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- Helen Prothero-Lewis was born on 15 June 1853 in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK. She was a writer, known for As God Made Her (1920), The Silver Bridge (1920) and Love and a Whirlwind (1922). She died on 7 August 1946 in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK.
- Elvira Tubet was born on 5 October 1853 in Santander, Cantabria, Spain. She was an actress, known for Chucho el Roto (1934). She was married to Francisco Machio Gómez. She died on 9 August 1946 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
- Marquis de Dion was born on 9 March 1856 in Carquefou, Loire-Atlantique, France. He died on 19 August 1946 in Paris, France.
- Actor
- Writer
Henry Morgenthau was born on 26 April 1856 in Mannheim, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Auction of Souls (1919), The American Ambassador (2019) and Pathé News, No. 49 (1916). He was married to Josephine Sykes. He died on 25 November 1946 in Westchester County, New York, USA.- Doane Robinson was born on 19 October 1856 in Sparta, Wisconsin, USA. He died on 27 November 1946 in Pierre, South Dakota, USA.
- Charles Sheldon was born on 26 February 1857 in Wellsville, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Martyrdom of Philip Strong (1916), In His Steps (1936) and In His Steps (1964). He died on 24 February 1946 in Topeka, Kansas, USA.
- Marie Van Westerhoven was born on 27 May 1857 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for De Jantjes (1934), Oranje Hein (1925) and De man zonder hart (1937). She died on 26 February 1946 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
- Raphaël Duflos was born on 30 January 1858 in Lille, Nord, France. He was an actor, known for L'instinct (1916), La flambée (1916) and Le droit de l'enfant (1914). He was married to Huguette Duflos. He died on 21 January 1946 in Paris, France.
- Gwynne Herbert born around the mid 1860s in London. Became a popular theatre performer from the 1880s, perhaps best known show was in 'Curtain Raiser' in 1897. Wonderful lady who appeared in over sixty British silent movies, often seen playing mothers, landladies and often seen as sophisticated ladies in drama and comedies, making her film debut in 'Lil O'London' for the London Film Company in 1914 then followed by the Hepworth Film Company. She retired from the movie business after 'The World of Wonderful Reality' in 1924 to run her own florist in London.
- A D.W. Griffith favorite matriarchal figure often playing mother characters. Kate Bruce appeared 292 times on the screen from 1908 to 1930, in movies including Intolerance (1916), The Idol Dancer (1920), Way Down East (1920), The Eternal Mother (1912), and Orphans of the Storm (1921). She was a close friend of actresses Lillian Gish and Dorothy Gish, who supported Bruce financially for much of her life, including paying her rent in a little Hotel on Madison Avenue in New York. Lillian's maid would take care of her room once a week. Bruce would dine at Lillian's apartment several times a week. A very secretive and shy person, Bruce did not talk about her past or background. Lillian often compared her to a nun since her life was very austere and lonely.
- Eleanor Barry was born on 14 June 1860 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Heartaches (1915), The Lion and the Mouse (1914) and The Great Ruby (1915). She was married to William Bury Irwin Dasent and James Gilbert Chesley. She died on 13 March 1946 in Alameda County, California, USA.
- Ernest Esdaile was born on 30 June 1860 in East Ilsley, Berkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Kilties Three (1918). He died on 10 February 1946 in Herne Hill, London, England, UK.
- Ernest Thompson Seton was born on 14 August 1860 in South Shields, Durham, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Ingomar, the Barbarian (1908), The Magical World of Disney (1954) and The Legend of Lobo (1962). He was married to Julia Buttree and Grace Gallatin. He died on 23 October 1946 in Seton Village, New Mexico, USA.
- Charles MacDona was born on 3 October 1860 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Once Upon a Time (1918) and Daddy (1917). He was married to Mrs. Charles MacDona. He died on 15 November 1946 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK.
