• January 2 –
Jason Evers, American actor (died 2005) • January 3 –
Bill Travers, British actor, screenwriter, director and animal rights activist (died 1994) • January 10 –
Hannelore Schroth, German actress (died 1987) • January 13 –
Albert Lamorisse, French filmmaker, film producer and writer (died 1970) • January 16 –
Irene Vernon, American actress (died 1998) • January 17 –
Betty White, American actress and comedian (died 2021) • January 19 –
Guy Madison, American actor (died 1996) • January 20 –
Ray Anthony, American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter and actor • January 21 •
Telly Savalas, Greek-American actor (died 1994) •
Paul Scofield, English actor (died 2008) • January 31 •
Joanne Dru, American actress (died 1996) •
William Sylvester, American actor (died 1995) • February 3 –
Ulf Johanson, Swedish actor (died 1990) • February 4 •
William Edward Phipps, American actor and producer (died 2018) •
Qin Yi, Chinese actress (died 2022) • February 6 –
Patrick Macnee, British-American actor (died 2015) • February 7 –
Hattie Jacques, English actress (died 1980) • February 8 –
Audrey Meadows, American actress (died 1996) • February 9 –
Kathryn Grayson, American actress and coloratura soprano (died 2010) • February 24 –
Steven Hill, American actor (died 2016) • February 26 –
Margaret Leighton, English actress (died 1976) • March 5 •
James Noble, American actor (died 2016) •
Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian poet, writer, film director, actor and playwright (died 1975) • March 8 –
Cyd Charisse, American dancer and actress (died 2008) • March 20 –
Carl Reiner, American actor, author, comedian, director and screenwriter (died 2020) • March 21 –
Russ Meyer, American filmmaker (died 2004) • March 23 –
Ugo Tognazzi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1990) • March 31 •
Richard Kiley, American actor and singer (died 1999) •
Patrick Magee, Irish actor (died 1982) • April 3 –
Doris Day, American actress and singer (died 2019) • April 4 •
Elmer Bernstein, American composer and conductor (died 2004) •
Alexandra Myšková, Czech-born Norwegian actress, director and theatre teacher • April 5 –
Gale Storm, American actress and singer (died 2009) • April 7 –
Margia Dean, American beauty queen and actress (died 2023) • April 15 –
Michael Ansara, Syrian‐American actor (died 2013) • April 18 –
Barbara Hale, American actress (died 2017) • April 24 –
J. D. Cannon, American actor (died 2005) • April 26 –
Mike Kellin, American actor (died 1983) • April 27 –
Jack Klugman, American actor (died 2012) • May 2 –
Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor and director (died 2007) • May 7 •
Rolands Kalniņš, Latvian film director, screenwriter and producer (died 2022) •
Darren McGavin, American actor (died 2006) • May 10 –
Nancy Walker, American actress (died 1992) • May 12 -
Murray Gershenz, American character actor and entrepreneur (died 2013) • May 13 -
Truus Dekker, Dutch actress (died 2022) • May 14 •
Richard Deacon, American actor (died 1984) •
Terence Longdon, English actor (died 2011) • May 17 -
Wei Wei, Chinese actress (died 2023) • May 18 -
Bill Macy, American actor (died 2019) • May 25 -
Syd Heylen, Australian character actor and comedian (died
1996) • May 27 –
Christopher Lee, English actor and singer (died 2015) • May 31 –
Denholm Elliott, English actor (died 1992) • June 1 •
Joan Caulfield, American actress and model (died 1991) •
Joan Copeland, American actress (died 2022) • June 9 –
George Axelrod, American screenwriter and producer (died 2003) • June 10 •
Judy Garland, American actress and singer (died 1969) •
Bill Kerr, British-Australian actor, comedian and vaudevillian (died 2014) • June 16 –
Frances Rafferty, American actress, dancer, World War II pin-up girl and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player (died 2004) • June 22 –
Mona Lisa, Filipino actress (died 2019) • June 26 –
Eleanor Parker, American actress (died 2013) • June 28 -
Erik Bauersfeld, American radio dramatist and voice actor (died 2016) • July 6 –
William Schallert, American character actor (died 2016) • July 9 -
Manos Zacharias, Greek film director, cinematographer and actor • July 11 –
