Home > 1906 in film

1 Events

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

2 Births

• January 14 - William Bendix, actor (d. 1964)
• February 5 - John Carradine, actor (d. 1988)
• February 10February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 324 days remaining, 325 in leap years. Events 1258 Mongols overrun Baghdad, burning it to the ground and killing 10,000 citizens. 1635 The Academie francaise in Paris is expanded - Lon Chaney Jr., actor (d. 1973See also 1972 in film 1973 1974 in film 1970s in film years in film film Events The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces his second wife, Barbara Blakely. Blakely would later marry actor/singer Frank Sinatra. Top grossing films :North America # The Poseidon)
• February 21February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 313 days remaining, 314 in leap years. Events 362 Athanasius returns to Alexandria 1431 The trial of Joan of Arc begins. 1743 The premiere in London of George Frideric Handel's o - Jeanne AubertJeanne Aubert ( February 21, 1906 March 6, 1988) was a French singer and actress. Born Marguerite Perrinot in Paris, France to an aristocratic father she was pushed by her mother, a former flower girl, into show business. At age five, little Marguerite be, French actress and singer, (d. 1988)
• February 26February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 308 days remaining, 309 in leap years. Events 747 BC Epoch (origin) of Ptolemy's Nabonassar Era. 1266 Battle of Benevento: French forces, under Charles of Anjou, overcome a combi - Madeleine CarrollMadeleine Carroll ( February 26, 1906 October 2, 1987) was a British actress. Born in West Bromwich, England, she became an American citizen in 1943. Madeline Carroll was a graduate of The University of Birmingham, England. She appeared in two Alfred Hitc, actress (d. 1987See also 1986 in film, other events of 1987, 1988 in film, list of 'years in film'. Events May 9 Actor Tom Cruise marries actress Mimi Rogers. November 21 actor Bruce Willis marries actress Demi Moore. Top grossing films # Three Men and a Baby # Fatal Att)
• 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)