1947 in film

The top ten 1947 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

• April 19 – Monogram Pictures release their first film under their Allied Artists banner, It Happened on Fifth Avenue.
• May 22 – Great Expectations is premiered in New York.
• August 31 – The first Edinburgh International Film Festival opens at the Playhouse Cinema, presented by the Edinburgh Film Guild as part of the Edinburgh Festival of the Arts. Originally specialising in documentaries, it will become the world's oldest continually running film festival.[5]
• November 24 – The United States House of Representatives of the 80th Congress voted 346 to 17 to approve citations for contempt of Congress against the "Hollywood Ten".
• November 25 – The Waldorf Statement is released by the executives of the United States motion picture industry that marks the beginning of the Hollywood blacklist.

United States unless stated

• The Black Widow, starring Bruce Edwards
• Brick Bradford, starring Kane Richmond
• Jack Armstrong
• Jesse James Rides Again, starring Clayton Moore and Linda Stirling
• The Sea Hound, starring Buster Crabbe
• Son of Zorro, starring George Turner and Peggy Stewart
• The Vigilante, starring Ralph Byrd

• Mickey Mouse (1928–1952)
• Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
• Terrytoons (1930–1964)
• Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
• The Three Stooges (1934–1959)
• Donald Duck (1934–1956)
• Andy Panda (1939–1949)
• Color Rhapsodies (1934–1949)
• The Fox and the Crow (1941–1950)
• Bugs Bunny (1940–1962)
• Chip and Dale (1943–1956)
• Red Hot Riding Hood (1943–1949)
• Popeye (1933–1957)
• Tom and Jerry (1940–1958)
• George and Junior (1946–1948)
• Blackie the Sheep (1947–1949)
• Mighty Mouse (1942–1955)
• Pluto (1937–1951)
• Goofy (1939–1953)
• Woody Woodpecker (1941–1949)
• Yosemite Sam (1945–1963)

• January 8 – David Bowie, English singer, songwriter and actor (d. 2016)
• January 15 – Andrea Martin, Canadian-American actress
• January 18 – Takeshi Kitano, Japanese writer-director, actor, comedian, author and video game creator
• January 31 – Jonathan Banks, American actor
• February 2 – Farrah Fawcett, American actress (d. 2009)
• February 7 – Wayne Allwine, American voice actor (d. 2009)
• February 24 – Edward James Olmos, American actor
• February 28 – Stephanie Beacham, English actress
• March 6 – Rob Reiner, American actor, comedian, producer and director
• March 19
  • Glenn Close, American actress
  • Dermot Crowley, Irish stage, film and television actor
• March 23 – Kim Hee-ra, South Korean movie actor
• March 26 – John Morton, American movie actor, stuntman and writer
• April 6 – John Ratzenberger, American actor
• April 11 – Meshach Taylor, American actor (d. 2014)
• April 15 – Lois Chiles, American actress
• April 18 – James Woods, American actor
• April 23 – Blair Brown, American actress
• May 4 – Richard Jenkins, American actor
• May 25 – Jacki Weaver, Australian actress
• June 1 – Jonathan Pryce, Welsh actor
• June 6 – Robert Englund, American actor
• June 20 – Candy Clark, American actress
• June 22 - David Lander, American character actor, comedian, musician and baseball scout (d. 2020)
• June 24 – Peter Weller, American actor
• June 30 - Tõnis Rätsep, Estonian actor
• July 9 – O. J. Simpson, American football player and actor
• July 22 – Albert Brooks, American actor, comedian and director
• July 30
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-born American actor, bodybuilder and 38th Governor of California
  • William Atherton, American actor
• July 31 – Richard Griffiths, English actor (d. 2013)
• August 22 – Cindy Williams, American actress
• August 24 – Anne Archer, American actress
• August 27 – Barbara Bach, American actress
• September 14 – Sam Neill, New Zealand actor
• September 21 – Stephen King, American author
• September 27 – Denis Lawson, Scottish actor and director
• October 1 – Stephen Collins, American actor
• October 17
  • Simi Garewal, Indian actress and talk show host
  • Michael McKean, American actor and comedian
• October 24 – Kevin Kline, American actor
• October 26 – Ene Järvis, Estonian actress
• October 29 – Richard Dreyfuss, American actor
• November 13 – Joe Mantegna, American actor
• November 24 – Dwight Schultz, American actor and voice actor
• November 30 – Stuart Baird, English editor, producer and director
• December 8 – Bruce Kimmel, American actor, director, writer
• December 11 – Teri Garr, American actress and comedian
• December 16 – Ben Cross, English actor (d. 2020)
• December 17 - Wes Studi, Cherokee American actor and film producer
• December 29 – Ted Danson, American actor
• December 31 – Tim Matheson, American actor, director and producer

• January 26 – Grace Moore, 48, American opera singer and actress, One Night of Love, The King Steps Out, When You're in Love
• February 12 – Sidney Toler, 72, American actor, Charlie Chan in the Secret Service, The Chinese Cat, Black Magic, The Jade Mask
• March 8 – Victor Potel, 57, American actor and comedian, Sullivan's Travels, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, The Palm Beach Story, The Egg and I
• May 31 – Adrienne Ames, 39, American actress, The Death Kiss, You're Telling Me!, Slander House, Gigolette
• June 1 – Anna Hofman-Uddgren, 79, Swedish director, actress
• June 5 – Nils Olaf Chrisander, 63, Swedish actor, director
• August 30 – Gunnar Sommerfeldt, 56, Danish actor and director
• September 21 – Harry Carey, 69, American actor, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Angel and the Badman, Red River, Beyond Tomorrow
• October 1 – Olive Borden, 41, American actress, 3 Bad Men, Half Marriage, Leave It to Me
• October 17 – John Halliday, 67, American actor, The Philadelphia Story, Intermezzo
• October 24 – Dudley Digges, 68, Irish actor, The Maltese Falcon, Mutiny on the Bounty, The Fight for Life
• December 21 – Mark Hellinger, 47, American producer, High Sierra, They Drive By Night, The Two Mrs. Carrolls

• Anouk Aimée – La maison sous la mer
• George Chakiris – Song of Love
• Arlene Dahl – My Wild Irish Rose
• Mel Ferrer – The Fugitive
• DeForest Kelley – Fear in the Night
• Janet Leigh – The Romance of Rosy Ridge
• Toshiro Mifune – Snow Trail
• Marilyn Monroe – The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
• Sidney Poitier – Sepia Cinderella
• Denver Pyle – The Guilt of Janet Ames
• Richard Widmark – Kiss of Death