- 0
| Jul 08 | Kim Darby (Deborah Zerby) actress, is born. | Ref: 4 |
- 1558
| Nov 06 | Thomas Kyd English dramatist (Spanish Tragedy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1594
| Mar 13 | Montdory, French actor, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1615
| Mar 06 | Jan Zoet actor/playwright/poet (Parnasssus aan 't Y), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1616
| Mar 06 | Francis Beaumont Elizabethan dramatist, dies (birth date unknown). | Ref: 5 |
- 1619
| Mar 09 | (date given as March 1619) Richard Burbage, British actor, dies in London, England. | Ref: 68 |
| Mar 13 | Richard Burbage English actor (Shakespeare), dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1653
| Nov 10 | Montdory, French actor, dies at age 59. | Ref: 70 |
- 1671
| Nov 06 | Colley Cibber England, dramatist/poet laureate (Love's Last Shift), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1686
| Feb 15 | Mathias Rauchmüller German sculptor (Piasten mausoleum Poland), dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1687
| Nov 14 | Nell [Eleanor] Gwyn English actress/mistress (King Charles II), dies at age 37. | Ref: 70 |
- 1697
| Mar 09 | Friederike C Neuber German actress/author (Allerkostbarste Schatz), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1710
| Feb 01 | Konrad E Ackermann German actor (Die Oberpfalz), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1713
| Jan 02 | Mademoiselle Dumesnil Paris, tragic actress (Racine's Phadre, Hermione), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1716
| Jan 01 | William Wycherley dramatist (The Country Wife), dies at about 75. | Ref: 5 |
- 1717
| Feb 19 | David Garrick actor/producer/writer (Aboan-Oroonoko), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1720
| Jan 27 | Samuel Foote England, actor/dramatist (Mirror), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 27 | Samuel Foote England, actor/dramatist (Mirror), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1737
| Aug 05 | Antonio Franconi, Italian impresario, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1755
| Jul 05 | Sarah Kemble Siddons, Brecon England, tragic actress (Fatal Marriage), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1757
| Feb 01 | John P Kemble England, actor/director (Drury Lane, Covent Garden), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1761
| Dec 22 | Dorothea Jordan Ireland, French comedic actress, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1762
| Apr 13 | Johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis Dutch actress (Phaedra, Lady Macbeth), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1766
| Oct 06 | America’s first matinee idol was seen in the play The Roman Father in Philadelphia. John Henry, a famous Irish actor, was the Tom Hanks of his day. | Ref: 5 |
- 1775
| Dec 29 | Sarah Siddons makes London stage debut. | Ref: 10 |
- 1779
| Jan 20 | David Garrick Shakespearean actor, playwright; dies at age 61. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 18 | Joseph Grimaldi England, pantomimist ("greatest clown in history"), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1789
| Mar 17 | Edmund Kean London England, tragic actor (Shylock), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1790
| Mar 13 | John Martin, first American-born actor, performs in Philadelphia. | Ref: 5 |
- 1793
| Mar 03 | William Macready, English actor, manager and diarist, is born | Ref: 70 |
- 1798
| Jan 24 | Karl von Holtei Silesian actor/playwright (Die Vagabunden), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1801
| Mar 25 | Anthony Ziesenis architect/sculptor (Camper), dies at 69. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 07 | Johann Nepomuk Nestroy Austrian actor (Judith und Holofernes), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1805
| Dec 06 | Jean-Eugene Robert Houdin, French magician from which Houndini derived his stage name, is born. | Ref: 68 |
- 1807
| May 11 | Ira Aldridge Great 19th century black Shakespearian actor (Othello), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1809
| Nov 27 | Frances Anne "Fanny" Kemble England, Shakespearian actress (Juliet), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1811
| Feb 08 | Edwin Denison Morgan Secretary of War (Confederacy), dies in 1883, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1812
| Dec 22 | Johanne Luise Heiberg Copenhagen Denmark, actress (Romeo & Juliet), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1814
| Jan 08 | Johannes Kneppelhout [Klikspaan], Dutch humorist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 27 | Philip Astley theatre manager, dies. | Ref: 5 |
- 1815
| May 21 | Edwin Christy, American minstrel show performer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Sep 24 | John Sevier, indian fighter, dies at 70. | Ref: 5 |
- 1816
| Jan 23 | Carl Herrmann near Hanover Germany, stage magician, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 23 | Charlotte Sanders Cushman US, actress (Lady MacBeth), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1818
| Dec 31 | Maria J Small-Gartmann actress, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1819
| Feb 01 | Henry Lawrence Eustis Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1885, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1820
| Dec 26 | Dion Boucicault, Irish-born American playwright and actor, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1821
| Mar 24 | Elisa Felix [Rachel] tragedienne, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1822
| Dec 26 | Dion Boucicault Irish/US actor/playwright (Rip van Winkle), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1823
| Jan 25 | Dan Rice, American clown, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Feb 26 | John Philip Kemble, English Shakespearean actor and theater manager, dies at age 66. | Ref: 70 |
- 1824
| Feb 28 | Charles Blondin (Jean Francois Gravelet) acrobat, aerialist: first to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope [June 30, 1859]; died in 1897, is born. | Ref: 17 |
- 1827
| Apr 23 | Johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis actress (Phaedra/Lady MacBeth), dies at 65. | Ref: 5 |
- 1829
| Feb 20 | Joseph Jefferson actor: Rip Van Winkle; dies. | Ref: 4 |
- 1831
| Jan 11 | James Ronald Chalmers Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1898, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 08 | Sara Siddons, actress, dies in London. | Ref: 62 |
- 1833
| Mar 25 | Edmund Kean's last performance; collapses onstage at Covent Garden playing "Othello". | Ref: 10 |
| May 15 | Edmund Kean English actor (Shylock), dies at 46. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 28 | Lemuel Haynes Revolutionary War veteran, dies at 88. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 15 | Edwin Booth actor: founded Players Club, NY; older brother of John Wilkes Booth assassin of Abraham Lincoln; is born. | Ref: 4 |
- 1834
| Jan 17 | Wilhelmina J R Albregt-Engelman Dutch actress/daughter of Mimi Bia, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1835
| Jun 15 | Adah Isaacs Menken, American actress and poet, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1836
| Dec 06 | Antonio Franconi, Italian impresario, dies at age 99. | Ref: 70 |
- 1837
| May 28 | Tony Pastor, American vaudeville entertainer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| May 31 | Joseph Grimaldi clown: ‘greatest clown in history’, ‘king of pantomime’: Joey the Clown; singer, dancer, acrobat; dies at age 57. | Ref: 4 |
- 1838
| Jan 04 | General Tom Thumb (Charles Stratton) is born. He will later be a featured perfomer in P.T. Barnum's circus. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 06 | Sir Henry Irving [John H Brodribb], England, knighted 1895/actor (Hamlet), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1840
| Oct 12 | Helena Modjeska Poland, Shakespearian actress (Juliet)/anti-Russian, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1841
| Feb 01 | William H H Davenport Buffalo, stage medium, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 11 | Ernst von Possart German actor/stage manager/reciter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1844
| May 09 | [Maria] Catharina Beersmans Belgian actress (Bad Herders), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 22 | Sarah Bernhardt France, silent film actress (Camille, Queen Elizabeth), is born. | Ref: 68 |
- 1846
| Jan 26 | Benjamin Franklin Keith, American impresario, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1848
| Feb 24 | Johanna C P Barbiers actress (Voddenraper of Paris), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1849
| Jul 11 | Harry Kellar, American magician, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Oct 21 | The first tattooed man, James F. O’Connell, was put on exhibition at the Franklin Theatre in New York. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 15 | James O'Neill, Irish-born American actor, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1850
| Apr 19 | Theo Mann-Bouwmeester Dutch actress (Pink Bernd, Hedda Gabler), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 26 | Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman Dutch actress (Stupid force), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1852
| Jan 29 | Ion Luca Caragiale Romanian actor/playwright (O Noapte Furtunoasa), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 02 | Teunis Stoel actor/director (Small Theater, Rotterdam), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1853
| Jan 16 | Johnston Forbes-Robertson English actor/theater director (Kathleen), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 02 | Marie Verstraete actress (Louise-Frou Frou), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 30 | Andries André Dutch actor/husband of Geertruida Meeuwissen, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 23 | William H Gillette actor, portrayed Sherlock Holmes on stage, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 24 | William Gillette, American playwright and actor; portrayed Sherlock Holmes, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Oct 13 | Lillie Langtry [Jersey Lily], vaudevillian actress is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Dec 17 | Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree England, actor/theater manager (Trilby), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1854
| Jul 11 | Georgiana Barrymore, American actress, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1856
| Mar 09 | Eddie (Edwin Fitzgerald) Foy Sr. actor, comic, dancer: entertained on the musical stage and in vaudeville for four decades; father of The Seven Little Foys, is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 22 | [Marie] Louise Hens Flemish actress (Two Orphans), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1857
| Mar 23 | Fannie Farmer actress (namesake of a candy company), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 08 | Frits [Frederik H] Tartaud Dutch actor/husband of Alida Klein, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1858
| Apr 19 | May Robson [Mary J Robison] Melbourne Australia, actress (Apple Annie), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 28 | Otis Skinner, American actor, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1859
| Jan 30 | Edward Martyn, rish dramatist, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Oct 03 | Elenora Duse Italy, actress (Hedda Gabler), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1860
| Aug 13 | Annie Oakley (aka Phoebe Anne Oakley Mozee) is born in a Darke County, Ohio, log cabin. | Ref: 68 |
| Dec 13 | Lucien G Guitry French actor/theatre director (l'Od‚on), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 20 | Dan Leno, English entertainer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1861
| Jan 01 | William Morris Boston MA, actor (Brothers, The Roadhouse Murder), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 13 | Jean-Eugene Robert-Houdin, French magician, dies at age 55. | Ref: 70 |
| Jun 30 | Lola Montez, the actress, dies. | Ref: 62 |
| Dec 04 | Lillian Russell (Helen Louise Leonard) singer, actress: Wild Fire; burlesque: The Great Mogul [1881]; is born in Clinton IA. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 08 | Georges Méliès Paris France, magician; first to film a fictional story, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1862
| Jan 01 | Snitz Edwards Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 21 | Edwin Christy, American minstrel show performer, dies at age 47. | Ref: 70 |
| May 25 | Johann N Nestroy Austria, actor (Einmal Keine Sorgen Haben), dies at 60. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 27 | May Irwin, US comedienne/singer (A Hot Time in the Old Town), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 19 | Auguste Lumiere made first movie (Workers Leaving LumiŠre Factory), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1863
| Jan 05 | Konstantin Stanislavsky Russian actor/director/methodist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 07 | Konstantin Stanislavsky, Russian actor, director and co-founder of the Moscow Art Theatre, is born. | Ref: 17 |
| Feb 10 | Two of the world’s most famous midgets, General Tom Thumb, (3' 4") and his lovely bride, Lavinia Warren, (2' 8"), exchanged “I do’s” before a small gathering of 2,000 of their closest friends -- most of them standing on the church pews to catch a glimpse of the couple, in NY City. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 21 | C Aubrey Smith London England, actor (Prisoner of Zenda), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 02 | Charles Ringling, one of the seven Ringling brothers of circus fame, is born. | Ref: 68 |
- 1864
| Jan 16 | Frank Bacon actor/author (Lightnin), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | Albert J M Bakker Dutch actor (Teun the night watch), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 06 | William S. (Surrey) Hart actor: silent screen star: Show People, Tumbleweeds, Wagon Tracks, The Disciple; director: Narrow Trail, Return of Draw Egan, Hell’s Hinges; is born. | Ref: 4 |
- 1865
| Jan 03 | Sir Henry Alfred Lytton, English Gilbert and Sullivan star, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Feb 09 | Mrs [Beatrice] Patrick Campbell England, actress (Pygmalion, Sean O'Casey's mistress), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 19 | Dame May Whitty Liverpool England, actress (Mrs Minerva), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 14 | Annie Jones Virginia, bearded lady, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 19 | Minnie Fiske (Marie Augusta Davey) actress: first appeared on stage at age of three; is born in New Orleans LA. | Ref: 4 |
- 1866
| Jan 19 | Harry Davenport New York City NY, actor/director (Her Unborn Child, My Sin), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 21 | Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira Maury astronomer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 28 | David Warfield, American actor, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1867
| Jan 01 | Lew Fields New York NY, comedian/actor (of Weber & Fields, 23-Skidoo), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 21 | James Marcus actor (Eagle, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Lone Avenger), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 07 | Philippine "Pine" Belder [Mary de Klerk], actress (Hope of Blessing), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 07 | Ira Aldridge actor dies at 63 in Lodes Poland. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 10 | Ira Frederick Aldridge US Negro tragedian, dies (birth date unkn). | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 11 | Joseph Weber, comedian (Weber & Fields), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1868
| Apr 10 | George Arliss, London England, actor (Devil, Green Goddess), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 16 | Spottiswoode Aitken Edinburgh Scotland, actor (Eagle, Home Sweet Home), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 10 | Adah Isaacs Menken, American actress and poet, dies at age 33. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 25 | Eugenie Besserer Watertown NY, actress (Jazz Singer), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1869
| Feb 01 | Johannes F "Frits" Bakker Sr actor (Holland Tooneelgezelschap), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 02 | Tyrone Power Sr London England, actor (Alexanders Ragtime Band), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 20 | Howard Thurston, magician, is born in Columbus OH. | Ref: 68 |
| Nov 09 | Marie Dressler, Canadian-born American actress, is born in Cobourg Ontario. | Ref: 68 |
| Dec 27 | Aurélien FM Lugné-Poe French actor/stage manager (La Parade), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 30 | Stephen Leacock humorist: Literary Lapses, Nonsense Novels, Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town; is born. | Ref: 4 |
- 1870
| Aug 04 | Sir Harry Lauder Scotland, comedian/singer (Roman in the Gloamin), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 07 | Uncle Dave Macon entertainer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 06 | William S Hart actor, silent Westerns (Wild Bill Hickok, Tumbleweeds), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 18 | Andres Randolf Denmark, actor (The Kiss), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1871
| Jan 14 | Pauline Beersmans [van Cuyck], Flemish actress (Hofslachter), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 30 | Seymour Hicks St Helier Jersey, actor-manager (Scrooge), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 30 | Wilfred Lucas actor (Pardon Us, Chump at Oxford), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 15 | Betsy van den Arend Dutch [Betje], actress (Miss Hobbs), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 18 | Henry Stephenson British West Indies, actor (Conquest, Little Old New York, Mr Lucky), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 25 | Sara Amsel Indonesian/Dutch actress, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 13 | Robert Houdin, magician from which Houndini derived his stage name, dies. | Ref: 68 |
| Dec 24 | Henri Stroethoff Dutch actor (A Chique Little Boy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1872
| Jan 16 | Edward G Craig actor/director (On the art of theatre), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 25 | Vito Pardo Italian sculptor (Columbus monument in Argentina), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 20 | Albert Steinrück German actor (Golem), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 11 | Maude Adams, American actress, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1873
| Jan 30 | Rose Melville actress (Sis), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 26 | [Louise] Sophie de Vries actress (On Hope of Blessing), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 26 | Gerald du Maurier London England, actor (Power, Escape, Masks & Faces), is born. | Ref: 17 |
| Apr 27 | Harry M O'Connor Chicago IL, actor (Stranger than Fiction), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 27 | William Macready, English actor, manager and diarist, dies at age 80. | Ref: 70 |
| Apr 29 | Alida J M Tartaud-Klein actress/stage star (Rotterdam Stage), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 09 | Lilian Mary Baylis manager (Old Vic & Sadler's Wells Theater), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 11 | Bertram Mills, English circus entrepreneur, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1874
| Feb 03 | Franklyn Dyall Liverpool England, actor (Easy Virtue), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 09 | Vsevolod Meyerhold Russian theatrical producer/director/actor (Houligan), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 28 | Soledad Jiminez Santander Spain, actor (Phantom of the Range), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 05 | Henry Travers Berwick-Upon-Tweed Northumberland England, actor (Bells of St Mary's, High Sierra), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 14 | Mary Carr Philadelphia PA, actress (Forbidden Trail, Pack Up Your Troubles), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 19 | Arthur Hoyt Georgetown CO, actor (Gold Dust Gertie, Goldie Get Along), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 24 | Harry Houdini [Erik Weisz] Budapest Hungary, magician/escape artist, is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Mar 26 | Gerald du Maurier London England, actor (Power, Escape, Masks & Faces), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 28 | Sidney Toler Warrensburg MO, actor (Madame X, Meeting at Midnight), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 27 | Dustin Farnum US, actor (Squaw Man, Virginian) [or 1870], is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 14 | Edward Bowes, radio host (Major Bowes Amateur Hour) | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 17 | Ben (Bernard) Turpin comedian, actor: Burlesque of Carmen, Yankee Doodle in Berlin, Mack Sennett comedies, When Comedy was King; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 04 | Jean H L Bossard actor/impresario (Merchant of Venice), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 11 | Paul Wegener German actor/director (Student of Prag), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1875
| Jan 22 | Thomas W Ross actor (Without Limit, Kings Row, 17, Mortal Storm), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 26 | Emma Dunn actress (Dr Monica, Dr Kildare's Strange Case, Hideaway), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 25 | Spencer Charters Duncannon PA, actor (3 Faces West), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 04 | Samuel S Hinds Brooklyn NY, actor (The Bribe, The Egg and I, The Great Alaskan Mystery), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 27 | Lumsden Hare Ireland, actor (Oregon Trail, Desert Fox, Young Bess), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 02 | Frank Reicher Munich Germany, actor (King Kong, Son of Kong), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 22 | John P "Jan" Musch Dutch actor (Dead Water), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1876
| Feb 24 | Victor Moore Hammonton NJ, comedian (Ziegfeld Follies, 7 Year Itch), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 04 | Theodore Hardeen (Ferencz Deszo Weisz) magician; brother of Harry Houdini; died in 1945, is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 16 | Charles Halton Washington DC, actor (Dr Cyclops, Tugboat Annie Sails Again), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 20 | Gerard J Arbous actor/publicist (Prince William of Orange), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 26 | H.B. (Henry Byron) Warner actor: Bulldog Drummond series, It’s a Wonderful Life, Lost Horizon, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Ten Commandments; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 01 | Johanna W "Mina" Bakker Dutch actress (Boefje), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 06 | Dewi Angrènie [Martha CA Giese] Flemish/Dutch actress (Champagne), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1877
| Jan 04 | Gibson Gowland England, actor (Blind Husbands, Phantom of the Opera), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 07 | Johannes F Buziau Dutch cabaret performer (1 great dog), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 19 | Charles Coburn Savannah GA, actor (Devil and Miss Jones), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 19 | Charles Coburn Macon Ga, actor (Acad-1943, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 18 | Max Pallenberg Austria, actor (Brave Suender)/husb of Fritzi Massary, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1878
| Jan 16 | Harry [Henry Dewitt] Carey Sr Bronx NY, US actor (Informer, Aces Wild, Border Cafe, Air Force), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 17 | Oscar Apfel Cleveland OH, actor (Abraham Lincoln, Inspiration, Before Dawn), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 22 | Constance Collier Windsor England, actress/writer (Kitty, Whirlpool), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 16 | Henry B Walthall Shelby City AL, actor (Birth of a Nation, Klondike), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 22 | Kitty Gordon Folkestone England, entertainer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 26 | Ethel Griffies actress (Billy Liar, Birds, We Live Again), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 28 | Lionel [Herbert Blythe] Barrymore, Philadelphia PA, actor (A Free Soul, David Cooperfield, Dr Kildare), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 16 | Taylor Holmes Newark NJ, actor (Tobor the Great, Beware My Lovely), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | Conway Tearle US actor (Klondike Annie, Should Ladies Behave?), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 01 | Eva Tanguay, Canadian actress, is born in Marbleton, Quebec. | Ref: 68 |
