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The year 1905 in film involved some significant events.

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MonthDateNameCountryProfessionDied
January3 Anna May Wong USActress 1961
12 Tex Ritter USActor, singer 1974
13 Kay Francis USActress 1968
15 Sterling Holloway USActor 1992
17 Grant Withers USActor 1959
18 Chick Chandler USActor 1988
26 Charles Lane USActor 2007
February21 Henry Mollison UKActor 1985
27 Franchot Tone USActor, producer, director 1968
March10 Richard Haydn UKActor 1985
17 Lillian Yarbo USActress 1996 [4] [5]
18 Robert Donat UKActor 1958
23 Joan Crawford USActress 1977
April8 Ilka Chase USActress 1978
17 Arthur Lake USActor 1987
May1 Leila Hyams USActress, Model 1977
15 Joseph Cotten USActor 1994
16 Henry Fonda USActor 1982
June19 Mildred Natwick USActress 1994
July17 William Gargan USActor 1979
29 Clara Bow USActress 1965
August2 Myrna Loy USActress 1993
2 Ruth Nelson USActress 1992 [6]
September5 Meta Luts EstoniaActress 1958
18 Greta Garbo SwedenActress 1990
21 Marguerite Roberts USScreenwriter 1989
22 Muriel Box UKDirector, screenwriter 1991
30 Michael Powell UKFilmmaker 1990
October7 Andy Devine USActor 1977
10 Aksella Luts EstoniaActress, screenwriter, dancer, Choreographer, Editor 2007
November5 Joel McCrea USActor 1990
17 Mischa Auer RussiaActor 1967
27 Astrid Allwyn USActress 1978
December5 Otto Preminger Austria-HungaryDirector, producer, actor 1986
11 Gilbert Roland MexicoActor 1994
24 Howard Hughes USDirector, producer, Editor 1976

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  3. Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN   0-7864-0036-6. Page 20.
  4. Smallwood, Bill (March 16, 1947). "Delightful Side". Los Angeles Sentinel. p. 17. ProQuest   562108876. Billye [sic] Yarbo and Nat Cole both birthday on the 17th.
  5. 1940 United States Federal Census Year: 1940; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll: m-t0627-00416; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 60-362
  6. "Ruth Nelson". IBDb. Retrieved November 1, 2022.