Events October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter, starring Katharine Hepburn, debuts. Top Grossing Films of the Year 2001: A Space Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick Planet of the Apes Oliver, starring Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, and Harry Secombe Star Speedway Funny Girl, starring Barbra Streisand, and Omar Sharif The Producers, written and directed by Mel Brooks, starring Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder and Kenneth Mars Monterey Pop Academy Awards Best Picture: Oliver - Romulus, Columbia Best Actor: Cliff Robertson - Charly Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn - The Lion in Winter and Barbra Streisand - Funny Girl Births January 2 - Cuba Gooding Jr, actor January 6 - John Singleton, director and writer January 14 - LL Cool J, rapper, actor February 1 - Pauly Shore, actor February 18 - Molly Ringwald, actress April 14 - Anthony Michael Hall, actor April 19 - Ashley Judd, actress September 10 - Guy Ritchie, director, writer, married to Madonna September 30 - Monica Bellucci, actress December 2 - Lucy Liu, actress December 3 - Brendan Fraser, actor Deaths November 25 - Upton Sinclair, writer and producer December 12 - Tallulah Bankhead, actress December 20 - John Steinbeck, writer Other Movies Released The Fastest Guitar Alive - starring Roy Orbison, Maggie Pierce, Sammy Jackson The Devil's Brigade - starring William Holden, Cliff Robertson, Vince Edwards
