Film year 1925

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Film year 1925
Sergei Eisenstein : Battleship Potemkin , Russian postage stamp (2000).

Events

June 26: World premiere of Gold Rush (directed by Charles Chaplin ). Chaplin wanted to be remembered for this film. With the eating of the shoe and the "roll dance" the film contains two famous scenes.
September 21: World premiere of Battleship Potemkin (directed by Sergei Eisenstein ) in Moscow's Bolshoi Theater . In several votes this film was voted the best film of all time in the following decades.

Film prizes and awards

Photplay Award : The Great Parade of King Vidor

Birthdays

January to March

Paul Newman (born January 26)

Jack Lemmon (born February 8)

January

0January 1: Zena Marshall , American actress († 2009)
0January 2: Giacomo Furia , Italian actor and screenwriter († 2015)
0January 9: Lee Van Cleef , American actor († 1989)
0January 9th: Ina Stein , German costume designer
January 10: Claude Carliez , French stuntman and actor († 2015)
January 12: Katherine MacGregor , American actress († 2018)
January 13: Klaus Herm , German actor († 2014)
January 14: Mishima Yukio , Japanese actor, screenwriter and director († 1970)
January 18: Lillian Molieri Bermúdez , Nicaraguan actress († 1980)
January 19: Rudolf Wessely , Austrian actor († 2016)
January 26th: Joan Leslie , American actress († 2015)
January 26: Paul Newman , American actor († 2008)
January 30th: Dorothy Malone , American actress († 2018)

February

0February 2: Elaine Stritch , American actress († 2014)
0February 3: Ștefan Mihăilescu-Brăila , Romanian actor († 1996)
0February 8: Jack Lemmon , American actor († 2001)
February 10: Pierre Mondy , French actor and director († 2012)
February 11: Horst Bollmann , German actor († 2014)
February 11: Amparo Rivelles , Spanish actress († 2013)
February 11: Kim Stanley , American actress († 2001)
February 14: José Canalejas , Spanish actor († 2015)
February 15: Erik Schumann , German actor († 2007)
February 15: Harald Vock , German director, screenwriter, producer († 1998)
February 17: Hal Holbrook , American actor
February 18: George Kennedy , American actor († 2016)
February 20: Robert Altman , American director († 2006)
February 20: Gianfranco Parolini , Italian director († 2018)
February 21: Sam Peckinpah , American director († 1984)

March

March 11: Roger Gimbel , American television producer († 2011)
March 12: Georges Delerue , French composer († 1992)
March 16: Alessandro Alessandroni , Italian composer († 2017)
March 16: Cornell Borchers , German actress († 2014)
March 17: Gabriele Ferzetti , Italian actor († 2015)
March 17th: Enrico Medioli , Italian screenwriter († 2017)
March 21: Peter Brook , British director
March 23: David Watkin , British cameraman († 2008)
March 26: Barry Letts , British actor, producer, director and screenwriter († 2009)
March 28: Alberto Grimaldi , Italian producer

April to June

Eddi Arent (* May 5th)

Tony Curtis (born June 3)

Elfriede Ott (born June 11th)

April

0April 1: Wojciech Has , Polish director († 2000)
0April 6: Tommy Kelly , American actor († 2016)
April 14: Rod Steiger , American actor († 2002)
April 15: Peter Zwetkoff , Bulgarian-German composer († 2012)
April 17th: Carlo Di Palma , Italian cameraman († 2004)
April 17th: Annelie Thorndike , German director († 2012)
April 18: Bob Hastings , American actor († 2014)
April 19: Hugh O'Brian , American actor
April 20: Elena Verdugo , American actress († 2017)
April 22: George Cole , British actor († 2015)
April 27: Brigitte Auber , French actress
April 29th: Colette Marchand , French dancer and actress († 2015)
April 30: Corinne Calvet , French actress († 2001)

May

0May 2: Maria Barroso , Portuguese actress († 2015)
0May 2: John Neville , British-Canadian actor († 2011)
0May 5: Eddi Arent , German actor († 2013)
May 12: Dietrich Haugk , German director and voice actor († 2015)
May 12: Frank Pierson , American director, producer and screenwriter († 2012)
May 14: Tatjana Iwanow , German actress and singer († 1979)
May 14: Oona O'Neill , American actress, fourth wife of Charlie Chaplin († 1991)
May 25: Jeanne Crain , American actress († 2003)
May 25: Claude Pinoteau , French director and screenwriter († 2012)
May 26: Alec McCowen , British actor († 2017)
May 28: Heinz Reincke , German actor († 2011)
May 28: Martha Vickers , American actress († 1971)
May 31: Juan Bosch , Spanish director († 2015)

June

0June 3: Tony Curtis , American actor († 2010)
0June 4: Hubert Suschka , German actor († 1986)
0June 5: Boy Gobert , German actor († 1986)
0June 6: Benno Mieth , German actor († 2011)
June 10: James Salter , American writer and screenwriter († 2015)
June 11: Elfriede Ott , Austrian actress and director († 2019)
June 15: Rolf Kralovitz , German actor († 2015)
June 20: Audie Murphy , American actor († 1971)
June 21: Maureen Stapleton , American actress († 2006)
June 23: Miriam Karlin , British actress († 2011)
June 25: June Lockhart , American actress
June 27: Gerlach Fiedler , German actor († 2010)
June 29: Cara Williams , American actress

