1947 was the 8th year of 1940's
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- January 11 - The Man I Love
- February 22 - Nora Prentiss
- March 2 - Pursued
- March 4 - The Two Mrs. Carrolls
- March 29 - That Way with Women
- April 12 - Stallion Road
- May 2 - Love and Learn
- June 5 - The Unfaithful
- June 6 - Cheyenne
- July 26 - Possessed
- July 30 - Deep Valley
- August 14 - Life with Father
- August 19 - Cry Wolf
- September 27 - Dark Passage
- October 3 - The Unsuspected
- November 1 - That Hagen Girl
- November 7 - Escape Me Never
- December 10 - Always Together
- December 25 - The Voice of the Turtle
- December 27 - My Wild Irish Rose
Shorts[]
- January 18 - One Meat Brawl
- January 25 - The Goofy Gophers
- February 1 - Have You Got Any Castles? (re-issue)
- February 15 - The Gay Anties
- February 22 - Pigs Is Pigs (re-issue)
- March 8 - Scent-imental Over You
- March 22 - A Hare Grows in Manhattan
- March 29 - The Cat's Tale (re-issue)
- April 12 - The Birth of a Notion
- April 19 - Goofy Groceries (re-issue)
- May 3 - Tweetie Pie
- May 10 - Rabbit Transit
- May 17 - Hobo Bobo
- June 14
- Along Came Daffy
- Dog Gone Modern (re-issue)
- June 21 - Inki at the Circus
- June 28 - Easter Yeggs
- July 12 - Crowing Pains
- July 26 - The Sneezing Weasel (re-issue)
- August 3 - A Pest in the House
- August 16 - Rhapsody in Rivets (re-issue)
- August 23 - The Foxy Duckling
- September 6 - House Hunting Mice
- September 20 - Sniffles Bells the Cat (re-issue)
- October 4 - Little Orphan Airedale
- October 11 - The Cagey Canary (re-issue)
- October 25 - Doggone Cats
- November 1 - Slick Hare
- November 22 - Now That Summer Is Gone (re-issue)
- November 29 - Mexican Joyride
- December 6 - Catch as Cats Can
- December 13 - A Horse Fly Fleas
Events[]
Character debuts[]
- January 18 - Grover Groundhog
- January 25 - Mac and Tosh, The Dog
- March 8 - Fifi
- May 17 - Bobo the Elephant
- June 28 - Easter Bunny, Dead End Kid
- August 2 - Businessman
- August - Black Canary
- October 4 - Charlie Dog (official debut)
- October 25 - Wellington
- December 6 - Bing Crosby Parrot
People[]
Births[]
Deaths[]
- January 1 - Arthur Loft (actor)
- January 9 - Herman Bing (actor and voice actor)
- January 23 - Herbert Corthell (actor)
- February 10 - Winter Hall (actor)
- February 12 - Sidney Toler (actor, playwright and theatre director)
- February 13 - Pauline Johnson (actress)
- March 6 - Ludwig Hardt (actor)
- March 8 - Victor Potel (actor)
- March 21 - Aldrich Bowker (actor)
- March 23 - Arthur Rankin (actor)
- April 10 - John Ince (actor and film director)
- April 21 - J. C. Nugent (actor, director and screenwriter)
- May 3 - Harry Holman (actor)
- May 15 - John Arledge (actor)
- May 17 - Ben Taggart (actor)
- May 18 - Lucile Gleason (actress)
- May 30 - Shorty Cantlon (racing driver)
- June 3 - George Lessey (actor and director)
- June 8 - Tom O'Brien (actor)
- June 18
- Marcia Harris (actress)
- Sam Appel (actor)
- July 3 - Robert Schable (actor)
- July 15
- Brandon Hurst (actor)
- Henry Kolker (actor and director)
- July 17 - Kathryn Carver (actress)
- July 20 - Charles R. Moore (actor)
- July 28 - Robert Homans (actor)
- September 11 - Mildred Gover (actress)
- September 21 - Harry Carey (actor)
- September 28 - William B. Davidson (actor)
- October 6 - Lionel Braham (actor)
- October 12 - James Farley (actor)
- October 17 - John Halliday (actor)
- October 18 - Harry C. Bradley (actor)
- October 20 - May Robson (actress)
- October 24 - Dudley Digges (actor, director and producer)
- November 1 - Phyllis Clare (actress)
- November 12 - Theodore Lorch (actor)
- November 21 - George Le Guere (actor)
- November 26 - Ernie Adams (vaudevillian performer, actor and writer)
- December 4 - Walter Walker (actor)
- December 9 - John Kelly (actor)
- December 14 - Will Fyffe (actor and singer)
- December 21 - Mark Hellinger (journalist, theatre columnist and film producer)
- December 31 - Louise Beaudet (actress, singer and dancer)
Artists joined[]
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