- 1879
| Jan 01 | Edward Dillon New York NY, actor/director (Young Ironsides, The Golden West), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 01 | Paul Porcasi Palermo Sicily Itlay, actor (Say It Again, I'll Remember April), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 15 | Ernest Thesiger London England, actor (Bride of Frankenstein, Ghoul), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 04 | Jacques Copeau, French actor/critic/director, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Feb 05 | Edward Rigby England, actor (Star Look Down, Young & Innocent), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 05 | Walter Long actor (Moby Dick, Sheik, Sea Devils, Dragnet Patrol), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 27 | Lucile Watson actress (Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 04 | Alla Nazimova, Russian-born American stage and screen actress, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Aug 15 | Ethel Barrymore (Ethel Mae Blythe) (Academy Award-winning actress: None But the Lonely Heart [1944]; The Farmer’s Daughter, Pinky) is born in Philadelphia, PA. | Ref: 68 |
| Nov 04 | Will (William Penn Adair) Rogers entertainer: The Wall Street Girl, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court; humorist: “I never met a man I didn’t like.”; mayor: Beverly Hills; cowboy; subject of Broadway show: Will Rogers Follies; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 15 | Lewis Stone Worcester MA, actor (Prisoner of Zenda), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 12 | Laura Hope Crews US, actress (Camille, Gone with the Wind), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 16 | William Duncan Scotland, actor (Thunder Trail), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 27 | Sydney Greenstreet actor: Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, Across the Pacific, Passage to Marseilles, Malaya; is born in Sandwich, England. | Ref: 68 |
| Dec 27 | Robert Greig Australia, actor (Horse Feathers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1880
| Jan 01 | Edie Martin London England, actress (Titfield Thunderbolt), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 06 | Tom (Thomas Hezikiah) Mix, Mix Run PA, Texas Ranger, silent screen cowboy actor (Dick Turpin), is born in Mix Run PA | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 10 | Grock [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown/circus director, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 28 | Mary Boland Philadelphia PA, US, comedienne/actress (Ruggles of Red Gap), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 29 | Claude William Dukenfield (better known as W.C. Fields) is born in Philadelphia PA. | Ref: 68 |
| Feb 21 | Frank Orth Philadelphia PA, actor (Boston Blackie, The Brothers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 12 | House Peters Bristol England, silent film actor (Kansas Territory), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 14 | Oscar (Bachigaloupi) Tourniaire actor/director (Pink Kate), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 16 | Julius Tannen NY, comedian (Great Moment, House of Frankenstein), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 04 | Pat Rooney vaudevillian/actor (Night Club), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 14 | Donald Meek Glasgow Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 27 | Donald Crisp Scotland, actor (How Green Was My Valley, Pollyana), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 06 | Leo Carrillo, the actor who portrayed Pancho on the Cisco Kid, is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Nov 08 | Sarah Bernhardt makes her American stage debut. Bernhardt appeared in Adrienne Lecouvreur in New York City. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 22 | Lillian Russell makes her vaudeville debut in New York City. | Ref: 5 |
- 1881
| Jan 01 | Richard Kean England, actor (Story of Will Rogers, Ten Commandments), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 06 | Leo Carrillo LA CA, actor (Pancho-Cisco Kid), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 15 | James Schneider New York, actor (Keystone Kops), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1882
| Jan 03 | Willem Benoy Flemish actor/director (Pygmalion), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 10 | Charles Trowbridge, Vera Cruz Mexico, actor (Fatal Hour), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 08 | George Siegmann actor (Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba, Oliver Twist), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 15 | John Barrymore [Blythe], actor, sibling to actors Lionel Barrymore & Ethel Barrymore, father of actors John Drew Barrymore & Diana Barrymore and grandfather of actor Drew Barrymore, is born in Philadelphia PA. | Ref: 2 |
| Mar 01 | Ida Moore Altoona KS, actress (Mr Music, Ma & Pa Kettle at Waikiki), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 02 | Wallis Clark Essex England, actress (Postal Inspector), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 06 | Guy Kibbee El Paso TX, actor (Big Shot), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 10 | Thurston Hall Boston MA, actor (Roaming Lady, In Society), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 21 | Georgine M "May" Basting actress (Hostage Rights of Aemstel), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 24 | Creighton Hale Cork Ireland, actor (Gorilla Man, Way Down East), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 25 | Harry Fox entertainer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 20 | Bela Lugosi (Blasko) actor: Dracula, One Body Too Many, The Ghost of Frankenstein, Murders in the Rue Morgue, Night Monster, Chandu the Magician, The Ape Man, The Body Snatcher; is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Oct 24 | Dame Sybil Thorndike England, actress (Saint Joan), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 06 | ‘The Jersey Lily of England’ made her American debut. Lily Langtry starred in An Unequal Match which opened in New York City. | Ref: 4 |
- 1883
| Jan 01 | Heiko E Arnoldi Dutch actor (3 Drops of Water)/theater director, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 10 | Florence Reed Philadelphia PA, silent film actress (Dancing Girl), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 10 | Francis X. (Xavier) Bushman actor: The Rosary, Neptune’s Daughter, The Thirteenth Man, Dick Tracy, Hollywood Boulevard, David and Bathsheba, Sabrina, The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini; is born in Norfolk VA. | Ref: 4 |
| Jan 24 | Estelle Winwood [Goodwin], England, actress (Miracle on 34th Street), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 12 | Ludwig Stossel Austria, actor (Man With a Camera), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 18 | Tom Walls Kingsthorpe England, actor/producer (Undercover), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 22 | Marguerite Clark voice (Snow White), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 20 | Colin Campbell Falkirk Scot, actress (High Bright Sun, Leather Boys), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 01 | Lon (Leonidas F.) Chaney actor: The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Bushwackers, The Phantom of the Opera, The Unholy Three, He Who Gets Slapped, Oliver Twist, West of Zanzibar, The Horror of it All; is born in Colorado Springs CO. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 11 | Leonard Mudie England, actor (Magnetic Monster, British Intelligence), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 14 | Julian Eltinge [William Dalton], Newtonville MA, vaudeville star/greatest female impersonator, is born. | Ref: 68 |
| May 23 | Douglas Fairbanks (Douglas Elton Ulman), Denver CO, actor (Zorro/3 Musketeers/Robin Hood), is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Jul 15 | General Tom Thumb (Charles Stratton) entertainer: world’s most famous midget; dies. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 16 | Max Linder Caverne France, actor/comic/director (Max Prend un Bain), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 30 | Mary Forbes Hornsey England, actress (Terror by Night), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1884
| Jan 31 | Nicholas Joy Paris France, actor (Boss Lady), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 02 | S Z Sakall Budapest Hungary, actor (Dolly Sisters, Casablanca), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 17 | Noah Beery, US actor: Mark of Zorro, Vanishing American, The Drifter; is born in Smithville AR. | Ref: 68 |
| Feb 18 | Burt Mustin Pittsburgh PA, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 23 | Frank Cellier Surbiton England, actor (Quiet Wedding, Big Blockade), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 23 | Tambo Tambo Australian aboriginal/US circus attraction, dies at 23. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 10 | Stuart Holmes Chicago IL, actor (Prisoner of Zenda), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 16 | Harrison Ford Kansas City MO, silent screen actor (Just Married, Vanity Fair, Love In High Gear , Rubber Tires), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 01 | Laurette Taylor [Helen LM Cooney], US actress (Broadway), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 06 | Walter Huston (Houghston) Academy Award-winning actor: Treasure of the Sierra Madre [1948]; Duel in the Sun, December 7th: The Movie; is born in Toronto Ontario Canada. died Apr 7, 1950 | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 18 | Magda Janssens Flemish/Netherlands actress/acting teacher (Maria Stuart), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 26 | Harry Sothern actor (Dr Huer-Buck Rogers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 27 | Louis de Bree [Louis C Davids] actor (Bluejackets), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 26 | Charles Winninger Athens WI, actor (Charlie Farrell Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 23 | Emil Jannings, Swiss-born German stage and screen actor, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 01 | Torben Myer Copenhagen Denmark, actor (Girl Who Came Back), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 02 | Ruth Draper, actress and writer, is born. | Ref: 2 |
- 1885
| Jan 01 | Lawrence Alfred Bowes Newark CA, actor (Big Town Ideas), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 01 | Winifred Greenwood Geneseo New York, actress (Don't Call Me Little Girl, Love Never Dies), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 25 | A J Else Mauhs German/Dutch actress (Eline Vere, L'aiglon), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 08 | Dame Edith Evans London England, actress (Tom Jones, David Copperfield), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 21 | Sacha Guitry France, actor/playwright (Story of a Cheat), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 24 | Bert Lytell New York NY, actor (Henry-One Man's Family), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 01 | Lionel Atwill Croyden England, actor (Mystery of the Wax Museum), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 16 | Sydney Chaplin South Africa, actor (Limelight), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 01 | Wallace (Fitzgerald) Beery Academy Award-winning actor: The Champ [1931-1932], Grand Hotel, We’re in the Navy Now, Treasure Island, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The Last of the Mohicans, China Seas; is born. | Ref: 68 |
| May 07 | George "Gabby" Hayes Wellesvile NY, actor (In Old Santa Fe, El Paso), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 10 | Mae Murray [Girl with bee-stung lips] Portsmouth VA, actress (High Stakes), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 10 | Marie Benavente [Maria Wissink] actress (Scapegoat), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 20 | Theda Bara (Goodman) actress: A Fool There Was, The Unchastened Woman, The Love Goddesses; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 07 | Billie Burke (Mary William Ethelbert Appleton), Washington DC, actress (Glinda-The Wizard of Oz), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 06 | Otto Kruger Toledo Ohio, actor (Lux Video Theater, High Noon), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 27 | Sir Harry Blackstone, American magician and illusionist, is born. | Ref: 70 |
- 1886
| Jan 01 | Willard Robertson Runnels TX, actor (Deep Valley, Fury at Furnace Creek), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 01 | William Edmunds Italy, actor (Lost Moment, Big Sombrero), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 03 | Josephine Hull, Newtonville MA, Academy award character actress (Harvey), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 11 | George Zucco England, actor (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Captain Fury), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 12 | Dorothy Green Los Angeles CA, actress (Lavinia-Tammy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 08 | Charlie Ruggles Los Angeles CA, actor (The Ruggles, Aesop-Bullwinkle Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 07 | Raymond Largay Wisconsin, actor (April in Paris, Variety Girl), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 19 | Edward Everett Horton, narrator: Fractured Fairy Tales on The Bullwinkle Show; actor: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Lost Horizon, Sex and the Single Girl, Arsenic and Old Lace; is born in Brooklyn NY. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 10 | Val[entine] Paul Denver CO, silent film actor (Red Red Heart, Lair of the Wolf), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 17 | Otto Lederer Czechoslovakia, actor (Jazz Singer), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 21 | Charlie Naughton Glasgow Scotland, actor (Frozen Limits), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 12 | Piotr F Scharoff Russian/Italian actor/director (Chechov), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 04 | Ian Wolfe Canton IL, actor (Diary of a Madman, Wizards & Warriors) | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 09 | Ed Wynn (Isaiah Edwin Leopold) Emmy Award-winning actor: The Ed Wynn Show [1949]; All Star Revue, Mary Poppins, Ziegfeld Follies, Marjorie Morningstar, The Diary of Anne Frank, Cinderfella, Babes in Toyland, The Absent-Minded Professor; actor Keenan Wynn's father, is born in Philadelphia PA. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 10 | Victor McLaglen England, actor (Informer, Academy Award-1935), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 12 | Owen Moore County Meath Ireland, actor (She Done Him Wrong), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1887
| Jan 07 | Abraham I van Lier Dutch actor/director (Gran Théâtre), dies at 74. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 29 | Albert Conti Trieste Austria, actor (Jazz Heaven, Doomed Battalion), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 25 | Leonard Carey England, actor (Laughter), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 27 | James D Innes English painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 28 | William Zorach, Lithuania, US sculptor (Spirit of the Dance), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 22 | Chico Marx [Leonard Martin] of the Marx Brothers, is born in New York City. (American National Biography, ISBN 0-19-520635-5, 1999) | |
| Apr 08 | Walter Connolly, Cincinnati OH, actor (Good Earth, 5th Avenue Girl), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 16 | Bull Montana Vogliera Italy, actor (Brass Buttons, Victory), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 21 | Mabel Taliaferro New York NY, actress (Sentimental Tommy, My Love Come Back), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 28 | Hank Mann New York NY, actor (City Lights, Smoky, Dawn Trail, Fugitive Road), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 08 | Malcolm Keen Bristol England, actor (Uncle Chris-Mama), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 07 | Jack Mulhall, Wappinger Falls NY, actor (Ken Murray Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 20 | Addison Richards Zanesville Ohio, actor (Col-Pentagon), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 30 | Eduardo Ciannelli Italy, actor (Waldo-Johnny Staccato), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 23 | Actor Boris Karloff (William Henry Pratt), most famous for his role as the monster in the movie Frankenstein, is born in Dulwich, England. | Ref: 17 |
| Dec 06 | Lynn (Lillie Louise) Fontanne Emmy Award-winning actress: The Magnificent Yankee, Hallmark Hall of Fame [1964-65]; The Pirate [w/husband], Alfred Lunt; is born in Woodford England. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 23 | Eric Blore London England, actor (Great Gatsby, Bowery to Baghdad), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 23 | John Cromwell Toledo OH, actor/director (Spitfire, Of Human Bondage), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 24 | Louis Jouvet, Crozon France, actor (Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise), is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Dec 25 | Jacobus W G Balfoort Dutch actor (Bulldog Drummond), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 25 | John Davidson New York NY, actor (Charlie Chan-Chinese Cat), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1888
| Jan 01 | Chesley Bonestell San Francisco CA, special effects/actor/writer (Swiss Family Robinson, War of the Worlds), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 01 | Joseph Marievsky Russia, actor (Three Godfathers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 01 | Ludwig Rex Berlin Germany, actor (Der Mensch am Wege), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 08 | Matt Moore County Meath Ireland, actor (Coquette, Deluge), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 11 | Chester Conklin Oskaloosa IA, actor (Every Day's a Holiday, Greed), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 08 | Dame Edith Evans actress: Scrooge, Look Back in Anger, David Copperfield, The Madwoman of Chaillot; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 13 | Heintje Davids [Hendrika], Dutch revue star, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 17 | Henrietta P "Hetty" Beck actress (Bouwmeester Award), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 18 | Gladys Cooper England, actress (Margaret-The Rogues), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 21 | Florence Bates Texas, actress (Moon & Sixpence, Love Crazy, San Antonio), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 10 | Barry Fitzgerald Dublin Ireland, actor (Academy Award-Going My Way), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 17 | Frank Buck actor (Africa Screams, Tiger Queen, Tiger Fangs), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 24 | Jameson Thomas London England, actor (Farmer's Wife), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 30 | Anna Q Nilsson Ystad Sweden, actress (Shenandoah, Uncle Tom's Cabin), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 11 | Donald Calthrop London, actor (Blackmail, Scrooge, Rome Express), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 15 | Florence Bates San Antonio TX, actress (Kismet, I Remember Mama), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 07 | Selmer Jackson Lake Mills IA, actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 14 | Miles Mander Wolverhampton England, actor (Tower of London), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | Jack Holt US, golddigger/actor (Cat People, San Francisco, Brimstone), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 16 | Bobby Clark, comedian and actor, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Jun 27 | Antoinette Perry, actress and director, namesake of the "Tony" Awards, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Aug 17 | Monty (Edgar Montillion) Wooley, NYC, actor (Pied Piper, Man Who Came to Dinner), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 09 | Hank Patterson AL, actor (Gunsmoke, Fred Ziffel-Green Acres), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 23 | Actor, comedian, musician Harpo (Adolph) Marx is born. (American National Biography, ISBN 0-19-520635-5, 1999) | |
| Nov 24 | Cathleen Nesbitt Belfast Ireland, actress (Agatha-Farmer's Daughter), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 08 | Vesey D'Davoren character actor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 08 | Paul Cavanagh Chislehurst England, actor (Tarzan & his Mate), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 18 | Gladys Cooper Lewisham England, actress (My Fair Lady), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1889
| Jan 01 | Tom Dugan Dublin Ireland, actor (Circus Clown, Drag, Skyway), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 02 | Walter Baldwin Ohio, actor (Gay Amigo), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 04 | Albertus W "Albert" van Dalsum actor/director (Abandoned Child), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 08 | Paul Hartmann Furth Germany, actor (Haunted Castle), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 23 | Franklin Pangborn Newark, actor (My Best Gal, Hats Off, Easy Living), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 04 | Walter Catlett San Francisco CA, actor (Front Page, Tale of 2 Cities), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 21 | Felix Aylmer actor (Anastasia, Hamlet, Iron Duke, Macbeth, St Joan), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 23 | Cyril Delevanti England, actor (Lucius-Jefferson Davis, Black Eye), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 28 | Victor Sutherland Paducah KY, actor (Captive City), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 04 | Pearl White [Victoria] US actress/stunt woman (Perils of Pauline), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 29 | Warner Baxter Columbus OH, actor (In Old Arizona, Cisco Kid), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 14 | James Stephenson actor (Letter, Espionage Agent, Nancy Drew), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 16 | Charlie Chaplin [The Little Tramp] Lambeth London England, comedian/actor/director (City Lights), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 28 | Bryant Washburn Chicago IL, actor (Exposure, Millionaire Kid, Nabonga), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | Athene Seyler London, actress (Make Mine Mink), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 15 | Marjorie Rambeau SF Calif, actress (Primrose Path, Torch Song) | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 19 | Ernest Truex KC Mo, actor (Pop-Pete & Gladys, Mr Peepers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 04 | Buster Keaton, American actor, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Oct 07 | Clarence Muse Balt Md, actor (Sam-Casablanca), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 13 | Douglass Dumbrille Hamilton Ont, actor (Mr Deeds Goes to Town), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 19 | Uncle Art Satherly entertainer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 20 | Margaret Dumont actress-Marx Brothers' foil, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 09 | Claude Rains actor: Casablanca, The Invisible Man, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Lawrence of Arabia; is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Dec 04 | Buck Jones [Charles F Gebhart] US actor (War Horse), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 04 | Isabel Randolph IL, actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Our Miss Brooks), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 10 | Ray Collins Sacramento CA, actor (Homecoming, Good Sam, Rose Marie), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 22 | Minor Watson Marianna AR, actor (Woman of the Year, Viva Cisco Kid), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 24 | Vladimir Sokoloff Moscow Russia, actor (Road to Morocco), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1890
