Events Top Grossing Films 1944 Meet Me in St. Louis, starring Judy Garland Wilson, biographical film about President Woodrow Wilson, starring Charles Coburn Academy Awards Best Picture: Going My Way - Paramount Best Actor: Bing Crosby - Going My Way Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman - Gaslight Movies Released Movies released in 1944 include: Going My Way, starring Bing Crosby Double Indemnity, starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson Births January 6 - Bonnie Franklin, actress January 23 - Rutger Hauer, actor February 11 - Buddhadev Dasgupta, film director. May 14 - George Lucas, film director and producer August 8 - Peter Weir, film director Deaths December 13 - Lupe Velez, actress December 15 - Glenn Miller, musician, actor
Top Grossing Films 1944 Meet Me in St. Louis, starring Judy Garland Wilson, biographical film about President Woodrow Wilson, starring Charles Coburn Academy Awards Best Picture: Going My Way - Paramount Best Actor: Bing Crosby - Going My Way Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman - Gaslight Movies Released Movies released in 1944 include: Going My Way, starring Bing Crosby Double Indemnity, starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson Births January 6 - Bonnie Franklin, actress January 23 - Rutger Hauer, actor February 11 - Buddhadev Dasgupta, film director. May 14 - George Lucas, film director and producer August 8 - Peter Weir, film director Deaths December 13 - Lupe Velez, actress December 15 - Glenn Miller, musician, actor
