, starring Ray Milland, William Holden, Veronica Lake, Brian Donlevy
• In the Navy, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It, starring Gordon Harker and Alastair Sim – (GB)
• International Lady, starring George Brent and Basil Rathbone
• The Iron Crown (La corona di ferro) – (Italy)
• It Started with Eve, starring Deanna Durbin and Robert Cummings

• Jesse James at Bay, starring Roy Rogers

• Kathleen, starring Shirley Temple
• Keep 'Em Flying, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• Khazanchi (Cashier) – (India)
• Kipps (British), based on the H.G. Wells novel, directed by Carol Reed, starring Michael Redgrave – (GB)

• Ladies in Retirement, starring Ida Lupino and Louis Hayward
• Lady Be Good, starring Eleanor Powell and Robert Young
• The Lady Eve, directed by Preston Sturges, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda
• Life Begins for Andy Hardy starring Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden
• Life with Henry, starring Jackie Cooper.
• The Little Foxes, directed by William Wyler, starring Bette Davis
• Look Who's Laughing, starring Edgar Bergen, Fibber McGee and Molly
• Louisiana Purchase, starring Bob Hope
• Love on the Dole, starring Deborah Kerr – (GB)

• Major Barbara, directed by Gabriel Pascal, starring Wendy Hiller and Rex Harrison – (GB)
• The Maltese Falcon, directed by John Huston, starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre
• Man Hunt, starring Walter Pidgeon and Joan Bennett
• Man Made Monster, starring Lon Chaney Jr. and Lionel Atwill
• Manpower, starring Edward G. Robinson, Marlene Dietrich, George Raft
• Meet John Doe, starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck
• Moon Over Miami, starring Betty Grable
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery
• Mr. Bug Goes to Town

• Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, starring W. C. Fields
• Nice Girl?, starring Deanna Durbin

• Ohm Krüger (Uncle Kruger), starring Emil Jannings – (Germany)
• One Foot in Heaven, starring Fredric March and Martha Scott
• One Night in Lisbon, starring Fred MacMurray and Madeleine Carroll
• One Night in Transylvania (Egy éjszaka Erdélyben) – (Hungary)

• Penn of Pennsylvania, starring Clifford Evans and Deborah Kerr – (GB)
• Penny Serenade, starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant
• Piccolo mondo antico (Old-Fashioned World), starring Alida Valli – (Italy)
• Pimpernel Smith, directed by and starring Leslie Howard – (GB)
• A Place to Live
• Pride of the Bowery, starring the East Side Kids
• Princess Iron Fan (Tie shan gong zhu) – (China)

• Quiet Wedding, directed by Anthony Asquith, starring Margaret Lockwood – (GB)

• Rage in Heaven, starring Robert Montgomery and Ingrid Bergman
• Red River Valley, directed by Joseph Kane, starring Roy Rogers
• The Reluctant Dragon, starring Robert Benchley
• Road to Zanzibar, starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby

• The Saint in Palm Springs, starring George Sanders
• The Sausage-Maker Who Disappeared (Den forsvundne pølsemaker) – (Norway)
• The Sea Wolf, starring Edward G. Robinson, Ida Lupino, John Garfield
• Sergeant York, directed by Howard Hawks, starring Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan
• Shadow of the Thin Man, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy
• The Shanghai Gesture, starring Gene Tierney
• The Shepherd of the Hills, starring John Wayne
• Sheriff of Tombstone, starring Roy Rogers
• Shining Victory, starring James Stephenson and Geraldine Fitzgerald
• Sikandar (Alexander the Great) – (India)
• Six Gun Gold, starring Tim Holt
• Skylark, starring Claudette Colbert and Ray Milland
• Spellbound, starring Derek Farr – (GB)
• Spooks Run Wild, starring East Side Kids and Bela Lugosi
• Stormy Waters (Remorques), starring Jean Gabin and Michèle Morgan – (France)
• The Strawberry Blonde, starring James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth
• Sullivan's Travels, directed by Preston Sturges, starring Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake
• Sun Valley Serenade, starring Sonja Henie
• Suspicion, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Joan Fontaine and Cary Grant
• Suvorov – (U.S.S.R.)
• Swamp Water, directed by Jean Renoir, starring Walter Brennan and Walter Huston

