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- Prince John was born on 12 July 1905 in Sandringham, Norfolk, England, UK. He died on 18 January 1919 in Sandringham, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Composer
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Guty Cárdenas was born on 2 December 1905 in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. He was a composer and actor, known for Frida (2002), Derrumbe (1989) and Shadows in Paradise (1986). He died on 5 April 1932 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.- The name Mildred Washington isn't remembered but she appeared in under 15 films in small parts but her presence, finesse, beauty and vivacious personality wasn't small. Mildred was a beautiful, curvaceous, popular Black actress and dancer in the 1920s and 1930s. She started on the stage appearing in musicals for many years and later conquered California nightclubs and theaters becoming a full-fledged, substantial, popular entertainer who was called the sensation of the West. She was headliner and dance director for many years at the legendary Sebastian's Cotton Club. Mildred was the ultimate performer; she was a skilled dancer who knew how to wow a crowd and amaze them with her great dance and lively stage presence as is seen in the Hollywood movies she appeared in. On the side she appeared in Hollywood films because it was her dream to be in movies. Her beauty and outgoing personality helped her into movies like many white females. Mildred had an magnetic charm that couldn't be overlooked on stage and screen. Mildred introduced a new image of Blacks, she wasn't the common homely, sad, blue, and unintelligible type, Mildred was gorgeous, fun-loving, spoke intelligently, had poise and though sexy she was quite dainty and winsome.
In Hollywood Mildred played the role of a maid in the pre-code era which meant Mildred wasn't forced to be demeaning or stereotyped. In the pre-code era, there were no rules, Blacks had more to do outside the stereotype and most importantly was apart of the films they appeared in not just a maid or servant thrown in. Mildred added her own winning personality, sense of humor and spark; she simply glowed on screen. She entertained her white employees when they were down and out, educated them on life, and lifted their spirits. Mildred was one of the few, very few, beautiful black women who played the maid roles, she wasn't overweight or homely but beautiful, engaging, and scintillating, often stealing attention in scenes from leading white stars because of her beauty, talent and sex appeal. Her persona was certainly in the same fashion as Clara Bow, Alice White, and Jean Harlow. Though, Mildred had little to do on screen in a few of her movies, she still took advantage of getting herself recognized. Her maid costumes was just that...a costume, it didn't define her or her talent and that's what the black community loved about her. Mildred got fan mail, requests for her autographed photo, and she was featured in many leading black publications and newspapers. Whether Hollywood wanted her to be a stereotype or not is not the question, she took it upon her own initiative to present herself the way she wanted and she took her roles seriously and presented them the best she thought would entertain the public. "Hearts in Dixie" was one of the first black cast films made in Hollywood where Mildred co-starred, Mildred was said to have gave an excellent performance, the reviews were in Mildred's favor but sadly the film is believed to be lost. Her best role was in "Torch Singer" starring Claudette Colbert, in which she played a maid/confidante to Colbert. In this particular film she showed her awesome versatility and sincerity, where she went from dramatic to comedic naturally in good timing and she did some hot dancing. She was just marvelous in her role that you would forget she was suppose to be a maid, sometimes Mildred forgot, because she made her roles significant by being an actress not a maid.
Mildred was an highly educated and cultured woman, she graduated from Los Angeles High School where she was an honor graduate and valedictorian. She had two years at the University of California at Los Angeles and also studied at Columbia University. She could speak fluent Spanish and French. Mildred chose being an entertainer and actress as her career but her education was always there to fall back on. Off screen she lived well, she dabbled in real estate and one of the few black movie stars who made enough to own a big, beautiful home in which she had a maid working for her. Mildred was truly a Renaissance Black woman and a new kind of Black woman who didn't let anyone hold her back. Mildred was on her way to becoming a full-time actress and studio heads were very satisfied with her previous work and beauty but it was her untimely death in late 1933 that stalled her escalating screen career. During an major earthquake in the spring of 1933, Mildred developed appendicitis when she fell running for cover from Graumans Chinese Theatre. Her death was caused by peritonitis following appendicitis, she died on a Thursday afternoon at the White Memorial Hospital during surgery. She was 28 years old. Her funeral was a star- studded one with many black and white stage and screen stars. - Camera and Electrical Department
William Casel was born on 27 February 1905 in New York, New York, USA. He is known for The Silent Enemy (1930). He died on 19 October 1933 in Arlington, Virginia, USA.- Albert Karnatz was born on 9 February 1905 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He died on 15 July 1934 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
- Hugh Hamilton was born on 18 July 1905 in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK. He died on 26 August 1934 in Bremgarten, Switzerland.