| Jan 01 | Florence Lawrence Hamilton Ontario, silent screen actress (Confidence), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 01 | Lawford Davidson London England, actor (Love Doctor, Vagabond King), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 01 | Wanda Capodaglio Asti Italy, actress (La Donna Nuda, Gelosia), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 05 | Cora Witherspoon New Orleans LA, actress (Bank Dick), dies, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 07 | Henny Porten Magdeburg Germany, silent screen star (Deception), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 10 | Douglas MacLean Philadelphia PA, silent film comedian/producer (Going Up), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 10 | Ernest Milton San Francisco CA, actor (Cat Girl, Fiddler's Three), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 11 | Monte Blue Indpls IN, silent film actor (Montana, Oh Boy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 16 | Lloyd Bacon San Jose CA, actor (Charlie Chaplin), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 02 | Charles Correll creator with Freeman Gosden of: Amos ’n’ Andy; voice of Andy (Brown) on radio; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 03 | Charles [Andy] Correll Peoria IL, actor (Calvin & the Colonel), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 10 | Cor Ruys Dutch actor (Princess Stage), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 18 | Adolphe Menjou Pittsburgh PA, actor (Front Page, Star is Born), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 18 | Edward Arnold New York NY, actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 24 | Actress Marjorie Main (aka Mary Tomlinson) (Ma of Ma and Pa Kettle) is born in Action IN. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 03 | Edmund Lowe San Jose CA, actor (Black Sheep, Front Page Detective,Dillinger ), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 05 | Fie Carelsen Dutch actress (Malle Gervallen), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 17 | Art Acord Glenwood Sevier UT, western actor (Arizona Kid, Hard Fists), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 18 | James Rennie Toronto Ontario Canada, actor (Lash, Little Damozel), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 26 | Edgar "E Livingstone" Kennedy US actor/director (My Old Dutch), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 06 | Claire Whitney New York NY, silent film actress (Blind Fools, Haunted Mine), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 07 | Billy House Minnesota, actor (Imitation of Life, Bedlam, Egg & I), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 23 | Herbert Marshall London, actor (Murder, Razor's Edge, Little Foxes), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 23 | Virginia Eames Fort Davis TX, entertainer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 01 | Frank Morgan NYC, actor (Affairs of Cellini, Annie Get Your Gun), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 16 | Actor, comedian Stan Laurel (Arthur Stanley Jefferson) is born in Lancashire, England. | Ref: 17 |
| Jul 20 | Theda Bara actress (Under Two Flags, Cleopatra) (or 0729), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 20 | Verna Felton Salinas CA, actress (Hilda-December Bride), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 18 | Dion Boucicault, Irish-born American playwright and actor, dies at age 69. | Ref: 70 |
| Oct 01 | Stanley Holloway London England, actor (Higgins-Our Man Higgins), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 02 | Julius "Groucho" Marx NYC, comedian (Marx Bros, You Bet Your Life), is born. (American National Biography, ISBN 0-19-520635-5, 1999) | |
| Nov 01 | James Barton NJ, Broadway actor (Tobacco Road, Iceman Cometh), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 10 | George Merritt London England, actor (I Monster, Q Planes), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 28 | Frank Butler Oxford England, actor/screenwriter (Road to Bali, China), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1891
| Jan 01 | Charles Bickford Cambridge MA, actor (John-The Virginian, Days of Wine and Roses), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 01 | Frank Pettingell Liverpool England, actor (Gaslight, Goose Steps Out), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 05 | Johan Boskamp Dutch actor/singer (Potasch & Perlemoer), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 17 | Marjorie Gateson Brooklyn NY, actress (One Man's Family), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 25 | Dame Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies Britian, actress (Cleopatra), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 03 | Peter H "Paul" Huf actor/director (Great Netherlands Stage), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 09 | Ronald Colman English-born American stage and film actor, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Feb 12 | Max Terhune actor (Arizona Stagecoach, Hit the Saddle, Range Justice), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 18 | Chester Clute New Jersey, actor (Niagra Falls), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 26 | Alan Bridge PA, actor (North of Arizona, Badmen of the Hills), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 05 | Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson Chicago IL, comedian (Olsen & Johnson), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 06 | Victor Kilian Jersey City NJ, actor (Gentleman's Agreement), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 07 | Marcel Barger [Meyer Streliskie], cabaret performer (I keep Susy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 21 | Jonathan Hale actor (Saint's Double Trouble, Saint Strikes Back), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 30 | Jan B Cammans Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 31 | Victor Varconi Hungary, actor (Divine Lady, King of Kings, Big City), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 09 | John Gobau Flemish/Dutch actor (Electricity, Hostage Rights), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 15 | Wallace Reid St Louis MO, actor/director/screenwriter (Every Inch a Man), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 19 | Francoise Rosay Paris France, actress (Interlude, Women in Prison, Saraband), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 22 | Belle Bennett Milcoon Rapids IA, actress (Stella Dallas, Iron Mask), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 13 | Fritz Rasp Bayreuth Germany, actor (Diary of a Lost Girl), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 15 | Chief Nipo T Strongheart Yakima WA, US Indian actor (Pony Soldier), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 18 | Gene Lockhart NYC, actor (Going My Way), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 22 | Francis McDonald Bowling Green Ky, actor (Will-Adv of Champion), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 07 | Roscoe Karns San Bernadino Calif, actor (Capt Shafer-Hennesey), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 13 | Irene Rich Buffalo NY, actress (Beau Brummell, Champ) | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 29 | Fanny Brice singing comedienne (Ziegeld Follies, Baby Snooks), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 29 | (Robert) Douglass Montgomery actor: Little Women, Harmony Lane; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 07 | Fay Bainter Los Angeles CA, actress (Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 17 | Robertson Hare London England, actor (Our Girl Friday, Banana Ridge), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 25 | Earle Foxe Oxford OH, actor (Dance Fools Dance), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1892
| Jan 01 | Lillian Lorraine San Francisco CA, actress (Lonesome Corners, Should a Wife Forgive?), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 02 | Lura Anson Nebraska, entertainer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 05 | Francesca Bertini Florence Italy, actress (Odette, Assunta Spina), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 18 | Oliver (Norvell) Hardy (of Laurel & Hardy) is born in Harlem GA. | Ref: 4 |
| Jan 20 | Roscoe Ates, Grange MS, actor (Deputy Roscoe-Marshal of Gunsight Pass), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 26 | Zara Cully Worcester MA, actress (Mother Jefferson-The Jeffersons), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 31 | Eddie Cantor (Iskowitz) ‘banjo eyes’: actor, singer: If You Knew Susie like I Know Susie, Alabamy Bound, Dinah, Ida, Makin’ Whoopee, Ma He’s Makin’ Eyes at Me; is born in New York City NY. | Ref: 68 |
| Feb 09 | Peggy Wood Brooklyn NY, actress (One Life to Live, Mama), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 10 | Alan Hale [Rufus Alan Mackahan], Washington DC, actor (Little John-Adventures of Robin Hood), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 23 | Kathleen Harrison actress (Fast Lady, Big Money, West 11), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 27 | William Demarest St Paul MN, actor (Uncle Charlie-My 3 Sons), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 09 | Frank Puglia Sicily Italy, actor (Black Orchid, Jungle Book), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 25 | Andy Clyde Scotland, actor (George-Real McCoys, Cully-Lassie), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 04 | Cyril Smith, Peterhead Scotland, actor (Adv of Sir Lancelot), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 04 | Esther Howard Montana, actress (Born to Kill, Murder My Sweet, A Fool's Advice), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 24 | Jack Hulbert Ely England, actor (Into the Blue, Bulldog Jack), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 28 | Joseph Dunninger New York NY, mentalist (Amazing Dunninger), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 03 | Beulah Bondi Chicago IL, actress (It's a Wonderful Life), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 11 | Dame Margaret Rutherford Balham London England, actress (Murder Most Foul, Murder She Said, Arabella), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 27 | Sara Heyblom Dutch actress (Pygmalion, Fietsen naar de Maan), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 28 | Minna Gombell Baltimore MD, actress (Bad Girl, Thin Man, Hello Sister), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 30 | Stepin Fetchit (Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry) actor: Amazing Grace, The Sun Shines Bright, Miracle in Harlem, Judge Priest; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 13 | Basil Rathbone Johannesburg S Africa, actor (Sherlock Holmes), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 11 | Thomas Mitchell NJ, academy award winning actor (Outlaw, Adventures), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 28 | Joe E. (Evan) Brown comedian, actor: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Around the World in 80 Days, Show Boat, Some like It Hot; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 29 | William Powell actor (Thin Man, My Man Godfrey), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 06 | Hoot (Edmund Richard) Gibson actor: Death Valley Rangers, Frontier Justice, The Marshal’s Daughter, The Prairie King, Sonora Stagecoach, Wild Horse, Roaring Ranch, Fighting Parson; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 19 | Alfred Lunt Tony Award-winning actor: Quadrille [1955]; The Guardsman, Sally of the Sawdust; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 06 | John Sigvard Olsen Wabash IN, comedian (Olsen & Johnson), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 09 | Mabel Normand, American actress, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 05 | Cyril Ring Massachusetts, actor (Body & Soul), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 06 | Lina Carstens, Wiesbaden Germany, actress (Homeland, Broken Jug), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 07 | Nora Nicholson Leamington England, actress (Blue Lagoon, Crow Hollow), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 16 | Cameron Prud'Homme Auburn CA, actor (Rainmaker), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 29 | Emory Parnell St Paul MN, actress (Rocket Man, County Fair), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 30 | John Litel Albany WI, actor (Virginia City, My Hero), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 31 | Jason Robards Sr Hillsdale MI, actor (Acapulco), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1893
| Jan 01 | Frank Badgley Ottowa Canada, actor (Man From Glengarry), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 15 | D Ivor D Novello Cardiff Wales, British actor/composer/writer (Lodger, Phantom Fiend, Truth Game), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 15 | Frances Anne "Fanny" Kemble England, Shakespearian actress (Juliet), dies at age 83. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 22 | Conrad Veidt Potsdam Germany, actor (Cabinet of Dr Caligari), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 10 | Jimmy Durante New York NY, long-nosed comedian (and good-night Mrs Calabash), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 16 | Katherine Cornell, the American stage actress who was called "the first lady of the American theater", is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Feb 19 | Cedric Hardwicke Stourbridge England, actor (Peter Pan, Richard III), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 26 | William Frawley, Iowa, actor (Fred Mertz-I Love Lucy, Bub-My 3 Sons), is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Feb 28 | Ben Hecht New York NY, novelist/playwright/screenwriter (The Front Page), is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Mar 01 | Theo Frenkel actor (Footlights, Hague's Comedy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 03 | Bill Nestell California, actor (Dangerous Venture, Buckskin Frontier), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 16 | Isobel Elsom actress (My Fair Lady, Love From a Stranger), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 27 | William Harrigan New York NY, actor (Affair of Three Nations, Cabaret), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 01 | Cicely Courtneidge Sydney Australia, actress (Double Exposure), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 03 | Leslie Howard [Stainer], London England, actor (Ashley Wilkes-Gone With the Wind), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 08 | Grace Cunard Columbus OH, silent screen actress (Resurrection), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 20 | Harold Lloyd, Burchard NE, silent comic (Why Worry, Safety Last), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 24 | Robert Harron New York NY, actor (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 02 | Beppie Nooij Jr Dutch actress (Rooie Sien) [or May 13, 1912], is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 04 | Edgar Dearing Ceres CA, actor (Abraham Lincoln, Free & Easy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 04 | Royal Butler [Edwin Richey] Atlanta GA, actor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 15 | Stanley Lupino English comic (Cheer Up, Over She Goes), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 21 | Simon Delmonte actor/director (Boemeladvocaat), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 26 | Norma Talmadge Jersey City NJ, actress (Sign on the Door, Camille), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 07 | Edwin Booth, US Hall of Fame/actor (Hamlet): founded Players Club, NY; older brother of John Wilkes Booth assassin of Abraham Lincoln; dies at age 59. | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 25 | Charlotte Greenwood Phila, actress (Oklahoma, Moon over Miami), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 02 | Georgiana Barrymore, American actress, dies at age 38. | Ref: 70 |
| Jul 14 | Spencer Williams Vidalia La, actor (Andy-Amos 'n' Andy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 12 | Howard Smith Attleboro Mass, actor (Harvey Griffin-Hazel), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 17 | Mae (Mary Jane) West playwright, actress: Sextette, Go West, Young Man, I’m No Angel, Every Day’s a Holiday, Diamond Lil, Sex; actress: She Done Him Wrong, My Little Chicadee, Myra Breckinridge; autobiography: Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It; is born in Brooklyn NY. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 10 | Al "Fuzzy" St John Santa Ana Calif, actor (Lash of the West), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 14 | Lillian Gish (de Guiche) actress: Birth of a Nation, is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Oct 31 | Sara Allgood Dublin Ireland, actress (Jane Eyre, Spiral Staircase), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 02 | William Gaxton, San Francisco CA, actor (Destry, Convoy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 12 | Edward G. Robinson (Emmanuel Goldenberg) actor: Soylent Green, MacKenna’s Gold, The Prize, Key Largo, Double Indemnity, Kid Galahad, Barbary Coast, Little Caesar, Scarlet Street; is born. | Ref: 17 |
| Dec 13 | Curt Jurgens Munich Germany, actor (Enemy Below, Longest Day), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 23 | Ann O'Neal Missouri, actress (Nana-Professional Father), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 24 | Carl Brisson Copenhagen Denmark, actor (Murder at the Vanities), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 24 | Ruth Chatterton US actress (Madame X, Sarah & Son), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 24 | Actress Norma Talmadge dies. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 25 | Fred Hillebrand Brooklyn NY, actor (Martin Kane), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 25 | Bert Bertram actor (How to Steal a Million), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1894
| Jan 01 | Iván Petrovich Novi Sad Serbia, actor (Magician, Garden of Allah), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 12 | Billy Gilbert Louisville KY, actor (Paradise Alley, Safari, Rio), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 22 | Matt McHugh PA, actor (Taxi, Freaks, Barbary Coast, Innocent Affair), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 23 | Remy Angenot Flemish actor (Patriot/Idiot), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 31 | Percy Helton NY, actor (Jail Busters, Harbor of Missing Men) | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 10 | Roy D'Arcy San Francisco CA, actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 14 | Jack Benny (Benjamin Kubelsky) the stingy, violin-playing, perennial-39-year-old comedian of radio, television and vaudeville, is born in Waukegan IL. died Dec 26, 1974 | Ref: 68 |
| Feb 25 | Howard Wendell Poland, actor (4 Skulls of Jonathan Drake), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 25 | James Morrison Steele Mackaye US actor/author/director, dies at 51. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 05 | Henry Daniell London, actor (Camille, Philadelphia Story, Body Snatchers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 18 | (Jackie) ‘Moms’ Mabley (Loretta Mary Aiken) comedienne: Abraham, Martin & John; films: Boarding House Blues, Emperor Jones, Amazing Grace, Killer Diller; is born in Brevard SC. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 26 | Will Wright San Francisco CA, actor (Living Christ Story), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 03 | Dooley Wilson Tyler TX, actor (Bill-Beulah, Sam-Casablanca), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 08 | Mary Pickford (Gladys Louise Smith) Academy Award-winning actress: Coquette [1928-29], Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Stella Maris, The Taming of the Shrew, Pollyanna, A Poor Little Rich Girl; is born in Toronto Ontario Canada. | Ref: 68 |
| Apr 23 | Basil Sydney St Osyth Essex England, actor (Hamlet, Jassy, Simba, Farmer's Wife), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | George Renevant Paris France, actor (Moulin Rouge, Scotland Yard, Comrade X), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 29 | Paul Hörbiger Budapest Hungary, actor (Liebelei), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 05 | Kit Guard Denmark, actor (El Diablo Rides, Kid Courageous), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 12 | Cleo Ridgely New York NY, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama, The Love Mask), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 28 | Sammy White Rhode Island, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 29 | Beatrice Lillie, Toronto, comedian/actress (Around World in 80 Days), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | Fred Allen (John Florence Sullivan), Cambridge MA, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 28 | Lois Wilson Pitts Pa, actress (Alice-Aldrich Family) | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 02 | Arthur Treacher (Veary) actor: is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Jul 23 | Arthur Treacher Brighton England, announcer (Merv Griffin Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 27 | Charles Meredith Knoxville Pa, actor (Court of Last Resort), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 04 | Cliff Hall Brooklyn NY, actor (Crime Photographer), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 24 | Corinne Griffith actress, silent film star: The Garden of Eden, Lilies of the Field; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 30 | Donald Ogden Stewart, American playwright and actor, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 02 | Warren William [Krech] Aitkin MN, actor (Cæsar-Cleopatra, Morgan-Go West Young Man), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 09 | Eddie Dowling Woonsocket RI, actor (Anywhere USA), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 31 | Pola Negri [Barbara A Chalupiec] Polish/US actress (Madame Dubarry), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1895
| Jan 01 | Alice Tissot Paris France, actress (Tambour battant, Jamais deux sans trois), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 20 | Eva A Jessye US singer/actress/songwriter (Hallelujah), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 13 | Fred Essler Austria, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 14 | Nigel Bruce Baja Mexico, actor (Son of Lassie, Spider Woman), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 17 | Anita Stewart New York, actress (South of Hell Mountain), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 19 | Louis Calhern New York NY, actor (Julius Caesar, Blackboard Jungle), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 23 | Richard Goolden London England, actor (School for Husbands), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 27 | Edward Brophy actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy, Cameraman, Doughboys), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 02 | Felix Bressart Eydtkuhnen East Prussia Germany, actor (Ninotchka, Escape, Crossroads), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 03 | Juanita Hansen Iowa, actress (Fast Company, Broadway Love), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 03 | Robert Gordon KS, actor (Loveless), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 17 | Shemp Howard [Samuel Horwitz] Brooklyn NY, comedian/actor (3 Stooges, Bank Dick), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 22 | Joseph Schildkraut Vienna Austria, actor (Flame of Barbary Coast, Joseph Schildkraut Presents), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 24 | Sid Saylor, Chicago IL, actor (Wally-Waterfront), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 04 | Arthur Murray NYC, dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party), is born in New York City. | Ref: 68 |
| Apr 14 | Mary Marquet St Petersburg Russia, actress (Matter of Resistance), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 17 | Bert Wheeler actor (Nitwits, Hold 'em Jail, High Flyers, Rainmakers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 06 | Actor Rudolf Valentino (Rodolpho Alfonzo Rafaello Pietro Filiberto Guglieimi Di Valentina D'Antonguolla) is born in Castellaneta, Italy. | Ref: 68 |
