1973 in film
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Events
- The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces his second wife, Barbara Blakely. Blakely would later marry actor/singer Frank Sinatra.
Top grossing films
- North America
- The Poseidon Adventure
- Deliverance
- The Getaway
- Live and Let Die
- Paper Moon
- Last Tango in Paris
- The Sound of Music
- Live and Let Die
- Jesus Christ Superstar
- The World's Greatest Athlete by The Walt Disney Company
- American Graffiti, directed by George Lucas, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, and Harrison Ford
- The Way We Were
- Lady Sings the Blues
- Mary Poppins
Academy Awards
- Best Picture: The Sting - Bill/Phillips-Hill, Zanuck/Brown, Universal
- Best Director : George Roy Hill - The Sting
- Best Actor: Jack Lemmon - Save the Tiger
- Best Actress: Glenda Jackson - A Touch of Class
- Best Supporting Actor : John Houseman - The Paper Chase
- Best Supporting Actress : Tatum O'Neal - Paper Moon
Births
- February 12 - Tara Strong, voice actor
- September 4 - Jason David Frank (from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), actor
- October 3 - Neve Campbell, actress
Deaths
- January 26 - Edward G Robinson, actor
- February 15 - Tim Holt, actor
- February 22 - Katina Paxinou, actress
- March 10 - Robert Siodmak, director
- April 26 - Irene Ryan, actress
- May 11 - Lex Barker, actor
- June 23 - Fay Holden, actress
- July 2 - Betty Grable, actress
- July 7 - Veronica Lake, actress
- July 11 - Robert Ryan, actor
- July 12 - Lon Chaney Jr, actor
- July 18 - Jack Hawkins, actor
- July 20 - Bruce Lee, actor
- August 16 - Vida Ann Borg, actress
- September 13 - Betty Field, actress
- September 21 - Diana Sands, actress
- September 26 - Anna Magnani, actress
- October 16 - Gene Krupa, musician, actor
- November 23 - Sessue Hayakawa, actor
- November 23 - Claire Dodd, actress
- November 23 - Constance Talmadge, actress
- November 25 - Laurence Harvey, actor
- December 26 - William Haines, actor
Other movies released
- The Sting starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford and Robert Shaw
- Papillon, starring Dustin Hoffman
- The Exorcist
- Robin Hood (Walt Disney)
- The Way We Were
- Serpico, starring Al Pacino
- Soylent Green
- Enter the Dragon, starring Bruce Lee
- Walking Tall
- Jeremiah Johnson
- Battle for the Planet of the Apes
- Scarecrow, Palme d'Or winner
- The Hireling, Palme d'Or winner
- Distant Thunder, Golden Bear winner
- Day for Night
- Bang the Drum Slowly
- Save the Tiger
- Dillinger starring Warren Oates
- Alvin Purple (a)