Film year 1921
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Events
- February 17th : First public synchronous sound film screening by Sven Berglund in Stockholm.
- April 12th : - The comedy The High Sign , Buster Keaton's debut as a producer, hits theaters a year late and receives good reviews despite Keaton's skepticism.
- September 5 : Fatty Arbuckle , the director, comedian, and discoverer of Buster Keaton , has a Labor Day party with friends at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco . The young actress Virginia Rappe falls seriously ill and dies four days later in a clinic. Through a number of circumstances, Fatty Arbuckle is charged with rape and murder. His innocence is finally proven in three trials, but his great Hollywood career comes to an end with the scandal.
Film prizes and awards
Birthdays
January to March
January
- January 11th: Kathleen Byron , British actress († 2009)
- January 26: Yuri Oserow , Russian director († 2001)
- January 27: Bob Godfrey , British animator, producer and director († 2013)
- January 27: Donna Reed , American actress († 1986)
- January 31: Carol Channing , American actress († 2019)
- January 31: Mario Lanza , American opera singer and actor († 1959)
February
- February 1: Peter Sallis , British actor and voice actor († 2017)
- February 4: Geraldine Katt , Austrian actress († 1995)
- February 5: Ken Adam , German-British production designer († 2016)
- February 8: Lana Turner , American actress († 1995)
- February 14: José Castillo , Spanish actor († 2011)
- February 16: Vera-Ellen , American actress († 1981)
- February 17th: Herbert Köfer , German actor
- February 19: Ann Savage , American actress († 2008)
- February 21: Jean Heather , American actress († 1995)
- February 21: Zdeněk Miler , Czech animation filmmaker († 2011)
- February 22: Giulietta Masina , Italian actress († 1994)
- February 24: Abe Vigoda , American actor († 2016)
- February 28: Saul Zaentz , American producer († 2014)
March
- March 1: Jack Clayton , British director († 1995)
- March 6: Julie Harris , British costume designer († 2015)
- March 8: Cyd Charisse , American actress († 2008)
- March 8: Denys de La Patellière , French director and screenwriter († 2013)
- March 22nd: Nino Manfredi , Italian actor († 2004)
- March 25: Nancy Kelly , American actress († 1995)
- March 25: Simone Signoret , French actress († 1985)
- March 28: Dirk Bogarde , British actor († 1999)
- March 29: Tad Danielewski , American director († 1993)
- March 31: Peggy Rea , American actress († 2011)
April to June
April
- April 3: Franz Geiger , German screenwriter, director and actor († 2011)
- April 3: Jan Sterling , American actress († 2004)
- April 4: Elizabeth Wilson , American actress († 2015)
- April 6: Arnold Marquis , German actor and voice actor († 1990)
- April 7th: Bill Butler , American cameraman
- April 10: Chuck Connors , American actor († 1992)
- April 16: Peter Ustinov , British actor († 2004)
- April 17th: Sergio Sollima , Italian director and screenwriter († 2015)
- April 25: Gerald Hirschfeld , American cameraman († 2017)
- April 25: Arthur H. Nadel , American director, producer and screenwriter († 1990)
- April 27: Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff , German actor († 1998)
May
- May 2: Satyajit Ray , Indian director († 1992)
- May 6: Helga Keller , Israeli film editor and media scientist († 2013)
- May 16: Harry Carey Jr. , American actor († 2012)
- May 16: Winnie Markus , German actress († 2002)
- May 23: Grigori Tschuchrai , Soviet screenwriter and director († 2001)
- May 28: Rolf Castell , German actor and television author († 2012)
- May 29: Clifton James , American actor († 2017)
- May 31: Alida Valli , Italian actress († 2006)
June
- June 12: Luis García Berlanga , Spanish director († 2010)
- June 12: Beulah Garrick , British actress
- June 12: Heinz Weiss , German actor († 2010)
- June 19: Louis Jourdan , French actor († 2015)
- June 21: Judy Holliday , American actress († 1965)
- June 21: Jane Russell , American actress († 2011)
- June 21: Joan Tetzel , American actress († 1977)
- June 23: Rainer Penkert , German director († 2012)
- June 24th: Marianne Schubart-Vibach , German actress, director and screenwriter
- June 27: Muriel Pavlow , British actress († 2019)
- June 30th: Angelo Dorigo , Italian director
- June 30: Götz Olaf Rausch , German actor († 1992)
July to September
July
- July 1: Ingeborg Hoffmann , German actress († 1985)
- July 1: Jerzy Stefan Stawiński , Polish director and screenwriter († 2010)
- July 3: João Guedes , Portuguese actor and director († 1983)
- July 3: Susan Peters , American actress († 1952)
