1981

1981 was the 2nd year of the 1980's.

Theatrical releases[]

January 22 - The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (Warner Bros.)
February 11 - Spinx (Orion Pictures)
March 13 - Back Roads (Warner Bros.)
March 27 - Eyes of a Stranger (Warner Bros.)
April 4 - This Is Elvis (Warner Bros.)
April 10 - Excalibur (Orion Pictures)
April 24 - The Hand (Orion Pictures)
May 22 - Outland (The Ladd Company)
June 19 - Superman II (Warner Bros.)
July 17 - Arthur (Orion Pictures)
July 24 - Wolfen (Orion Pictures)
July 31 - Under the Rainbow (Orion Pictures)
August 21 - Prince of the City (Warner Bros.)
August 28 - Body Heat (The Ladd Company)
September 25
- Chariots of Fire (Warner Bros.; Los Angeles, California)
- Chariots of Fire (Warner Bros.; New York Film Festival)
- So Fine (Warner Bros.)
September 26 - Chariots of Fire (New York City, New York)
October 30 - Looker (The Ladd Company)
November 20 - The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (Warner Bros.)
December 11 - Rollover (Orion Pictures)
December 18 - Sharky's Machine (Orion Pictures)

Books[]

Home video releases[]

My Fair Lady
The Shining

Events[]

People[]

Births[]

January 20 - Crystal Lowe (actress)
February 5 - Crystle Lightning (actress, DJ, indigenous rights activist and recording artist)
February 10 - Stephanie Beatriz (actress)
March 9 - Daniel Capellaro (actor, singer and songwriter)
April 10 - Shani Pride (actress, producer and writer)
June 7 - Larisa Oleynik (actress and voice actress)
June 13 - Chris Evans (actor)
June 24 - Vanessa Ray (actress)
July 15 - Taylor Kinney (actor and model)
July 27 - Tiffany Tynes (actress, producer and writer)
August 26 - Joel Rush (actor and model)
September 17 - Griff Furst (actor, film producer and film director)
October 9 - Tad Hilgenbrink (actor)
December 30 - Kristen DeLuca (actress)

Deaths[]

January 7 - Joan Elan (actress)
January 8
- Woodrow Chambliss (actor)
- Matthew Beard (actor)
January 10
- Katharine Alexander (actress)
- Richard Boone (actor)
January 11 - Beulah Bondi (actress)
January 12 - Isobel Elsom (actress)
January 18 - Manuel Perez (animator)
January 21 - Allyn Joslyn (actor)
January 28 - Rich Hogan (screenwriter)
February 1 - Wanda Hendrix (actress)
February 19 - Sven Hugo Borg (actor)
February 20 - Bernard B. Brown (composer)
February 22
- Joe Smith (actor)
- Curtis Bernhardt (director)
- Michael Maltese (screenwriter)
February 28 - Virginia Huston (actress)
March 4 - Torin Thatcher (actor)
March 15 - Rita Gould (actress, singer and vaudeville performer)
March 17 - Dorothy Dwan (actress)
March 31 - Hank Henry (actor and comedian)
April 4 - Brad Johnson (actor and real estate developer)
April 8 - Margaret Landis (actress)
April 16 - Bernice Hansen (actress)
April 23 - Vive Risto (animator)
April 26
- Madge Evans (actress)
- Jim Davis (actor)
May 9 - Margaret Lindsay (actress)
May 18 - Arthur O'Connell (actor)
May 28 - Henry Blanke (producer, director, supervisor, writer and production manager)
May 30 - Sammy Cohen (actor and comedian)
June 5 - Philo McCullough (actor)
June 12
- Martin Garralaga (actor)
- Evalyn Knapp (actress)
June 22 - Lola Lane (actress)
June 26 - Herbert Lytton (actor)
July 1 - George Voskovec (actor)
July 2 - Robert Emmett Keane (actor)
July 4 - Violet Heming (actress)
July 7 - Keefe Brasselle (actor, producer and author)
August 12 - Shirley Grey (actress)
August 21 - Eddie Byrne (actor)
September 1 - Ann Harding (actress)
September 6 - Maria Palmer (actress)
September 11
- Lucille Powers (actress)
- Frank McHugh (actor)
September 15 - Sara Haden (actress)
September 22
- Harry Warren (composer)
- Bernice Pilot (actress)
September 23 - Chief Dan George (actor, musician, poet and author)
September 24 - Patsy Kelly (actress)
September 27 - Robert Montgomery (actor, director and producer)
October 2 - Hazel Scott (jazz and classical pianist and singer)
October 4 - Dorothy Dare (actress and singer)
October 15 - Frank DeKova (actor)
October 25 - Barbara Bedford (actress)
October 27 - John Warburton (actor)
November 12 - William Holden (actor)
November 15 - Enid Markey (actress)
November 16 - Morgan Conway (actor)
November 25 - Jack Albertson (actor, comedian, dancer and singer)
November 29 - Natalie Wood (actress)
December 7
- William Edmunds (actor)
- Maurice Argent (actor)
December 27 - Hoagy Carmichael (musician, composer, songwriter, actor and lawyer)

Artists Joined[]

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