- Writer
- Director
- Editor
Jean Vigo had bad health since he was a child. Son of anarchist militant Miguel Almareyda, he also never really recovered from his father's mysterious death in jail when he was 12. Abandoned by his mother, he passed from boarding school to boarding school. Aged 23, through meetings with people involved in the movies, he started working in the cinema, then bought a camera and shot his first film, a short documentary, À Propos de Nice (1930) then, two years later, Taris (1931) (aka Taris champion de natation). These two very personal works frighten the producers, and it lasted two years before someone showed some interest in his project of a children movie. This would be his masterpiece, Zero for Conduct (1933) (aka Zero for Conduct), a subversive despiction of an authoritarian boarding school, which directly came from Vigo's memories. The film is straightaway censored for its "anti-French spirit." In despair, he nevertheless shot L'Atalante (1934), a romantic and realistic story of a young couple beginning their life together in a barge. He died just afterward of septicemy. His work would not be recognized before 1945. This accursed filmmaker is now admired for his poetic realism.- Edith Méra was born on 7 February 1905 in Meran, Tyrol, Austria-Hungary [now Merano, Alto Adige, Italy]. She was an actress, known for Three Musketeers (1932), Beauty Cult (1930) and Mon amant l'assassin (1932). She died on 24 February 1935 in Paris, France.
- Carl Austin Weiss was born on 18 December 1905 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. He was married to Yvonne Pavy. He died on 8 September 1935 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
- Edouard Trebaol was born on 20 May 1905 in Hollywood, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Oliver Twist (1922), Jinx (1919) and The Haunted Valley (1923). He died on 11 October 1935 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nikolai Prozorovsky was born on 9 May 1905 in Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kiev Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Tavadis asuli Meri (1926), Bela (1927) and Kapitanskaya dochka (1928). He died on 9 November 1935 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Richard Loeb was born on 11 June 1905 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He died on 28 January 1936 in Stateville Prison, Joliet, Illinois, USA.
- Actor
Victor Briedis was born on 14 October 1905 in Libau, Lithuania. He was an actor. He died on 12 March 1937 in California, USA.- Hans Henninger was born on 24 February 1905 in Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Allo Berlin? Ici Paris! (1932), Traum von Schönbrunn (1932) and The Hunter of Fall (1936). He died on 15 May 1937 in Berlin, Germany.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Attila József was born on 11 April 1905 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary. He was a writer, known for Minden kezdet nehéz (1966), Sámán (1977) and Valamit visz a víz (1944). He died on 3 December 1937 in Balatonszárszó, Hungary.- Eugenio Siena was born on 1 April 1905 in Milan, Lombardia, Italy. He died on 15 May 1938 in Tripoli, Libya.
- Faustyna Kowalska was born on 25 August 1905 in Glogowiec, Poland, Russian Empire [now Glogowiec, Lódzkie, Poland]. Faustyna was a writer, known for Divine Mercy sa buhay ni Sister Faustina (1993) and Faustina: The Apostle of Divine Mercy (1994). Faustyna died on 5 October 1938 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland.
- Balthazar Bergh was born on 26 July 1905 in Halden, Norway. He was an actor, known for Konflikt (1937). He died on 17 October 1938 in Lillehammer, Norway.
- Dorothy Hale was born Dorothy Anderson Donovan on January 11, 1905 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Her father, James P. Donovan, was a successful real estate agent. Dorothy was educated at a convent and attended drama school. When she was a teenager she ran away from home to become an actress. Her first professional job was in the 1924 Broadway musical Lady Be Good. She appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies but left the show when she was injured falling down a flight of stairs. Then she decided to move to France to study art. Dorothy married Gaillard Thomas, a millionaire stockbroker, in 1925. They divorced a few years later. In 1929 she married Gardner Hale, a successful painter. The couple had homes in Paris and New York. She became a popular socialite and was called one of the best dressed women in the country. Sadly on December 28, 1931 Gardner was killed in a car accident. The following year she met producer Samuel Goldwyn at a dinner party. He said she was a "great movie find" and announced she would play the lead in Cynara.