July to September

Gloria DeHaven (born July 23)

Peter Sellers (born September 8th)

July

0July 1: Farley Granger , American actor († 2011)
July 15: DA Pennebaker , American documentary filmmaker († 2019)
July 15: Philip Carey , American actor († 2009)
July 22: Joseph Sargent , American producer and director († 2014)
July 23: Alain Decaux , French screenwriter († 2016)
July 23: Gloria DeHaven , American actress († 2016)
July 26: John Foreman , American producer († 1992)
July 25: Zdeněk Smetana , Czech draftsman, screenwriter and director († 2016)
July 27: Imo Moszkowicz , German actor and director († 2011)
July 30th: Jacques Sernas , French actor and screenwriter († 2015)

August

August 10: Willy Purucker , German screenwriter († 2015)
August 11: Arlene Dahl , American actress
August 15: Mike Connors , American actor († 2017)
August 17th: Ellen Umlauf , Austrian actress († 2000)
August 19: Ottokar Runze , German director, producer, actor and voice actor († 2018)
August 21: Maurice Pialat , French director and screenwriter († 2003)
August 22: Honor Blackman , British actress († 2020)
August 23: Robert Mulligan , American director († 2008)
August 25: Maurice Binder , designer of the James Bond opening credits († 1991)
August 26: Pyotr Todorovsky , Russian director and screenwriter († 2013)
August 28: Donald O'Connor , American actor († 2003)
August 30: Donald Symington , American actor († 2013)

September

0September 1: Gerry Turpin , British cameraman († 1997)
0September 3: Anne Jackson , American actress and producer († 2016)
0September 8: Peter Sellers , British actor († 1980)
September 12: Dickie Moore , American actor († 2015)
September 15: Helle Virkner , Danish actress († 2009)
September 16: BB King , American musician and actor († 2015)
September 16: Morgan Woodward , American actor († 2019)
September 23: Françoise Bertin , French actress († 2014)
September 23: Jean-Charles Tacchella , French director
September 25: Silvana Pampanini , Italian actress († 2016)
September 30th: Adolfas Mekas , Lithuanian director († 2011)

October to December

Angela Lansbury (born October 16)

Sammy Davis Jr. (born December 8)

Dick Van Dyke (born December 13)

Hildegard Knef (born December 28th)

October

0October 1: Nino Baragli , Italian film editor († 2013)
0October 4: Marlen Chuzijew , Soviet director and actor († 2019)
0October 7: Fred Bertelmann , German actor († 2014)
0October 9th: Heinz Hölscher , German cameraman
0October 9: Barbara König , German screenwriter († 2011)
October 13: Frank D. Gilroy , American screenwriter and director († 2015)
October 15: Aurora Bautista , Spanish actress († 2012)
October 16: Angela Lansbury , British actress
October 20: Roger Hanin , French actor and director († 2015)
October 20: Konrad Wolf , German director († 1982)
October 28: Leonard Starr , American comic artist and screenwriter († 2015)
October 29: Geraldine Brooks , American actress († 1977)
October 29: Robert Hardy , British actor († 2017)
October 30: George Murcell , British actor († 1998)
October 31: Lee Grant , American actress

November

0November 4: Doris Roberts , American actress († 2016)
0November 6th: Michel Bouquet , French actor
November 10: Richard Burton , British actor († 1984)
November 11: John Guillermin , British director and screenwriter († 2015)
November 11: Jonathan Winters , American actor († 2013)
November 16: Maria Axt , German actress († 1987)
November 17: Rock Hudson , American actor († 1985)
November 17: Curt Lowens , German actor († 2017)
November 17: Günter Naumann , German actor († 2009)
November 25: Nonna Viktorovna Mordjukowa , Russian actress († 2008)
November 25: María Asquerino , Spanish actress († 2013)
November 26th: Annemarie Düringer , Swiss actress († 2014)
November 27: Claude Lanzmann , French documentary filmmaker († 2018)
November 27: Marshall Thompson , American actor († 1992)
November 30th: Martin E. Brooks , American actor († 2015)
November 30th: Vojtěch Jasný , Czech director († 2019)
November 30th: Joachim Teege , German actor († 1969)

December

0December 2: Julie Harris , American actress († 2013)
0December 4: Hannes Thanheiser , Austrian actor († 2014)
0December 3: Dede Allen , American film editor († 2010)
0December 8: Sammy Davis junior , American actor († 1990)
December 12: Anne V. Coates , British film editor († 2018)
December 13: Dick Van Dyke , American actor
December 19: Tankred Dorst , German screenwriter, director and actor († 2017)
December 20: Nicole Maurey , French actress († 2016)
December 21: Olga Arossewa , Russian actress († 2013)
December 21: Phyllis Love , American actress († 2011)
December 22: Károly Makk , Hungarian director († 2017)
December 27: Michel Piccoli , French actor
December 28: Hildegard Knef , German actress († 2002)

Day unknown

Janice Knickrehm , American actress († 2013)

deceased

February 26th: Louis Feuillade , French director (* 1873)
May 19: Viking Eggeling , Swedish experimental filmmaker (* 1880)
October 31: Max Linder , French actor (* 1883)

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