1901 in film
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Events
- Edwin S. Porteris put in charge of Thomas Edison's motion-picture production company.
Births
- January 14 - Bebe Daniels, actor (d. 1971)
- February 1 - Clark Gable, actor (d. 1960)
- February 6 - Ben Lyon, actor (d. 1979)
- February 9 - Brian Donlevy, actor (d. 1972)
- February 10 - Stella Adler, actress, teacher (d. 1992)
- February 16 - Chester Morris, actor (d. 1970)
- February 22 - Ken G. Hall, director (d. 1994)
- February 25 - Zeppo Marx, of the Marx Brothers (d. 1979)
- February 25 - Mildred Dunnock, actress (d. 1991)
- April 5 - Melvyn Douglas, actor (d. 1981)
- May 7 - Gary Cooper, actor (d. 1961)
- May 21 - Sam Jaffe, writer, director, producer, agent (d. 2000)
- June 3 - Maurice Evans, actor (d. 1989)
- June 6 - Véra Korène, Russian born French actress (d. 1996)
- June 22 - Naunton Wayne, actor (d. 1970)
- June 29 - Nelson Eddy, actor (d. 1967)
- June 29 - Frieda Inescort, actress (d. 1976)
- July 19 - Lili Damita, actress (d. 1994)
- July 28 - Rudy Vallee, actor, singer (d. 1986)
- September 5 - Florence Eldridge, actress (d. 1988)
- August 4 - Louis Armstrong, actor, musician (d. 1971)
- November 22 - Lee Patrick, actress (d. 1982)
- December 5 - Walt Disney, animator (d. 1966)
- December 27 - Marlene Dietrich, actress (d. 1992)