1937

Production

 * February - A story meeting for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is held to discuss how the film can be finished on time.
 * February 25 - The final design for the Queen's Witch form, by Joe Grant, is approved for animation in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
 * June - The final design for the Prince is approved for animation in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
 * July 7
 * Staff at the studio watch the "work in progress" Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, not yet complete, in order to give feedback on the film.
 * William Garity films activities in the studio as publicity for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, to be used by RKO.


 * September - Walt shows a "work in progress" Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs for banker Joe Rosenberg to receive some much needed funds to complete the film.
 * December 20 - Cecil B. DeMille interviews Walt Disney on the Lux Radio Theatre.

Feature films

 * December 21 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles.

Shorts

 * January 2 - The Worm Turns
 * January 9 - Don Donald
 * February 6 - Magician Mickey
 * February 20 - Moose Hunters
 * March 13 - Woodland Café
 * April 17 - Mickey's Amateurs
 * May 15 - Little Hiawatha
 * May 29 - Modern Inventions
 * September 24 - Hawaiian Holiday
 * October 15 - Clock Cleaners
 * November 5 - The Old Mill
 * November 26 - Pluto's Quin-puplets
 * December 10 - Donald's Ostrich
 * December 24 - Lonesome Ghosts

Births

 * January 4 - Dyan Cannon (actress, director, screenwriter, editor and producer)
 * January 8 - Shirley Bassey (singer)
 * January 15 - Margaret O'Brien (film, television and stage actress)
 * January 30 - Vanessa Redgrave (actress and political activist)
 * January 31 - Suzanne Pleshette (actress)
 * February 8 - Joe Raposo (composer, songwriter, pianist, television writer and lyricist)
 * March 3 - Bobby Driscoll (actor)
 * March 20 - Jerry Reed (musician, songwriter, actor)
 * March 30 - Warren Beatty (actor, producer, screenwriter and director)
 * April 6 - Billy Dee Williams (actor)
 * April 20 - George Takei (actor)
 * April 22 - Jack Nicholson (actor, director, producer and screenwriter)
 * May 2 - Lorenzo Music (actor, voice actor and musician)
 * May 11 - Takashi Inagaki (actor and voice actor)
 * May 12 - George Carlin (stand-up comedian, actor, writer, author)
 * May 22 - Lawrence Gabriel, Jr. (actor, drama teacher and occasional producer)
 * June 1 - Morgan Freeman (actor)
 * June 11 - Johnny Brown (actor and singer)
 * June 28 - Tom Magliozzi (radio show host, mechanic)
 * July 2 - Richard Petty (former NASCAR driver)
 * July 6 - Ned Beatty (actor)
 * July 6 - Mary Macleod (actress and voice actress)
 * July 12 - Bill Cosby (stand-up comedian, actor, author and singer-songwriter)
 * July 25 - Paul Collins (actor and voice actor)
 * August 6 - Barbara Windsor (English actress)
 * August 8 - Dustin Hoffman (actor)
 * September 6 - Jo Anne Worley (actress)
 * September 10 - Brian Murray (actor and theatre director)
 * September 13 - Don Bluth (director and animator)
 * September 28 - Rod Roddy (radio and television announcer)
 * October 15 - Linda Lavin (singer and actress)
 * November 4 - Loretta Swit (actress)
 * December 8 - James MacArthur (actor)
 * December 31 - Anthony Hopkins (actor and composer)

Deaths

 * June 7 - Jean Harlow (actress)
 * June 19 - J.M. Barrie (author and dramatist)

Events

 * December 27 - Walt Disney appears on the cover of TIME Magazine.

Character debuts

 * January 9 - Donna Duck
 * October 17 - Huey, Dewey, and Louie
 * December 21 - Queen Grimhilde, Magic Mirror, Snow White, The Prince, Humbert the Huntsman, Happy, Grumpy, Sneezy, Bashful, Sleepy, Doc, Dopey
 * December 24 - The Lonesome Ghosts