• January 4 –
Barbara Rush, American actress (died 2024) • January 10 –
Lee Philips, American actor (died 1999) • January 15 –
Phyllis Coates, American actress (died 2023) • January 17 –
Eartha Kitt, American actress and singer (died 2008) • January 19 -
Lisa Lu, Chinese-American actress • January 22 –
Walter Sparrow, English actor (died 2000) • January 26 -
William Redfield, American actor (died 1976) • January 28 –
Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese director (died 2001) • January 29 –
Peter Fernandez, American actor, voice director and writer (died 2010) • January 31 –
Jean Speegle Howard, American actress (died 2000) • February 3 –
Kenneth Anger, American underground experimental filmmaker and actor (died 2023) • February 7 –
Juliette Gréco, French singer and actress (died 2020) • February 12 •
Ann Gillis, American actress (died 2018) •
Eric Mason, British actor (died 2010) •
H. M. Wynant, American actor • February 14 –
Lois Maxwell, Canadian actress (died 2007) • February 15 -
Harvey Korman, American actor and comedian (died 2008) • February 16 –
June Brown, English actress (died 2022) • February 20 –
Sidney Poitier, American actor (died 2022) • March 1 –
Harry Belafonte, American singer and actor (died 2023) • March 4 -
Thayer David, American actor (died 1978) • March 7 –
James Broderick, American actor and director (died 1982) • March 15 -
Christian Marquand, French actor (died 2000) • March 18 -
George Plimpton, American actor (died 2003) • March 20 – Cairbre (also known as Leo),
Dublin Zoo-born
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lion mascot • March 21 –
Virginia Weidler, American actress (died 1968) • March 25 –
Monique van Vooren, Belgian-American actress (died 2020) • March 31 –
William Daniels, American actor • April 1 –
Maria Eugénia, Portuguese actress (died 2016) • April 2 •
Rita Gam, American actress (died 2016) •
Ken Sansom, American actor and voice actor (died 2012) • April 3 -
Robert Hoy, American actor, stuntman and director (died 2010) • April 5 –
Chao-Li Chi, Shanxi-born actor (died 2010) • April 13 –
Maurice Ronet, French film actor, director and writer (died 1983) • April 14 –
Allen Baron, American writer, director • April 16 –
Peter Mark Richman, American actor (died 2021) • April 19 –
Cora Sue Collins, American child actress (died 2025) • April 30 –
Ellen Alaküla, Estonian actress (died 2011) • May 2 -
Ray Barrett, Australian actor (died 2009) • May 5 –
Pat Carroll, American actress (died 2022) • May 6 –
Ettore Manni, Italian actor (died 1979) • May 11 •
Bernard Fox, Welsh actor (died 2016) •
Mort Sahl, Canadian-born American comedian and actor (died 2021) • May 13 –
Herbert Ross, American film director, producer and choreographer (died 2001) • May 20 –
David Hedison, American actor (died 2019) • May 21 –
Kay Kendall, English actress, comedienne (died
1959) • May 22 –
Michael Constantine, Greek American actor (died 2021) • May 30 –
Clint Walker, American actor (died 2018) • May 31 –
Koreyoshi Kurahara, Malaysian-Japanese screenwriter, director (died 2002) • June 2 –
Thomas Hill, Indian-born American character actor (died 2009) • June 8 –
Jerry Stiller, American actor and comedian (died 2020) • June 9 –
Waltraut Haas, Austrian actress and singer (died 2025) • June 15 –
Ottó Foky, Hungarian animator (died 2012) • June 23 –
Bob Fosse, American dancer, musical theatre choreographer, screenwriter and director (died 1987) • June 24 -
Bette Ford, American actress • June 27 –
Geoffrey Palmer, British actor (died 2020) • June 30 •
Mario Lanfranchi, Italian director, screenwriter, producer and actor (died 2022) •
Pat McCormick, American actor and writer (died 2005) • July 2 -
Brock Peters, American actor and singer (died 2005) • July 3 -
Tim O'Connor, American character actor (died 2018) • July 4 •
Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress (died 2023) •
Neil Simon, American playwright and screenwriter (died 2018) • July 5 –
Beverly Tyler, American actress, singer (died
2005) • July 6 –
Janet Leigh, American actress (died 2004) • July 9 •
Ed Ames, American singer and actor (died 2023) •
Susan Cabot, American actress (died
1986) • July 15 •
Nan Martin, American actress (died 2010) •
Joe Turkel, American character actor (died 2022) • July 27 -
Henry O, Chinese-American actor • July 30 •
Richard Johnson, British actor, writer and producer (died 2015) •
Joan Vohs, American model, actress (died
2001) • August 9 –
Robert Shaw, British actor and novelist (died 1978) • August 14 –
Roger Carel (Bancharel), French voice actor (died 2020) • August 19 –
L. Q. Jones, American actor (died 2022) • August 20 -
Yootha Joyce, English actress (died 1980) • August 21 –
Tony Steedman, English character actor (died 2001) •
Barry Foster (actor), British actor (died 2002) • August 30 –
Bill Daily, American actor (died 2018) • September 9 –
Penelope Houston, English critic (died 2015) • September 12 •
Freddie Jones, English actor (died 2019) •
Franco Latini, Italian actor and voice actor (died 1991) • September 13 -
Beverly Polcyn, American actress (died 2018) • September 16 –
Peter Falk, American actor (died 2011) • September 19 •
Rosemary Harris, English actress •
William Hickey, American actor (died 1997) • September 20 -
Rachel Roberts, Welsh actress (died 1980) • September 21 -
Joan Hotchkis, American actress and writer (died 2022) • September 24 –
Arthur Malet, English actor (died 2013) • September 26 -
Patrick O'Neal, American actor (died 1994) • October 1 –
Tom Bosley, American actor (died 2010) • October 7 -
Al Martino, American singer and actor (died 2009) • October 14 –
Roger Moore, English actor (died 2017) • October 15 –
Jeannette Charles, British actress (died 2024) • October 16 –
Eileen Ryan, American actress (died 2022) • October 18 –
George C. Scott, American film and stage actor (died 1999) • October 21 -
Howard Zieff, American director and producer (died 2009) • October 27 –
Silvia Laidla, Estonian actress (died 2012) • November 1 –
Marcel Ophuls, German-French documentary filmmaker and actor (died 2025) • November 3 -
Florence Paterson, Canadian actress (died 1995) • November 12 –
John Hollis, British screen actor (died 2005) • November 17 •
Fenella Fielding, English actress (died 2018) •
Lynn Stalmaster, American casting director (died 2021) • November 14 –
McLean Stevenson, American actor (died 1996) • November 16 -
Shriram Lagoo, Indian actor (died 2019) • November 20 •
Walter Kohut, Austrian actor (died 1980) •
Estelle Parsons, American actress • November 23 –
Sybil Jason, American actress (died 2011) • November 30 –
Robert Guillaume, American actor and singer (died 2017) • December 13 -
Genevieve Page, French actress (died 2025) • December 26 -
Chuck Hicks, American actor and stuntman (died 2021) • December 29 –
Giorgio Capitani, Italian film director and screenwriter (died 2017) • December 30 –
Bernard Barrow, American Actor (died 1993) ==Deaths==