The year 1914 in film involved some significant events, including the debut of Cecil B. DeMille as a director.Birchard, Robert S. (2004). ''Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood''. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, p. 1-13, __TOC__

Events

* February 2 –

Charlie Chaplin Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is considered o ...

's first film, '' Making a Living'', is released. * February 7 – Release of Charlie Chaplin's second film, the Keystone comedy ''

Kid Auto Races at Venice ''Kid Auto Races at Venice'' (also known as ''The Pest'') is a 1914 American film starring Charles Chaplin. It is the first film in which his " Little Tramp" character makes an appearance before the public. The first film to be produced that fe ...

'', in which his character of

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is introduced to audiences (although first filmed in ''

Mabel's Strange Predicament ''Mabel's Strange Predicament'' is a 1914 American film starring Mabel Normand and Charles Chaplin, notable for being the first film for which Chaplin donned the costume of The Tramp, although his appearance in the costume in ''Kid Auto Races ...

'', released two days later). * February 8 – Winsor McCay's '' Gertie the Dinosaur'' greatly advances filmed animation movement techniques. * February 10 – Release of the film '' Hearts Adrift''; the name of

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, the star, is displayed above the title on movie marquees. * February – Lewis J. Selznick and Arthur Spiegel organize the World Film Corporation, a distributor of independently produced films located in

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, * March 8 – D. W. Griffith's first feature film, '' Judith of Bethulia'', is released. It is his last production for the

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. * March 20 – '' Tess of the Storm Country'' makes

an icon in the US and a celebrity around the world. * March 31 – The serial '' The Perils of Pauline'' is an early example of the damsel in distress in film. * April 12 – The 3,300-seat Mark Strand Theatre opens in New York City. * April 18 – '' Cabiria'', directed by Giovanni Pastrone, is released in Italy, the first

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, featuring the first extensive use of a moving camera dolly in a feature film, and introducing the long-running character Maciste. * May 8 –

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is formed as a film distributor by

William Wadsworth Hodkinson William Wadsworth Hodkinson (August 16, 1881 – June 2, 1971), known more commonly as W. W. Hodkinson, was born in Independence, Kansas. Known as ''The Man Who Invented Hollywood'', he opened one of the first movie theaters in Ogden, Utah in ...

. * June 13 – 1914 Lubin vault fire: a major fire destroys the main

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vault of the Lubin Manufacturing Company in

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(U.S.). * September – The Neptune Film Company opens the Neptune Studios (the first "dark stage" in England) at Borehamwood, north of London. * November 14 – The Kalem Company of California releases the first in the adventure film series '' The Hazards of Helen'', initially starring actress/stuntwoman Helen Holmes, releasing a new episode every Saturday until February 1917. * November 19 – William Fox's Box Office Attractions Company releases its first production, '' Life's Shop Window''. * December 3 – William S. Hart appears in his first feature film, '' The Bargain'', which makes him a star. * December 21 – Release of the first American made feature-length comedy film, '' Tillie's Punctured Romance'', which also contains

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and

's feature film debuts. * December – Chaplin joins Essanay Studios for $1,250 per week. * Filoteo Alberini introduces a new 70 mm format, Panoramico, with the film ''Il sacco di Roma''.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top eight 1914 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Selected films with 1914 release dates

* January – '' The House of Bondage'', a lost 1914

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drama directed by Pierce Kingsley and starring Lottie Pickford. * January 3 – '' Engelein'', German silent

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written and directed by Urban Gad * January 12 – ''Fantomas Part Four'': '' Fantômas Contre Fantômas'' (Parts 1 through 3 of this serial were released in 1913, while Parts 4 & 5 were released in 1914) * January 14 – '' Captive Souls'' (), a Hungarian film directed by

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* January 22 – '' Absinthe'', American silent

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starring King Baggot and Leah Baird and directed by Herbert Brenon * February 2 – '' Making a Living'', the first film starring

. * February 5 – '' O Mimi San'', starring Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki and Mildred Harris * February 7 – ''

'', starring

* February 8 – '' Gertie the Dinosaur'', an animated film that incorporated many cinematic innovations * February 9 – ''