- Jeanne Brindeau was born on 22 October 1860 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Paris' Girls (1929), La voyante (1924) and La fille du Boche (1915). She died on 6 April 1946 in Paris, France.
- Composer
- Writer
Sidney Jones was born on 17 June 1861 in Islington, London, England, UK. He was a composer and writer, known for The Gaiety Girl (1924), A Gueixa (1909) and The Geisha (1914). He was married to Kate Linley. He died on 29 January 1946 in London, England, UK.- Plácido Sequeiros was born on 10 October 1861 in Sinaloa, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Margarita se llama mi amor (1961), Y el cuerpo sigue aguantando (1960) and Armas contra la ley (1961). He died on 19 December 1946.
- Helen Bannerman was born on 25 February 1862 in Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, UK. She was a writer, known for Chibikuro Sambo no tora taiji (1956) and Chibikuro Sambo to futago no otôto (1957). She died on 13 October 1946.
- Writer
- Actress
Gabriela Preissová was born on 23 March 1862 in Kutná Hora, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. She was a writer and actress, known for Její pastorkyna (1930), Její pastorkyne (1938) and 30 prípadu majora Zemana (1975). She died on 27 March 1946 in Jevany, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Gustav Rickelt was born on 21 June 1862 in Dortmund, Germany. He was an actor, known for Old Song (1930), Bobby, der Benzinjunge (1929) and Täter gesucht (1931). He died on 26 June 1946 in Germany.
- Writer
- Art Department
Helene Schjerfbeck was born on 10 July 1862 in Helsinki, Finland. She was a writer, known for Nuori Suomi (1992) and Nästa söndag ska jag måla en svart prick bättre (1988). She died on 28 January 1946 in Saltsjöbaden, Stockholms län, Sweden.- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Songwriter ("I Love You Truly", "A Perfect Day"), composer, author and publisher who sang at the White House for President Theodore Roosevelt. She formed The Bond Shop in 1894 to publish her music. She appeared in vaudeville, and gave concerts in Army Camps during WW I. In 1941, she was selected by the General Federation of Women Composers as one of two composers who represented the progress of women over the previous half-century. Her autobiography is titled "The Roads of Melody". Joining ASCAP in 1925, her song compositions include "Just A-Wearyin' For You", "God Remembers When the World Forgets", "I've Done My Work", "His Lullaby", "Roses Are in Bloom", "A Little Pink Rose", "A Little Bit O' Honey", and "Because of the Light".- Max Dreyer was born on 25 September 1862 in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. He was a writer, known for Die Siebzehnjährigen (1919), Die Siebzehnjährigen (1929) and Der Ammenkönig (1935). He died on 27 November 1946 in Göhren, Rügen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
- Justus D. Barnes was born on 2 October 1862 in Little Falls, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Declaration of Independence (1911), The Star of Bethlehem (1912) and A Beauty Parlor Graduate (1913). He died on 6 February 1946 in Weedsport, New York, USA.
- Writer
- Actor
Gerhart Hauptmann was born on 15 November 1862 in Obersalzbrunn, Lower Silesia, Germany [now Szczawno-Zdrój, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was a writer and actor, known for Faust (1926), Rose Bernd (1919) and Die Weber (1927). He was married to Margarete Marschalk and Marie Thienemann. He died on 6 June 1946 in Jagniatków, Jelenia Góra, Dolnoslaskie, Poland.- Wilhelm Marx was born on 15 January 1863 in Cologne, Prussia [now North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany]. He was an actor, known for Eight Days of Happiness (1931). He died on 5 August 1946 in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Henry S. Creagh was born on 1 July 1863 in Isle of Guernsey, UK. He was an actor, known for The Woman Wins (1918). He died on 26 February 1946.
