1921 in film

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Events

Film Awards and honors

• Photoplay Award: David Tol'able by Henry King

Birthdays

January to March

January

• January 27: Bob Godfrey, a British animator, producer and director († 2013)
• January 27: Donna Reed, American actress († 1986)
• January 31: Carol Channing, American actress
• January 31: Mario Lanza, American opera singer and actor († 1959)

February

• February 04: Geraldine Katt, Austrian actress († 1995)
• February 05: Ken Adam, German - British Designer
• February 08: Lana Turner, American actress († 1995)
• FEBRUARY 14: Jose Castillo, Spanish actor († 2011)
• FEBRUARY 16: Vera -Ellen, American actress († 1981)
• FEBRUARY 19: Ann Savage, American actress († 2008)
• FEBRUARY 21: Jean Heather, American actress († 1995)
• FEBRUARY 21: Zdeněk Miler, Czech character animator († 2011)
• February 22: Giulietta Masina, Italian actress († 1994)
• February 24: Abe Vigoda, American actor
• FEBRUARY 28: Saul Zaentz, American producer ( † 2014)

March

• March 01: Jack Clayton, British director († 1995)
• 08 March: Cyd Charisse, American actress († 2008)
• March 08: Denys de La Patellière, French film director and screenwriter († 2013)
• MARCH 22: 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 film director († 1993)
• MARCH 31: Peggy Rea, American actress († 2011)

April-June

April

• April 03: Franz Geiger, German screenwriter, director and actor († 2011)
• 03 April: Jan Sterling, American actress († 2004)
• 06 April: Arnold Marquis, German actor and voice actor († 1990)
• April 07: Bill Butler, American Cinematographer
• April 10: Chuck Connors, American actor († 1992)
• APRIL 16: Peter Ustinov, British actor († 2004)
• APRIL 25: Arthur H. Nadel, American film director, producer and screenwriter († 1990)
• APRIL 27: Hans -Joachim Kulenkampff, German actor († 1998)

May

• May 02: Satyajit Ray, Indian film director († 1992)
• 06 May: Helga Keller, Israeli 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 writer († 2012)
• MAY 29: James Clifton, American actor
• MAY 31: Alida Valli, Italian actress († 2006)

June

July to September

July

• July 01: Ingeborg Hoffmann, German actress († 1985)
• July 01: Jerzy Stefan Stawinski, Polish film director and screenwriter († 2010)
• July 03: Joao Guedes, Portuguese actor and director († 1983)
• July 03: Susan Peters, American actress († 1952)
• July 04: Harry Riebauer, German actor († 1999)
• 07 July: Dragomir Felba, Serbian actor († 2006)
• 09 July: 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
• July 18: Heinz Bennents, German actor († 2011)
• JULY 18: Richard Leacock, a British documentary filmmaker and cinematographer († 2011)
• July 21: Arthur Marx, American writer († 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

• 03 August: Richard Adler, American composer († 2012)
• August 19: Gene Roddenberry, American screenwriter and producer († 1991)
• AUGUST 28: Barbro Hiort af Ornäs, Swedish actress
• AUGUST 28: Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor († 2007)
• AUGUST 31: Rafael Pacheco, Spanish cameraman

September

• September 02: Enrique Escobar, Spanish composer († 2004)
• September 04: 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 film director and screenwriter († 2014)
• September 27: Giovanni D' Eramo, Italian screenwriter and director
• September 30: Deborah Kerr, American actress († 2007)

October to December

October

• October 01: James Whitmore, American actor († 2009)
• October 02: Bruce Montgomery, British composer († 1978)
• October 04: James Poe, American screenwriter († 1980)
• 07 October: Dirk Dautzenberg, German actor († 2009)
• October 07: George Wilson, French actor († 2010)
• 08 October: Günther Jerschke, German actor and voice actor († 1997)
• 09 October: 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 17th: Rudolf Jürgen Bartsch, German actor († 2000)
• October 17: Tom Poston, American actor († 2007)
• October 19: George Nader, American actor († 2002)
• October 20: Marianne wiping man, German actress († 2009)
• October 22: Franz Seitz junior, German producer, director and screenwriter († 2006)
• OCTOBER 27: Pino Belli, an Italian documentary filmmaker and director († 1968)
• OCTOBER 28: H.A.L. Craig, Irish writer († 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 03: Charles Bronson, American actor († 2003)
• 08 November: Walter Mirisch, American producer
• November 08: Gene Saks, American film director and actor
• NOVEMBER 12: Paul Maxwell, Canadian actor († 1991)
• November 14: Brian Keith, American actor († 1997)
• November 16: Patricia Barry, American actress
• November 16: Paul Beeson, British cinematographer († 2001)
• NOVEMBER 20: Dan Frazer, American actor († 2011)
• November 22: Rodney Dangerfield, American actor († 2004)
• November 30: Willy Holt, American art director and production designer († 2007)

December

• December 04: Deanna Durbin, Canadian actress († 2013)
• 05 December: Peter Hansen, American actor
• December 08: Peter René Körner, German actor († 1989)
• December 11: Liz Smith, British actress
• December 12: Valerie Steinmann, Swiss actress († 2011)
• December 13: Janko Messner, Austrian writer († 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 film director († 2002)

Day unknown

• Chidananda Dasgupta, Indian filmmakers († 2011)

Deceased

• May 8: William Friese- Greene, a British film pioneer technology (* 1855)
• June 4: Harry Walden, German actor (* 1875)
• SEPTEMBER 9: Virginia Rappe, American actress (* 1895)