1983 was the 4th year of the 1980's.
Events[]
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- January 21 - Independence Day (Warner Bros.)
- February 17 - Local Hero (Warner Bros.; New York City, New York)
- February 18
- Lovesick (Warner Bros.)
- Table for Five (Warner Bros.; New York City, New York)
- March 18 - High Road to China (Warner Bros.)
- March 20 - Betrayal (New Line Cinema; New York New Directors and New Films Festival)
- March 25 - The Outsiders (Warner Bros.)
- March 27 - Half a Life (New Line Cinema; New York New Directors and New Films Festival)
- April 1 - Deadly Eyes (Warner Bros.)
- April 15 - Better Late Than Never (Warner Bros.)
- April 29
- Around the World in 80 Days (Warner Bros.; re-issue)
- Blue Skies Again (Warner Bros.)
- May 1 - Big Meat Eater (New Line Cinema; USA Film Festival)
- June 3 - The Man with Two Brains (Warner Bros.)
- June 17 - Superman III (Warner Bros.)
- June 24 - Twilight Zone: The Movie (Warner Bros.)
- July 1 - Stroker Ace (Universal Studios)
- July 15 - Zelig (Orion Pictures)
- July 29 - National Lampoon's Vacation (Warner Bros.)
- August 5
- Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island (Warner Bros.)
- Risky Business (Warner Bros.)
- Twice Upon a Time (Warner Bros.)
- August 12 - Cujo (Warner Bros.)
- October 7 - Never Say Never Again (Warner Bros.)
- October 21 - The Right Stuff (Warner Bros.; limited)
- November 4 - Deal of the Century (Warner Bros.)
- November 10 - Star 80 (Warner Bros.; limited)
- November 24 - Of Unknown Origin (Warner Bros.)
- December 8 - Sudden Impact (Warner Bros.) premiered in Houston, Texas.
- December 9 - Sudden Impact (Warner Bros.)
Shorts[]
Television[]
Theme parks[]
Home video releases[]
People[]
Births[]
- April 16 - Makinna Ridgway (actress and singer)
- April 18 - Tobi-Wan D'Acosta (actor, writer and producer)
- August 9 - Ashley Johnson (actress)
- August 15 - Kerry Knuppe (actress)
- November 6 - Jessica Borutski (animator, storyboard artist and director)
- December 13 - Tanya van Graan (actress, model and singer)
Deaths[]
- January 1 - David Buttolph (actor and composer)
- January 8 - Gale Page (actress and singer)
- January 13 - Arthur Space (actor)
- January 15 - Shepperd Strudwick (actor)
- January 16 - Doodles Weaver (actor, comedian and musician)
- January 17 - John W. Dunn (animator)
- January 24 - George Cukor (film director and film producer)
- January 30 - Joan Valerie (actress)
- February 4 - Jim Ameche (actor)
- February 10 - Eduard Franz (actor)
- February 13 - Marian Nixon (actress, vaudevillian and dancer)
- February 19 - Alice White (actress)
- March 9 - Faye Emerson (actress)
- March 18 - Adelaide Klein (actress)
- March 27
- Ellis Irving (actor)
- James Hayter (actor)
- March 29 - Richard O'Brien (actor)
- March 31 - Stephen Murray (actor)
- April 4
- Gloria Swanson (actress and producer)
- Jacqueline Logan (actress)
- April 6 - Gavin Gordon (actor)
- April 7 - Frankie Burke (actor)
- April 11 - Dolores del Río (actress)
- April 15 - Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. (actor)
- April 23 - Selena Royle (actress and writer)
- May 8 - Fay Spain (actress)
- May 22 - John Penrose (actor)
- June 12 - Norma Shearer (actress)
- July 15 - Eddie Foy Jr. (actor)
- July 17
- Mary Jane Irving (actress)
- Byron Kennedy (film producer)
- July 28 - Katharine Bard (actress)
- July 29
- Raymond Massey (actor)
- David Niven (actor and author)
- August 1 - Peter Arne (actor)
- August 3 - Carolyn Jones (actress)
- August 5 - Judy Canova (comedian, actress, singer and radio personality)
- August 24 - Jack Somack (chemical engineer and actor)
- August 28 - Jan Clayton (actress)
- August 29 - Simon Oakland (actor)
- September 16 - Danny Webb (voice actor)
- September 27 - Ben Carruthers (actor)
- October 8 - Joan Hackett (actress)
- October 14
- Katherine Perry (actress)
- Paul Fix (actor)
- October 15 - Pat O'Brien (actor)
- October 22 - Paul Hardwick (actor)
- November 5 - John Gallaudet (actor)
- November 8 - Robert Agnew (actor)
- November 15 - John Le Mesurier (actor)
- November 18 - Marcel Dalio (actor)
- November 28 - Johnnie Davis (actor, singer and trumpeter)
- December 2 - Fifi D'Orsay (actress and singer)
- December 8 - Slim Pickens (rodeo performer, actor and voice actor)
- December 10
- Dorothy Cumming (actress)
- Patrick O'Moore (actor)
- December 19 - Alan Dexter (actor)
- December 20
- Richard Loo (actor)
- John Vivyan (actor)
- December 23 - Walter Greene (composer)
- December - George Grandpré (animator)
Artists Joined[]
Character debuts[]
- February - Killer Croc
- March - Jason Todd
- June 17 - Ross Webster
- July - Katana
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