| May 09 | Richard Barthelmess New York NY, actor (Broken Blossoms, Noose), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 14 | Lew Lehr Philadelphia PA, comedian (Stop Me if I heard this One), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 26 | Paul Lukas Budapest Hungary, actor (Watch on the Rhine, Sphynx), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 10 | Hattie McDaniel Academy Award-winning actress: Gone with the Wind [1939]: first African-American to win Oscar, is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 13 | Bert Lahr (Irving Lahrheim) (actor: The Wizard of Oz, Rose Marie, Ship Ahoy, The Night They Raided Minsky’s) is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Aug 13 | Robert Burton actor (Dr Gordon-Kings Row), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 16 | Lucien Littlefield San Antonio TX, actor (Mr Beasley-Blondie), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 13 | Ruth McDevitt Coldwater Mich, actress (Jo-All in the Family), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 22 | Paul Muni (Frederich Weisenfreund) Academy Award-winning actor; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 26 | George Raft (Ranft) actor: Scarface, Eighty Days, Some Like It Hot, Casino Royale; is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Sep 26 | Fay Holden Birmingham England, actress (Mother-Andy Hardy films), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 04 | Buster (Joseph F.) Keaton, star of silent film comedies including Sherlock, Jr. and The General, is born in Piqua, KS. | Ref: 2 |
| Oct 21 | Edna Purviance, American silent film-era actress, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Nov 15 | Ina Claire actress (Claudia, Ninotchka, Rebound), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 07 | Jack Pennick Portland OR, actor (Lady From Louisiana), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 27 | Sig Arno Hamburg, Germany, actor (Holiday in Havana), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1896
| Jan 07 | Arnold Ridley Bath England, actor/dramatist (The Ghost Train), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 12 | Rex Ingram Ireland, actor/director (Elmer Gantry, God's Little Acre), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 20 | Comedian George Burns was born Nathan Birnbaum in NY City. | Ref: 68 |
| Jan 20 | Rolfe Sedan New York City NY, actor (Mailman-George Burns Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 08 | Orville Caldwell California, actor (Patsy, French Doll, Last Warning), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 10 | Olin Howlin Denver CO, actor (Swifty-Circus Boy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 15 | Arthur Shields Dublin Ireland, actor (River, Enchanted Island), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 21 | Sylvain Poons Dutch cabaret performer (Blue Jackets), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 22 | Enid Markey Dillon CO, actress (Aunt Violet-Bringing Up Buddy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 10 | Harry Krimer actor (Napoleon), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 16 | Conrad Nagel Keokuk IA, actor (Celebrity Time), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 20 | Hal Walker Ottumwa IA, director (I Married Joan) | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 22 | Joseph Schildkraut, Austrian-born American stage, television and film star, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Apr 17 | Senor Wences ventriloquist (his hand acts as a puppet), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 20 | Senor Wences ventriloquist (Close the Door), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 21 | Attila Hörbiger Austrian actor (Die Grosse Liebe, Die Julika), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| Jun 07 | Vivien Kellems TV hostess (The Power of Women), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 18 | Blanche Sweet Chicago, actress (Home Sweet Home, Avenging Conscience), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 18 | Alan Mowbray London England, actor (Dante, Colonel Flack) | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 24 | Phil Baker Phila, comedian (Who's Whose), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 30 | Raymond Massey Toronto Canada, actor (Dr Gillespie-Dr Kildare), is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Oct 15 | Melville Cooper Birmingham England, TV panelist (I Got a Secret), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 28 | Ruth Gordon Mass, actress (Rosemary's Baby, Harold & Maude), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 30 | Ruth Gordon Mass, actress (Rosemary's Baby, Harold & Maude) | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 31 | Ethel Waters, actress and blues singer, is born in Chester PA. | Ref: 2 |
| Nov 06 | Jim Jordan (James Edward Jordan) actor: radio’s Fibber McGee and Molly; dies. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 15 | Margaret Bannerman Toronto Ontario, actress (Elopement), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 30 | Tom Keene Rochester NY, actor (Our Daily Bread), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 31 | Ronald Adam Herefordshire England, actor (Phantom Shot), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1897
| Jan 01 | Walter Greaza St Paul MN, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye, Edge of Night), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 03 | Pola Negri [Barbara A Chalupec], Polish/US actress (Madame Bovary), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 03 | Marion Davies [Marion Cecelia Douras], Brooklyn NY, actress (Operator 13), is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Jan 05 | Jack Wagner OH, actor (Jive Junction), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 06 | Billy Greene actor (Burton-One Man's Family), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 17 | Nils Asther Malmö Sweden, actor (Bluebeard, Night Monster), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 20 | Mae Busch Australian/US actress (Cowboy Socialist), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 21 | J Carrol Naish New York City NY, actor (Charlie Chan-Adventures of Charlie Chan), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 17 | Johan[nes A] Kaart Dutch actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 19 | Charles Blondin (Jean Francois Gravelet) acrobat, aerialist: first to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope, dies. | Ref: 17 |
| Feb 21 | Celia Lovsky Vienna Austria, actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 18 | Betty Compson actress (Big City, Docks Of New York), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 19 | Betty Compson, Beaver UT, actress (Millionaire Kid, Mad Youth), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 25 | John Laurie Dumfries Scotland, actor (Jericho, Island of Desire), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 27 | Gloria Swanson Chicago IL, actress (Sadie Thomson, Queen Kelly), is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Apr 04 | Pierre Fresnay Paris France, actor (Grand Illusion), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 15 | Marian Jordan actress (Molly-Fibber McGee & Molly), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 18 | Pedro Regas, Sparta Greece, actor (Pat Paulsen's ½ Comedy Hour), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 19 | Vivienne Segal Philadelphia PA, Broadway actress (Pal Joey), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 20 | Gregory Ratoff Petrograd Russia, actor/director (Corsican Brothers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | John Wengraf Vienna Austria, actor (12 to Moon, Pride & Passion), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 26 | Olga Chekova Russia, actress (Italian Strawhat, Cry of the Children), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 18 | Jack Raine London England, actor (Quartet), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| May 28 | Henry Kendall London, actor (Amazing Quest, Shadow, Rich & Strange), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | Margalo Gillmore London, actress (Skirts Ahoy, High Society), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 19 | Moe Howard (aka Moses Horwitz) (of the 3 Stooges) is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 04 | Joseph Calleia Malta, actor (Jungle Book, Gilda, Touch of Evil), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 16 | Robert Ringling (of Ringling Brothers Circus) is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 29 | Charles Boyer Figeac France, actor (The Rogues), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 31 | Frederic March (Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel) Academy Award-winning actor is born.[1957]; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 05 | Arthur Charles Nielsen market researcher: founder of A.C. Nielsen Co.: radio and TV audience surveys; International Tennis Hall of Famer: avid player, generous patron; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 05 | Morris Carnovsky actor: Cyrano de Bergerac, Gun Crazy, Dead Reckoning, Rhapsody in Blue, Our Vines Have Tender Grapes; cofounder of New York’s Group Theater; Shakespearean actor; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 05 | Luella Gear NYC, actress (Joe & Mabel), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 23 | Walter Pidgeon Mrs. Miniver, Funny Girl, Hit the Deck, How Green was My Valley, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 06 | Jerome Cowan NYC, actor (Mr Dithers-Blondie, Tab Hunter Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 23 | (month, day suspect) Actor, comedian Milton ‘Gummo’ Marx, of the Marx Brothers, is born. (American National Biography, ISBN 0-19-520635-5, 1999) | |
| Oct 29 | Hope Emerson Hawarden Iowa, actress (I Married Joan, Peter Gunn), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 17 | Sara Haden Galveston TX, actress (A Family Affair) | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 01 | Cyril Ritchard Tony Award-winning actor: Peter Pan [1955]; films: Hans Brinker, Half a Sixpence, Peter Pan, Blackmail; Kraft Television Theatre, Goodyear TV Playhouse; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 09 | Hermione Gingold London England, actress (Gigi, Music Man), is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Dec 23 | Julien Carette Paris France, actor (Sylvia & the Phantom), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 31 | Rhys Williams Wales, actor (Nightmare, Okinawa, Cross My Heart), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1898
| Jan 07 | Art Baker New York City NY, TV host (You Asked For It), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 09 | Vilma Bánky (Lonchit), silent screen actress: Son of the Sheik, Blood and Sand, The Eagle; is born in Budapest Hungary. | Ref: 4 |
| Jan 09 | Gracie Fields (Grace Stansfield), comedienne: Walter, Walter, I Took My Harp to A Party, The Biggest Aspidistra in the World; singer: Sally, Now is the Hour, Around the World; is born in England. | Ref: 68 |
| Jan 14 | Helen Flint Chicago, actress (Sea Devils, Married Before Breakfast), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 20 | Colin Clive [Greig], St Malo France, actor (Bride of Frankenstein), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 21 | John George Syria, actor (Kolb-Adventures of Fu Manchu), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 23 | Randolph Scott (Crane) actor: Last of the Mohicans, The Nevadan, Ride the High Country, To the Shores of Tripoli, Man in the Saddle, Go West Young Man, Bombardier; is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 02 | Josephina J "Fien" de la Mar Dutch actress (Theatre De la Mar), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 09 | Vilma Banky Budapest Hungary, silent screen actress (Eagle, Rebel), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 10 | Dame Judith (Frances Margaret) Anderson, Adelaide Australia, actress (Laura, Rebecca, Tycoon), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 10 | Robert Keith, Fowler IN, actor (Battle Circus, Branded, Wild One) | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 12 | Wallace Ford [Samuel Jones Grundy], Batton England, actor (The Deputy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 15 | Toto (Antonio de Curtis), Naples Italy, actor (Motorizzate, Noi Duri), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 16 | Katharine Cornell actress (Barretts of Wimpole St), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 18 | K'Tut Tantri broadcaster/hotelier, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 28 | Molly Picon Yiddish actress (Milk & Honey), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 06 | Jay C Flippen Little Rock AR, actor (Ensign O'Toole, Jet Pilot, Killing, Thunder Bay), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 08 | Louise Beavers Cincinnati OH, actress (Beulah-Beulah, Made for Each Other), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 10 | Cy Kendall St Louis MO, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 11 | Dorothy Gish, Massillon OH, stage & silent film actress (Orphans of the Storm), is born. (Encyclopedia Americana 2000) | |
| Mar 12 | Fredrik J "Frits" Bakker Jr Dutch actor (Sold Grandpa), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 13 | Josie Sedgwick Texas, actress (Son of Oklahoma), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 23 | Hazel Dawn [LaTout] Ogden UT, actress (Niobe, Under Cover, Feud Girl) | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 30 | Joyce Carey London England, actress (Black Windmill), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 01 | Nita Naldi [Anita Donna Dooley] New York NY, actress (Blood & Sand), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 03 | George Jessel toastmaster general/entertainer (Diary of Young Comic), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 06 | Bobby Gilbert Pennsylvania, actor (Rebel Set, Marcus Welby MD), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 14 | Lee Tracy Atlanta GA, actor (Martin Kane-Martin Kane Private Eye) | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 16 | Marian Jordan Peoria IL, radio comedienne (Fibber McGee & Molly), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 19 | Constance Talmadge Brooklyn NY, comedienne/actress (Intolerance), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 15 | Arlette-Leonie Arletty [Bathiat], Courbevoie France, actress (Maxime) | Ref: 5 |
| May 22 | René de Vos Dutch actor/composer (Jij Bent Mijn Leven), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 23 | Frank McHugh actor (Front Page, Gold Diggers 1935, Mighty Joe Young), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 01 | Molly Picon (Pyekoon) actress: Fiddler on the Roof, Come Blow Your Horn, For Pete’s Sake, Murder on Flight 502, Cannonball Run; star of the Yiddish stage; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 06 | Walter Abel actor St Paul Mn, actor (Suspicion, Dream Girl), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 30 | George Chandler Waukegan Ill, actor (Lassie) | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 04 | Johnny Lee Missouri, actor (Calhoun-Amos 'n' Andy) | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 04 | Gertrude Lawrence, English actress, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Jul 08 | Melville Ruick Boise Idaho, actor (Barton-City Hospital) | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 12 | Oscar Homolka, Austrian-born American stage and screen actor, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Aug 30 | Shirley Booth (Thelma Booth Ford) Academy Award-winning actress: Come Back Little Sheba [1952]; Hot Spell, The Matchmaker; Emmy Award-winner [1962]: Hazel ; A Touch of Grace; us born. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 01 | Marilyn Miller, American musical comedy actress, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Sep 08 | Queenie Smith NYC, actress/dancer (Funny Side) | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 18 | Lotte Lenya (Karoline Blamauer), Vienna Austria, actor/singer (Appointment, Semi-Tough), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 01 | Cyril Ritchard Sydney Australia, actor (Peter Pan, Hans Brinker), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 06 | Herman Shumlin actor (Watch on the Rhine), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 09 | Emmett Kelly Sedan KS, circus clown (Weary Willie), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 20 | Irene [Marie] Dunne Louisville KY, actress (Show Boat, I Remember Mama, My Favorite Wife), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1899
| Jan 05 | Albert van Dalsum Dutch actor/director (Little Rascal) | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 06 | Phyllis Haver Douglas KS, silent screen actress (What Price Glory) | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 07 | Kenneth Thomson Pittsburgh PA, actor (Broadway Melody, Little Giant), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 11 | Eva Le Gallienne, English/Am. Actress/producer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Jan 23 | Humphrey (DeForest) Bogart Academy Award-winning actor: The African Queen [1951]; The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, The Caine Mutiny, The Barefoot Contessa, Tokyo Joe, Key Largo, Action in the North Atlantic, High Sierra [over 50 films]; is born in New York NY. | Ref: 68 |
| Jan 25 | Ace Goodman Kansas City MO, comedian (Easy Aces), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 26 | Wyllis Cooper Pekin IL, TV narrator (Volume One) | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 02 | Benny Rubin Boston MA, actor/comedian (Benny Rubin Show) | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 03 | Doris Speed actress (Annie-Coronation Street) | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 06 | Ramon Novarro [José RG Samaniegos], Durango Mexico, actor (Ben Hur), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 15 | Gale Sondergard Litchfield MN, actress (Cat & Canary, Road to Rio), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 22 | Dwight Frye Salina KS, actor (Black Camel, Dracula, Frankenstein) | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 27 | Ian Keith Boston MA, actor (Rochefort-3 Musketeers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 03 | Cees Lasseur Dutch actor/owner (Hague Comedy) | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 20 | Edouard Pailleron French attorney/comedian (voice où), dies at 64. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 22 | Martyn Green London, actor (Gilbert & Sullivan, Iceman Cometh), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | Martyn Green, English singer and actor; Gilbert and Sullivan star, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Apr 26 | Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Decatur TX, actor (Circus Boy, Hoedown, Country Fair, Blackmail) | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 29 | Natalie Talmadge actress (Our Hospitality), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 30 | Lucie Mannheim Berlin, actress (East Meets West, 39 Steps) | Ref: 5 |
| May 03 | Aline MacMahon McKeesport PA, actress (Backdoor to Heaven) | Ref: 5 |
| May 05 | Freeman Gosden, Richmond VA, radio actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | Ralf Harolde Pittsburgh PA, actor (Framed, Smart Money, Tip-off) | Ref: 5 |
| May 20 | Estelle Taylor [Boylan] Wilmington DE, actress (8 Commandments), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 21 | Ralph Sanford Springfield MA, actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp) | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 01 | Charles Laughton Academy Award-winning actor: The Private Life of Henry VIII [1933]; Mutiny on the Bounty, Witness for the Prosecution, Advise and Consent, Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Captain Kidd, The Man on the Eiffel Tower, Spartacus; husband of actress Elsa Lanchester; died Dec 15, 1962 | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 17 | James Cagney, American actor (Yankee Doodle Dandy, Mister Roberts), is born in New York City. | Ref: 68 |
| Jul 25 | Ralph Dumke Indiana, actor (Movieland Quiz), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 10 | Jack (John Joseph) Haley actor: The Wizard of Oz, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Alexander’s Ragtime Band; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 16 | Glenn Strange Weed NM, actor (Sam the Bartender-Gunsmoke), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 29 | George Macready Providence RI, actor (Martin Peyton-Peyton Place), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 09 | Neil Hamilton Lynn Mass, actor (Commisioner Gordon-Batman) | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 03 | Gertrude Berg Harlem NYC, actress (Molly Goldberg-The Goldbergs), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 29 | Akim Tamiroff actor: For Whom the Bell Tolls, Anastasia, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Hotel Paradiso, Lord Jim, The Story of Louis Pasteur; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 11 | Pat (William Joseph Patrick) O’Brien, actor: Knute Rockne, All American, Ragtime, Fighting Father Dunne, Some like It Hot, Harrigan and Son, is born in Milwaukee WI. | Ref: 68 |
| Nov 16 | Mary Margaret McBride Paris MO, radio personality (WOR-AM, NYC) | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 06 | Nikolai Batalov Moscow Russia, actor (Mother), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 08 | John Qualen Vancouver British Columbia, actor (Grapes of Wrath, The Searchers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 09 | Howard Freeman Helena MT, actor (Double Dynamite), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 15 | Frank Vosper London England, actor (Man Who Knew Too Much), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 16 | Sir Noel Coward, the English actor, playwright and composer, is born in London. | Ref: 70 |
| Dec 21 | Guy Wilkerson TX, actor (Dead or Alive, West of TX, Shootin' Iron) | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 25 | Frank Fergusson actor (My Friend Flicka, Peyton Place), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1900
| Jan 01 | Lillian Rich Herne Hill London England, actress (One Wonderful Night, Never Say Die), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 01 | Paola Borboni Parma Italy, actress (La Cage aux folles II, Cicciabomba), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 01 | William Haines Staunton VA, actor (Fast Life, Little Annie Rooney), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 20 | Doris Deane Wisconsin, entertainer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 23 | Mary Philips CT, actress (Farewell to Arms, Incendiary Blonde), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 23 | Ralph Graves Cleveland OH, actor (Dirigible, Flight, Dream Street), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 25 | Mildred Dunnock Baltimore MD, actress (Baby Doll, Nun's Story), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 30 | Martita Hunt Argentina, actress (Man in Grey, Becket), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 12 | Fred Emney London England, actor (Let the People Sing, Lilac Domino), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 21 | Madeleine Renaud French actress/theater director (Plaisir), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 21 | Sydney Arnold English comic/actor (Miss Jones & Son), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 22 | Dan Rice, American clown, dies at age 77. | Ref: 70 |
| Mar 03 | Edna Best Hove England, actress (Key, Calendar, Escape, Intermezzo), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 05 | Ludwig Donath actor (Jolson Story, Jolson Sings Again), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 06 | Ludwig Donath Vienna Austria, actor (Torn Curtain, Sirocco), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 10 | Sherman Billingsley Enid OK, talk show host (Stork Club), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 19 | Roy Roberts Tampa FL, actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 21 | Eugenie Leontovitch Moscow Russia, actor (Homicidal), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 28 | Robert Harris actor (Big Caper, Laughing Anne), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 09 | Allen Jenkins Staten Island NY, actor (Hey Jeannie, Top Cop, Girl Habit), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 14 | Salvatore Baccaloni Rome, actor (Merry Andrew, Rock-a-Bye Baby), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 18 | Louise Tazewell [Louise Skiller Tazewell], entertainer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 19 | Allen Jenkins New York NY, actor (Girl Habit, Fugitive from a Chain Gang), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 26 | James Sutherland English literature scholar/actor (Rob Roy 1953), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 05 | Actor Spencer (Bonaventure) Tracy is born in Milwaukee WI. | Ref: 68 |