Gene Evans, American actor (died 1998) • July 19 -
Bess Meisler, American actress • July 21 –
Demeter Bitenc, Slovenian actor (died 2018) • July 23 -
Sydney Lassick, American character actor (died 2003) • July 26 •
Blake Edwards, American filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter (died 2010) •
Jason Robards, American actor (died 2000) • July 27 •
Adolfo Celi, Italian film actor and director (died 1986) •
Norman Lear, American screenwriter and producer (died 2023) • August 1 •
Arthur Hill, Canadian actor (died 2006) •
Paul Lambert, American character actor (died 1997) • August 8 –
Rory Calhoun, American actor (died 1999) • August 15 -
Boris Sichkin, Soviet-American film actor, dancer, choreographer, composer and entertainer (died 2002) • August 22 –
Micheline Presle, French actress (died 2024) • August 25 -
Gloria Dea, American actress, dancer, artist, and magician (died 2023) • September 1 •
Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2000) •
Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-American actress, dancer and singer (died 2007) • September 6 –
Elizabeth Lawrence, American actress (died 2000) • September 8 •
Sid Caesar, American comic actor and comedian (died 2014) •
Annabel Maule, British actress • September 10 –
Barbara Chilcott, Canadian actress (died 2022) • September 14 –
Michel Auclair, European actor (died 1988) • September 15 –
Jackie Cooper, American actor and director (died 2011) • September 16 •
Guy Hamilton, English film director (died 2016) •
Janis Paige, American actress and singer (died 2024) • September 23 –
Louise Latham, American actress (died 2018) • September 24 •
Bert I. Gordon, American film director, producer, screenwriter, and visual effects artist (died 2023) •
Theresa Merritt, American actress (died 1998) • September 29 –
Lizabeth Scott, American actress, singer, and model for the Walter Thornton Model Agency (died 2015) • October 5 –
Woodrow Parfrey, American actor (died 1984) • October 7 –
Martha Stewart, American actress (died 2021) • October 8 –
Eileen Essell, English actress (died 2015) • October 9 -
Fyvush Finkel, American actor and director (died 2016) • October 20 –
John Anderson, American character actor (died 1992) • October 23 –
Coleen Gray, American actress (died 2015) • October 27 –
Ruby Dee, American actress (died 2014) • October 28 -
Jack Murdock, American actor (died 2001) • October 31 –
Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress, artist and children's author (died 2005) • November 3 -
George Morrison, Irish director of documentary films (died 2025) • November 9 –
Dorothy Dandridge, American actress and singer (died 1965) • November 12 –
Kim Hunter, American actress (died 2002) • November 13 •
Madeleine Sherwood, Canadian actress (died 2016) •
Oskar Werner, Austrian actor (died 1984) • November 14 –
Veronica Lake, American actress (died 1973) • November 15 –
Francesco Rosi, Italian film director and screenwriter (died 2015) • November 16 –
Royal Dano, American actor (died 1994) • November 17 -
Ted Beniades, American character actor (died 2014) • November 22 –
Lynne Roberts, American actress (died 1978) • November 26 –
Adam Williams, American actor (died 2006) • November 27 -
Jacqueline White, American former actress • November 29 –
Laurie Main, Australian actor (died 2012) • December 2 •
Don Fellows, American actor (died 2007) •
Leo Gordon, American actor and screenplay writer (died 2000) • December 3 -
Len Lesser, American character actor (died 2011) • December 4 –
Gérard Philipe, French actor (died 1959) • December 9 –
Redd Foxx, American stand-up comedian and actor (died 1991) • December 11 –
Dilip Kumar, Indian actor and film producer (died 2021) • December 21 –
Paul Winchell, American ventriloquist, comedian, actor, humanitarian, and inventor (died 2005) • December 22 –
Ruth Roman, American actress (died 1999) • December 24 –
Ava Gardner, American actress (died 1990) • December 26 –
Alfred Dennis, American actor (died 2016) • December 28 •
Ivan Desny, French actor (died 2002) •
Stan Lee, American comic-book, editor, publisher and producer (died 2018) ==Deaths==