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See also: 1959 in film, other events of 1960, 1961 in film, list of 'years in film'.

Table of contents 1 Events 2 Top Grossing Films of the Year 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Other Movies Released

Events

• April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military service in Germany, Elvis Presley returns to Hollywood, California to film G.I. Blues

Top Grossing Films of the Year

1. Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho
2. Spartacus, directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, John Gavin[?], Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, and Tony Curtis.
3. Exodus[?]
4. La Dolce vita[?]
5. The Alamo[?], starring John Wayne
6. G.I. Blues[?], starring Elvis Presley
7. Macumba Love[?]
8. Devi[?]
9. Peeping Tom[?]
10. À bout de souffle[?]

Births

• January 3 - Joan Chen[?], actress
• January 11 - Stanley Tucci[?], actor
• January 12 - Oliver Platt[?], actor
• January 13 - Kevin Anderson[?], actor
• May 31 - Chris Elliott, actor
• October 10 - Antonio Banderas, spanish actor

Deaths

• November 5 - Mack Sennett, pioneer producer/director
• November 16 - Clark Gable, actor

Other Movies Released

• The Apartment