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Catulo Cearense was born on 8 October 1863 in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil. He was a composer, known for River of Evil (1963), The Great Mystical Circus (2018) and Amazonia (2007). He died on 10 May 1946 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Mrs. Russ Whytal was born on 8 November 1863 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Tarnish (1924) and The Mite of Love (1919). She was married to Russ Whytal. She died on 13 July 1946 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
- Alfred Stieglitz is undoubtedly one of the most significant contributors to the history of photography. He contributed not only scientific and artistic photographic studies, but also introduced modern art to America and furthered the theory of photography as art. Stieglitz was born in Hoboken, New Jersey on January 1, 1864.
The renowned photographer Stieglitz first studied photochemistry with Hermann Wilhelm Vogel at the Technische Hochschule in Berlin, from 1882-1886, and took his first photographs in 1883. He continued to travel and photograph in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland until 1890, when he returned to New York City. From 1890 to 1895 he was a partner in a photogravure firm. During this time he concentrated on photographing the streets of New York City. In 1894, Stieglitz travelled to Europe and was elected a member of the Linked Ring, a pictorialist society in London. In 1902, Stieglitz founded the Photo-Secession Movement which attempted to prove that pictorialist photography was a fine art form. From 1903 to 1917, Stieglitz was publisher and director of Camera Work magazine.
The graphic section was run by Edward Steichen (1879-1973). In 1905, Stieglitz opened the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession "291" on Fifth Avenue in New York City with Steichen. Along with the other original members, Gertrude Kasebier and Clarence H. White, they formulated their mission to secede from conventional expectations and explore the creative potential of photography from both a theoretical and scientific point of view. Needing space to gather, work and exhibit, the gallery was open to and exhibited such paintings by Cezanne, Picasso, Braque and Matisse. The gallery was also a gathering place for writers, philosophers and musicians.
Georgia O'Keeffe and Stieglitz began their relationship in 1917; she eventually became his wife. Over the next twenty years together, Stieglitz made more than 300 images of O'Keeffe.
Accomplished photographic scientist, photographer, gallery owner, art dealer, collector and writer, Stieglitz was inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum in 1971. Throughout his life, until his death in 1946, he fought for the art and science of photography. A great, fearless fight. And if he were alive today he would still be fighting. Photography as a respected art form is still not accepted by some today. - Writer
- Actor
- Director
American novelist, writer and minister Thomas Dixon was born in Shelby, NC. His father was a Baptist minister and, by inheritance, a slave-owner. As a young boy Dixon helped out on the farms the family owned; although he would later say he detested farm labor, he admitted that it helped him to better understand the life of the working class Southerner after the Civil War. He came to despise what he saw as the collaboration among corrupt local politicians, occupying Union troops and an oppressive federal government that worked to keep down the defeated South. While still a young boy he became aware of the Ku Klux Klan when a local Confederate widow had accused a freed slave of raping her daughter. Getting no help from the authorities, the woman turned to Dixon's family--his uncle commanded the unit the widow's husband served in during the Civil War. The Klan found the accused rapist and dragged him to the town square, where they hanged and shot him. The incident made a deep impression on the young Dixon, who believed that the Klan's actions were justified since the woman--and, by extension, all Southerners--could not trust the governing authorities to protect them. Dixon's uncle and father were both Klan members, who joined because they saw the Klan as the only way to bring order to a South still embroiled in violence and outlawry after the war. However, they saw the Klan eventually turn into the kind of corrupt and brutal gang it was supposed to be protecting people against, and they soon left it.
Young Dixon entered the Shelby Academy in 1877, getting his diploma two years later, at which time he enrolled in Wake Forest University. An excellent student, it took him just four years to earn his masters degree in history and political science. After graduation he received a scholarship to Johns Hopkins University, where he befriended another student who went on to great success--future US President Woodrow Wilson (I).
