1906 in film - Definition and Overview

Events

• Ben Hur, directed by Sidney Olcott.
• 26 December - The world's first feature film, "The Story of the Kelly Gang", is released.

Births

• January 14 - William Bendix, actor (d. 1964)
• February 5 - John Carradine, actor (d. 1988)
• February 10 - Lon Chaney Jr., actor (d. 1973)
• February 21 - Jeanne Aubert, French actress and singer, (d. 1988)
• February 26 - Madeleine Carroll, actress (d. 1987)
• March 6 - Lou Costello, comedian and actor (d. 1959)
• April 26 - Renate Müller, actress (d. 1937)
• May 1 - Josephine Dunn, actress (d. 1983)
• May 3 - Mary Astor, actress (d. 1987)
• May 8 - Roberto Rossellini, director (d. 1977)
• May 21 - Lola Lane, actress (d. 1981)
• May 30 - Lyda Roberti, actress (d. 1938)
• June 22 - Billy Wilder, director (d. 2002)
• June 26 - Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer and actor
• July 3 - George Sanders, actor (d. 1972)
• August 5 - John Huston, actor, director (d. 1987)
• August 5 - Joan Hickson, actress (d. 1998)
• August 9 - Dorothy Jordan, actress (d. 1988)
• August 29 - Lurene Tuttle, actress (d. 1986)
• August 30 - Joan Blondell, actress (d. 1979)
• September 4 - Dita Parlo, actress (d. 1971)
• October 6 - Janet Gaynor, actress (d. 1984)
• November 14 - Louise Brooks, actress (d. 1985)
• December 5 - Otto Preminger, director, producer (d. 1986)
• December 25 - Lew Grade, producer (d. 1998)
• December 27 - Oscar Levant, composer, writer, actor (d. 1972)
• December 30 - Carol Reed, director (d. 1976)

Deaths