Theatrical releases

• February 7 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (re-issue; with new credits replacing the original RKO credits)
• May 14 - Peter Pan (re-issue)
• July 8 - The Light in the Forest
• August 12 - White Wilderness
• December 25 - Tonka

Theme park happenings

• June 14 - The Alice in Wonderland attraction opens at Disneyland

People

Births

• January 4 - Matt Frewer (actor)
• January 19 - Thomas Kinkade (painter)
• January 20 - Lorenzo Lamas (actor)
• January 21 - Michael Wincott (actor)
• January 26 - Ellen DeGeneres (voice actress and comedian)
• February 13 - Donal Gibson (actor)
• March 6 - Eddie Deezen (actor and comedian)
• March 7 - Rik Mayall (comedian, actor and writer)
• March 10 - Sharon Stone (actress, film producer and fashion model)
• March 20 - Holly Hunter (actress)
• March 20 - Louis Sachar (author)
• March 21 - Gary Oldman (actor)
• March 30 - Maurice LaMarche (voice actor)
• March 31 - Tony Cox (actor)
• April 3 - Alec Baldwin (actor)
• April 7 - Shinobu Adachi (Japanese voice actress)
• April 10 - Yefim Bronfman (pianist)
• April 21 - Andie MacDowell (model and actress)
• April 29 - Michelle Pfeiffer (actress)
• May 20 - Judy Kuhn (actress and singer)
• June 7 - Prince (singer, songwriter, musician and actor)
• June 22 - Bruce Campbell (film and television actor, director, writer, producer and author)
• July 6 - Jennifer Saunders (actress)
• August 16 - Angela Bassett (actress and comedienne)
• August 16 - Madonna (singer, actress and dancer)
• August 24 - Steve Guttenberg (actor and comedian)
• August 25 - Tim Burton (film director, film producer, writer and artist)
• August 29 - Michael Jackson (singer and actor)
• September 16 - Jennifer Tilly (actress)
• September 22 - Andrea Bocelli (singer)
• October 5 - Domenick Allen (musician and singer)
• October 7 - Rosalyn Landor (film, television and stage actress and audio book narrator)
• November 6 - Trace Beaulieu (actor and comedian)
• November 8 - Phil Fondacaro (actor)
• November 12 - Megan Mullally (stage and screen actress and singer)
• November 22 - Jamie Lee Curtis (actress)
• December 16 - Katie Leigh (voice actress)
• December 31 - Bebe Neuwirth (actress, musician and dancer)

Deaths

• April 10 - Jack King (animator)
• April 18 - Edward H. Plumb (film composer)
• August 22 - Ted Sears (animator)