| May 07 | Ralph Truman London England, actor (Web of Evidence), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 12 | Helene Weigel Austria/German actress (Metropolis, Mutter Courage), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 14 | Billie Dove [Lilian Bohny] New York NY, actress (Black Pirate, Stolen Bride), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 13 | Ian Hunter S Africa, actor (Sir Richard-Robin Hood), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 10 | Norma Shearer Canada, actress (Divorcee, Idiot's Delight), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 19 | Colleen Moore, American actress, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Aug 22 | Elizabeth Bergner, Vienna Austria, actress (Catherine the Great), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 24 | Preston Foster Ocean City NJ, actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 01 | Don Wilson announcer, actor: The Jack Benny Show; is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Sep 01 | Richard Arlen actor (Alice in Wonderland), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 02 | William "Bud" Abbott (of Abbott and Costello) is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Oct 09 | Alastair Sims actor (Christmas Carol, Stage Fright), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 10 | Actress Helen Hayes (Brown) (First Lady of the American Theater) is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 15 | Fritz Feld actor (Jack Benny Show, At the Circus), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 16 | Lloyd Corrigan SF, actor (Papa Dodger-Willy, Prof McKillup-Hank), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 17 | Lloyd Corrigan SF, actor (Papa Dodger-Willy, Prof McKillup-Hank), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 17 | Jean Arthur (Gladys Georgianna Greene) actress: Shane, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Devil and Miss Jones, The Jean Arthur Show; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 18 | Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actress, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Nov 11 | John Longden West Indies, actor (Man From Interpol), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 17 | Marcel Dalio Paris, actor (Casablanca), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 03 | Lester Matthews Nottingham England, (Sir Dennis-Adventures of Fu Manchu), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 13 | Norman Foster Richmond IN, actor (Skyscraper Souls), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1901
| Jan 02 | Rex O'Malley London England, actor (Camille, Zara, Midnight), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 06 | Patrick Aherne England, actor (Bwana Devil, Botany Bay, Q Planes), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 10 | Pauline Starke Joplin MO, actress (Dante's Inferno, Dance Magic), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 14 | Bebe Daniels Scotland, actress (42nd Street, Lonesome Luke), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 27 | Willy Fritsch German actor (Spies, Women in the Moon), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 01 | (William) Clark Gable, Cadiz OH, actor (Gone With the Wind), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 02 | Connie Gilchrist Brooklyn NY, actress (Cry Havoc, Letter to 3 Wives), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 06 | Ben Lyon Atlanta GA, actor (I Cover the Waterfront, Night Nurse), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 09 | (Waldo) Brian Donlevy actor: Destry Rides Again, Wake Island, Arizona Bushwackers, Five Golden Dragons, Jesse James, Dangerous Assignment; is born in Portadown Ireland. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 16 | Chester Morris New York NY, actor (Diagnosis Unknown), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 18 | Reginald Sheffield London England, actor (Second Chance), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 22 | Mildred Davis PA, actress (Grandma's Boy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 25 | Zeppo (Herbert) Marx (of the Marx Brothers) is born in New York City.. (American National Biography, ISBN 0-19-520635-5, 1999) | |
| Mar 13 | Paul Fix Dobbs Ferry NY, actor (Rifleman), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 15 | J Pat O'Malley Burnley England, actor (Touch of Grace, Gunn, Star!), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 25 | Ed Begley actor: The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Sweet Bird of Youth, Sorry Wrong Number, On Dangerous Ground, The Oscar; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 04 | Carmel Myers San Francisco CA, actress (Carmel Myers Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 05 | Melvyn Douglas (Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg) Academy Award-winning actor: [supporting] Hud [1963], [supporting] Being There [1979]; The Vampire Bat, Captains Courageous, Ninotchka, Three Hearts for Julia, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, The Americanization of Emily, I Never Sang for My Father, The Candidate, The Seduction of Joe Tynan, The Changeling, Ghost Story; is born in Macon GA. died Aug 4, 1981; see Superstar Day [above] | Ref: 4 |
| May 03 | Gino Cervi Bologna Italy, actor (Les Miserables, Naked Maja), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 07 | Gary (Frank James) Cooper Helena MT, actor (2 Academy Awards-Sergeant York, High Noon), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 09 | Fuzzy Knight Fairmont WV, actor (Oklahoma Annie, Cowby & the Lady), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 20 | Otto Waldis Austria, actor (Port of Hell, Unknown World), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 03 | Maurice Evans, Dorchester England, actor (Maurice-Bewitched), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 18 | Jeanette MacDonald actress/singer (When I'm Calling You), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 22 | Jack Whiting Phila Pa, actor/singer (Marge & Gower Champion Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 29 | Nelson Eddy actor/baritone (Great Duets with Jeanette MacDonald), is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Jun 29 | Frieda Inescort Edinburgh Scotland, actress (Pride & Prejudice), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 09 | Jester Hairston NC, actor (Thats My Mama, Rolly-Amen), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 14 | George Tobias NYC, actor (Abner Kravitz-Bewitched), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 21 | Allyn Joslyn Milford Pa, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 09 | Charles Farrell Cape Cod Mass, actor (Vern-My Little Margie), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 05 | Florence Elridge actress (Long Days Journey into the Night), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 12 | Ben Blue (Benjamin Bernstein) actor, comedian: Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?, Broadway Rhythm, The Big Broadcast of 1938; is born in Montreal CN. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 26 | Donald Cook Portland Ore, actor (Too Young To Go Steady), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 02 | Actor Paul Ford (The Colonel on "The Phil Silvers Show") is born in Baltimore MD. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 02 | James Dunn NYC, actor (Uncle Earl-It's a Great Life), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 06 | Juanita Hall Keyport NJ, actress (Capt Billy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 27 | Willy Fritsch German actor (Spies, Women in the Moon), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 21 | Robin Irvine London England, actor (Easy Virtue), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 27 | Marlene Dietrich (Maria Magdelene von Losch) actress: The Blue Angel, first German talkie; Morocco, Kismet, Destry Rides Again, Judgment at Nuremberg, Witness for the Prosecution; is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Dec 27 | Irene Handl London England, actress (Riding High, Morgan), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1902
| Jan 08 | Alexander Gray Wrightsville PA, actor (This is Music), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 12 | Joe E. Lewis (Klewan) comedian, actor: Lady in Cement, Private Buckaroo; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Jan 12 | Ray Teal Grand Rapids MI, actor (Sheriff Roy Coffee-Bonanza), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 24 | Walter Keirnan New Haven CT, TV panelist (I've Got a Secret), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 26 | Romney Brent Saltillo Mexico, actor/writer (Dinner at the Ritz), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 30 | Elise Cavanna actress (Pharmacist, Dentist, Barber Shop), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 31 | Tallulah Bankhead Huntsville AL, actress (Lifeboat, Die Die Darling), is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Feb 02 | Tyra Ryman Arboga Sweden, actress (Peter the Tramp), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 08 | Lyle Talbot [Lysle Hollywood], Pittsburgh PA, actor (Glen or Glenda), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 09 | Chester H Lauck Allene AR, actor (Dreaming Out Loud, 2 Weeks to Live), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 14 | Stu Erwin Squaw Valley CA, actor (Stu Erwin Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 15 | Wilhelmina JR Albregt-Engelman Dutch actress, dies at 68. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 19 | Nydia Westman actress: Strange Justice, The Velvet Touch, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, The Reluctant Astronaut; is born in New York NY. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 19 | Hugo Haas Brno Czechoslovakia, actor/director (2 Smart People), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 03 | Ruby Dandridge Memphis TN, actress (Father of the Bride), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 07 | Heinz [Heinrich William] Ruehmann Essen Germany, actor/director (Der Hauptmann von Köpenick), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 08 | Louise Beavers, actress, is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 09 | Will Geer (William Auge Ghere) actor: Union Pacific, It’s a Small World, Broken Arrow, In Cold Blood, The Waltons; is born in Frankfort IN. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 15 | Kitty Masters actress, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 20 | Edgar Buchanan Humansville MO, actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 21 | Carl Jaffe Hamburg Germany, actor (1st Man in Space, Escapement), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 23 | Philip Ober Fort Payne AL, actor (General Stone-I Dream of Jeannie), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 28 | Dame Flora Robson South Shields England, actress (Dominique is Dead, The Years Between), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 29 | Onslow Stevens Los Angeles CA, actor (Mr Fisher-This is the Life), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 03 | Henri Garat Paris France, actor (Congress Dances), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 06 | Gertrude Short Cincinnati OH, actress (Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 13 | Godfrey Kenton actor (Well's Theater), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 20 | Donald Wolfit England, actor (Lawrence of Arabia, Becket, Accursed), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 27 | Kitty Kelly New York NY, actress (Ladies of the Jury, Behind Office Doors), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 02 | Brian (Delacey) Aherne Worcestershire England, actor (Juarez), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 02 | Erin O'Brien-Moore Los Angeles CA, actress (Peyton Place, Our Little Girl), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 03 | Walter Slezak Vienna, actor (Bedtime for Bonzo, Inspector General), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 03 | Jack Larue New York NY, actor (Lights Out, Mouthpiece, My Favorite Brunette), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 30 | Stepin Fetchit [Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry] Key West FL, actor (In Old Kentucky, Miracle in Harlem), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | Henk Schaer [Hendricus JM Schaareman] actor/conductor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 01 | Myron Cohen comedian, entertainer, actor: When Nature Calls; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 04 | George Murphy New Haven Ct, (Sen-R-Calif)/actor/dancer (MGM Parade), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 04 | Vince Barnett Pittsburgh, actor (Star is Born, Human Jungle), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 18 | Chill Wills actor: Billy the Kid, McClintock, Giant, The Yearling, Tarzan's NY Adventure, The Wheeler Dealers; is born in Seagoville TX. | Ref: 68 |
| Jul 24 | Nora Swinburne England, actress (Quo Vardis, Dinner at Ritz, River), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 03 | Judson Laire NYC, actor/singer (Papa-Mama, Adm Broadway Revue), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 11 | Lloyd (Benedict) Nolan, SF Calif, actor (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Peyton Place), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 13 | Regis Toomey, Pitts Pa, actor (Burke's Law, Petticoat Junction), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 12 | Margaret Hamilton, Ohio, wicked witch of the west (Wizard of Oz), is born. | Ref: 17 |
| Sep 17 | Esther Ralston actress: Tin Pan Alley, We’re in the Legion Now, Oliver Twist, Shadows of the Orient, To the Last Man; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 20 | Kermit Maynard Vevey Ind, cowboy actor (Saturday Roundup), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 22 | John Houseman (Jacques Haussmann) Academy Award-winning actor: The Paper Chase [1973]; Seven Days in May, Three Days of the Condor, The Winds of War, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 28 | Ed Sullivan TV variety show host/gossip columnist (Ed Sullivan Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 05 | Larry Fine (aka Louis Fienberg) (of the 3 Stooges) is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Oct 11 | Leon Belasco Odessa Russia, actor (Lucky Partners, My Sister Eileen), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 17 | Irene Ryan (Noblette) actress: The Beverly Hillbillies, Heading for Heaven; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 18 | Miriam Hopkins actress: The Children’s Hour, The Chase, Carrie, Barbary Coast; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 28 | Elsa Lanchester, Lewisham London, actress (Bride of Frankenstien), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 31 | Eduard Franz Milwaukee Wisc, actor (Zorro), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 26 | Alberto Morin PR, actor (Armando-Dallas), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 28 | Victor Jory Dawson City Canada, actor (Kings Row, Manhunt), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 14 | Frances Beauvier actress (Aunt Bea-Andy Griffith Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 19 | Sir Ralph Richardson England, actor (David Copperfield, Dr Zhivago, Anna Karenina), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 25 | Barton MacLane Columbia SC, actor (The Geisha Boy, General Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 26 | Elisha Cook Jr San Francisco CA, actor (Maltese Falcon, Shane, Magnum PI), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1903
| Jan 04 | Joris Diels Flemish actor/director (Haagsche Comedy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 06 | Francis L Sullivan London England, actor (Missing Rembrandt), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 06 | Stanley Smith Kansas City MO, actor (Honey, King of Jazz, Soup to Nuts), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 07 | Alan Napier Birmingham England, actor (Alfred-Batman), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 08 | Gene Roth [Eugene Stutenroth], South Dakota, actor (She Demons, Spider), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 12 | Harry Houdini performs at Rembrandt theater, Amsterdam. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 13 | Kay Francis [Katherine E Gibbs], Oklahoma City OK, actress (False Madonna), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 14 | Veronica Turleigh County Donegal Ireland, actress (Promoter), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 17 | Warren Hull Gasport NY, actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 20 | Leon Ames Portland Indiana, actor (Mr Ed, Father of the Bride), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 23 | Randolph Scott (Crane), actor (Last of the Mohicans, Western Union), is born. | Ref: 17 |
| Jan 27 | Reginald Gardiner Wimbledon England, actor (Pruitts of So Hampton), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 02 | Frank McGrath Mound City MO, actor (Wagon Train), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 04 | Berend van den Amstel [Bernard CED Hattink], actor (Beatrice), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 11 | Rex Lease West Virginia, actor (Fast Bullets, Sunny Skies, Custer's Last Stand), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 15 | Julie Verstraete-Lacquet Flemish actress, dies at 69. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 16 | Edgar Bergen (Bergren) actor, ventriloquist: radio: The Edgar Bergen Show w/dummy Charlie McCarthy; father of actress Candice Bergen; is born in Chicago IL. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 21 | Madeleine Renaud Paris France, actress (Helene, Longest Day), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 27 | Reginald Gardiner Wimbledon England, actor (Great Dictator), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 04 | Harold Berens comedian, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 16 | Morgan Conway actor (Dick Tracy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 24 | John Patrick Sutton Ludlow actor (Agatha), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 31 | Arthur Godfrey New York NY, TV host (Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 07 | Willi Forst Austrian actor/director (Im weissen Rössl), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 08 | Ilka Chase New York NY, actress (Masquerade Party, Trials of O'Brien), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 09 | Ward (Wardell) Bond, Benkelman, NB, actor (Quiet Man, Fort Apache, Seth-Wagon Train), is born. | Ref: 17 |
| Apr 13 | Rex Evans actor (Frankenstein meets the Wolfman, Zara, Matchmaker), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 13 | Derk J A Haspels Dutch actor, dies at 65. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 15 | John Williams England, actor (Niles-Family Affair, Dial M for Murder), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 18 | Leonid Kinskey St Petersburg Russia, actor (Casablanca), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 25 | Camilla Horn actress (Rebus, Vertigine, Polterabend, Matinee Idol), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 04 | Luther Adler New York NY, actor (Dr Bernard Altman-The Psychiatrist), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 08 | Fernandel [Fernand Joseph Desire Contandin] French actor (Paris Holiday), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 12 | Wilfrid Hyde-White England, actor (My Fair Lady, Peyton Place), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 13 | Paul Page Birmingham AL, actor (Girl From Havana, Moth), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 15 | Anny Ondra Czechoslovakia, actress (Blackmail, Manxman), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 18 | George E Stone Lodz Poland, actor (Viva Villa, Last Mile), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 28 | Bob Hope (Leslie Townes), comedian, is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Jun 10 | Clyde Beatty (circus performer, lion tamer, circus owner, actor) is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 21 | Dorothy Stickney actress (And So They Were Married), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 25 | Anne Revere Tony Award-winning actress: Toys in the Attic [1960]; Academy Award winner [1944]: National Velvet; A Place in the Sun, Gentlemen’s Agreement, Forever Amber, The Song of Bernadette, The Howards of Virginia; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 28 | Alan Bunce Westfield NJ, actor (Albert-Ethel & Albert), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 14 | Ken Murray (Don Court) actor: Follow Me, Boys!, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Marshall’s Daughter; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 19 | Claude (Legrand) Dauphin, Corbell France, actor (April in Paris, Deported), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 31 | Arthur (Morton) Godfrey, radio, TV host (Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scout), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 13 | Claudette Colbert (Lily Claudette Chauchoin), actress who won an Oscar for It Happened One Night, is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Sep 17 | Dolores Costello actress: The Magnificent Ambersons; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 29 | Greer Garson Academy Award-winning actress: Mrs. Miniver [1942]; Sunrise at Campobello, Pride and Prejudice, Little Women, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, The Singing Nun; is born in North Ireland | Ref: 68 |
