• January 3 –
Dabney Coleman, American character actor (died 2024) • January 4 •
Carlos Saura, Spanish director (died 2023) •
Richard Stahl, American comic actor (died 2006) • January 11 –
Alfonso Arau, Mexican filmmaker, actor and singer • January 19 –
Richard Lester, American-born director working in England • January 22 –
Piper Laurie, American actress (died 2023) • January 23 –
James Rado, American actor, playwright, director and composer (died 2022) • January 24 –
Julie Bennett, American actress, realtor and talent agent (died 2020) • February 3 –
Peggy Ann Garner, American actress (died
1984) • February 6 –
François Truffaut, French director (died 1984) • February 8 –
John Williams, American film composer • February 9 –
Roderick Cook, English writer and actor (died 1990) • February 13 •
Susan Oliver, American actress (died 1990) •
Barbara Shelley, English actress, "The First Leading Lady of British Horror" (died 2021) • February 14 •
Harriet Andersson, Swedish actress •
Alexander Kluge, German director (died
2026) • February 15 –
Troy Kennedy Martin, British screenwriter (died 2009) • February 18 –
Miloš Forman, Czech-born director (died 2018) • February 23 •
Majel Barrett, American actress (died 2008) •
Floyd Levine, American actor (died 2025) • February 24 •
Michel Legrand, French film composer (died 2019) •
John Vernon, Canadian actor (died 2005) • February 26 –
Michael Goldie, British character actor (died 2013) • February 27 –
Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress (died 2011) • February 28 –
Francisco Colmenero, Mexican voice actor and voice director • March 14 –
Hiroshi Ōtake, Japanese actor and voice actor (died 2022) • March 27 –
Robert Sacchi, Italian-American character actor (died 2021) • March 31 –
Nagisa Oshima, Japanese director (died 2013) • April 1 –
Debbie Reynolds, American singer, actress and dancer (died 2016) • April 4 •
Anthony Perkins, American actor (died 1992) •
Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian director (died 1986) • April 9 –
Jack Smethurst, English actor (died 2022) • April 10 •
Delphine Seyrig, French actress (died 1990) •
Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor (died 2015) • April 11 –
Joel Grey, American actor, singer, dancer and director • April 21 –
Elaine May, American comedian, director, screenwriter, playwright and actor • April 25 –
William Roache, English actor • April 26 –
Francis Lai, French film composer (died 2018) • April 27 •
Anouk Aimée, French actress (died 2024) •
Casey Kasem, American disc jockey, music historian, radio personality, actor and voice actor (died 2014) • May 2 –
Bruce Glover, American character actor (died 2025) • May 3 –
Robert Osborne, American actor, author, and film historian (died 2017) • May 8 –
Phyllida Law, Scottish actress • May 9 –
Geraldine McEwan, English actress (died 2015) • May 22 –
Seth Sakai, American actor (died 2007) • May 15 –
John Glen, English director and editor • May 27 –
Steve Franken, American actor (died 2012) • June 6 •
Anne Claire Poirier, Canadian director, producer and screenwriter •
Billie Whitelaw, English actress (died 2014) • June 10 –
Branko Lustig, Croatian-born producer (died 2019) • June 11 –
Athol Fugard, South African playwright, actor and director (died 2025) • June 12 –
Mae Mercer, American singer and actress (died 2008) • June 13 –
Bob McGrath, American actor, singer and musician (died 2022) • June 17 –
Peter Lupus, American bodybuilder and actor • June 18 •
David Herriot, Irish actor (died 2000) •
Sérgio Ricardo, Brazilian director and composer (died 2020) • June 19 •
Marisa Pavan, Italian actress (died 2023) •
Anna Maria Pierangeli, Italian actress (died 1971) • June 22 •
Amrish Puri, Indian actor (died 2005) •
Prunella Scales, English actress (died 2025) • June 29 –
Soon-Tek Oh, Korean-American actor (died
2018) • July 1 –
Sonny Caldinez, Trinidadian actor, previously professional wrestler (died 2022) • July 2 –
Kenneth McMillan, American actor (died 1989) • July 10 –
Neile Adams, Filipino-American actress, singer and dancer • July 29 –
Mike Hodges, English screenwriter and director (died
2022) • July 30 –
Edd Byrnes, American actor (died 2020) • August 1 –
Norman Bowler, English actor • August 2 –
Peter O'Toole, Anglo-Irish actor (died 2013) • August 5 –
Ja'Net DuBois, American actress, singer and dancer (
Good Times) (died 2020) • August 7 –
Edward Hardwicke, English actor (died 2011) • August 9 –
Denys Hawthorne, Irish actor (died 2009) • August 10 –
Murray Melvin, English actor (died 2023) • August 15 –
Bob Elkins, American character actor (died 2022) • August 24 –
W. Morgan Sheppard, English actor and voice actor (died 2019) • August 25 –
Nun Zairina, Indonesian dancer, actress, dance instructor, and model (died 2017) • September 3 –
Eileen Brennan, American actress (died 2013) • September 4 –
Edward de Souza, British character actor • September 5 –
Carol Lawrence, American actress • September 12 –
Kim Hamilton, American actress (died 2013) • September 16 –
George Chakiris, American actor • September 21 –
Mickey Kuhn, American actor (died 2022) • September 25 –
Brian Murphy, British actor and comedian (died 2025) • September 26 –
Richard Herd, American actor (died 2020) • September 26 –
Yash Chopra, Indian director and producer (died
2012) • September 29 •
Mehmood Ali, Indian actor, director and producer (died 2004) •
Robert Benton, American director and screenwriter (died 2025) • October 4 •
Felicia Farr, American actress and model •
Edward Judd, British actor (died 2009) • October 6 –
Anna Quayle, English actress (died
2019) • October 13 •
Dušan Makavejev, Serbian director (died 2019) •
Liliane Montevecchi, French-Italian actress and singer (died 2018) • October 20 –
William Christopher, American actor (died 2016) • October 22 –
Sheila Allen, English actress (died 2011) • October 30 –
Louis Malle, French director, screenwriter and producer (died 1995) • November 1 –
John Clark, English actor, director and producer (died 2023) • November 2 –
Terry Richards, British actor and stuntman (died 2014) • November 8 –
Nicholas Kepros, American actor (died 2023) • November 10 –
Roy Scheider, American actor (died 2008) • November 12 –
Jerry Douglas, American actor (died 2021) • November 13 •
Al Mancini, American actor (died 2007) •
Richard Mulligan, American actor (died 2000) •
J. A. Preston, American actor • November 15 –
Petula Clark, English singer, actress and film composer • November 20 –
Richard Dawson, English-American actor, comedian and game-show host (died 2012) • November 22 –
Robert Vaughn, American actor (died 2016) • November 25 –
Takayo Fischer, American actress • December 7 –
Ellen Burstyn, American actress • December 14 •
Henry Blair, American child actor •
Abbe Lane, American singer and actress • December 19 –
Wayne Tippit, American character actor (died 2009) • December 25 –
Mabel King, American actress and singer (died 1999) • December 26 –
Robert V. Barron, American director, producer, screenwriter and actor (died 2000) • December 28 –
Nichelle Nichols, American actress (died 2022) • December 30 –
Macon McCalman, American actor (died 2005) ==Deaths==