• The Tale of the Fox (Le Roman de Renard) – (France)
• Target for Tonight, a propaganda documentary – (GB)
• Tarzan's Secret Treasure, starring Johnny Weissmuller
• Teresa Venerdì, directed by and starring Vittorio De Sica – (Italy)
• That Hamilton Woman (aka Lady Hamilton), starring Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier – (GB)
• That Night in Rio, starring Don Ameche, Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda
• The Tell-Tale Heart, starring Joseph Schildkraut
• They Died with Their Boots On, starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland
• They Met in Argentina, starring Maureen O'Hara and James Ellison
• Tobacco Road, starring Gene Tierney
• Tosca, directed by Jean Renoir, starring Imperio Argentina and Michel Simon (Italy)
• Turned Out Nice Again, starring George Formby – (GB)
• The Tyrant Father (O Pai Tirano) – (Portugal)

• U-Boat Course West! (U-Boote westwärts) – (Germany)
• Unexpected Uncle, starring Anne Shirley, James Craig, Charles Coburn
• Unholy Partners, starring Edward G. Robinson and Laraine Day

• Week-End in Havana, starring Alice Faye, John Payne, Carmen Miranda and Cesar Romero
• Western Union, starring Randolph Scott
• When Ladies Meet, starring Joan Crawford, Greer Garson, Robert Taylor and Herbert Marshall
• The Wolf Man, starring Lon Chaney Jr.
• A Woman's Face, starring Joan Crawford and Melvyn Douglas

• A Yank in the RAF, starring Tyrone Power and Betty Grable
• You Belong to Me, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda
• You'll Never Get Rich, starring Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth

• Ziegfeld Girl, starring Judy Garland and James Stewart

• The Adventures of Captain Marvel, starring Tom Tyler, directed by William Witney and John English
• Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc, starring Ralph Byrd, directed by William Witney and John English
• The Green Hornet, starring Gordon Jones
• Holt of the Secret Service, directed by James W. Horne
• The Iron Claw, directed by James W. Horne
• Jungle Girl, starring Frances Gifford, directed by William Witney and John English
• King of the Texas Rangers, directed by William Witney and John English
• Riders of Death Valley, directed by Ray Taylor and Ford Beebe
• Sea Raiders, directed by Ray Taylor and Ford Beebe
• Sky Raiders, directed by Ray Taylor and Ford Beebe
• The Spider Returns, starring Warren Hull, directed by James W. Horne
• White Eagle, directed by James W. Horne

• Buster Keaton (1917–1944)
• Laurel and Hardy (1921-1945)
• Our Gang (1922–1944)
• Marx Brothers (1929–1946)
• The Three Stooges (1933–1962)

• Mickey Mouse (1928–1942, 1947–1953)
• Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
• Bugs Bunny (1941–1964)
• Daffy Duck (1938–1968)
• Porky Pig (1936–1946, 1948–1951)
• Sniffles (1939–1946)
• Inki (1939–1950)
• Terrytoons (1930–1964)
• Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
• Scrappy (1931-1941)
• Popeye (1933–1957)
• Color Rhapsodies (1934–1949)
• Donald Duck (1937–1956)
• Walter Lantz Cartunes (also known as New Universal Cartoons or Cartune Comedies) (1938–1942)
• Goofy (1939–1955)
• Andy Panda (1939–1949)
• Tom and Jerry (1940–1958, 1961–1967)
• The Midnight Snack
• The Night Before Christmas
• Woody Woodpecker (1941–1949, 1951–1972)
• Swing Symphonies (1941–1945)
• The Fox and the Crow (1941–1950)
• Superman (1941–1943)

