People: Famous People born in 1900

People in chronological context: 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1900th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 900th year of the 2nd millennium, the 100th and last year of the 19th century, and the 1st year of the 1900s decade. As of the start of 1900, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. As of March 1 (O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 (O.S. February 15), 2100. The year 1900 also marked the Year of the Rat on the Chinese calendar. ()

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Agnes Moorehead(† 73)

Actress | Clinton, Massachusetts (US)

Agnes Robertson Moorehead (December 6, 1900 – April 30, 1974) was an American actress. In a career spanning five decades, her credits included work in radio, stage, film, and television. Moorehead was the recipient of such accolades as a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for four Academy Awards. Moorehead had joined Orson Welles' Mercury Players, as one of his principal performers in 1937. She also had notable roles in films such as Citizen Kane (1941), Dark Passage (1947), Show Boat (1951), and All That Heaven Allows (1955). Moorehead garnered four nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, for her performances in: The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), Mrs. Parkington (1944), Johnny Belinda (1948), and Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964). She is also known for the radioplay Sorry, Wrong Number (1943). She gained acclaim for her role as Endora on the ABC sitcom Bewitched which she played from 1964 to 1972. Her performance earned her six nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. For her role on the western series The Wild Wild West, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.

Known for: The Magnificent Ambersons, Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte, Citizen Kane, Bewitched

* 12/06/1900

Helen Hayes(† 92)

Actress | Washington, D.C. (US)

Helen Hayes MacArthur (née Brown; October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was an American actress whose career spanned 82 years. She eventually received the nickname "First Lady of American Theatre" and was the second person and first woman to have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award (an EGOT). She was also the first person to win the Triple Crown of Acting. Hayes also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor, from President Ronald Reagan in 1986. In 1988, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts. The annual Helen Hayes Awards, which have recognized excellence in professional theatre in greater Washington, D.C., since 1984, are her namesake. In 1955, the former Fulton Theatre on 46th Street in New York City's Theatre District was renamed the Helen Hayes Theatre. When that venue was torn down in 1982, the nearby Little Theatre was renamed in her honor. Helen Hayes is regarded as one of the greatest leading ladies of the 20th-century theatre.

Known for: Airport, The Sin of Madelon Claudet, Anastasia, Herbie Rides Again

* 10/10/1900

Natalie Schafer(† 90)

Actress | Red Bank (US)

Natalie Schafer (November 5, 1900 – April 10, 1991) was an American actress, best known today for her role as Lovey Howell on the sitcom Gilligan's Island (1964–1967).

Known for: Female on the Beach, Bernardine, Gilligan's Island, ABC Stage 67

* 11/05/1900

Fritz Feld(† 93)

Actor | Berlin (DE)

Fritz Feld was born on October 15, 1900 in Berlin, Germany as Fritz Feilchenfeld. He is known for his work on Bringing Up Baby (1938), Barefoot in the Park (1967) and Hello, Dolly! (1969). He was married to Virginia Christine. He died on November 18, 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA.Born in Berlin, Germany, Feld began his acting career in Germany in 1917, making his screen debut in Der Golem und die Tänzerin (The Golem and the Dancing Girl). Feld filmed the sound sequences of the Cecil B. DeMille film The Godless Girl, released by Pathé, without DeMille's supervision since DeMille had already broken his contract with Pathé, and signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.He developed a characterization that came to define him. His trademark was to slap his mouth with the palm of his hand to create a "pop!" sound that indicated both his superiority and his annoyance. The first use of the "pop" sound was in If You Knew Susie.Feld often played the part of a maître d', but also a variety of aristocrats and eccentrics; his characters were indeterminately European, sometimes French and sometimes Belgian but always with his particular mannerisms. In the 1938 screwball comedy Bringing Up Baby he played the role of Dr. Lehman. In 1939 he appeared with the Marx Brothers in At The Circus in the small but memorable role of French orchestra conductor Jardinet. In one 1967 episode of The Man from U.N.C.L.E., "The Napoleon's Tomb Affair", Feld played a banker, a beatnik, a diplomat and a waiter. The episode also featured Ted Cassidy from The Addams Family. In his later years, Feld appeared in several Walt Disney films and also played an uncharacteristically dramatic role in Barfly. In addition to films, he acted in numerous television series in guest roles, including the recurring role of "Zumdish", the manager of the intergalactic Celestial Department Store on Lost In Space, in two Season 2 episodes, The Android Machine and The Toymaker. Zumdish returned in the Season 3 episode Two Weeks In Space, where he has been brainwashed by bank robbers into believing he is a tour director taking the robbers on holiday. He also portrayed one of the Harmonia Gardens waiters in the movie Hello Dolly!Feld made his final film appearance in 1989.

Known for: Bringing Up Baby, Hello, Dolly!, Out Where the Stars Begin, History of the World: Part I

* 10/15/1900

Ludwig Donath(† 67)

Actor | Vienna / Wien (AT)

Ludwig Donath (6 March 1900 – 29 September 1967), was an Austrian actor who appeared in many American films.

