Film year 1901
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Events
The film The Story of a Crime (Histoire d'un crime) by Ferdinand Zecca is considered the first crime film .
Birthdays
January to March
January
- January 14: Bebe Daniels , American actress († 1971)
- January 24th: Michail Romm , Russian director and screenwriter († 1971)
- January 25: Mildred Dunnock , American actress († 1991)
- January 27: Willy Fritsch , German actor († 1973)
- January 29: Mary Eaton , American actress and dancer († 1948)
February
- February 1: Clark Gable , American actor († 1960)
- February 9: Brian Donlevy , American actor († 1972)
- February 16: Chester Morris , American actor († 1970)
- February 22nd: Ken G. Hall , Australian director († 1994)
- February 25: Zeppo Marx , member of the Marx Brothers († 1979)
March
- March 21: Erich Holder , German actor, producer, director and composer († 1974)
- March 24th: Ub Iwerks , American animator and technician († 1971)
- March 24: Kim Peacock , British actor, radio play speaker and screenwriter († 1966)
- March 27: Carl Barks , American illustrator and writer († 2000)
April to June
April
- April 5: Curt Bois , German actor († 1991)
- April 5: Melvyn Douglas , American actor († 1981)
- April 26: Harald Braun , German director († 1960)
May
- May 1: Heinz Roemheld , American composer and arranger († 1985)
- May 3: Gino Cervi , Italian actor († 1974)
- May 3: Hugo Friedhofer , American composer († 1981)
- May 7: Gary Cooper , American actor († 1961)
- May 15: Kurt Meister , German actor, director, author and radio play speaker († 1961)
- May 21: Sam Jaffe , American producer and agent († 2000)
June
- June 3: Maurice Evans , British actor († 1989)
- June 10: Frederick Loewe , American composer († 1988)
- June 12: Clyde Geronimi , Italian-American cartoon director († 1989)
- June 15: Heinrich Jonen , German producer († 1960)
- June 22nd: Naunton Wayne , British actor († 1970)
- June 23: Paul Verhoeven , German director and actor († 1975)
- June 29: Nelson Eddy , American actor († 1967)
- June 29th: Frieda Inescort , British actress († 1976)
July to September
July
- July 5: Harry J. Wild , American cameraman († 1961)
- July 7th: Gustav Knuth , German actor († 1987)
- July 7: János Székely , Hungarian screenwriter († 1958)
- July 7: Vittorio De Sica , Italian actor and director († 1974)
- July 12: Otto Meyer , American film editor († 1980)
- July 14: George Tobias , American actor († 1980)
- July 16: Leon Shamroy , American cameraman († 1974)
- July 21: Alberto Doria , Italian screenwriter and director († 1944)
- July 25: Lila Lee , American actress († 1973)
August
- August 3: Enrico Glori , Italian actor († 1966)
- August 4th: Louis Armstrong , American jazz trumpeter († 1971)
- August 4th: Willy Krause , German actor († 1990)
- August 6: Claude Autant-Lara , French director († 2000)
- August 9: Charles Farrell , American actor († 1990)
- August 14: J. Peverell Marley , American cameraman († 1964)
- August 23: William Hornbeck , American film editor († 1983)
- August 30: Conrad Salinger , American composer and arranger († 1962)
September
- September 5: Florence Eldridge , American actress († 1988)
- September 19: Joe Pasternak , American producer († 1991)
- September 25: Robert Bresson , French director († 1999)
- September 26: Ferruccio Cerio , Italian screenwriter and director († 1963)
- September 28: Kurt von Ruffin , German singer and actor († 1996)
- September 28: Ed Sullivan , American entertainer, presenter and producer († 1974)
- September 30th: Frits van Dongen , Dutch actor († 1975)
October to December
October
- October 2: Alice Prin , French singer, actress and model († 1953)
- October 3: Jean Grémillon , French director († 1959)
- October 4: Carroll Nye , American actor († 1974)
- October 5: John Alton , American cameraman († 1996)
- October 6: Leslie Arliss , British screenwriter and director († 1987)
- October 6: Wolfgang Langhoff , German actor and director († 1966)
- October 14: Georges Lampin , French film director, screenwriter and film producer († 1979)
- October 20: Hans-Otto Borgmann , German composer († 1977)
- October 20: Frank Churchill , American composer († 1942)
- October 23: Arthur Jacobson , American assistant director († 1993)
- October 24: Gilda Gray , American dancer and actress († 1959)
- October 30: Reginald Wyer , British cameraman († 1970)
November
- November 1: Fita Benkhoff , German actress († 1967)
- November 2: James Dunn , American actor († 1967)
- November 3: André Malraux , French screenwriter and director († 1976)
- November 8th: Emil Hasler , German production designer († 1986)
- November 9: Eduard Marks , German actor and drama teacher († 1981)
- November 9: Rudolf Reiff , German actor († 1961)
- November 11th: Sam Spiegel , producer († 1985)
- November 12: Maria Besendahl , German actor († 1983)
- November 12: Herbert Weissbach , German actor († 1995)
- November 17: Lee Strasberg , American actor, founder of the Actors Studio († 1982)
- November 19: Berta Drews , German actress († 1987)
- November 22: Lee Patrick , American actress († 1982)
- November 29: Mildred Harris , American writer († 1944)
- November 30th: Jacqueline Logan , American actress († 1983)
December
- December 1: William H. Daniels , American cameraman († 1970)
- December 5: Walt Disney , founder of Disney Studios († 1966)
- December 7th: Annemarie Marks-Rocke , German actress and acting teacher († 2004)
- December 9: Lawrence Edward Watkin , American writer and screenwriter († 1981)
- December 10: Fritz Kirchhoff , German director († 1953)
- December 11: Maria Koppenhöfer , German actress († 1948)
- December 12: Howard Koch , American screenwriter († 1995)
- December 27th: Marlene Dietrich , German actress († 1992)
See also
Web links
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