• January 1
• Simón Andreu, Spanish actor
• Eva Ras, Serbian actress, writer and painter
• January 3 - Derrick O'Connor, Irish actor (died 2018)
• January 4 - John Bennett Perry, American actor
• January 7 - Harvey Evans, American actor (died 2021)
• January 10 – José Greci, Italian actress (died 2017)
• January 12 - Long John Baldry, English-Canadian singer, musician and voice actor (died 2005)
• January 14
• Faye Dunaway, American actress
• Jack Thibeau, American former actor
• January 15 - Geoffrey Beevers, British actor
• January 19 - Putter Smith, American jazz bassist and actor
• January 24 - Neil Diamond, American actor and singer
• January 27 - Jeannie Epper, American stuntwoman and actress (died 2024)
• January 31 – Jessica Walter, American actress (died 2021)
• February 5 - David Selby, American actor
• February 8 – Nick Nolte, American actor and producer
• February 10 – Michael Apted, English director, producer and screenwriter (died 2021)
• February 11 - Sonny Landham, American actor and stunt performer (died 2017)
• February 13 - Bo Svenson, Swedish-American actor, director, screenwriter and producer
• February 27 - Charlotte Stewart, American actress
• March 3 - Rada Rassimov, Italian actress
• March 4
• John Aprea, American actor and comedian (died 2024)
• Adrian Lyne, English director and producer
• March 6 - George P. Wilbur, American actor and professional stuntman (died 2023)
• March 14 – Wolfgang Petersen, German director, producer and screenwriter (died 2022)
• March 16
• Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian director (died 2018)
• Jerry Chipman, American actor (died 2020)
• March 18 - Frank McRae, American actor (died 2021)
• March 20 - Paul Junger Witt, American producer (died 2018)
• March 22 - Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor (died 2019)
• March 24 - David Fox, Canadian actor (died 2021)
• April 3 - Eric Braeden, German actor
• April 7
• Cornelia Frances, English-Australian actress (died 2018)
• Danny Wells, Canadian actor and comedian (died 2013)
• April 9 - Hannah Gordon, Scottish actress and presenter
• April 12 - Manuel de Blas, Spanish actor
• April 13 - Michael Alldredge, American actor (died 1997)
• April 20
• David Leland, English director (died 2023)
• Ryan O'Neal, American actor (died 2023)
• April 26 - Claudine Auger, French actress (died 2019)
• April 28 – Ann-Margret, Swedish-born American actress, dancer and singer
• May 2 - Paul Darrow, English actor (died 2019)
• May 13 – Senta Berger, Austrian actress and producer
• May 17 - Grace Zabriskie, American actress
• May 18 - Miriam Margolyes, British-Australian character actress
• May 19
• Nora Ephron, American writer and filmmaker (died 2012)
• Tania Mallet, English actress and model (died 2019)
• May 24 – Andrés García, Dominican-Mexican actor
• May 29
• Nick McLean, American cinematographer and actor
• Bill Weston, British stunt performer and actor (died 2012)
• June 2
• Stacy Keach, American actor
• Mahmoud Yassine, Egyptian actor (died 2020)
• June 5 – Spalding Gray, American actor and screenwriter (died 2004)
• June 8 - Jessie Lawrence Ferguson, American actor (died 2019)
• June 10
• Mickey Jones, American musician and actor (died 2018)
• Jürgen Prochnow, German actor
• June 17 - Roberta Maxwell, Canadian actress
• June 20
• Stephen Frears, English film director
• Dieter Mann, German actor (died 2022)
• June 21
• Joe Flaherty, Canadian-American actor and comedian (died 2024)
• Lyman Ward, Canadian actor
• June 22 – Michael Lerner, American actor (died 2023)
• June 25 – Denys Arcand, Canadian director and screenwriter
• June 27 – Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish director (died 1996)
• July 1 - Milos Milos, Serbian-born American actor and stunt double (died 1966)
• July 10 - Robert Pine, American actor
• July 13 - Robert Forster, American actor (died 2019)
• July 17 - Paula Shaw, American actress
• July 18 - Starletta DuPois, American actress
• July 21 - Edward Herrmann, American actor, director and writer (died 2014)
• July 26 - Darlene Love, American actress and singer
• July 28
• Peter Cullen, Canadian voice actor
• Colin Higgins, Australian-American screenwriter, actor, director and producer (died 1988)
• July 29 – David Warner, English actor (died 2022)
• August 4
• Martin Jarvis, English actor
• Paul Mooney, American comedian, writer and actor (died 2021)
• August 7 - Franco Columbu, Italian bodybuilder, actor and producer (died 2019)
• August 8 - Earl Boen, American actor (died 2023)
• August 12
• Dana Ivey, American actress
• Deborah Walley, American actress (died 2001)
• August 15 - Lou Perryman, American character actor (died 2009)
• August 26 - Joan Freeman, American retired actress
• August 28 - Tony Barry, Australian actor (died 2022)
• August 29
• Ellen Geer, American actress
• Mark Kasdan, American screenwriter and producer
• Orestes Matacena, Cuban-American actor, director, producer and writer
• September 4 - Rochelle Kaffenberger, American actress (died 2024)
• September 18 - Gerry Bamman, American actor
• September 26 – Martine Beswick, English actress and model
• October 6
• Billy Murray, English actor
• Winston Ntshona, South African actor (died 2018)
• October 9 - Michael Goodwin, American character actor
• October 10 – Peter Coyote, American actor
• October 11 - Charles Shyer, American director, screenwriter and producer (died 2024)
• October 19 – Simon Ward, English actor (died 2012)
• October 20 – Clare Peploe, English-Italian screenwriter and director (died 2021)
• October 23 – Mel Winkler, American actor (died 2020)
• October 24 – Frank Aendenboom, Belgian actor (died 2018)
• October 25 – Gordon Tootoosis, Aboriginal Canadian actor (died 2011)
• October 31
• Mischa Hausserman, Austrian-born American actor (died 2021)
• Sally Kirkland, American actress
• November 1 – Robert Foxworth, American actor
• November 18 – David Hemmings, English actor, director and producer (died 2003)
• November 22 – Tom Conti, Scottish actor
• November 23 – Franco Nero, Italian actor
• November 25 – Tiit Lilleorg, Estonian actor (died 2021)
• November 27 - Tom Morga, American stuntman, stunt coordinator and actor
• November 30 - Sally Douglas, British actress (died 2001)
• December 4 – Leila Säälik, Estonian actress
• December 6
• Evald Hermaküla, Estonian actor and director (died 2000)
• Leon Russom, American actor
• December 8 – Valora Noland, American actress (died 2022)
• December 9 – Beau Bridges, American actor
• December 10 - Fionnula Flanagan, Irish actress
• December 15 - Vladan Živković, Serbian actor (died 2022)
• December 25 - John Capodice, American character actor (died 2024)
• December 27 - Aharon Ipalé, Israeli-American actor (died 2016)

