1959

Feature films

 * January 29 - Sleeping Beauty premiered in Los Angeles, California
 * February 17 - Sleeping Beauty (New York City, New York)
 * March 19 - The Shaggy Dog
 * June 26 - Darby O'Gill and the Little People
 * November 10 - Third Man on the Mountain
 * December 24
 * Dumbo (re-release)
 * Sleeping Beauty

Shorts

 * June 18 - Eyes in Outer Space
 * June 26 - Donald in Mathmagic Land
 * September 2 - How to Have an Accident at Work
 * November 10 - Noah's Ark
 * Donald's Penguin (re-release)

Disneyland Episodes

 * January 30 - The Peter Tchaikovsky Story

Theme park happenings

 * June 14 - Matterhorn Bobsleds, the Disneyland Monorail System, and the Submarine Voyage all open in an event referred to as "The Second Opening of Disneyland"
 * September - Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev is denied access to Disneyland due to security concerns

Births

 * January 5 - Clancy Brown (actor and voice actor)
 * January 31 - Kelly Lynch (actress)
 * February 3 - Fredric Lane (actor)
 * February 4 - Pamelyn Ferdin (actress)
 * February 22 - Kyle MacLachlan (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
 * March 6 - Tom Arnold (actor, comedian, producer, and TV host)
 * March 7 - Donna Murphy (actress and singer)
 * March 8 - Aidan Quinn (actor)
 * March 15 - Fabio Lanzoni (fashion model, spokesperson, author, and actor)
 * March 23 - Catherine Keener (actress, voice actress, and comedian)
 * April 3 - David Hyde Pierce (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
 * April 4 - Phil Morris (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
 * April 10 - Brian Setzer (guitarist, singer, and songwriter)
 * April 15
 * Emma Thompson (actress)
 * Thomas F. Wilson (actor and voice actor)
 * April 17 - Sean Bean (actor)
 * April 22 - Ryan Stiles (actor, comedian, director, and voice actor)
 * April 27 - Sheena Easton (singer and actress)
 * May 5 - Gary Dubin (actor)
 * May 12 - Ving Rhames (actor)
 * May 16 - Mare Winningham (actress and singer-songwriter)
 * May 19 - Jim Ward (voice actor)
 * May 20 - Bronson Pinchot (actor)
 * May 29 - Rupert Everett (actor)
 * June 11 - Hugh Laurie (actor, voice actor, comedian, and writer)
 * June 27 - Janusz Kamiński (cinematographer and film director)
 * June 29 - Gary Rydstrom (sound designer and director)
 * June 30 - Vincent D'Onofrio (actor, director, producer, writer, and singer)
 * July 7 - Billy Campbell (actor)
 * July 8 - Robert Knepper (actor)
 * July 16
 * Bob Joles (voice actor)
 * Sherri Stoner (actress, model, and writer)
 * July 22 - César Ferioli (comic book artist)
 * July 26 - Kevin Spacey (actor)
 * August 2 - Jim Doughan (actor, writer, and director)
 * August 3 - John C. McGinley (actor)
 * August 14 - Marcia Gay Harden (actress, voice actress, and comedian)
 * August 17 - Chika Sakamoto (Japanese voice actress)
 * August 22 - Mark Williams (actor and comedian)
 * August 29 - Rebecca De Mornay (actress)
 * September 10 - Jim Meskimen (actor and comedian)
 * September 21 - Dave Coulier (actor, voice actor, stand-up comedian, and impressionist, television host)
 * September 23
 * Jason Alexander (actor)
 * Elizabeth Peña (actress and director)
 * September 24 - Steve Whitmire (puppeteer)
 * September 28 - Steve Hytner (actor and comedian)
 * October 13 - Marie Osmond (actress, singer, screenwriter, and doll designer)
 * October 22 - Marc Shaiman (composer and lyricist)
 * October 23
 * "Weird Al" Yankovic (singer-songwriter, actor, and comedian)
 * Sam Raimi (director, producer, writer, and actor)
 * October 25 - Lani Minella (voice actress, voice director, producer)
 * November 5 - Bryan Adams (singer-songwriter, musician, photographer, actor, record producer, social activist)
 * November 14 - Paul McGann (actor)
 * November 19 - Allison Janney (voice actress)
 * November 20 - Sean Young (actress)
 * November 24 - Akio Ōtsuka (voice actor)
 * November 30 - Les Mayfield (director and producer)
 * December 9 - Steve Mackall (voice actor)
 * December 29 - Patricia Clarkson (actress)
 * December 30 - Tracey Ullman (actress, comedian, singer, dancer, director, author, and screenwriter)
 * December 31 - Val Kilmer (actor)
 * Wesley Mann (character actor)

Artists joined

 * Sylvia Mattinson

Character debuts

 * January 29 - Aurora, Prince Phillip, Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather, Maleficent, Diablo, King Stefan, Queen Leah, King Hubert, Forest Animals, Samson, Goons, Minstrel
 * March 19 - Wilby Daniels, Moochie Daniels, Buzz Miller
 * June 26 - Darby O'Gill, Katie O'Gill, Michael MacBride, King Brian, Pony Sugrue, Sheelah Sugrue, Lord Fitzpatrick, Father Murphy, Phadrig Oge, Paddy Scanlon, Molly Malloy, Tom Kerrigan, Banshee, Dullahan

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