1972 in film

Deaths

• January 1 - Maurice Chevalier, French actor/singer
• January 8 - Wesley Ruggles, movie director, producer
• January 17 - Rochelle Hudson, actress
• February 2 - Jessie Royce Landis, actress
• February 7 - Walter Lang, director
• March 20 - Marilyn Maxwell, actress
• April 5 - Isabel Jewell, actress
• April 5 - Brian Donlevy, actor
• April 30 - Gia Scala, actress
• May 3 - Bruce Cabot, actor
• May 15 - Nigel Green, actor
• May 21 - Margaret Rutherford, actress
• July 6 - Brandon De Wilde, actor
• August 7 - Joi Lansing, actress
• October 9 - Miriam Hopkins, actress
• November 23 - Marie Wilson, actress
• December 9 - Louella Parsons, Hollywood columnist
• December 26 - Harry S. Truman, president/actor