'', starring Mabel Normand and

* February 12 – '' The Squaw Man'', directed by Oscar Apfel and Cecil B. DeMille, starring Dustin Farnum * March 1 – '' How Moscha Came Back'', silent film comedy short directed by

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* March 8 – '' Judith of Bethulia'', directed by D. W. Griffith, starring

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* March 24 – '' The Avenging Conscience'', directed by D. W. Griffith, starring

and Henry B. Walthall; loosely based on the works of

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* March 31 – '' The Perils of Pauline'', ( serial), starring Pearl White * April 6 – ''

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'' directed by Thomas Bentley, starring

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* April 15 – ''

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'' * April 18 – '' Cabiria'', directed by Giovanni Pastrone * April 18 – '' Mabel at the Wheel'', starring Mabel Normand, Harry McCoy, and

* April 23 – '' A Little Madonna'' * May ? – ''Fantomas Part Five'': '' Le Faux Magistrat'' * May 11 – '' The Master Mind'' * May – '' Mr. Barnes of New York'' * June 8 – ''The Wrath of Gods'', starring Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki and

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* June 12 – '' Der Hund von Baskerville'' aka ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' (Germany/ Vitascope), directed by Rudolf Meinert, written by

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, starring Alwin Neuß and Hanni Weiss; originally released in two parts, later edited down into a feature version.Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. Page 65. . * June 15 – '' The Only Son'' * June 22 – '' The Million Dollar Mystery'', ( serial), starring Florence La Badie * July 13 – '' My Official Wife'', starring Clara Kimball Young * July 13 – ''

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'' * July 17 – '' The Stain'', starring Theda Bara * July 22 – '' By the Sun's Rays'' * August 10 – '' The Call of the North'', starring Robert Edeson * September 7 – '' The Virginian'', starring Dustin Farnum * September 22 – '' Ireland a Nation'' * September 23 – ''The Aztec Treasure'' * September 28 – '' The Patchwork Girl of Oz'' * September 28 – ''

The Magic Cloak of Oz ''The Magic Cloak of Oz'' is a 1914 film directed by J. Farrell MacDonald. It was screenwriter, written by L. Frank Baum and film producer, produced by Baum and composer Louis F. Gottschalk. The film is an film adaptation, adaptation of Baum's ...

'', starring Mildred Harris * October 14 – '' His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz'', starring Mildred Harris * October 14 – '' Mabel's Blunder'' * October 22 – '' What's His Name'', starring Max Figman * November 2 – '' Salomy Jane'' * November 7 – '' The Hazards of Helen'' ( serial), starring Helen Holmes * November 7 – '' His Musical Career'', starring

* November 9 – '' The Man from Home'' * November 9 – '' The Wishing Ring'' * November 13 – '' Demolition of the Monument at San Stefano'', directed by Fuat Uzkınay, considered to be the first Turkish movie – (

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) * November 15 – '' Rose of the Rancho'', starring Bessie Barriscale * November 19 – '' Life's Shop Window'', first film produced by William Fox's Box Office Attractions Company, the forerunner to Fox Film * December 7 – '' The Ghost Breaker'' (Paramount) directed by Cecil B. DeMille and Oscar C. Apfel, starring H. B. Warner and Rita Stanwood; remade in 1922 and again in 1940.Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. Page 63. . * December 7 – '' His Prehistoric Past'', written, directed, and starring

* December 7 – '' In the Land of the Head Hunters'' * December 14 – '' The Last Egyptian'', produced and written by L. Frank Baum, directed by Joseph Farrell MacDonald (who also starred), also starring Howard Davies and Jefferson Osborne.Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 134. . * December 21 – '' Tillie's Punctured Romance'', directed by

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, starring

, Mabel Normand and

. First comedy feature film. * December 28 – ''

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'', directed by George Pearson; based on the

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story * December 28 – ''

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'', starring

* December 28 – ''

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'', ( serial), directed by Louis Gasnier and George B. Seitz, starring Pearl White and Sheldon Lewis

Notable films released in 1914

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unless stated

A

* '' Absinthe'' (incomplete), directed by Herbert Brenon, starring King Baggot * '' The Avenging Conscience'', directed by D. W. Griffith, starring

and Henry B. Walthall, based on the works of

B

* ''

