Film year 1923

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Film year 1923
Alla Nazimova as Salome .

Events

April 15th: Lee De Forest presents a first sound film system in New York City and demonstrates his attempts with short musical films .

The film production company Warner Bros. is founded in Hollywood.

Film prizes and awards

Photoplay Award : The caravan of James Cruze

Birthdays

January to March

January

0January 1: Valentina Cortese , Italian actress († 2019)
0January 3: Charles Tingwell , Australian actor († 2009)
0January 7th: Pinkas Braun , Swiss actor († 2008)
January 11th: Kathleen Byron , British actress († 2009)
January 11th: Wright King , American actor († 2018)
January 19: Hellmut Lange , German actor († 2011)
January 19: Jean Stapleton , American actress († 2013)
January 21: Alberto de Mendoza , Argentine actor († 2011)
January 22nd: Diana Dill , American actress († 2015)
January 23: Florence Halop , American actress († 1986)
January 25: Renato De Carmine , Italian actor and voice actor († 2010)
January 26: Anne Jeffreys , American actress († 2017)
January 29th: Paddy Chayefsky , American screenwriter († 1981)

February

0February 4: Steffen Kuchenreuther , German film producer († 2013)
0February 9: Heinz Drache , German actor († 2002)
February 12: Franco Zeffirelli , Italian director († 2019)
February 24: Maurice Garrel , French actor († 2011)
February 24: Fred Steiner , American composer († 2011)
February 28: Charles Durning , American actor († 2012)

March

March 10: Dolores Fuller , American actress († 2011)
March 17: Friedrich W. Bauschulte , German actor and voice actor († 2003)
March 19: Giuseppe Rotunno , Italian cameraman
March 24: Murray Hamilton , American actor († 1986)

April to June

Ann Miller (born April 12)

April

0April 4: Dorothy Hart , American actress († 2004)
0April 7: Aldo Bufi Landi , Italian actor († 2016)
April 12: Ann Miller , American actress († 2004)
April 14: Lydia Clarke , American actress and still photographer († 2018)
April 16: Erwin Wirschaz , German actor and radio play speaker († 2011)
April 17th: Lindsay Anderson , British director († 1994)
April 20: Tito Puente , American musician and actor († 2000)
April 21: Gustaw Holoubek , Polish actor († 2008)
April 25: Anita Björk , Swedish actress († 2012)
April 25: Grant Munro , Canadian filmmaker and animator († 2017)
April 29: Irvin Kershner , American director († 2010)
April 30: Hans Jürgen Diedrich , German actor († 2012)
April 30: Al Lewis , American actor († 2006)

May

0May 4th: Eric Sykes , British actor, director and screenwriter († 2012)
0May 7: Anne Baxter , American actress († 1985)
0May 9: Claude Piéplu , French actor († 2006)
May 14: Mrinal Sen , Indian director († 2018)
May 18: Jean-Louis Roux , Canadian actor († 2013)
May 20: Edith Fellows , American actress († 2011)
May 21: Evelyn Ward , American actress († 2012)
May 26: James Arness , American actor († 2011)
May 26: Roy Dotrice , British actor († 2017)
May 26: Alfons Höckmann , German actor († 2014)
May 26: Horst Tappert , German actor († 2008)
May 28th: Herta Hareiter , Austrian production designer
May 29: Carl Duering , British actor

June

0June 2: Margot Trooger , German actress († 1994)
0June 5: Peggy Stewart , American actress († 2019)
0June 7th: Carlos Thompson , Argentine-German actor († 1990)
0June 8: Myron Healey , American actor († 2005)
June 15: Erland Josephson , Swedish actor († 2012)
June 18: Robert Ellenstein , American actor († 2010)
June 23: Günther Theuring , German actor († 2000)
June 27: Peter Schiff , German actor and voice actor († 2014)

July to September

Richard Attenborough (born August 29)

Gustavo Rojo (born September 5)

July

0July 6th: Cathy O'Donnell , American actress († 1970)
0July 7: Liviu Ciulei , Romanian actor and director († 2011)
0July 8: Walter Buschhoff , German actor († 2010)
July 10: Earl Hamner junior , American screenwriter and producer († 2016)
July 12: Freddie Fields , American acting agent and producer († 2007)
July 13: Alexandre Astruc , French director, screenwriter and critic († 2016)
July 14: Dale Robertson , American actor († 2013)
July 14: Gerd E. Schäfer , German actor († 2001)
July 18: Michael Medwin , British actor and producer
July 22: César Fernández Ardavín , Spanish director and screenwriter († 2012)
July 26: Biff Elliot , American actor († 2012)
July 29: Gordon Mitchell , American actor († 2003)

August

August 10: Rhonda Fleming , American actress
August 14: Alice Ghostley , American actress († 2007)
August 28: Bloke Modisane , South African actor († 1986)
August 29: Richard Attenborough , British actor and director († 2014)
August 30: William Duell , American actor († 2011)
August 31: Erich Fritze , German actor and voice actor († 1991)

September

0September 2: Walerian Borowczyk , Polish director († 2006)
0September 4: Mirko Ellis , Swiss actor († 2014)
0September 5: Gustavo Rojo , Uruguayan actor and producer († 2017)
0September 7th: Peter Lawford , British actor († 1984)
0September 9: David Rayfiel , American screenwriter († 2011)
0September 9: Cliff Robertson , American actor († 2011)
September 12: John Chambers , American makeup artist († 2001)
September 15: Alvaro Mancori , Italian cameraman and producer († 2011)
September 19: William A. Fraker , American cameraman († 2010)
September 20: Jack Pinoteau , French director and screenwriter († 2017)
September 26: Dev Anand , Indian actor, director and producer († 2011)
September 28: William Windom , American actor († 2012)

October to December

Charlton Heston (born October 4th)

Jorge Semprún (born December 10th)

Inge Keller (born December 15)

October

0October 4: Charlton Heston , American actor († 2008)
0October 5th: Glynis Johns , Welsh actress
October 15: Vittorio De Seta , Italian director and screenwriter († 2011)
October 16: Linda Darnell , American actress († 1965)

November

0November 6: Sam O'Steen , American film editor († 2000)
0November 9: Dorothy Dandridge , American actress († 1965)
November 13: Linda Christian , Mexican actress († 2011)
November 18: Robert Graf , German actor († 1966)
November 20: Tonino Delli Colli , Italian cameraman († 2005)
November 22: Arthur Hiller , Canadian director († 2016)
November 23: Peter Hammond , British actor and director († 2011)
November 28: Gloria Grahame , American actress († 1981)
November 28: James Karen , American actor († 2018)

December

0December 1: Dick Shawn , American actor († 1987)
0December 3: Wolfgang Neuss , German actor († 1989)
0December 6: Euan Lloyd , British producer († 2016)
0December 9: Dina Merrill , American actress († 2017)
December 10: Harold Gould , American actor († 2010)
December 10: Jorge Semprún , Spanish screenwriter († 2011)
December 14: Janet Brown , British actress († 2011)
December 14: Paraluman , Filipino actress († 2009)
December 15: Leon Niemczyk , Polish actor († 2006)
December 15: Inge Keller , German actress († 2017)
December 19: Gordon Jackson , British actor († 1990)
December 24: David F. Friedman , American producer († 2011)
December 27: Elisabeth Versluys , Dutch actress († 2011)

deceased

January 18: Wallace Reid , American actor (* 1891)

April 22nd: Emil Albes , German actor and director (* 1861)

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