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.
 * The Wetback Hound
 * 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, director, executive producer, and former CEO at Disney and Pixar)
 * January 15 - David Pruiksma (animator)
 * January 24 - Adrian Edmondson (actor)
 * 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 (actor)
 * March 6 - Eddie Deezen (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
 * March 9 - Mark Mancina (composer)
 * March 12 - Marlon Jackson (singer and dancer)
 * March 23 - Teresa Ganzel (actress, comedienne, and voice-over actress)
 * March 28 - Paul Eiding (voice actor and voice director)
 * March 31 - Marc McClure (actor)
 * April 1 - Andreas Deja (animator)
 * April 23 - Jan Hooks (actress)
 * May 3 - John Sachs (announcer)
 * May 5 - Richard E. Grant (actor)
 * May 16 - Meagen Fay (actress)
 * May 21 - Judge Reinhold (actor)
 * June 21 - Terri Hardin (puppeteer, actress, and stand-up comedienne)
 * June 23
 * Frances McDormand (actress)
 * David Larible (clown)
 * June 24 - Jeffrey C. Sherman (director, producer, writer, actor, and composer)
 * July 21 - Jon Lovitz (stand-up comedian, actor, singer, and comedian)
 * August 1 - Taylor Negron (actor)
 * 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.)
 * August 28 - Daniel Stern (actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter)
 * September 3 - Mak Wilson (puppeteer, writer, CG animation director, mocap artist, and voice actor)
 * September 12 - Hans Zimmer (composer)
 * September 24 - Brad Bird (director, screenwriter, animator, producer, and occasional voice actor)
 * September 30 - Fran Drescher (actress and comedian)
 * October 4 - Bill Fagerbakke (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
 * October 11 - Eric Keenleyside (actor)
 * October 24 - John Kassir (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
 * 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 6 - Cam Clarke (voice actor and singer)
 * November 19 - Tom Virtue (actor)
 * December 1 - Deep Roy (actor, stuntman, puppeteer, and comedian)
 * 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, comedian, screenwriter, and film director)
 * December 21 - Ray Romano (actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter, and voice actor)
 * December 29 - Paul Rudnick (screenwriter)

Deaths

 * November 4 - Norman Ferguson (animator)

Artists joined

 * Chuck Williams

Character debuts

 * June 19 - Johnny Tremain
 * December 25 - Jim Coates, Katie Coates, Travis Coates, Arliss Coates, Old Yeller, Bud Searcy, Lisbeth Searcy, Burn Sanderson, Savage Sam, The Wolf