Unfortunately she was replaced by Kay Francis and only had a bit part in the film. Then she appeared in the 1934 drama. Her friend Claire Booth Luce cast her in the play Abide By Me. The show was a flop and her performance was panned. By 1937 her acting career was over and she was nearly bankrupt. Dorothy was devastated when her close friend Rosamond Pinchot committed suicide. During the Spring of 1938 she started dating Harry Hopkins, an advisor to President Roosevelt. When he refused to marry her she fell into a deep depression. On October 20, 1938 she had a small party in her Manhattan apartment and attended the theater with some friends. After returning home she spent several hours writing farewell notes. Tragically at 5:15 A.M. on October 21 she committed suicide by jumping out of her sixteenth floor window. The thirty-three year old was still wearing her black evening gown and a flower corsage.. Dorothy was cremated and her ashes were buried at Fresh Pond Crematory and Columbarium in Middle Village, New York. Artist Frieda Kahlo later immortalized her in the painting "The Suicide Of Dorothy Hale". - George Corcoran was born on 12 May 1905 in Seattle, Washington, USA. He was an actor, known for May I Come In (1930) and Not Damaged (1930). He died on 27 March 1939 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Soundtrack
Chick Webb was born on 10 February 1905 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was married to Sallye. He died on 16 June 1939 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.- Actress
- Soundtrack
La Jana was the stage name of the brunette Viennese-born actress and exotic dancer Henriette 'Henny' Hiebel. She was trained as a ballerina for ten years and first performed at the Frankfurt Kinderoper at the age of eight. Of boyishly slim build, she appeared on stage in cabaret in 1921. Soon after, she was reputedly discovered for the screen by the director Géza von Cziffra at the Chat Noir cabaret in Paris. She received good publicity from a successful tour of Britain, during which the press alternately touted her as being Spanish or Hungarian. The build-up continued with glamour photographs for Vogue magazine. Movies followed and La Jana hit the big time with Truxa (1937) (dancing on a giant tambourine) and The Stars Shine (1938). Propelled to instant stardom, she came to represent oriental or Latin mystery and allure as the scantily-clad heroines of The Tiger of Eschnapur (1938), Das indische Grabmal (1938) (as the high priestess of a cult) and Stern von Rio (1940).
Her life ended tragically young at the very peak of her popularity. She died of pneumonia at the age of 35, a fact which rather cemented her cult status. Since she left few personal notes, little of La Jana's life is known. This has given life to unverified rumours and scuttlebutt. One fanciful story has it that she aided in the escape from Nazi Germany of Jewish acting colleagues and was consequently murdered by the SS.
La Jana was married to the opera star Michael Bohnen and was said to have previously been romantically involved with Wilhelm, the last Crown Prince of the former German Empire.- Actor
- Music Department
Arthur Whetsol was born on 22 February 1905 in Punta Gorda, Florida, USA. He was an actor. He was married to Margaret Howard. He died on 1 May 1940 in Central Islip, Long Island, New York, USA.- Paul Nizan was born on 7 February 1905 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France. He was a writer, known for France, mère des arts, des armes et des lois (1975) and Antoine Bloyé (1974). He died on 23 May 1940 in Recques-sur-Hem, Hauts-de-France, France.
- Director
- Actor
- Editor
Roger Capellani was born on 31 January 1905 in Paris, France. He was a director and actor, known for Côte d'Azur (1932), Quand te tues-tu? (1931) and Voilà Montmartre (1934). He died on 30 May 1940 in Zuydcoote, Nord, France.- Actress
- Writer
Mildred June was born on December 23, 1905, in St Louis, Missouri. When she was a child her family moved to Kansas and eventually settled in California. She attended Hollywood high school and took dancing lessons. At the age of fifteen Mildred was discovered by producer Mack Sennett. She became one his bathing beauties and worked as an extra in his films. Mildred appeared in dozens of short films including Dog Shy with Charley Chase and Hook and Ladder with Hoot Gibson. She also starred in a series of two reel comedies with Billy Bevan. Although she enjoyed making comedies she dreamed of becoming a dramatic actress. Mildred married Herbert Edward Capps, a twenty-five year old dentist, in 1922. The following year she was given the lead in the drama The Greatest Menace.
