Events The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces his second wife, Barbara Blakely. Blakely would later marry actor/singer Frank Sinatra. Top Grossing Films of the Year The Sting starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford and Robert Shaw American Graffiti, directed by George Lucas, starring Harrison Ford, Richard Dreyfuss, and Ron Howard Papillon, starring Dustin Hoffman The Exorcist Live and Let Die Robin Hood (Walt Disney) The Way We Were Serpico, starring Al Pacino Enter the Dragon, starring Bruce Lee Jesus Christ Superstar 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 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 Last Tango in Paris by Bernardo Bertolucci, but the film was forbidden and almost all copies destroyed because of a sodomy scene