- July 4th: Harry Riebauer , German actor († 1999)
- July 6: Nancy Reagan , American actress († 2016)
- July 7: Dragomir Felba , Serbian actor († 2006)
- July 9: Marina Ried , German-Russian actress († 1989)
- July 10: Jeff Donnell , American actress († 1988)
- July 11: Ilse Werner , German actress († 2005)
- July 13: Ernest Gold , American composer († 1999)
- July 14: Leon Garfield , British screenwriter († 1996)
- July 15: Henri Colpi , Swiss director and screenwriter († 2006)
- July 15: Jean Heywood , British actress († 2019)
- July 18: Heinz Bennent , German actor († 2011)
- July 18: Richard Leacock , British documentary filmmaker and cameraman († 2011)
- July 21: Arthur Marx , American screenwriter († 2011)
- July 24: Peter Pagan , Australian actor († 1999)
- July 27: Émile Genest , Canadian actor and comedian († 2003)
- July 29: Chris Marker , French documentary filmmaker († 2012)
August
- August 3: Richard Adler , American composer († 2012)
- August 3: Frank De Felitta , American director, screenwriter and producer († 2016)
- August 19: Gene Roddenberry , American screenwriter and producer († 1991)
- August 28: Barbro Hiort af Ornäs , Swedish actress († 2015)
- August 28: Fernando Fernán Gómez , Spanish actor († 2007)
- August 31: Rafael Pacheco , Spanish cameraman
September
- September 2: Enrique Escobar , Spanish composer († 2004)
- September 4: Herbert Weicker , German actor and voice actor († 1997)
- September 16: Siro Marcellini , Italian director
- September 18: Nils Hallberg , Swedish actor († 2010)
- September 27: Miklós Jancsó , Hungarian director and screenwriter († 2014)
- September 27: Giovanni D'Eramo , Italian screenwriter and director
- September 30th: Deborah Kerr , American actress († 2007)
October to December
October
- October 1: James Whitmore , American actor († 2009)
- October 2: Bruce Montgomery , British composer († 1978)
- October 4th: James Poe , American screenwriter († 1980)
- October 7: Dirk Dautzenberg , German actor († 2009)
- October 7: Georges Wilson , French actor († 2010)
- October 8: Günther Jerschke , German actor and voice actor († 1997)
- October 9: Michel Boisrond , French actor († 2002)
- October 12: Kenneth Griffith , British actor († 2006)
- October 13: Yves Montand , French actor († 1991)
- October 14: Rade Marković , Yugoslav actor († 2010)
- October 16: Andrzej Munk , Polish director († 1961)
- October 17: Rudolf Jürgen Bartsch , German actor († 2000)
- October 17: Tom Poston , American actor († 2007)
- October 19: George Nader , American actor († 2002)
- October 20: Marianne Wischmann , German actress († 2009)
- October 22: Franz Seitz junior , German producer, director and screenwriter († 2006)
- October 27: Pino Belli , Italian documentary filmmaker and director († 1968)
- October 28: HAL Craig , Irish screenwriter († 1978)
- October 28: Chico O'Farrill , American composer († 2001)
- October 29: Jess Hahn , French actor († 1998)
- October 29: Bill Mauldin , American actor († 2003)
- October 29: Fausto Tozzi , Italian actor († 1978)
- October 30: Rudolf Asmus , Czech opera singer and actor († 2000)
November
- November 3: Charles Bronson , American actor († 2003)
- November 8: Walter Mirisch , American producer
- November 8: Gene Saks , American director and actor († 2015)
- November 12: Paul Maxwell , Canadian actor († 1991)
- November 14: Brian Keith , American actor († 1997)
- November 16: Paul Beeson , British cameraman († 2001)
- November 20: Dan Frazer , American actor († 2011)
- November 21: Vivian Blaine , American actress and singer († 1995)
- November 22: Rodney Dangerfield , American actor († 2004)
- November 30th: Willy Holt , American art director and production designer († 2007)
December
- December 4: Deanna Durbin , Canadian actress († 2013)
- December 5: Peter Hansen , American actor († 2017)
- December 8: Peter René Körner , German actor († 1989)
- December 11th: Liz Smith , British actress
- December 12: Valerie Steinmann , Swiss actress († 2011)
- December 13: Janko Messner , Austrian screenwriter († 2011)
- December 15: Evelyn Künneke , German actress († 2001)
- December 16: Fabrizio Gabella , Italian producer and director
- December 18: Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin , Russian actor († 1997)
- December 20: George Roy Hill , American director († 2002)
Day unknown
- Chidananda Dasgupta , Indian filmmaker († 2011)
deceased
- May 8: William Friese-Greene , British film technology pioneer (* 1855)
- June 4th: Harry Walden , German actor (* 1875)
- September 9: Virginia Rappe , American actress (* 1895)
See also
Web links
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