Events May - George Lucas creates the first draft of what would eventually become Star Wars. August 7 - Peter Wolf, lead singer of the J. Geils Band marries actress Faye Dunaway Top Grossing Films of the Year Blazing Saddles, directed by Mel Brooks, starring Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Madeline Kahn and Harvey Corman The Towering Inferno, starring Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, and Fred Astaire Young Frankenstein, directed by Mel Brooks, starring Gene Wilder, Teri Garr, and Madeline Kahn. Earthquake The Godfather: Part II Black Christmas Benji The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Thunderbolt and Lightfoot The Man with the Golden Gun Academy Awards Best Picture: The Godfather, Part II - Coppola Company, Paramount Best Director: Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather, Part II Best Actor: Art Carney - Harry and Tonto Best Actress: Ellen Burstyn - Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Best Supporting Actor: Robert De Niro - The Godfather, Part II Best Supporting Actress: Ingrid Bergman - Murder on the Orient Express Births March 24 - Alyson Hannigan, actress April 28 - Penelope Cruz, actress June 25 - Karisma Kapoor, Indian actress November 11 - Leonardo DiCaprio, actor Deaths January 31 - Samuel Goldwyn, producer, the original "G" in "MGM" February 7 - Arline Judge, actress February 11 - Anna Q Nilsson, actress February 23 - Florence Rice, actress February 28 - Carole Lesley, actress March 5 - Billy De Wolfe, actress March 19 - Edward Platt, actor April 10 - Patricia Collinge, actress April 24 - Bud Abbott, actor, best known as straight man to Lou Costello April 30 - Agnes Moorehead, actress May 25 - Donald Crisp, actor August 20 - Ilona Massey, actress September 6 - Olga Baclanova, actress September 21 - Walter Brennan, actor September 21 - Jacqueline Susann, former actress, author of Valley Of The Dolls October 13 - Ed Sullivan, television host, actor November 13 - Vittorio De Sica, Italian director November 14 - Johnny Mack Brown, actor December 15 - Anatole Litvak, director December 21 - Richard Long, actor December 26 - Jack Benny, actor Other Movies Released Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia Chinatown The Conversation Son of Dracula