'' (lost), directed by Oscar Apfel and Cecil B. DeMille, based on the 1902 novel by George Barr McCutcheon * '' By the Sun's Rays'', directed by Charles Giblyn, starring Lon Chaney

C

* '' Cabiria'', directed by Giovanni Pastrone – (

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) * '' The Call of the North'', directed by Oscar Apfel and Cecil B. DeMille * ''A Christmas Carol'', directed by Harold M. Shaw, based on the 1843 novel by

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'', directed by James Kirkwood Sr., starring

, based on the classic

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D

* ''A Deal with the Devil (Den Mystiske Fremmede)'', directed by

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, based on 18th-century play '' Faust'' by

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Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 128. . – (

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) * '' Demolition of the Monument at San Stefano (Ayastefanos'taki Rus Abidesinin Yıkılışı)'', directed by Fuat Uzkınay – (

) * '' Discord and Harmony'' (lost), directed by

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, starring Lon ChaneyBlake, Michael F. (1998). "The Films of Lon Chaney". Vestal Press Inc. Page 13. .

E

* '' The Embezzler'' (lost), directed by

, starring Lon Chaney * '' The End of the Feud'' (lost), directed by

, starring Lon ChaneyBlake, Michael F. (1998). "The Films of Lon Chaney". Vestal Press Inc. Page 16. . * ''

'', film serial directed by Louis J. Gasnier and George B. Seitz, starring Pearl White

F

* ''

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'' (parts 4 & 5), film serial directed by Louis Feuillade, based on the true crime novels by Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain – (

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) * '' The Forbidden Room'' (lost), directed by

, starring Lon Chaney

G

* '' Gertie the Dinosaur'', animated film directed by Winsor McCay * '' The Ghost Breaker'' (lost), directed by Cecil B. DeMille and Oscar C. Apfel, starring H. B. WarnerKinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. Page 63. .

H

* '' The Hazards of Helen'', film serial directed by J. P. McGowan and J. Gunnis Davis, starring Helen Holmes * '' Her Bounty'' (lost), directed by Joseph De Grasse, starring Lon ChaneyBlake, Michael F. (1998). "The Films of Lon Chaney". Vestal Press Inc. Page 23. . * '' Her Escape'' (lost), directed by Joseph De Grasse, starring Lon Chaney * '' Her Life's Story'' (lost), directed by Joseph De Grasse, starring Lon ChaneyBlake, Michael F. (1998). "The Films of Lon Chaney". Vestal Press Inc. Page 28. . * '' The Higher Law'' (lost), directed by Charles Giblyn, starring Lon ChaneyBlake, Michael F. (1998). "The Films of Lon Chaney". Vestal Press Inc. Page 25. . * '' His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz'', directed by J. Farrell MacDonald, based on the 1900 novel '' The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' by L. Frank Baum * '' His Musical Career'', a

film * '' His Prehistoric Past'', a

film * '' The Honor of the Mounted'' (lost), directed by

, starring Lon ChaneyBlake, Michael F. (1998). "The Films of Lon Chaney". Vestal Press Inc. Page 12. . * '' The Hopes of Blind Alley'' (lost), directed by

, starring Lon Chaney * '' Der Hund von Baskerville (The Hound of the Baskervilles)'', directed by Rudolf Meinert, based on the 1902 novel by

Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. Page 65. . – (

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) * '' The House of Bondage'' (lost), directed by Pierce Kingsley, starring Lottie Pickford. * '' How Moscha Came Back'', directed by

I

* '' In the Land of the Head Hunters'', directed by Edward S. Curtis * '' Ireland a Nation'', directed by Walter MacNamara

J

* '' Judith of Bethulia'', directed by D. W. Griffith, starring

K

* ''

'', directed by

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, starring

L

* '' The Lamb, the Woman, the Wolf'' (lost), directed by

, starring Lon Chaney * '' The Last Egyptian'' (incomplete), directed by J. Farrell MacDonald, based on the 1908 novel by L. Frank BaumWorkman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 134. . * '' The Lie'' (lost), directed by