She was signed by Universal studios but her career never took off. Mildred returned to Mack Sennett's studio and appeared in the 1927 comedy Crazy To Act. She divorced her husband and had a brief romance with with real estate executive Jimmy Houston. Unfortunately by 1928 she was unemployed and battling a serious alcohol problem. Mildred married her second husband, Bud Sheehan, in 1930. Sadly he passed away a few years later. In 1936 she had a bit part in the Laurel and Hardy film Our Relations. It would her last acting role. On June 19, 1940 Mildred passed away from cirrhosis of the liver caused by her alcoholism. She was only thirty-four years old. Mildred was cremated and her ashes were buried at Hollywood Forever cemetery in Hollywood, California.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Hal Kemp was born on 27 March 1905 in Marion, Alabama, USA. He was an actor, known for Small Time Crooks (2000), Radio City Revels (1938) and His College Chums (1929). He was married to Martha Stephenson Kemp and Bessie Slaughter. He died on 21 December 1940 in Madera, California, USA.- Editor
- Director
- Writer
Otis Garrett was born on 29 March 1905 in Washington, USA. He was an editor and director, known for The Witness Vanishes (1939), The Black Doll (1938) and Danger on the Air (1938). He died on 24 March 1941 in Glendale, California, USA.- Kenneth Nordyke was born on 14 May 1905 in Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Happy Days (1929), Cupid by Proxy (1918) and The Ranger (1918). He died on 16 May 1941 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Iogann Zeltser was born on 23 September 1905 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire. Iogann was a writer, known for Heroes of the Sea (1939), Doch rodiny (1937) and Sovershennoletiye (1935). Iogann died on 16 September 1941 in Kronstadt, RSFSR, USSR [now part of St. Petersburg, Russia].
- Hasan Kikic was born on 20 August 1905 in Gradacac, Austria-Hungary. He was a writer, known for Provincija u pozadini (1984). He was married to Anka Jovanovic. He died on 6 May 1942 in Cemernica Mountain, Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Walter Leigh was an English composer who fought in the Second World War and was killed in action at Tobruk (Libya), aged 36. His output includes the overture 'Agincourt', the 'Concertino for Harpsichord (or Piano) and Strings', and 'The Frogs of Aristophanes', for chorus and orchestra. He was killed in action in North Africa, 1942, while serving with the Royal Armoured Corps, 4th Queen's Own Hussars.- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Pierre Ramelot was born on 4 July 1905 in Paris, France. He was a director and writer, known for Haut comme trois pommes (1936), Voulez-vous faire du cinéma? (1924) and Les corrupteurs (1942). He died on 24 September 1942 in Paris, France.- Writer
- Soundtrack
Karel Melísek was born on 30 June 1905 in Prague, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republik]. He was a writer, known for Rozkosný príbeh (1937), Pozdní láska (1935) and Na Svatém Kopecku (1934). He died on 3 December 1942 in Prague, Protektorát Cechy a Morava [now Czech Republic].- Claire Bäuerle was born on 27 August 1905 in Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She was an actress, known for Bal paré (1940) and Flower of Hawaii (1933). She died on 16 December 1942 in Berlin, Germany.
- Actor
Red Cagle was born on 1 May 1905 in De Ridder, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor. He died on 26 December 1942 in New York City, New York, USA.- Writer
- Additional Crew
After a few years of acting 19 year old Jeno Rejto left Budapest to travel all around Europe, from Italy to Germany. In France he joined the Foreign Legion, from whom he escaped when he was taken to North-Africa. During his foreign-travels he had several different jobs like fisher, factory-worker, dancer, salesman, doc-worker, etc. When he returned to Hungary at the age of 27 he started to write plays with more or less success. In the 1930s he wrote novels, adventure novels, criminal novels and his well-known legionnaire novels. He wrote his works on Andrássy road in a coffee shop, and often paid for his coffees with his newly written stories.
