1957

Feature films

 * February 14 - Cinderella (re-issue)
 * June 19 - Johnny Tremain
 * July 3 - Bambi (re-issue)
 * August 28 - Perri
 * December 25 - Old Yeller

Shorts

 * June 19 - The Story of Anyburg, U.S.A.
 * August 28 - The Truth About Mother Goose

Television

 * October 10 - Zorro begins airing.

Theme park happenings

 * October 8 - The Maxwell House Coffee House restaurant at Disneyland closes

Births

 * January 12 - John Lasseter (animator)
 * January 25 - Jenifer Lewis (voice actress)
 * January 29 - Diane Delano (character actress)
 * February 6 - Kathy Najimy (actress)
 * February 18 - Vanna White (television personality and film actress)
 * February 19 - Ray Winstone (actor)
 * February 27 - Timothy Spall (actor)
 * February 28 - John Turturro (voice actor)
 * March 9 - Mark Mancina (composer)
 * March 23 - Teresa Ganzel (actress, comedienne, and voice-over actress)
 * March 31 - Marc McClure (actor)
 * April 1 - Andreas Deja (animator)
 * April 23- Jan Hooks (actress)
 * June 21 - Terri Hardin (puppeteer, actress and stand-up comedienne)
 * June 24 - Jeffrey C. Sherman (director, producer, writer, actor and composer)
 * July 21 - Jon Lovitz (stand-up comedian, actor, singer, and comedian)
 * August 9 - Melanie Griffith (actress)
 * August 18 - Denis Leary (voice actor and comedian)
 * August 24 - Stephen Fry (actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television and radio presenter, film director, activist, and board member of Norwich City F.C.)
 * September 3 - Mak Wilson (puppeteer, writer, CG animation director, mocap artist, and voice actor)
 * September 12 - Hans Zimmer (composer)
 * September 12 - Keiko Toda (voice actress)
 * September 24 - Brad Bird (director and voice actor)
 * October 4 - Bill Fagerbakke (actor, voice actor, producer, director, and writer)
 * October 11 - Eric Keenleyside (actor)
 * October 24 - John Kassir (voice actor)
 * October 25 - Nancy Cartwright (actress, comedian and voice artist)
 * October 29 - Dan Castellaneta (voice actor)
 * October 30 - Kevin Pollak (actor, impressionist, game show host and comedian)
 * November 1 - Lyle Lovett (actor and singer)
 * November 6 - Cam Clarke (voice actor)
 * November 15 - Kevin Eubanks (jazz guitarist and composer)
 * December 9 - Donny Osmond (singer and actor)
 * December 10 - Michael Clarke Duncan (actor)
 * December 11 - William Joyce (author, illustrator and filmmaker)
 * December 13 - Steve Buscemi (actor, writer and film director)
 * December 21 - Ray Romano (actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter and voice actor)
 * John Sachs (voiceover actor)

Deaths

 * February 5 - Ben Hardaway (storyboard artist, animator, voice actor, director)
 * February 8 - Ernest Jay (British actor)
 * August 7 - Oliver Hardy (silent film actor)
 * November 4 - Norman Ferguson (animator)
 * November 20 - Bob Amsberry (mouseketeer)

Artists Joined

 * Chuck Williams