Events

Top grossing films

North America

1. The Best Years of Our Lives
2. Duel in the Sun
3. tie The Jolson Story, Forever Amber
4. Unconquered

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: Gentleman's Agreement - 20th Century-Fox
• Best Actor: Ronald Colman - A Double Life
• Best Actress: Loretta Young - The Farmer's Daughter
• Academy Award for Best Cinematography: Black Narcissus

Movies released

Movies released in 1947 include:

• Gentleman's Agreement
• The Last Stage
• Miracle on 34th Street
• The Shocking Miss Pilgrim from Frederica Sagor Maas
• Brighton Rock
• Road to Rio , starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby
• Vivere in pace
• Crossfire
• Quai des Orfèvres
• Life with Father
• The Yearling
• Black Narcissus

Births

• March 6 - Rob Reiner, actor, comedian, movie producer
• March 26 – Dar Robinson, film stuntman (+ 1986)
• April 12 - David Letterman - US entertainer
• April 15 - Lois Chiles - US actress
• October 15 - Lynn Lowry - US actress
• September 21 - Stephen King, author
• December 27 - Steven Spielberg, American film director

Deaths

• May 31 - Adrienne Ames, 39, actress, from cancer.