1906 IN FILM

The year '1906 in film' involved some significant events.
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Contents

Events

Films released in 1906

Births

Deaths

Events

★ 26 December - The world's first feature film, ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'', is released.

Films released in 1906

★ ''The Dream of a Rarebit Fiend''

★ ''Humorous Phases of Funny Faces''

★ ''The Merry Frolics of Satan''

★ ''The Story of the Kelly Gang''

Births

★ January 14 - William Bendix, actor (d. 1964)

★ February 5 - John Carradine, actor (d. 1988)

★ February 10 - Lon Chaney Jr., actor (d. 1973)

★ February 17 - Mary Brian, actress (d. 2002)

★ February 21 - Jeanne Aubert, actress, singer (d. 1988)

★ February 26 - Madeleine Carroll, actress (d. 1987)

★ March 6 - Lou Costello, comedian, 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, film director (d. 1977)

★ May 21 - Lola Lane, singer, actress (d. 1981)

★ May 30 - Lyda Roberti, actress (d. 1938)

★ June 22 - Billy Wilder, director, screenwriter (d. 2002)

★ June 26 - Alberto Rabagliati, singer, actor (d. 1974)

★ July 3 - George Sanders, actor (d. 1972)

★ August 5 - John Huston, director, actor (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 16 - Barbara Kent, actress

★ December 25 - Lew Grade, producer (d. 1998)

★ December 27 - Oscar Levant, composer, screenwriter, actor (d. 1972)

★ December 30 - Carol Reed, director (d. 1976)

Deaths

★ (unknown)