, starring Lon Chaney * '' Life's Shop Window'' (lost), directed by J. Gordon Edwards, first film produced by William Fox * '' Lights and Shadows'' (lost), directed by Joseph De Grasse, starring Lon Chaney.Blake, Michael F. (1998). "The Films of Lon Chaney". Vestal Press Inc. Page 29. . * '' The Lion, the Lamb, the Man'' (incomplete), directed by Joseph De Grasse, starring Lon Chaney * '' Little Angel (Engelein)'', directed by Urban Gad, starring Asta Nielsen – (

)

M

* '' Mabel at the Wheel'', directed by

, starring Mabel Normand and

* '' Mabel's Blunder'', directed by and starring Mabel Normand * ''

'', directed by and starring Mabel Normand, with

* ''

'', directed by J. Farrell MacDonald, starring Mildred Harris * '' Making a Living'', directed by

, the first film starring

* '' The Man from Home'', directed by Cecil B. DeMille * '' The Man with Wax Faces (Figures de cire)'', directed by

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– (

) * '' The Menace to Carlotta'' (lost), directed by

, starring Lon Chaney * '' The Million Dollar Mystery'' (lost), film serial directed by Howell Hansel, starring Florence La Badie * '' My Official Wife'' (incomplete), directed by James Young, starring Clara Kimball Young

O

* '' The Old Cobbler'' (lost), directed by Murdock MacQuarrie, starring Lon Chaney * ''

'', directed by Thomas Bentley, based on the 1841 novel by

– ( GB) * '' The Oubliette'', directed by Charles Giblyn, starring Lon Chaney

P

* '' The Patchwork Girl of Oz'', directed by J. Farrell MacDonald * '' The Perils of Pauline'', film serial directed by Louis J. Gasnier, starring Pearl White

R

* '' Remember Mary Magdalen'' (lost), directed by

, starring Lon Chaney * '' Richelieu'' (lost), directed by

, starring Lon Chaney * '' Rose of the Rancho'', directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Bessie Barriscale

S

* '' Salomy Jane'', directed by

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and Lucius J. Henderson, starring Beatriz Michelena * '' A Small Town Girl'' (lost), directed by

, starring Lon Chaney * '' The Squaw Man'', directed by Oscar Apfel and Cecil B. DeMille, starring Dustin Farnum * '' The Stain'', directed by

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, starring Theda Bara * ''

'' (lost), directed by George Pearson, based on the 1887 novel by

– ( GB)

T

* '' Tillie's Punctured Romance'', directed by

, starring

, Mabel Normand,

and the Keystone Cops * '' The Tragedy of Whispering Creek'', directed by

, starring Lon Chaney * ''

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'', directed by Harold M. Shaw, starring Herbert Beerbohm Tree, based on the 1884 novel by

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U

* ''

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'' (lost), directed by

, starring Lon Chaney

V

* '' The Virginian'', directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Dustin Farnum, based on the 1902 novel by Owen Wister * '' Virtue Is Its Own Reward'' (lost), directed by Joseph De Grasse, starring Lon Chaney

W

* '' What's His Name'', directed by Cecil B. DeMille * '' The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England'', directed by

* '' The Wrath of the Gods'', directed by Reginald Barker, starring Sessue Hayakawa and

Short film series

* ''

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'' (1910–1916) * '' Harold Lloyd'' (1913–1921) * ''

'' (1914–1923)

Births

*January 5 – George Reeves, actor (died 1959) *January 6 –

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, singer, actor, comedian (died

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, actor (died

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) *January 15 – Dimples Cooper, Filipina actress (died 1960) *January 30 – John Ireland, actor (died

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) *January 31 –

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, American stuntman, stunt coordinator and actor (died

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

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Kevin McCarthy Kevin Owen McCarthy (born January 26, 1965) is an American politician who served as the List of speakers of the United States House of Representatives, 55th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from January until he was Remova ...

, actor (died

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

) *February 17 – Arthur Kennedy, actor (died 1990) *February 18 – Mahmoud Zulfikar, director (died

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...

) *February 21 – Zachary Scott, actor (died

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...

) *February 26 – Robert Alda, actor (died 1986) *March 2 – Martin Ritt, director (died 1990) *March 3 – Charlotte Henry, actress (died

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

) *March 27 – Richard Denning, actor (died

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

) *April 2 –

Alec Guinness Sir Alec Guinness (born Alec Guinness de Cuffe; 2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor. In the BFI, British Film Institute listing of 1999 of BFI Top 100 British films, the 100 most important British films of the 20th century ...