In 1884 Dixon left Johns Hopkins for New York City, where he intended to have a career as a journalist and also act on the Broadway stage. His acting career was a bust, however, and he soon returned to North Carolina. He enrolled in Greensboro (NC) Law School, and in 1885 obtained his law degree. He then became involved in local politics, and was elected to the North Carolina legislature. However, he declined to run for re-election when his term was up, saying he was shocked and disgusted by the corruption and shady dealings he saw. He then became an advocate for the rights of Confederate veterans, and that gained him a following all through the South. After a short time practicing law, Dixon left the profession to become a minister. In 1886 he was ordained as a Baptist minister and moved to Greensboro, NC, then to Goldsboro. A year later he took over the Second Baptist Church in Raleigh, NC, then later was hired to take over a church in Boston, MA. In 1889 he took a position at a church in New York City. It was there that he ran into the "big time", associating with such well-known figures as John D. Rockefeller and Theodore Roosevelt (who he helped in Roosevelt's campaign for Governor of New York). However, Dixon eventually tired of what he saw as the corruption of the church, business and politics, and in 1895 he resigned from the Baptist ministry altogether, preferring to preach at nondenominational churches. He began preaching and lecturing all over the country, gaining an even bigger following, especially in the South. At one point he attended a production of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel of the pre-Civil War South, "Uncle Tom's Cabin". Infuriated at what he considered the distortions, misrepresentations and falsehoods about the South in the play, he wrote his first novel, "The Leopard's Spots" (1902), which was meant as a refutation of Stowe's novel, and actually incorporated several of that novel's characters, including Simon Legree.
If there is one thing Dixon is famous for, however, it is his novel "The Clansman", a heavily romanticized fictional accounting of life in the post-Civil War South, in the period known as Reconstruction. It portrayed the Ku Klux Klan as the protectors of Southern womanhood against the ravages of newly freed black slaves and a force for law and order, instead of the murderous terrorist gang they actually were. The book was turned into a film by famed director D.W. Griffith (I)--the controversial The Birth of a Nation (1915).
Thomas Dixon died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Raleigh, NC, on April 3, 1946, at 82 years of age.- Ibolya Nagy was born on 9 February 1864 in Szentes, Hungary. She was an actress, known for A becsapott újságíró (1915), Örház a Kárpátokban (1914) and A megbüvöltek (1921). She died on 22 August 1946 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Constance Benson was born on 26 February 1864 in Rampur Bauleah, Bangladesh. She was an actress, known for The Taming of the Shrew (1911), Macbeth (1911) and Richard III (1911). She was married to Frank R. Benson. She died on 19 January 1946 in Westminster, London, England, UK.
- Louis Gauthier was born on 4 March 1864 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Blessure d'amour (1916), A Man's Head (1933) and L'hallali (1917). He died on 5 January 1946 in Beaumont-sur-Oise, Val-d'Oise, France.
- Producer
- Editor
Léon Gaumont was born on 10 May 1864 in Paris, France. He was a producer and editor, known for The First Men in the Moon (1919), Images de Chine (1905) and La nuit de noces de Calino (1911). He was married to Camille Maillard. He died on 10 August 1946 in Sainte-Maxime, Var, France.- Gertrude Berkeley was born on 24 June 1864 in Plattsburgh, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for War Brides (1916), The Soul of Broadway (1915) and The Two Orphans (1915). She was married to Wilson Enos (1863-1904), actor. She died on 15 June 1946 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Imre Pintér was born on 6 October 1864 in Vác, Hungary. He was an actor and writer, known for Ágyú és harang (1915), A Népfölkelö (1914) and Diadalmas élet (1923). He died on 17 January 1946 in Budapest, Hungary.- Robert Wayne was born on 28 October 1864 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Fashions in Love (1929), The Witch (1916) and A Man of Sorrow (1916). He was married to Lena (Magdalena) Hill and Carrie Wayne. He died on 26 September 1946 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Kaarle Halme was born on 4 December 1864 in Hämeenkyrö, Finland. He was a director and writer, known for Verettömät (1913), Nuori luotsi (1913) and Kyläraittien kuningas (1945). He died on 20 September 1946 in Helsinki, Finland.- Actor