In the Second World War he was taken to a workcamp because of his Jewish roots. By the weather and his bad physical health caused his terrible death on the New years day of 1943. Nowadays he's one of the most popular Hungarian writers. Thousands of people grew (and will grow) up reading his novels.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Adamae Vaughn was born on November 8, 1905 in Ashland, Kentucky. Her older sister Alberta had been born in 1904. After their parents divorced their mother remarried and the family moved to California. Both sisters decided to pursue show business careers. Adamae made her film debut in the 1921 comedy short Stop Kidding. Then she had a role in the drama The Courtship Of Myles Standish (she was sometimes billed as Ada Mae Vaugn). FBO signed her to a long term contract in 1926 and she was cast as Tom Tyler's leading lady in The Arizona Streak. She married Albert Hindman, a contractor, in May of 1926. They were divorced a year later with Adamae claiming he drank too much and abused her. The couple reconciled in 1927 but they broke up soon after. She was chosen to be one of the 1927 WAMPAS baby stars. The beautiful blonde was so excited that she fainted at the ceremony.
Unhappy with the way her nose looked she decided to have plastic surgery. On June 17, 1934 she married her longtime boyfriend, automobile executive Val D'Auvray. The couple had been engaged for more than five years. While her sister Alberta Vaughn had became a successful actress Adamae's career never took off. Her final role was a bit part in the 1936 Carole Lombard film Love Before Breakfast. For a while she worked as a stand-in for actress Gertrude Michael. She divorced her husband and moved in with her mother, Martha, in Studio City. In April of 1937 she underwent abdominal surgery which left her with multiple adhesion's. This eventually caused an intestinal blockage and she was hospitalized in 1943. Tragically on September 11, 1943 she died at the young age of thirty-seven. Adamae was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.- Tully Comber was born on 24 February 1905 in Cuckfield, Sussex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Off the Dole (1935), Barnacle Bill (1935) and Cross My Heart (1937). He died on 10 December 1943 in Egypt.
- Dick Purcell was born on 6 August 1905 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor, known for Captain America (1944), Mystery House (1938) and Heroes in Blue (1939). He was married to Ethelind Terry. He died on 10 April 1944 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim was born on 25 March 1905 in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire [now Munich, Germany]. He was married to Hilde Baier and Charlotte Alice Kraudzun. He died on 21 July 1944 in Berlin, Germany.
- Suzanne Spaak was born on 6 July 1905 in Brussels, Brussels-Capital, Belgium. She was married to Claude Spaak. She died on 12 August 1944 in Fresnes, Val-de-Marne, France.
- Hoppy Jones was born on 17 February 1905 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Great American Broadcast (1941) and NBC/RCA Experimental Television Demonstration for the Press (1936). He died on 18 October 1944 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Charlie Kracker was born on 14 April 1905. He was an actor, known for The Unknown (1936), Spoiling the Game (1932) and Schüsse in Kabine 7 (1938). He died on 30 November 1944.
- Actor
- Director
György Nagy was born on 5 March 1905 in Budapest, Hungary. He was an actor and director, known for Pulzusszám: '56, Magdát kicsapják (1938) and I Married for Love (1937). He died on 8 January 1945 in Hidegség, Hungary.- Consuelo Quiroz was born on 22 May 1905 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for I Danced with Don Porfirio (1942), Dos corazones y un tango (1942) and Rancho Alegre (1941). She was married to Salvador Quiroz. She died on 23 January 1945 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
- Tess Slesinger was born on 16 July 1905 in New York City, New York, USA. She was a writer, known for A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945), The Bride Wore Red (1937) and Are Husbands Necessary? (1942). She was married to Frank Davis and Herbert Solow. She died on 21 February 1945 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Writer
Werner Scharf was born on 19 September 1905 in Leipzig, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Madame Bovary (1937), An Ideal Spouse (1935) and Fronttheater (1942). He died on 30 April 1945 in Rathenow, Germany.- Dávid Ney was born on 18 September 1905 in Budapest, Hungary. He was an actor, known for Könnyek dala (1931). He died on 1 June 1945 in Hörsching, Deutschland.
- Kurt Gerstein was born on 1 August 1905 in Münster, Germany. He was married to Elfriede Bensch. He died on 25 July 1945 in Paris, France.