1983 was the 4th year of the 1980's.
Events[]
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- January 21 - Independence Day
- February 17 - Local Hero
- February 18 - Table for Five (New York City, New York)
- March 25 - The Outsiders
- April 1 - Deadly Eyes
- April 15 - Better Late Than Never
- April 29 - Blue Skies Again
- June 3 - The Man with Two Brains
- June 17 - Superman III
- June 24 - Twilight Zone: The Movie
- July 29 - National Lampoon's Vacation
- August 5 - Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island
- August 12 - Cujo
- October 7 - Never Say Never Again
- November 4 - Deal of the Century
- November 24 - Of Unknown Origin
- December 8 - Sudden Impact premiered in Houston, Texas.
- December 9 - Sudden Impact
- February 18 - Lovesick
- March 18 - High Road to China
- August 5 - Twice Upon a Time
- October 21 - The Right Stuff (limited)
- November 10 - Star 80 (limited)
- March 20 - Betrayal (New York New Directors and New Films Festival)
- March 27 - Half a Life (New York New Directors and New Films Festival)
- May 1 - Big Meat Eater (USA Film Festival)
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)
- 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 15 - Shepperd Strudwick (actor)
- January 17 - John W. Dunn (animator)
- January 24 - George Cukor (film director and film producer)
- January 30 - Joan Valerie (actress)
- February 13 - Marian Nixon (actress, vaudevillian and dancer)
- February 19 - Alice White (actress)
- March 9 - Faye Emerson (actress)
- April 15 - Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. (actor)
- April 23 - Selena Royle (actress and writer)
- July 17 - Byron Kennedy (film producer)
- July 28 - Katharine Bard (actress)
- July 29 - Raymond Massey (actor)
- August 1 - Peter Arne (actor)
- August 3 - Carolyn Jones (actress)
- August 5 - Judy Canova (comedian, actress, singer and radio personality)
- August 29 - Simon Oakland (actor)
- September 16 - Danny Webb (voice actor)
- October 8 - Joan Hackett (actress)
- October 14 - Paul Fix (actor)
- October 15 - Pat O'Brien (actor)
- November 18 - Marcel Dalio (actor)
- November 28 - Johnnie Davis (actor, singer and trumpeter)
- December 8 - Slim Pickens (rodeo performer, actor and voice actor)
- December 19 - Alan Dexter (actor)
- December 20 - John Vivyan (actor)
- December 23 - Walter Greene (composer)
- December 28 - William Demarest (actor)
- December - George Grandpré (animator)
Artists Joined[]
Character debuts[]
- February - Killer Croc
- March - Jason Todd
- June 17 - Ross Webster
- July - Katana
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