1916 in film
Events
- November 19 - Samuel Goldfish (later renamed Samuel Goldwyn) and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Company (the company later became one of the most successful independent filmmakers).
Births
- January 3 - Betty Furness, actress, consumer activist (d. 1994)
- January 3 - Maxene Andrews, singer, actress, member of Andrews Sisters (d. 1995)
- January 4 - Lionel Newman, composer (d. 1989)
- February 3 - Mary Carlisle, actress
- February 14 - Masaki Kobayashi, director (d. 1996)
- February 26 - Jackie Gleason, actor (d. 1987)
- February 29 - Dinah Shore, singer, actress, television presenter (d. 1994)
- March 17 - Mercedes McCambridge, actress (d. 2004)
- March 26 - Sterling Hayden, actor (d. 1986)
- April 5 - Gregory Peck, actor (d 2003)
- May 1 -Glenn Ford, actor
- May 16 - Adriana Caselotti, singer, voice actress (d. 1997)
- June 12 - Irwin Allen, director, producer (d. 1991)
- June 14 - Dorothy McGuire, actress (d. 2001)
- June 23 - Irene Worth, actress (d. 2002)
- July 27 - Keenan Wynn, actor (d. 1986)
- July 1 - Olivia de Havilland, actress
- August 25 - Van Johnson, actor
- August 27 - Martha Raye, actress (d. 1994)
- September 13 - Dick Haymes, actor (d. 1980)
- September 15 - Margaret Lockwood, actress (d. 1990)
- September 18 - Rossano Brazzi, actor (d. 1994)
- December 9 - Kirk Douglas, actor
- December 18 - Betty Grable, actress (d. 1973)
- December 28 - Peter Finch, actor (d. 1977)
Deaths
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