1970 in film
Events
Top Grossing Films of the Year
- North America
- Airport
- M*A*S*H, starring Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould, Palme d'Or winner
- Patton, starring George C. Scott
- Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice
- Woodstock
- Hello, Dolly!
- Cactus Flower
- Catch-22
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service
- The Reivers
Births
- April 29 - Uma Thurman, actress
- May 22 - Naomi Campbell, model, actress
- May 27 - Joseph Fiennes, actor
- June 26 - Chris O'Donnell, actor
- July 24 - Jennifer Lopez, actress, singer
- August 6 - M. Night Shyamalan, film director, writer, producer, actor
- August 23 - Jay Mohr, actor, comedian
- October 8 - Matt Damon, actor
Deaths
- January 23 - Nell Shipman, actress, writer, producer
- March 23 - Del Lord, pioneer Hollywood director
- April 11 - Cathy O'Donnell, actress
- April 25 - Anita Louise, actress
- April 26 - Gypsy Rose Lee, burlesque performer, actress, author
- April 28 - Ed Begley, actor
- April 30 - Inger Stevens, actress
- May 14 - Billie Burke, actress, The Wizard of Oz
- July 6 - Marjorie Rambeau, actress
- July 14 - Preston Foster, actor
- July 22 - Fritz Kortner, director
- August 1 - Frances Farmer, actress
- September 29 - Edward Everett Horton, actor
- October 10 - Grethe Weiser, actress
- December 23 - Charles Ruggles, actor
- December 30 - Lenore Ulric, actress
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