• January 4 – Henri Bergson, 81, French writer
• January 10 – Joe Penner, 36, American comedian, actor, The Boys from Syracuse, Millionaire Playboy, The Day the Bookies Wept, Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
• March 13 – Stuart Walker, 63, American director, White Woman, Great Expectations
• April 23 – Stanley Fields, 57, American actor, The Great Plane Robbery, The Lady from Cheyenne
• May 8 – Tore Svennberg, 83, Swedish actor, The Phantom Carriage, A Woman's Face
• May 12 – Ruth Stonehouse, 48, American actress, film director, The Satin Woman
• May 22 – Ida Waterman, 89, American actress, Stella Maris, The Enchanted Cottage, Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley, Esmerelda
• June 28 – Richard Carle, 69, American actor, The Little Red Schoolhouse, Love Before Breakfast, Rhythm in the Clouds, She Asked for It
• July 25 - Purnell Pratt, 55, American actor, Alibi, Scarface, The Mystery Squadron, Dancing Feet
• July 29 - James Stephenson, 52, English actor, The Letter, Shining Victory
• August 13 – J. Stuart Blackton, 66, British-American film producer and director, co-founder of Vitagraph Studios, The Glorious Adventure
• September 18 – Claude King, 66, English actor, Behind the Mask, It Couldn't Have Happened – But It Did
• October 9 – Helen Morgan, 41, American actress and singer, You Belong to Me, Applause, Show Boat
• October 26 – Victor Schertzinger, 53, American director, Paramount on Parade, Road to Zanzibar
• November 2 – Bengt Djurberg, 43, Swedish actor, Troll-elgen
• December 21 – David Howard, 45, American film director, Daniel Boone