| Sep 29 | Ted Decorsia Bkln NY, actor (Police Chief Hegedorn-Steve Canyon), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 22 | Curly Howard (aka Jerome Lester Horwitz) (of the 3 Stooges) is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Oct 31 | John Barrymore made his stage debut in Magda in the Cleveland Theatre in Chicago. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 07 | (Ira) Dean Jagger, Academy Award-winning actor: Twelve O’clock High [1949]; Elmer Gantry, Bad Day at Black Rock, White Christmas, King Creole, The Robe, Vanishing Point, Mr. Novak; is born in Lima Ohio. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 12 | Jack Oakie (Lewis Delaney Offield) actor: Lover Come Back, The Rat Race, Song of the Islands, Tin Pan Alley, The Texas Rangers; is born in Sedalia MO. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 27 | Mona Washbourne actress: Mrs. Pearce, My Fair Lady, Night Must Fall, Mrs. Brown You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter, Brideshead Revisited; is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 27 | Reginald Gardiner Wimbledon England, actor (Pruitts of So Hampton), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 10 | George J Lewis Guadalajara MTXico, actor (Don-Zorro), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 10 | Una Merkel Covington KY, actress (42nd Street, Abraham Lincoln), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 16 | Hardie Albright Pittsburgh PA, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 23 | Fredi [Fredericka] Carolyn Washington actress (Black & Tan), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 25 | Corry Lievens [Isabella MJ Adriaens] Flemish actress (Blue Bird), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 25 | J Edward Bromberg Hungary, actor (Mark of Zorro, Under 2 Flags), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| Jan 10 | Ray Bolger Dorchester MA, actor/dancer (Wizard of Oz), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 17 | Grant Withers Pueblo CO, actor (Oklahoma, Annie), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 17 | Patsy Ruth Miller actress (Québec, Wide Open, Sap, Twin Beds), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 18 | Cary Grant (Archibald Alexander Leach) England, actor (Arsenic & Old Lace, North by Northwest), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 21 | Joseph Ford McGuinn Brooklyn NY, actor (Dick Tracy's G-Men), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 26 | Douglas Evans actor (South Pacific Trail), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 01 | S.J. (Sidney Joseph) Perelman humorist, writer, Academy Award-winning screenwriter: Around the World in 80 Days [1956]; Monkey Business, Horse Feathers, One Touch of Venus, Strictly from Hunger, Westward Ha!, Around the World in 80 Clichés; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 12 | Ted Mack (William Maguiness) (of "Ted Mack's Original Amature Hour") is born in Denver, CO. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 20 | Bramwell Fletcher Yorkshire England, actor (White Cargo, Mummy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 27 | Renaat Verheijen Flemish actor/director (Innocent Heart), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 01 | Paul Hartman San Francisco CA, actor (Bert-Petticoat Junction), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 03 | Mayo Methot actress: Goodbye Love, Marked Woman; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 06 | Hugh Williams actor/writer (Charley's Aunt, Bank Holiday), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 06 | Johannes C "Chris" Baay Dutch actor (Klatergoud, Surprise Raid), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 07 | Virginia Downing actress (Gig, Butterfield 8), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 07 | Willy Forst Austria actor/director (Vienna Blood), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 15 | George Brent Dublin Ireland, actor (42nd St, Jezebel), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 16 | Clive Morton London England, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Moonraker), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 28 | Fosco Giachetti Livorno Italy, actor (Wastrel, We the Living), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 03 | Iron Eyes Cody, Tulsa OK, actor (Black Gold, Ernest Goes to Camp), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 09 | Lyle Latell Elma IA, actor (Not of the Earth, Sky Dragon), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 11 | Paul McGrath Chicago IL, actor (Witness, No Time for Love), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 14 | John Gielgud London England, actor (Arthur, Ages of Man), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 16 | Fifi D'Orsay Montréal Québec Canada, actress (Life Jimmy Dolan, Girl from Calgary), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 20 | Bruce Cabot Carlsbad NM, actor (Diamonds are Forever, King Kong), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | Duncan Renaldo Spain, actor (Cisco Kid), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | Leslie French actor/singer (More than a Miracle), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 03 | John Breeden San Fransisco CA, actor (Salute, Madame Racketeer, Joy Street), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 06 | Catherine Lacey London England, actress (Sorcerors), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | Jean Gabin [Alexis Moncorgé] actor (Stormy Waters, French Can Can), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 19 | Anthony Bushell Kent England, actor (Journey's End), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 20 | Russell Hardie Buffalo NY, actor (Sequoia, In Old Kentucky), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 21 | Robert Montgomery (Henry Montgomery Jr.) actor: Private Lives, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Here Comes Mr. Jordan; director: Eye Witness, Lady in the Lake, The Gallant Hours; host: Robert Montgomery Presents is born in Beacon NY. | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 02 | It was generally believed that Johnny (Peter John) Weissmuller was born in Pennsylvania, however, Olympic historian David Wallechinsky states in his book (THE COMPLETE BOOK OF THE OLYMPICS, Penguin, 1984) that Johnny was actually born in German Swabia (now Romania) and emigrated to the United States with his family in 1908. Younger brother Peter was born in the United States, and when a matter of Johnny's citizenship came up prior to the 1924 Olympics, the baptismal documents for the brothers were switched, thus creating the confusion. (Ref) | |
| Jun 17 | Ralph (Rexford) Bellamy, Chicago, actor (Air Mail, Dive Bomber, Trading Places), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 18 | Keye Luke Canton China, actor (Across the Pacific, Yangtse Incident), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 26 | Actor Peter Lorre (László Löwenstein) is born. | Ref: 24 |
| Jul 05 | Milburn Stone actor: Gunsmoke, Arrowhead, The Sun Shines Bright, Atomic City, Branded, Heading for Heaven; is born in Bruton KS. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 13 | Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers (actor: Abie’s Irish Rose, Varsity, Mexican Spitfire at Sea, My Best Girl) is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 15 | Bil Baird (puppeteer: Bil Baird Puppets: Life with Snarky Parker) is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 01 | Johnny Mack Brown actor: Apache Uprising, Ghost Rider, The Masked Rider, Oregon Trail, Rustlers of Red Dog, Texas Kid; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 02 | Vera Vague [Barbara Jo Allen], NYC, actress (Follow the Leader), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 13 | Gladys George Patten Maine, actress (Roaring Twenties), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 15 | Tom Conway Russia, actor (Mark Saber, Betty Hutton Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 05 | John Hoyt Bronxville NY, actor (Gimme a Break, Tom Dick & Mary), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 09 | Wally Brown Malden Mass, actor (Jed Fame-Cimarron City), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 22 | Constance Bennett actress: Madame X, As Young as You Feel, Two-Faced Woman, Topper, Sin Takes a Holiday, is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 31 | Dan Leno, English entertainer, dies at age 43. | Ref: 70 |
| Nov 06 | Selena Royale NYC, actress (Date With Judy, Misleading Lady), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 14 | Dick (Richard E.) Powell actor: Too Busy to Work, Footlight Parade, Gold Diggers of 1933, Gold Diggers of 1935, Gold Diggers of 1937, Hollywood Hotel, Murder, My Sweet, Cry Danger, Four Star Playhouse, Susan Slept Here; TV Host: The Best in Mystery, Zane Grey Theater, The Dick Powell Show (1961) TV; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 19 | Nancy Carroll NYC, actress (Alice-Aldrich Family), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 22 | Roland Winters Boston MA, actor (Mama, Smothers Brothers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 02 | Donald Woods Brandon Manitoba, actor (Tammy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 20 | Albert Van Dekker Brooklyn NY, actor (Dr Cyclops, Beau Gesture), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 29 | Wendell Niles Twin Valley MN, TV announcer (It Could be You), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| Jan 03 | Ray Milland (Reginald Truscott-Jones) Academy Award-winning actor: The Lost Weekend [1945], We’re Not Dressing, Star-Spangled Rhythm, Lady in the Dark, Let’s Do It Again, X: The Man with X-Ray Eyes; is born in Neath Wales. | Ref: 68 |
| Jan 04 | Sterling Holloway, Cedartown GA, actor (Waldo-Life of Riley, various Disney voices), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 18 | Chick Chandler Kingston NY, actor (Barney-One Happy Family), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 23 | David Newell Missouri, actor (Runaway Bride, White Heat, Dangerous Curves), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 26 | Charles Lane San Francisco CA, actor (Homer-Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 27 | Luther Diamond radio personality, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 03 | Joseph Jefferson actor: Rip Van Winkle; dies. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 04 | Eddie Foy Jr New Rochelle NY, actor (Eddie-Fair Exchange), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 08 | Truman Bradley Missouri, TV host (Science Fiction Theater), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 10 | Lon Chaney Jr actor (Hawkeye, Pistols 'n' Petticoats), is born in Oklahoma City OK. | Ref: 68 |
| Feb 10 | John Dierkes Ohio, actor (Daughter of Dr Jekyll, Hanging Tree), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 12 | Harry Bellaver actor (Sergeant Arcaro-Naked City), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 14 | Thelma Ritter Brooklyn NY, actress (Miracle on 34th Street), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 27 | Franchot Tone (Stanislas Pascal), Niagara Falls NY, actor (Dr Freeland-Ben Casey), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 15 | Joe E Ross comedian (Gunther Toody-Car 54, Ritzik-Phil Silvers Show) is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 18 | Robert Donat Withington Manchester England, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Citadel), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 25 | Binnie Barnes London, actress (Last of the Mohicans, 3 Musketeers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 28 | Marlin Perkins Carthage MO, TV host (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 05 | Bill Raisch one armed actor (Fred Johnson-Fugitive), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 08 | George Baxter Paris France, actor (Flying Saucer, Lili, Caged), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 17 | Arthur Lake (Silverlake), Corbin KY, actor (Dagwood-Blondie), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 17 | Louis Jean Heydt Montclair NJ, actor (Joe-Waterfront), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | Joseph Jefferson actor: Rip Van Winkle; dies. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 26 | Denis O'Dea Dublin, actor (Esther & the King, Treasure Island), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 26 | Jean Vigo France, actor/director (Zero For Conduct, L'Atlante), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 01 | Leila Hyams New York NY, actress (Big House, Ruggles of Red Gap), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 03 | Sebastian Lewis Shaw actor (High Season, Ace of Spades, Caste), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 15 | Joseph (Cheshire) Cotton actor: Citizen Kane, The Third Man, Duel in the Sun, Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte, Tora Tora Tora, The Philadelphia Story, Once More with Feeling; is born in Petersburg VA. | Ref: 4 |
| May 16 | Henry (Jaynes) Fonda, Grand Island NE, actor (Mr Roberts, On Golden Pond), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 25 | Binnie Barnes London, actress (Adventures of Marco Polo, Diamond Jim), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 29 | Jan [Johannes] Teulings Dutch actor/director (That Joyous Eve), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 29 | Sebastian Shaw Holt England, actor (Return of Jedi, Chimera, High Season, Spy in Black), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 03 | Paulette Goddard, actress (Hazard), is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Jun 05 | John Abbott London, actor (Smogasboard), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 19 | George Voskovec Czech, actor (Fred-Nero Wolfe, Peter-Skag), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 17 | William Gargan, Bkln NY, actor (Dynamite, Ellery Queen), is born. | Ref: 17 |
| Jul 29 | Thelma Todd actress (Dangerous Female, Devil's Brother), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 02 | Myrna Loy Montana, actress (Rebound, Emma), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| Aug 09 | Leo Genn actor (Affair in Monte Carlo), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 27 | Frederick O'Neal Brooksville Miss, actor (Car 54 Where Are You), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 28 | Sam Levene actor (Demon, Gung Ho), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 31 | Sanford Meisner, influential acting teacher, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Sep 17 | Jerry Colonna Boston Mass, comedian, actor, often seen with Bob Hope, is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Sep 18 | Actress Greta Garbo is born in Stockholm, Sweden. | Ref: 68 |
| Sep 18 | Eddie "Rochester" Anderson Oakland Calif, actor (Jack Benny Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 19 | Betty Garde Phila, actress (Aggie-The Real McCoys), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 07 | Actor Andy Devine (Jeremiah Schwartz) is born in Flagstaff AZ. | Ref: 24 |
| Oct 09 | Howard St. John actor: I Died a Thousand Times, L’il Abner, The Tender Trap, Lover Come Back, Hank, The Investigator; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 13 | Sir Henry Irving, English actor/stage manager, dies at age 67. | Ref: 2 |
| Oct 22 | Constance Bennett actress (Easiest Way, Ladies in Love), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 05 | Joel (Albert) McCrea actor: Ride the High Country, The Oklahoman, Four Faces West, Buffalo Bill, Barbary Coast, Wichita Town; is born in South Pasadena CA. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 17 | Mischa Auer (Ounskowsky) actor: My Man Godfrey, Brewster's Millions, Destry Rides Again, You Can't Take It with You; is born in St Petersburg, Russia. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 26 | Emlyn Williams Wales, actor/playwright (David Copperfield), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 27 | Luther Diamond radio personality, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 08 | Frank Faylen St Louis MO, actor (Herbert Gillis-Dobie Gillis), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 11 | Gilbert Roland (Luis Antonio Damaso de Alonso) actor: Barbarosa, Islands in the Stream, Cheyenne Autumn, Treasures of Pancho Villa, Thunder Bay, Captain Kidd, The Cisco Kid series; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 22 | Pierre Brasseur [Espinasse] French actor (Enfants du Paradis), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 28 | Cliff Arquette (Charley Weaver) actor: The RCA Victor Show, The Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Show, The Jack Paar Show, The Jonathan Winters Show; TV panelist: Hollywood Squares; grandfather of actress Roseanne Arquette; is born in Toledo OH. | Ref: 4 |
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| Jan 11 | Robert Nesbitt impresario, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 14 | William Bendix New York City NY, actor (Lifeboat, Babe Ruth Story, Life of Riley), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 16 | Diana Winyard London, actress (Cavalcade), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 19 | Ish Kabbible [Merwyn Bogue], Pennsylvania, comedian (Kay Kyser's Kollege), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 23 | Bob Steele Pendleton OR, actor (Duffy-F Troop, Big Sleep), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 28 | Allan Walker actor/writer (Red Buttons Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 30 | Greta Nissen actress (Ambassador Bill), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 02 | Gale Gordon (Charles Aldrich) actor: The Lucy Show, The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour, My Little Margie, Our Miss Brooks; is born in Los Angeles CA. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 05 | John (Richmond Reed) Carradine, ‘The Bard of the Boulevard’, actor: appeared in over 200 films including: The Bride of Frankenstein, Captains Courageous, Alexander’s Ragtime Band, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Stagecoach, The Grapes of Wrath, House of Dracula; is born in Greenwich Village NY. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 10 | Erik Rhodes [Ernest Sharpe], actor (Top Hat, Night at the Ritz), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 16 | Jeffrey Lynn actor (Tony Rome, Butterfield 8, Up Front), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 25 | Warren Hymer New York NY, actor (Girl From Havana, Meet the Mob), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 26 | Madeleine Carroll English actress (The 39 Steps, Secret Agent), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 03 | Donald Novis Hastings England, actor (Monte Carlo), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 06 | Comedian Lou Costello (Louis Francis Cristillo) is born in Paterson, NJ. | Ref: 68 |
| Mar 17 | Brigitte Helm [Gisele Eve von Kuenheim] Berlin, actress (Gloria, Gold), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 17 | Michael O'Shea Hartford CT, actor (Denny-It's a Great Life), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 20 | Ozzie (Oswald George) Nelson bandleader, actor: The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet; married to actress, Harriet Nelson; parents of David and Ricky; is born in Jersey City NJ. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 28 | Robert (Bob) Allen actor (Texas Rangers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 01 | Ned Glass Poland, actor (Sol-Julia, Uncle Moe-Bridget Loves Bernie), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 04 | Bea Benaderet, New York NY, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 10 | Lili Darvas Budapest Hungary, actress (Szerelem, Cimmaron), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 16 | Pigmeat Markham Durham NC, comedian (Here Comes da Judge-Laugh In), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | Marcel Hillaire Cologne Germany, actor (Adventures in Paradise), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 26 | Gracie Allen (Mrs George Burns), comedienne (George Burns Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 03 | Mary Astor Quincy IL, actress (Maltese Falcon, Dinky, Across the Pacific), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 04 | Esmond Knight East Sheen England, actor (Hamlet, Sleeping Murder), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 05 | Ursula Jeans Simla India, actress (I Lived With You, Over the Moon), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 14 | James Flavin Portland ME, actor (Man With a Camera), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 19 | Bruce Bennett (Herman Brix) actor: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Dark Passage, Angels in the Outfield, is born. | Ref: 4 |
| May 22 | Harry Ritz US comic (Ritz Brothers-Silent Movie), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 04 | Richard Whorf, American actor and director, is born. | Ref: 70 |
| Jun 09 | Tonio Selwart Germany, actor (Barefoot Contessa, Naked Maja), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 14 | Carl Esmond Wien (Vienna) Austria, actor (Smash-Up), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 14 | Gil Lamb Minneapolis, actor (Hit Parade of 1947, Riding High), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 19 | Earl W. Bascom rodeo showman and inventor: first side-delivery rodeo chute, first hornless bronc saddle, first one-handed bareback rigging; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 25 | Roger Livesey actor (Drums, Life & Death of Col Blimp), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 01 | Frank Parker (Ciccio) singer [with Marion Marlowe]: An Old Fashioned Picture, Kiss Me Once [And Then Again], Make Believe, Romance, The Melba Waltz; one of the ‘Little Godfreys’ on the Arthur Godfrey Show; quiz show anelist: Masquerade Party; actor: The Concorde: Airport ’79, General Hospital [soap], Days of Our Lives [soap], is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 11 | Harry von Zell radio/TV actor, announcer: Eddie Cantor, Burns and Allen programs; famous blooper: “Ladies and gentleman, the President of the United States, Hoobert Heever -- I mean, Herbert Hoover.”; is born in Indianapolis IN. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 26 | Gracie (Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie) Allen vaudeville, radio, TV, stage actress w/husband, George Burns: The Burns and Allen Show; College Swing, Honolulu, Two Girls and a Sailor, We’re Not Dressing; is born in San Francisco CA. | Ref: 68 |
| Aug 03 | George Sanders actor (Mr Freeze-Batman, Ivanhoe), is born. | Ref: 17 |
| Aug 18 | Andre Van Gyseghem England, actor (Search for the Nile), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 19 | June Collyer (Dorothea Heermance) actress: A Face in the Fog, The Ghost Walks, Drums of Jeopardy; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 29 | Lurene Tuttle Pleasant Lake Ind, actress (Father of Bride, Julia), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 30 | (Rose) Joan Blondell actress: The Baron, The Champ, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Public Enemy; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 15 | Penny Singleton Phila Pa, voice (Jane Jetsons)/actress (Blondie), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 06 | Janet Gaynor (Laura Gainor) first Academy Award-winning actress [1927-28 3 films]: Seventh Heaven, Street Angel, Sunrise; A Star is Born, The Young in Heart; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 14 | Benita Hume London England, actress (Vicky-The Halls of Ivy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 30 | Sue Carol (Evelyn Lederer) actress: The Lone Star Ranger, Walking Back, Captain Swagger; talent agent: discovered Alan Ladd [who became her fourth husband in 1942]; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 06 | Francis Lederer actor (Diary of a Chambermaid), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 13 | Hermione Baddeley England, actress (Camp Runamuck, Maude, Good Life), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 14 | Louise Brooks, silent film star(American Venus, Pandora's Box), symbol of the 1920s flapper, is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Nov 22 | Lee Patrick NYC, actress (Henrietta-Topper, Maltese Falcon), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 29 | Luis Van Rooten Mexico City Mexico, actor (One Man's Family), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 02 | John Bentley England, actor (Hammer the Tuff), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 18 | Kam Tong actor (Across the Pacific, Flower Drum Song), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 20 | Lowell Gilmore Minnesota, actor (Living Christ Series), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 27 | Oscar Levant Pittsburgh PA, actor (American in Paris, Dance of Life), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1907
| Jan 03 | Anna May Wong Los Angeles CA, actress (Impact, Study in Scarlet), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 12 | Country singer, actor Tex (Woodward Maurice) Ritter (father of John Ritter), is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Jan 13 | (Irving) Jeff Morrow actor: The Robe; The Creature Walks Among Us, The Giant Claw; The Story of Ruth, Octaman; died Dec 26, 1993 | Ref: 4 |