- Director
- Producer
A storybook hero, the original screen cowboy, ever forthright and honest, even when (as was often the case) he played a villain, William S. Hart lived for a while in the Dakota Territory, then worked as a postal clerk in New York City. In 1888 he began to study acting. In 1899 he created the role of Messala in "Ben-Hur", and received excellent reviews for his lead part in "The Virginian" (1907). His first film was a two-reeler, His Hour of Manhood (1914). In 1915 he signed a contract with Thomas H. Ince and joined Ince's Triangle Film Company. Two years later he followed Ince to Famous Players-Lasky and received a very lucrative contract from Adolph Zukor. His career began to dwindle in the early 1920s due to the publicity surrounding a paternity suit against him, which was eventually dismissed. He made his last film, Tumbleweeds (1925), for United Artists and retired to a ranch in Newhall, CA. By that time audiences were more interested in the antics of a Tom Mix or Hoot Gibson than the Victorian moralizing of Hart. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, NY.- Art Director
- Production Designer
- Art Department
Wilfred Buckland was born on 1 January 1866. He was an art director and production designer, known for Terror Island (1920), Hawthorne of the U.S.A. (1919) and Almost Human (1927). He was married to Veda Buckland. He died on 18 July 1946 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Carl Theodor Zahle was born on 19 January 1866 in Roskilde, Denmark. He was married to Mathilde Henriette Trier. He died on 3 February 1946 in Gentofte, Denmark.
- Louis Morrison was born on 8 February 1866 in Portland, Maine, USA. He was an actor, known for Peter Pan (1924), Rumpelstiltskin (1915) and The Iron Strain (1915). He was married to Rosa Roma Rosenberg, Blanche Evelyn Hall and Elizabeth De Witt. He died on 22 April 1946 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Chief Thunderbird was born on 6 August 1866 in near Tongue River, Montana, USA. He was an actor, known for Laughing Boy (1934), Annie Oakley (1935) and Cyclone of the Saddle (1935). He died on 6 April 1946 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.- Writer
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Writer, born in Bromley, Kent. He was apprenticed to a draper, tried teaching, studied biology in London, then made his mark in journalism and literature. He played a vital part in disseminating the progressive ideas which characterized the first part of the 20th-c. He achieved fame with scientific fantasies such as The Time Machine (1895) and War of the Worlds (1898), and wrote a range of comic social novels which proved highly popular, notably Kipps (1905) and The History of Mr Polly (1910). Both kinds of novel made successful (sometimes classic) early films. A member of the Fabian Society, he was often engaged in public controversy, and wrote several socio-political works dealing with the role of science and the need for world peace, such as The Outline of History (1920) and The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind- E. Phillips Oppenheim was born on 22 October 1866 in London, England, UK. E. Phillips was a writer, known for The Golden Web (1926), The Black Box (1915) and Monte Carlo Nights (1934). E. Phillips died on 3 February 1946 in St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Paul Lincke was born on 7 November 1866 in Berlin, Germany. He was a composer and actor, known for Titanic (1997), Mona Lisa Smile (2003) and Marvin's Room (1996). He was married to Anna Müller-Lincke. He died on 4 September 1946 in Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Lower Saxony, Germany.- Costume Designer
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jeanne Lanvin was born on 1 January 1867 in Paris, France. She was a costume designer, known for Mid-Channel (1920), La venenosa (1928) and Napoleon (1927). She was married to Emilio di Pietro. She died on 6 July 1946.- Rose Melville was born on 30 January 1867 in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA. She was an actress, known for A Flock of Skeletons (1916), When Things Go Wrong (1916) and Almost a Heroine (1916). She was married to Frank Minzey and Frank Melville. She died on 8 October 1946 in Lake George, New York, USA.
- Mayme Kelso was born on 28 February 1867 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for Seven Keys to Baldpate (1925), Male and Female (1919) and Clarence (1922). She died on 5 June 1946 in South Pasadena, California, USA.