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• Reginald Beckwith – Freedom Radio
• Adriana Benetti – Teresa Venerdì
• Marina Berti – La fuggitiva
• Barbara Britton – Secrets of the Wasteland
• Faith Brook – Suspicion
• Leslie Brooks – Ziegfeld Girl
• Phil Brown – I Wanted Wings
• Janis Carter – Cadet Girl
• John Cason – Buck Privates
• Cyd Charisse – Escort Girl
• Françoise Christophe – Premier rendez-vous
• David Clarke – Knockout
• George Cole – Cottage to Let
• Ray Collins – Citizen Kane
• Joseph Cotten – Citizen Kane
• Yvonne De Carlo – Harvard, Here I Come
• John Dehner – The Reluctant Dragon
• Anita Durante – Scampolo
• Faye Emerson – Affectionately Yours
• Bill Erwin – You're in the Army Now
• Renée Faure – Who Killed Santa Claus?
• Suzanne Flon – Ce n'est pas moi
• Elisabeth Fraser – One Foot in Heaven
• Terry Frost – Cyclone on Horseback
• Eva Gabor – Forced Landing
• Ava Gardner – Shadow of the Thin Man
• Karen X. Gaylord – The Chocolate Soldier
• Jackie Gleason – Navy Blues
• Kenneth Griffith – The Farmer's Wife
• Eloise Hardt – You Belong to Me
• Richard Haydn – Charley's Aunt
• Sterling Hayden – Virginia
• Charlton Heston – Peer Gynt
• Jennifer Holt – Stick to Your Guns
• Bruce Lee – Golden Gate Girl
• Anna Maestri – Teresa Venerdì
• Patrick McVey – Caught in the Draft
• Sid Melton – New York Town
• Agnes Moorehead – Citizen Kane
• Margaret O'Brien – Babes on Broadway
• Larry Parks – Mystery Ship
• Annette Poivre – Premier rendez-vous
• Vera Ralston – Ice-Capades
• Carl Benton Reid – The Little Foxes
• Adeline De Walt Reynolds – Come Live with Me
• Natalie Schafer – The Body Disappears
• Frank Sinatra – Las Vegas Nights
• Everett Sloane – Citizen Kane
• Woody Strode – Sundown
• Simone Valère – Premier rendez-vous
• Tito Vuolo – Shadow of the Thin Man
• Ruth Warrick – Citizen Kane
• Orson Welles – Citizen Kane
• Rhys Williams – How Green Was My Valley
• Marie Windsor – Unexpected Uncle
• Barbara Woodell – Mr. & Mrs. Smith
• Teresa Wright – The Little Foxes

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• [https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1941-01-01,1941-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1941 films] at IMDb
• [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1941-01-01,1941-12-31&adult=include List of 1941 deaths] at IMDb
• [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1941-01-01,1941-12-31&adult=include List of 1941 births] at IMDb

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