| Jan 16 | Alexander Knox Canada, actor (Gorky Park, 2 of a Kind), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 19 | Lillian Harvey London England, actress (Invitation to the Waltz), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 22 | Marie Dressler actress (Anna Christie, Dinner at 8), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 23 | Dan Duryea White Plains NY, actor (Pride of the Yankees), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 15 | Cesar Romero New York NY, actor (Joker-Batman, Ocean's 11, The Thin Man), is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Feb 18 | Billy De Wolfe (William Andrew Jones), Wollaston MA, actor (Good Morning World), is born in Wollaston MA. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 20 | Malcolm Atterbury Philadelphia PA, actor (Jonas-Thicker than Water, Apples Way), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 22 | Actor Robert (George) Young ("Father Knows Best", "Marcus Welby") is born in Chicago IL. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 22 | Sheldon Leonard New York NY, actor/director (Danny Thomas Show, Big Eddie), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 25 | Shimen Rushkin Poland, actor (Beau Brummel, Having a Wonderful Time), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 27 | Gerhard Alexander [Veldheer], Dutch actor (Prince Willem of Orange), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 01 | Lois Moran Pittsburgh PA, actress (Mom-Waterfront), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 03 | Canada Lee New York NY, actor (Lost Boundaries), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 04 | Edgar Barrier New York NY, actor (Cobra Woman, Macbeth, Rocky, Cornered), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 11 | Jessie Matthews London England, actress (Gangway, First a Girl), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 13 | Frank Wilcox DeSoto MO, actor (John-Beverly Hillbillies), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 15 | Paul Maxey Wheaton IL, actor (Matt-Lassie, Mayor-People's Choice), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 18 | Eleanor L "Betty" Compton US actress (Here Comes Trouble), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 19 | Cor Treslem [Cornelis L Melsert], actor/director (Willem van Oranje), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 19 | Kent Smith New York NY, actor (Peyton Place, Invaders), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 22 | Paul J Steenbergen Netherlands, actor (Ciske Rat)/founder (Hague's Comedy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 24 | Martin Kosleck [Nicolaie Yoshkin] Barkotzen Germany, actor (Pursuit to Algiers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 27 | Mary Treen St Louis MO, actress (Emily-Willy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 31 | Eddie Quillan Philadelphia PA, actor (Julia, Hell Town), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 11 | Paul Douglas Philadelphia PA, actor (Adventure Theater, Clash by Night), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 14 | Phyllis Konstam London England, actress (Murder, Skin Game), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 19 | Alan Wheatley England, actor (Adventure of Robin Hood), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 19 | Lina Basquette San Mateo CA, actress (Paradise Park, Pleasure, Goldie), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 25 | Paula Trueman New York NY, actress (Gran-Billy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 02 | Pinky Lee (Pincus Leff) entertainer: burlesque; The Pinky Lee Show [early ’50s TV]; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| May 05 | Benny Baker St Joseph MO, actor (18 Again, Sting II, Thunderbirds), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 11 | Kent Taylor [Louis Weiss] Nashua IA, actor (Boston Blackie, Rough Riders), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 12 | Katharine Hepburn Hartford CT, actress (African Queen, Adam's Rib, On Golden Pond), is born. | Ref: 68 |
| May 14 | Dick Bentley entertainer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | Horace McMahon South Norwalk CT, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 22 | Sir Laurence (Kerr) Olivier (Academy Award-winning actor: Hamlet [1948]; War Requiem, The Boys from Brazil, Brideshead Revisited, Carrie, The Jazz Singer, Peter the Great, Richard III, Spartacus, The Merchant of Venice, Marathon Man, Khartoum; Emmy Award-winning actor: The Moon and Sixpence [1960], A Long Day’s Journey into Night [1973], Love Among the Ruins [1975], Brideshead Revisited, King Lear [1984]; is born in Dorking, London. | Ref: 4 |
| May 26 | John Wayne [born Marion Michael Morrison], American actor and film icon, is born. | Ref: 68 |
| May 26 | Carleton Young New York NY, actor (Reefer Madness, Pride of the Bowery), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 28 | Henry Ritz comedian/dancer (Ritz Brothers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 16 | Jack Albertson Malden Mass, actor (Thin Man, Chico & the Man), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 18 | Froelich Rainey Wisc, quiz moderator (What in the World), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 27 | John McIntire Spokane Ws, actor (Naked City, Wagon Train, Virginian), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 27 | Valerie Cossart London, actress (The Hartmans), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 29 | Joan Davis, St Paul Minn, actress (I Married Joan), is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Jul 16 | Barbara Stanwyck Bkln, actress (Dynasty II, Big Valley, Thorn Birds), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 25 | Jack Gilford (Jacob Gellman) actor: Cocoon series, Arthur 2: On the Rocks, Caveman, Wholly Moses!, Save the Tiger, Catch-22, Enter Laughing, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers, The Duck Factory, The David Frost Revue, The Arrow Show; is born in New York City. (TWA, 1986) | Ref: 95 |
| Jul 28 | Vivian Vance Cherryvale Ks, actress (Ethel Mertz-I Love Lucy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 03 | Irene Tedrow Denver Colo, actress (Lucy-Dennis the Menace, Mr Novak), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 10 | Mae Clarke (Violet Mary Klotz) actress: The Public Enemy, Flying Tigers, Frankenstein; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 12 | Joe Besser (of the Three Stooges) is born. | Ref: 24 |
| Aug 30 | Shirley Booth NYC, actress (Hazel-Hazel, A Touch of Grace), is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Sep 08 | Gavin Muir, Chicago IL, actor (Hollister-Betty Hutton Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 08 | Leon Askin Vienna Austria, actor (Pierre-Charlie Farrell Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 10 | Fay Wray, Alberta Canada, actress-King Kong's main squeeze, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 15 | Fay Wray actress: King Kong, Dr. X, Tammy and the Bachelor, is born in Alberta CN. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 15 | Jack Bailey Hampton Iowa, TV host (Queen for a Day), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 21 | Lloyd Gough actor (Mike Axford-Green Hornet), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 26 | Ralph Michael London England, actor (Quest, Doctor in the House), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 29 | (Orvon) Gene Autry, cowboy, actor, owner of the Los Angeles Angels, is born in Tioga TX. | Ref: 68 |
| Sep 29 | Michael Shepley Plymouth England, actor (Dick & the Duchess), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 14 | Pert Kelton Great Falls Mont, actress (Cavalcade of Stars), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 28 | Lew Parker actor (Lou Marie-That Girl), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 29 | (Robert) Douglass Montgomery actor: Little Women, Harmony Lane; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 30 | Renzo Cesana Rome Italy, TV host (First Date, Continental), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 16 | Burgess Meredith, Cleveland Ohio, actor (Mr Novak, Penguin-Batman, Rocky), is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Nov 20 | Fran Allison, LaPorte City IA, actress (Kukla, Fran & Ollie), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 21 | Charles Korvin Piestany Hungary, actor (Berlin Express, Ship of Fools), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 26 | Frances Dee US actress (Of Human Bondage), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 08 | Frank Faylen St Louis MO, actor (Dobie Gillis), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 10 | Amedeo Nazzari Cagliari Sardinia Italy, actor (Lure of Sila), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 14 | Guy Middleton Hove England, actor (Gentlemen Marrie Brunettes), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 22 | Dame Peggy (Edith Margaret Emily) Ashcroft Academy Award-winning actress: Passage to India [1984]; The Heat of the Day, The Jewel in the Crown, Secret Ceremony, The Nun’s Story, The 39 Steps; British Olivier Award [lifetime achievement 1991]; is born in Croydon England, | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 23 | Don McNeill radio host: The Breakfast Club [The Pepper Pot], ABC Radio, 34 years with Eddie Ballantine, Sam Cowling and Fran Allison; is born in Galena IL. | Ref: 4 |
- 1908
| Jan 05 | George Dolenz Trieste Italy, actor (A Bullet for Joey, Count of Monte Cristo-TV series), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 08 | (Fearless) Mary Nadia Wadia actress, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 08 | William Hartnell London England, actor (Agitator, Jackpot), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 09 | Abraham Goldfaden US Yiddish stage performer (Shulamis), dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 10 | Bernard Lee London England, actor (M in James Bond movies), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 10 | Paul Henreid (Paul Georg Julius Hernreid Ritter Von Wassel-Waldingau) actor: The Madwoman of Chaillot, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Deep in My Heart, Casablanca, Goodbye, Mr. Chips; director: Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Battle in Blue, Battle Shock, Tall Lie; is born in Trieste. | Ref: 4 |
| Jan 10 | Anna S Barbiers Dutch actress (Klaasje Zevenster), dies at 65. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 11 | Lionel Stander New York City NY, actor (Max-Hart to Hart, Unfaithfully Yours), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 14 | Carl Esmond Vienna Austria, actor (Address Unknown, Hitler), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 20 | Paula Wessely Austrian actress/producer (Masquerade), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| Jan 28 | Hans [Hendrik AJ] Tiemeijer Dutch actor/director/writer (Fear), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 02 | Cal Tinney Oklahoma, comedian (Stop Me If You Heard This One), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 02 | Anita Garvin actress (Swiss Miss, Blotto, Charlatan, Hats Off), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 07 | Clarence Clarence Linden "Buster" Crabbe Oakland CA, swimmer (Olympics-gold-1932)/actor (Tarzan the Fearless, Flash Gordon), is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Feb 08 | Myron McCormick Albany, actor (Hustler, Jolson Sings Again), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 09 | Abraham Goldfaden US Yiddish stage performer (Shulamis), dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 17 | Staats Cotsworth Oak Park IL, actor (Peyton Place), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 19 | Susan Fleming actress: Range Feud, Gold Diggers of 1937; widow of Harpo Marx; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 22 | Sir John Mills, actor: Frankenstein, A Tale of Two Cities, Around the World in 80 Days, Gandhi, Oklahoma Crude, Ryan’s Daughter, King Rat, The Swiss Family Robinson, War and Peace, Great Expectations, Goodbye Mr. Chips, The Ghost Camera; father of actresses Juliet and Hayley Mills, is born in England. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 28 | Billie Bird Pocatello ID, actress (Mrs Cassidy-Benson, Dear John, Jury Duty), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 05 | Rex [Reginald Carey] Harrison Huyton Lancashire England, actor (My Fair Lady, Dr Doolittle), is born. (TWA, 1986) | Ref: 95 |
| Mar 05 | Sophie Stewart Scotland, actress (As You Like It, Under the Red Robe), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 07 | Anna Magnani actress: The Rose Tattoo, The Miracle, The Fugitive Kind, Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema; is born in Rome Italy. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 12 | Inez Courtney New York NY, actress (13th Man, Crime Ring, Raven), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 13 | Paul Stewart New York NY, actor (Top Secret USA, Deadline), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 20 | Philip "Felix" Bekkers actor (Czardasvorstin), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 20 | Sir Michael (Scudamore) Redgrave actor: Goodbye Mr. Chips, Heidi, Importance of Being Earnest, Nicholas and Alexandra; is born in Bristol, England. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 25 | Jeanne Cagney actress: A Lion is in the Streets, Quicksand; sister of actor James Cagney; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 28 | Joan Crawford [Lucille Fay LeSueur] San Antonio TX, actress (Mildred Pierce, What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?), is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Mar 29 | Arthur O'Connell New York NY, actor (Mr Peepers, Second Hundred Years), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 29 | Dennis O'Keefe Fort Madison IA, actor/director (T-Men, Fighting Seabees), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 02 | Buddy Ebsen (Christian Rudolph Ebsen), Belleville Il, actor (Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones), is born. | Ref: 17 |
| Apr 05 | Grady Sutton, Chattanooga TN, actor (Pruitts of South Hampton), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 05 | Bette (Ruth Elizabeth) Davis, Academy Award-winning actress: Dangerous [1935], Jezebel [1938]; Dark Victory, The Letter, The Little Foxes, Now, Voyager, Mr. Skeffington, All About Eve, The Star, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, is born in Lowell, MA. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 12 | Virginia Cherrill actress (Lake Extra, Brat, City Lights, Delicious), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 15 | Louise Chaplin actress, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 22 | Eddie Albert [Heimberger] Rock Island IL, actor (Oliver-Green Acres), is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Apr 28 | Michael T Fitzmaurice Chicago IL, actor (Reported Missing, 14 Hours), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 02 | William Bakewell Los Angeles CA, actor (Stage manager-Pinky Lee Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 05 | Rex [Reginald Carey] Harrison Huyton Lancashire England, actor (My Fair Lady, Doctor Dolittle, Cleopatra), is born. | Ref: 17 |
| May 07 | Ed MacDonald actor (Mysteries of Chinatown), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 08 | Arturo De Cordova [Rodriguez], Merida México, actor (Medal for Benny), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 20 | (Jimmy) James (Maitland) Stewart Academy Award-winning actor: Philadelphia Story [1940]; The Glenn Miller Story, It's a Wonderful Life, Harvey, Rear Window, Anatomy of a Murder, Bell, Book and Candle, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Vertigo, The Man from Laramie, is born in Indiana PA. | Ref: 68 |
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| May 26 | Robert Morley Semley Wiltshire England, actor (High Road to China, African Queen), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | Don Ameche, Kenosha WI, actor (Cocoon, Trading Places), is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Jun 02 | Ben Grauer radio actor, announcer: NBC radio: Ben Grauer’s Americana; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 09 | Actor Robert (Charles Clarence Robert Orville Cummings) Cummings ("Love That Bob") is born in Joplin MO. | Ref: 68 |
| Jun 18 | Bud (Clayton Johnson Heermance, Jr.) Collyer, NYC, TV emcee (Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth), is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Jun 19 | Mildred Natwick, Baltimore MD, American character actress (She Wore a Yellow Ribbon), is born. | Ref: 17 |
| Jul 12 | Milton Berle (Berlinger) , Harlem NYC, comedian (Uncle Miltie, Mr Television), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 23 | Karl Swenson actor: The Hanging Tree, The Gallant Hours, North to Alaska, Brighty of the Grand Canyon, Vanishing Point; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 13 | Gene Raymond NYC, actor (Paris 7000, Fireside Theater), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 26 | Tony Pastor, American vaudeville entertainer, dies at age 71. | Ref: 70 |
| Aug 30 | Fred MacMurray Kankakee Ill, actor (Caine Mutiny, My 3 Sons), is born. (TWA, 1986) | Ref: 95 |
| Sep 15 | Penny Singleton (Mariana McNulty) actress: Blondie series, is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 20 | Actress, "What's My Line" panelist, Arlene Francis (Kazanjian) is born in Boston MA. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 18 | Imogene Coca Emmy Award-winning comedienne, actress: Your Show of Shows [1951]; Sid Caesar Invites You, It?s about Time, Grindl, Admiral Broadway Revue, National Lampoon?s Vacation; is born in Philadelphia PA. (also TWA, 1998) | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 24 | Libertad Lamaraque Agentina, actress (Madreselva, Puerta Cerrada), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 02 | Robert F Simon Mansfield OH, actor (Custer, MASH, Man Who Shot Liberty Valance), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 02 | Rufe Davis OK, actor (Cocoanut Grove, Trail Blazers, Gangs of Sonora), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 14 | Morey Amsterdam comedian, actor: The Dick Van Dyke Show; radio: NBC Monitor; is born in Chicago IL. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 14 | Laurence Naismith Surrey England, actor (Judge Fulton-Persuaders), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 18 | Celia Johnson England, actress (Happy Breed, Brief encounter), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 25 | Frank Ferguson California, actor (Wagons West, Dynamite, My Gal Sal), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 25 | Helen [Marie Jurgens] Twelvetrees Brooklyn NY, actress (State's Attorney, Painted Desert), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 28 | Lew Ayres actor: All Quiet on the Western Front, Johnny Belinda, Advice and Consent, Of Mice and Men, Battle for the Planet of the Apes; is born in Minnesota. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 29 | Claire Dodd Arkansas, actress (Ex-Lady, In the Navy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1909
| Jan 01 | (Carver) Dana Andrews actor: State Fair, The Best Years of Our Lives, A Walk in the Sun, Battle of the Bulge, Airport ’75, Prince Jack; is born in Collins MS. | Ref: 4 |
| Jan 05 | Jean-Pierre Aumont Paris France, actor (Count of Monte Cristo, Cat & Mouse, Happy Hooker), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 12 | Mauritz Hugo Sweden, actor (Atomic Blonde, Road Agent), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 22 | Ann Sothern [Harriette Lake], North Dakota, actress (Lady in a Cage, My Mother the Car), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 24 | Ann Todd Hartford England, actress (Paradine Case, 7th Veil), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 29 | Alan Marshal Sydney Australia, actor (White Cliffs of Dover, Lydia), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 30 | Richard Hearne Norwich England, actor (Capt Horatio Hornblower), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 01 | Helen Chandler Charleston SC, actress (Christopher Strong, Dracula), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 02 | Franc Albertson Fergus Falls MN, actor (Psycho, Alice Adams), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 04 | Robert Coote London, actor (Timmy-Rogues, Theodore-Nero Wolfe), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 09 | Heather Angel Oxford England, actress (Informer, Last of Mohicans), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 16 | Hugh Beaumont Lawrence KS, actor (Ward Cleaver-Leave it to Beaver), is born. | Ref: 68 |
| Feb 16 | Jeffrey Lynn Auburn MA, actor (My Son Jeep, The Roaring Twenties), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 28 | Olan Soule, La Harpe IL, actor (My 3 Sons, Arnie), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 01 | Terrence De Marney, London England, actor (Case Thomas-Johnny Ringo), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 08 | Claire Trevor [Wemlinger] New York NY, actress (Murder My Sweet, Marjorie Morningstar), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 12 | Johanna "Lena" Bakker Dutch actress/wife of Bruno Gerlach, dies at 34. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 19 | Louis Hayward Johannesburg South Africa, actor (Lone Wolf, Survivors), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 26 | Chips Rafferty (John William Goffage), actor: The Desert Rats, The Sundowners, Wackiest Ship in the Army, Skullduggery; is born in Broken Hill Australia. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 01 | Abner Biberman Milwaukee Wisc, actor (Imhook-Kodiak), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 09 | Robert Murray Helpmann, Mount Gambier Australia, actor (Second Time Lucky), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 22 | Ralph Byrd Dayton OH, actor (Dick Tracy TV Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 29 | Tom Ewell [S Yewell Tompkins] Owensboro KY, actor (Tom Ewell Show, 7 Year Itch, Adam's Rib), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 04 | Howard Da Silva [Silverblatt] Cleveland OH, actor (Ben Franklin-1776), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 15 | James Mason England, actor (Lolita, Bloodline, Boys From Brazil), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | Magda Schneider actress (Eva, Going Gay, Be Mine Tonight), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 19 | Bruce Bennett (Herman Brix), Tacoma WA, actor (Before I Hang, Sahara), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 07 | Actress Mary Pickford made her motion picture debut in The Violin Maker of Cremona. | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 07 | Jessica Tandy London, actress (Birds, Cocoon, Batteries Not Included), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 20 | Errol (Leslie Thomson) Flynn, film actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood, Captain Blood), is born. | Ref: 2 |
| Jun 22 | Mary Livingstone (Sadye Marks) actress: The Jack Benny Show; married to Jack Benny; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 01 | Madge Evans Manhattan NYC, TV panelist (Masquerade Party), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 09 | Jester Hairston actor (Riley-Amen), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 12 | ‘Curly’ Joe DeRita (Joseph Wardell) comedian: The Three Stooges: The Outlaw is Coming, Snow White and the Three Stooges, Have Rocket, Will Travel; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 12 | Joey Faye NYC, comedian (Joey Faye's Follies), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 14 | Annabella [Suzanne G Charpentier], Paris, actress (Dinner at Ritz), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 26 | Actress Vivian Vance (from "I Love Lucy") is born. | Ref: 24 |
| Aug 13 | John Beal actor (Amityville 3D), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 25 | Michael Rennie actor (The Robe, Klatuu-Day the Earth Stood Still), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 11 | Anne Seymour Engld, actress (Gemini Affair, Empire, Tim Conway Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 01 | Everett Sloane actor, is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 19 | Robert Beatty actor: Where Eagles Dare, Postmark for Danger, Captain Horatio Hornblower, Against the Wind; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 25 | Whit Bissel NYC, actor (Time Machine, General Kirk-Time Tunnel), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 11 | Robert Ryan actor: Bad Day at Black Rock, Battle of the Bulge, The Dirty Dozen, Flying Leathernecks, The Longest Day, On Dangerous Ground; TV narrator: World War I; is born in Chicago IL. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 22 | Helen Hayes appeared for the first time on the NY stage. She was a member of the cast of In Old Dutch, which opened at the Herald Square Theatre. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 02 | June Clyde actress: Behind the Mask, A Study in Scarlet Branded Men; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 09 | Douglas Fairbanks Jr. actor: Ghost Story, Gunga Din, The Prisoner of Zenda, Accused, Catherine the Great, Scarlet Dawn; TV host: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Presents; is born in New York NY. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 18 | Mona Barrie [Smith] London England, actress (Dawn on the Great Divide), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 22 | Alan Carney [David Boughal] Brooklyn NY, actor (Zombies on Broadway), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 23 | Maurice Denham Beckenham England, actor (Mr Love, Damn the Defiant), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 25 | Mike Mazurki Tarnopal Austria, actor/wrestler (Centerfold Girls), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 25 | Marguerite Churchill Kansas City MO, actress (Dracula's Daughter, Big Trail), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 27 | Johan[nes B] Schmitz Dutch actor/reciter (Lucifer, MacBeth), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1910
