1973 in film
Events
Top Grossing Films of the Year
- 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 Harrison Ford, Richard Dreyfuss, and Ron Howard
- The Way We Were
- Lady Sings the Blues
- Mary Poppins
Births
Deaths
- January 26 - Edward G Robinson, 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
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