December 17

Births

 * 1919 - Ted Berman (film director, animator and screenwriter)
 * 1933 - Marilyn Eastman (actress)
 * 1936 - Tommy Steele (entertainer)
 * 1945 - Ernie Hudson (actor)
 * 1946
 * Eugene Levy (live-action/voice actor, comedian, producer, director, musician and writer)
 * 1946 - Jayne Eastwood (actress)
 * 1947 - Wes Studi (live-action/voice actor)
 * 1953 - Bill Pullman (actor)
 * 1964 - Steve Marmel (actor, comedian, screenwriter, director, producer and storyboard artist)
 * 1965 - Leah Lail (actress)
 * 1973 - Rian Johnson (director and writer)
 * 1974 - Sarah Paulson (actress, director and producer)
 * 1986 - Vanessa Zima (actress)
 * 1990 - Ashley Edner (live-action/voice actress)
 * 1993 - Kiersey Clemons (actress and singer)

Deaths

 * 2007 - Jack Zander (animator)
 * 2016 - Gordon Hunt (voice-over director)

Films

 * 1971 - Lady and the Tramp (re-release)
 * 1976
 * The Shaggy D.A.
 * Freaky Friday
 * 1982
 * Disney's 1953 Peter Pan (re-release)
 * Universal Studios' The Dark Crystal
 * 1994 - Disney's Miracle on Third Street
 * 1999
 * Fantasia 2000
 * Sony Studios' Stuart Little
 * Disney & Sony Studios' Bicentennial Man (Touchstone Pictures)
 * 2010 - Tron: Legacy
 * 2021 - Avatar 2

Television

 * 1993 - The Bill Nye the Science Guy episode "Earth's Seasons" premieres in syndication.

VHS & DVD releases

 * 1996 - Life with Mikey
 * 2002 - The Country Bears

Laserdisc releases

 * 1997 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Deluxe Edition

DVD & Blu-ray releases

 * 2013 - The Lone Ranger