The year in ages
1953
The movies of 1953, and how old the leads really were when they hit cinemas.
36average lead age in 1953
15Bobby Driscoll in Peter Pan
54Fred Astaire in The Band Wagon
36titles of 1953 on record
15lead Peter Pan
Bobby Driscoll was 15
24lead Roman Holiday
Audrey Hepburn was 24
Tokyo Story
31lead The Wages of Fear
Yves Montand was 31
32lead Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Jane Russell was 32
21lead I Vitelloni
Franco Interlenghi was 21
39lead From Here to Eternity
Burt Lancaster was 39
33lead The War of the Worlds
Gene Barry was 33
39lead Shane
Alan Ladd was 39
35lead Stalag 17
William Holden was 35
Ugetsu
How to Marry a Millionaire
The Big Heat
38lead Fear and Desire
Frank Silvera was 38
45lead Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
Jacques Tati was 45
32lead I Confess
Montgomery Clift was 32
26lead Niagara
Marilyn Monroe was 26
Summer with Monika
41lead House of Wax
Vincent Price was 41
The Wild One
Pickup on South Street
The Return of Don Camillo
The Robe
The Naked Spur
The Earrings of Madame de...
It Came from Outer Space
44lead Duck Amuck
Mel Blanc was 44
46lead Hondo
John Wayne was 46
54lead The Band Wagon
Fred Astaire was 54
Julius Caesar
Invaders from Mars
The Hitch-Hiker
35lead The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
Paul Hubschmid was 35
Calamity Jane
35lead Angel Face
Robert Mitchum was 35
52lead Bread, Love and Dreams
Vittorio De Sica was 52