, actor (died

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

) *April 4 – Richard Coogan, actor (died

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

) *April 14 – John Hubbard, actor (died 1988) *April 16 – John Hodiak, actor (died 1955) *May 5 – Tyrone Power, actor (died 1958) *May 19 – Beverly Roberts, actress, singer (died

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

) *May 24 – Lilli Palmer, actress (died 1986) *May 31 – Hannes Schiel, Austrian actor (died

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

) *June 7 – Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, director (died

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

) *June 18 – E. G. Marshall, actor (died

) *June 21 – Wensley Pithey, character actor (died

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

) *July 2 – Ethelreda Leopold, American actress (died

) *July 20 – Masa Niemi, Finnish comic actor (died 1960) *July 23 – Julie Mitchum, actress (died

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

) *July 29 – Irwin Corey, comedian (died

) *July 31 – Louis de Funès, actor (died

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

) *August 2 –

Beatrice Straight Beatrice Whitney Straight (August 2, 1914 – April 7, 2001) was an American theatre, film, television and radio actress and a member of the prominent Whitney family. She was both an Academy Award and Tony Award winner, as well as a Primetime Em ...

, actress (died

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

) *August 5 – Parley Baer, actor (died

) *August 13 – Norman Spencer, film producer (died

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

) *August 14 – Andrea Leeds, actress (died

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

) *August 31 – Richard Basehart, actor (died

) *September 10 – Robert Wise, director (died

) *September 12 – Desmond Llewelyn, actor (died

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

) *September 20 –

Kenneth More Kenneth Gilbert More (20 September 1914 – 12 July 1982) was an English actor. Initially achieving fame in the comedy ''Genevieve (film), Genevieve'' (1953), he appeared in many roles as a carefree, happy-go-lucky gent. Films from this period ...

English actor (died 1982) *September 27 – Sophie Sooäär, Estonian actress and singer (d.

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

) *October 1 – Maciej Maciejewski, Polish screen and stage actor (died

) *October 9 – Edward Andrews, American actor (died

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...

) *October 26 – Jackie Coogan, actor (died 1984) *October 28 -

Dody Goodman Dody Goodman (October 28, 1914 – June 22, 2008) was an American character actress. She played the mother of the title character in the television series '' Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'', her distinctive high-pitched voice announcing the ...

, American character actress (died

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

) *October 30 – Anna Wing, actress (died

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

) *November 6 - Jonathan Harris, (died

) *November 8 – Norman Lloyd, actor (died

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

) *November 9 ** Alan Caillou, English actor and screenwriter (died 2006) ** Hedy Lamarr, actress (died 2000) *November 10 – William Henry, actor (died 1982) *November 13 ** Amelia Bence, actress (died 2016) ** Henri Langlois, film preservationist (died 1977) ** Alberto Lattuada, director (died 2005) *November 23 ** Roger Avon,

British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. * British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture ...

film and television actor (died 1998) ** Ellen Drew, American actress (died

) *December 10 – Dorothy Lamour, actress (died

) *December 13 – Larry Parks, actor (died

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

) *December 26 – Richard Widmark, actor (died

) *December 28 – Lee Bowman, actor (died

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

)

Deaths

* January 9 – Gladys Rankin, American actress as Mrs. Sidney Drew; writer as George Cameron * January 11 – William A. Russell, 35, American actor * March 25 – Frédéric Mistral, 83, French writer, '' Mirèio'' * June 19 – Brandon Thomas, 65, British writer, '' Charley's Aunt'' * July 1 ** Grace McHugh, American actress died while filming the movie ''Across the Border'' ** Owen Carter, American cinematographer died while trying to save Grace McHugh, ''Across the Border'' * August 21 – Charles J. Hite, 38, President and CEO of Thanhouser Film Corporation * August 22 – David Davie Shelby, 66, actor. * October 24 – Gustav Wied, 56, Danish playwright and novelist * November 14 – Stellan Rye, 34, Danish film director, ''Dur Verfuhrte, Evinrude, The Student of Prague''

Film debuts

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