1900 in film - Definition and Overview

Events

Births

• January 1 - Mildred Davis, actress (d. 1969)
• January 2 - William Haines, actor (d. 1973)
• January 30 - Martita Hunt, actress (d. 1969)
• February 16 - Albert Hackett, screenwriter (d. 1995)
• February 22 - Luis Buñuel, writer, director (d. 1983)
• February 26 - Jean Negulesco, director (d. 1993)
• March 3 - Edna Best, actress (d. 1974)
• April 5 - Spencer Tracy, actor (d. 1967)
• July 10 - Evelyn Laye, actress (d. 1996)
• July 27 - Charles Vidor, director (d. 1959)
• August 19 - Colleen Moore, actress (d. 1988)
• September 13 - Gladys George, actress (d. 1954)
• October 9 - Alistair Sim, actor (d. 1976)
• October 10 - Helen Hayes, actress (d. 1993)
• October 15 - Fritz Feld, actor (d. 1993)
• October 15 - Mervyn LeRoy, director (d. 1987)
• October 17 - Jean Arthur, actress (d. 1991)
• November 5 - Natalie Schafer, actress (d. 1991)
• December 6 - Agnes Moorehead, actress (d. 1974)
• December 17 - Katina Paxinou, actress (d. 1973)

Deaths