| Jan 01 | Russ Bender actor/writer (Amazing Colossal Man, Space Monster), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 08 | Richard Cromwell [LeRoy Melvin Radabaugh], Los Angeles CA, actor (Jezebel), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 12 | Patsy Kelly Brooklyn NY, actress (Rosemary's Baby, North Ave Irregulars), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 12 | Luise Rainer Austria, actress (Escapade, Good Earth, Big City, Hostages), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 18 | Arthur John Howard actor (Frieda, Last Holiday, Paradiso, Glass Cage), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 21 | Patsy Kelly Brooklyn NY, actress (Cowboy & the Lady), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 28 | Arnold Moss Brooklyn NY, actor (Loves of Carmen, Kim, Québec, Viva Zapata), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 28 | John Banner Vienna Austria, actor (Sergeant Hans Schultz-Hogan's Heroes), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 03 | Nelson Case Long Beach CA, TV host (Trash or Treasure), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 06 | George H Poyser English soccer player/manager (Brentford), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 10 | Douglas Spencer actor (Thing, This Island Earth, River of No Return), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 10 | Joyce Grenfell actress (Pickwick Papers, Americanization of Emily), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 17 | Marc Lawrence New York NY, actor (Man With Golden Gun), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 27 | Joan (Geraldine) Bennett Palisades NJ, actress (Elizabeth-Dark Shadows, Little Women, Disraeli), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 01 | (James) David (Graham) Niven Academy Award-winning actor: Separate Tables [1958], The Moon is Blue, Paper Tiger, The Pink Panther, The Guns of Navarone, Around the World in 80 Days, Casino Royale; is born in Kirriemuir Angus Scotland. | Ref: 68 |
| Mar 16 | Norman Wooland Düsseldorf Germany, actor (Hamlet), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 17 | Mercedes McCambridge, US actress, is born. | Ref: 17 |
| Mar 22 | Richard (Nicholas Peter) Conte actor: I’ll Cry Tomorrow, The Godfather, Hotel, A Walk in the Sun, They Came to Cordura; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 24 | Richard (Nicholas Peter) Conte, Jersey City NJ, actor (Four Just Men, 13 Rue Madeleine, Hotel, Jean Arthur Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 04 | [Marcelle] Georgette Hagedoorn actress/chansonnière, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 09 | Sharon Lynn Weatherford TX, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 30 | Al Lewis (Albert Meister) actor: Leo-Car 54 Where are You?, Grandpa-Munsters, My Grandpa is a Vampire, Married to the Mob, is born. | Ref: 4 |
| May 04 | Mady Alfredo [Maria M the Brieder] actress (Alicia), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 08 | Ronald Russell actor/manager (We are Angels, Little Dorrit), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 15 | Constance [Halverstadt] Cummings Seattle WA, actress (John & Julie, 7 Sinners, Glamour), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 22 | Johnny Olson TV announcer (Price is Right), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 23 | Scatman (Benjamin Sherman) Crothers entertainer, actor: Petrocelli, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Charlie’s Angels, Hill Street Blues, The Sins of Rachel Cade, Hello, Dolly!, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Silver Streak, Bronco Billy, Twilight Zone: The Movie, is born in Terre Haute IN. | Ref: 68 |
| May 28 | Rachel Kempson actress (Captive Heart), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 16 | (date uncertain) Jack Albertson is born. | Ref: 17 |
| Jun 16 | Ilona Massey Budapest Hungary, actress/singer (Ilona Massey Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 18 | E.G. Marshall actor (Defenders, Nixon, Absolute Power), is born in Owatonna MN. | Ref: 17 |
| Jun 18 | Avon Long Balt Md, actor (Roots: Next Generation), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 18 | Dick Foran Flemington NJ, actor (OK Crackerby), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 11 | Irene Hervey LA Calif, actress (Aunt Meg-Honey West), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 28 | Bill Goodwin SF Calif, announcer (Burns & Allen, Boing Boing Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 08 | Sylvia Sidney, Bronx NY, actress (WKRP, Sabotage, Beetlejuice, Demon), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 16 | Mae Clarke Phila, actress (Frankenstein, Nana, Parole Girl), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 01 | Jack Hawkins London England, actor (Ben-Four Just Men), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 08 | Jean-Louis Barrault France, actor (Les Enfants du Paradis), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 14 | Jack (John Edward) Hawkins actor: Ben Hur, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, Lola, Zulu; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 19 | Margaret Lindsay Dubuque IA, actress (Take a Guess), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 28 | Fran Lee NYC, actress (Ms Wong-Major Dell Conway), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 29 | Virginia Bruce actress (Action in Arabia), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 23 | Hayden Rorke Brooklyn NY, actor (Dr Bellows-I Dream of Jeannie), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 27 | Jack Carson Manitoba Canada, actor (Star is Born, Mildred Pierce), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 14 | Rosemary DeCamp, Prescott AZ, actress (Love That Bob, That Girl), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 22 | Mary Jackson Milford MI, actress (Emily-Waltons), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 26 | Cyril Cusack actor: Far and Away, My Left Foot, The Tenth Man, 1984, True Confessions, Les Miserables, The Day of the Jackal, Sacco & Vanzetti, King Lear, Harold and Maude, David Copperfield, The Taming of the Shrew, Fahrenheit 451, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Waltz of the Toreadors, The Elusive Pimpernel, Odd Man Out, Late Extra; is born in South Africa. | Ref: 68 |
| Dec 01 | Joel Fluellen Louisiana, actor (Burning Cross, Learning Tree), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 02 | Robert (John) Paige actor: Bye Bye Birdie, Hellzapoppin, Son of Dracula, The Green Promise, The Monster and the Girl; TV emcee: The Big Payoff, The Colgate Comedy Hour; is born in Indianapolis IN. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 07 | Rod Cameron (Nathan Roderick Cox) actor: Midnight Auto Supply, Psychic Killer, Evel Knieve, The Last Movie, Northwest Mounted Police, Wake Island, State Trooper, City Detective; is born in Calgary Alberta. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 10 | Dennis Morgan Prentice WI, actor (Dennis-21 Beacon Street), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 10 | Jill Summers actress (Agatha Coronation Street), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 13 | Van Heflin Walters OK, actor (Great Adventure, Madame Bovary), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 13 | Lillian Roth [Rutstein] singer/actress (Animal Crackers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 22 | Richard Ainley Middlesex England, actor (I Dood It, Above Suspicion), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 24 | Betty Ann Davies London England, actress (Tough Guy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 30 | Dennis Morgan actor (Cattle Town, Canyon Pass, Waterfront), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 31 | Dick Kollmar Rigewood NJ, actor (Broadway Spotlight, Guess What), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1911
| Jan 05 | Jean-Pierre Aumont actor: Maria-Chapdelaine, Napoleon, The Happy Hooker, Windmills of the Gods, Becoming Colette; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Jan 06 | Joey Adams (Joe Abromowitz), Brooklyn NY, comedian/actor/columnist (ABC's Back That Fact), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 06 | Nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov actor (Telegram, Town People), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 07 | Butterfly [Thelma] McQueen Tampa FL, actress (Prissy-Gone With the Wind), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 15 | Wim Kan Dutch cabaretier, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 27 | Benay Venuta San Francisco CA, actress (Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Mister), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 30 | Hugh Marlowe Philadelphia PA, actor (Ellery Queen), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 13 | Jean Muir (Fullarton) actress: The World Changes, Oil for the Lamps of China, Her Husband’s Secretary, Dance Charlie Dance, The Constant Nymph; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 14 | Florence Rice Cleveland OH, actress (Double Wedding, Riding on Air), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 17 | Arthur Hunnicutt Gravelly AR, actor (Big Sky, Apache Uprising), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 19 | Merle Oberon (Thompson) actress: Wuthering Heights, Stage Door Canteen, Deep in My Heart, Hotel, The Oscar, Interval; is born in Calcutta India. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 02 | William Hansen Washington DC, actor (Homebodies), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 03 | Jean Harlow [Harlean Carpentier] Kansas City MO, 30s' sex goddess (Dinner at 8), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 05 | Joseph Tomelty actor/playwright (Bedevilled, Moby Dick, Melba), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 10 | Warner Anderson Brooklyn NY, actor (Doctor, Lineup, Matthew-Peyton Place), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 11 | Alan Gifford Boston MA, actor (Time Lock, Up Periscope), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 14 | Pete Piute [Morris Kaufman], New York NY, comedian (Village Barn), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 20 | Mieke Verstraete Belgian/Dutch actress (Pleasantly Settled), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 29 | Philip Ahn Los Angeles CA, actor (Master Kan-Kung Fu), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 05 | Gordon Jones, Alden IA, actor (Mike the Cop-Abbott & Costello), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 09 | Albert Remy Sevres France, actor (Grand Prix, Gigot, Train), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 16 | Christine McIntyre actress (3 Stooges movies), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | Simone Simon France, actress (All Money Can Buy, Ladies in Love), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 24 | Jack E. Leonard (Leonard Lebitsky) comedian, actor: The Disorderly Orderly, Three Sailors and a Girl, Journey Back to Oz; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 27 | Colin Gordon Ceylon, actor (John-The Baron), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 28 | Frans Vroons actor/tenor/director (Netherlands Opera), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 11 | Doodles Weaver Los Angeles CA, comedian (Spike Jones & City Slickers, Doodles Weaver), is born. | Ref: 4 |
| May 11 | Phil Silvers (Philip Silversmith), Brooklyn NY, comedian (Sergeant Bilko-Phil Silvers Show), is born. | Ref: 68 |
| May 13 | Robert Middleton (Samuel Messer) (actor: Harrad Experiment, The Law and Jake Wade, Court Jester, Desperate Hours, Career) is born in Cincinnati OH. | Ref: 4 |
| May 15 | Leo Fuchs Polish/US Yiddish actor (Galitzianer Cowboy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 16 | Margaret Sullavan Norfolk VA, actress (Back Street), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | Maureen O'Sullivan, Boyle Ireland, actress (Tarzan, Pride & Prejudice), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 18 | Sigrid Gurie Brooklyn NY, actor (Algiers, Sofia, Refugee), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 26 | Ben Alexander Goldfield NV, actor (Dragnet, Outer Gate, Mr Doodles Kicks Off), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 27 | Vincent (Leonard) Price, St Louis MO, actor (House on Haunted Hill, The House of Usher, Pit and the Pendulum, Scream and Scream Again, The Fly), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 30 | Douglas Fowley New York NY, actor (Grandpa-Pistols 'n' Petticoats), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 03 | Dr Mason Gross TV professor (Think Fast, Two for the Money), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 03 | Paulette Goddard [Marion Levy], Switz, actress (The Great Dictator), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 20 | Gail Patrick Birmingham Ala, actress (My Man Godfrey, Love Crazy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 14 | Terry-Thomas (Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens) actor: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, Don’t Raise the Bridge, Lower the River; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 18 | Hume Cronyn (Blake) actor: Sunrise at Campobello, The Seventh Cross, Cocoon, The Four Poster, Fox Fire, The Gin Game; Jessica Tandy's husband, is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 28 | Ann Doran Amarillo TX, actress (Longstreet, Shirley), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 05 | Robert Taylor Filley Neb, actor (Death Valley Days), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 06 | Lucille Ball Jamestown NY, comedienne/actress (I Love Lucy, Mame), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 11 | Henry Kulky, Hastings-on-Hudson NY, actor (Otto-Life of Riley), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 12 | Cantinflas (Mario Moreno Reyes), Mexican circus clown, acrobat and (Around World in 80 Days), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 22 | Edith Atwater Chic, actress (Phyllis-Love on a Rooftop), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 20 | Frank Devol Moundsville WV, orch leader (I'm Dickens He's Fenster), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 03 | Michael Hordern England, actor (Friar Domingo-Shogun), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 20 | Will Rogers Jr. actor: The Story of Will Rogers, Pall Mall Playhouse; TV host: The Pioneers; lecturer; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 27 | Leif Erickson Calif, actor (Invaders from Mars, On the Waterfront), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 10 | Harry Andrews Kent England, actor (Equus, Man of La Mancha), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 11 | Patric (Reginald Lawrence) Knowles actor: Chisum, The Devil?s Brigade, Auntie Mame, Three Came Home, Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman, The Wolfman, How Green was My Valley, The Adventures of Robin Hood [1938], The Charge of the Light Brigade; is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 24 | Kirby Grant Butte MT, actor (Sky King), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 27 | Benay Venuta San Francisco CA, actress (Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Mister), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 09 | [William] Broderick Crawford Philadelphia PA, actor (All the King's Men, Highway Patrol, Hunter, Liar's Moon), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 17 | William Roerick actor (Henry Chamberlain-Guiding Light), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 23 | James Gregory actor: The Manchurian Candidate, Barney Miller, PT 109, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Captain Newman, M.D., is born in Bronx NY. | Ref: 68 |
| Dec 27 | Anna Russell comedienne: operatic parodies: The Ring of the Nibelungs, How to Write Your Own Gilbert and Sullivan Opera, is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 30 | Jeanette Nolan Los Angeles CA, actress (Richard Boone Show, Virginian), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| Jan 02 | Anna Lee Ightham England, actress (Scruples, Lila-General Hospital), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 03 | Robert Flemyng Liverpool England, actor (Windom's Way, Young Winston), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 08 | Jose Ferrer (Cintron) Academy Award-winning actor: Cyrano de Bergerac [1950]; Joan of Arc, Moulin Rouge, The Caine Mutiny, Deep in My Heart, Lawrence of Arabia, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Ship of Fools, Dune, The Evil That Men Do; Rosemary Clooney’s husband; is born in Santurce PR. | Ref: 4 |
| Jan 11 | Donald Barry Houston TX, actor (Mr Gallo-Mr Novak), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 20 | Christopher Casson Irish actor (Zardoz, Educating Rita), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 23 | Ank van der Moer actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 26 | Cora Baird New York City NY, puppeteer (Kukla, Fran & Ollie), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 29 | Professor Irwin Corey Brooklyn NY, comedian (Car Wash, Doc), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 02 | Stefan Schnabel German actor (Anna, Dracula's Widow, Firefox), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 04 | James Craig Nashville TN, actor (Devil & Daniel Webster, Cyclops), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 05 | Willard Parker New York NY, actor (Kiss Me Kate, What A Woman), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 07 | Derek Farr London, actor (8 O'Clock Walk, Doctor at Large), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 07 | Jane Ross Spokane WA, actress (Audrey-Phyllis, Coed Fever), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 12 | Ernest Clark London England, actor (Doctor in the House), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 13 | French J Van den Brande Flemish actor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 13 | Margaretta Scott actress (Crescendo, Where's Charley, Counterblast), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 16 | Del Sharbutt Cleburne TX, TV announcer (Your Hit Parade), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 21 | Arline Judge actress (Girls in Chains, Mad Wednesday, Age of Consent), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 25 | Richard Wattis England, actor (Hobson's Choice, Prince & Showgirl), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 21 | Peter Bull actor/author (Executioner, Tom Jones, Dr Strangelove), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 22 | Wilfrid Brambell Dublin Ireland, actor (Hard Day's Night), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 23 | John Payne Roanoke VA, actor (Dodsworth, Razor's Edge), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 05 | John Le Mesurier Bedford England, actor (Jabberwocky, Dad's Army), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 06 | Wilhelmus H L "Willem" Tollenaar actor/director (Don Carlos), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 11 | John Larkin Oakland CA, actor (Saints & Sinners, 12 O'Clock High), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 12 | Eric Feldary Budapest Hungary, actor (16 Fathoms Deep), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 16 | David Langton Scotland, actor (Quintet, St Joan, Abandon Ship), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 18 | Wendy Barrie Hong Kong, hostess (Wendy Barrie Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 21 | Nell [Petronella GS] Koppen actress, Kniertje-Op Hoop van Zegen), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 27 | Renato Rascel actor (7 Hills of Rome, Secrets of Santa Vittoria), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 29 | Richard Carlson, Albert Lea MN, actor (All I Desire, Flat Top, Valley of Gwangi), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 30 | Eve Arden (Eunice Quedens), Mill Valley CA, actress (Connie-Our Miss Brooks), is born. | Ref: 68 |
| May 05 | Alice Faye [Ann Jeanne Leppert] New York NY, actress (Barricade, State Fair), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 06 | Bill Quinn New York NY, actor (Rifleman, Van Ranseleer-All in the Family), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 09 | Pedro Armendariz México, actor (From Russia With Love), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 11 | Foster Brooks Louisville KY, comedian/actor (Miles-Mork & Mindy), is born. | Ref: 68 |
| May 13 | Helen Craig San Antonio TX, actress (Snake Pit, They Live by Night), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 23 | Marius Goring Isle of Wight, actor (Herr Palitz-Holocaust), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 23 | John Payne (actor: Miracle on 34th Street, The Razor’s Edge, Springtime in the Rockies, Tin Pan Alley, To the Shores of Tripoli) is born in Roanoke VA. | Ref: 4 |
| May 30 | Hugh Griffith Anglesey Wales, actor (Ben Hur, Mutiny on the Bounty, Oliver!), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | Dave O'Brien Big Springs TX, actor (Kiss Me Kate, first Aid), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | Barbara Pepper New York NY, actress (Doris Ziffel-Green Acres, Rogue Tavern), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 12 | Lillian Russell, famed theatrical actress, married for the fourth time on this day and said that she was retiring from the stage. Marriage will sometimes do that to people. | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 12 | Russell "Lucky" Hayden Chico Calif, actor (Judge Roy Bean), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 18 | Henry Brandon Berlin Germany, actor (Drums of Fu Manchu), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 19 | Martin Gabel actor: Smile Jenny You’re Dead, Lady in Cement; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 04 | Virginia Graham Chicago Ill, TV personality (Girl Talk, Where Was I), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 17 | Art Linkletter Saskatchwan Canada, TV host (People are Funny), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 18 | Harriet Hilliard Nelson singer/actress (Ozzie & Harriet), is born in Des Moines IA. | Ref: 68 |
| Jul 23 | Michael Wilding actor: Waterloo, The World of Suzie Wong, The Glass Slipper, Under Capricorn, The Courtney Affair; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 31 | Irv Kupcinet Chicago Ill, TV host (Tonight! America After Dark), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 01 | Ann Dvorak (Anna McKim) actress: A Life of Her Own, Abilene Town, Scarface; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 01 | Henry Jones Phila Pa, actor (Phyllis, Falcon Crest, Gun Shy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 02 | Ann Dvorak (Anna McKim) actress: A Life of Her Own, Abilene Town, Scarface; died Dec 10, 1979 | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 10 | Richard Reeves NYC, actor (Murph-Date With an Angel), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 11 | Jean Parker Montana, actress (Beyond Tomorrow, Little Women), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 13 | Rita Johnson, Worcester Mass, actress (All Mine to Give), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 15 | Dame Wendy Hiller (Academy Award-winning actress: Separate Tables [1958]; A Man for All Seasons, Making Love, Murder on the Orient Express, Pygmalion, The Elephant Man, Toys in the Attic, David Copperfield) is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 24 | Durward Kirby Indianapolis Ind, TV announcer (Garry Moore Show), is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 29 | (Patrick) Barry Sullivan actor: The Bad and the Beautiful, The Road West, Oh, God! , Earthquake, The Bastard; is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 13 | Reta Shaw South Paris Maine, actress (Ghost & Mrs Muir), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 24 | Don Porter, actor: Our Miss Brooks, The Candidate, Bachelor in Paradise; is born in Miami OK. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 30 | Kenny Baker radio singer/actor (Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back), is born. | Ref: |
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