Known for: Torn Curtain, Gilda, The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler, Cigarette Girl, Matinee Theater

* 03/06/1900

Madeleine Renaud(† 94)

Actress | Paris / City of Light (PAR) (FR)

Lucie Madeleine Renaud (French: [ʁəno]; 21 February 1900 – 23 September 1994) was a French actress best remembered for her work in the theatre. She did though appear in several films directed by Jean Grémillon including Remorques (Stormy Waters, 1941) and Lumière d'été (Summer Light, 1943).

Known for: Stormy Waters, The Longest Day, Hélène, Children of Montmartre

* 02/21/1900

Gregory Gaye(† 92)

Actor | St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Gregory Gaye was born on October 10, 1900 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire as Gregory De Gay. He was an actor, known for Ninotchka (1939), Dodsworth (1936) and Tovarich (1937). He died on August 23, 1993 in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Known for: Dodsworth, Ninotchka, Creature with the Atom Brain, Cornered

* 10/10/1900

Robert Shayne(† 92)

Actor | Yonkers, New York (US)

Robert Shayne (born Robert Shaen Dawe, October 4, 1900 – November 29, 1992) was an American actor whose career lasted for over 60 years. He was best known for portraying Inspector Bill Henderson in the American television series Adventures of Superman.

Known for: Christmas in Connecticut, The Giant Claw, Mr. Skeffington, The Neanderthal Man

* 10/04/1900

Lester Matthews(† 75)

Actor | Nottingham, England (GB)

Arthur Lester Matthews (6 June 1900 – 5 June 1975) was an English actor. In his career, the handsome Englishman made more than 180 appearances in film and on television. He was erroneously credited in later years as Les Matthews. Matthews played supporting roles in films like The Raven and Werewolf of London (both 1935), but his career deteriorated into bit parts. He died on 5 June 1975, the day before his 75th birthday, in Los Angeles. His ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean.

Known for: The Adventures of Robin Hood, Werewolf of London, The Three Musketeers, The Son of Dr. Jekyll

* 06/06/1900

Jeffrey Sayre(† 73)

Actor | Chicago, Illinois (US)

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Known for: Men of San Quentin, On the Spot, Mutiny in the Big House, M Squad

* 12/03/1900

Roland Culver(† 83)

Actor | London (GB)

Roland Culver was born on August 21, 1900 in London, England as Roland Joseph Culver. He was an actor, known for Thunderball (1965), Dead of Night (1945) and The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943). He was married to Nan Hopkins and Daphne Rye. He died on March 1, 1984 in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England.

Known for: Thunderball, To Each His Own, Dead of Night, Down to Earth

* 08/31/1900

Preston Foster(† 69)

Actor | Pitman, New Jersey (US)

Preston Stratton Foster (August 24, 1900 – July 14, 1970), was an American actor of stage, film, radio, and television, whose career spanned nearly four decades. He also had a career as a vocalist.

Known for: Two Seconds, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, Kansas City Confidential, The Last Days of Pompeii

* 08/24/1900

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Gage Clarke(† 64)

Actor | Vassar (US)

Gage Clarke (also credited as Gage Clark; March 3, 1900 – October 23, 1964) was an American stage, television, and film character actor. The first half of his career was dedicated to the theatre, predominantly to Broadway productions, while television and film roles dominated his work during the latter half of his career. Among his memorable television roles is his portrayal of the fastidious school official "Mr. Bascomb" during the 1952–1953 broadcast season of the sitcom Mister Peepers starring Wally Cox. Clarke also performed in many other television series produced between 1949 and the early 1960s, most prominently Maverick and Gunsmoke, as well as in more than a dozen Hollywood features.

Known for: The Bad Seed, I Want to Live!, The Invisible Boy, Gunsmoke

* 03/03/1900

Lloyd Corrigan(† 69)

Actor | San Francisco, California (US)

Lloyd Corrigan (October 16, 1900 – November 5, 1969) was an American film and television actor, producer, screenwriter, and director who began working in films in the 1920s. The son of actress Lillian Elliott, Corrigan directed films, usually mysteries such as Daughter of the Dragon starring Anna May Wong (one of a trilogy of Fu Manchu movies for which he has writing credits), before dedicating himself more to acting in 1938. His short La Cucaracha won an Academy Award in 1935.

Known for: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, The Manchurian Candidate, The Chase, The Fighting Guardsman

* 10/16/1900

Ralph Truman(† 77)

Actor | London (GB)

Ralph du Vergier Truman (7 May 1900 – 15 October 1977) was an English actor, usually cast as either a villain or an authority figure. He possessed a distinguished speaking voice. He was born in London, England. Truman originally studied at the Royal College of Music and was a regular performer on the radio from 1925, appearing in an estimated 5,000 broadcasts. His best-remembered film roles include Tigellinus in MGM's Quo Vadis (1951), the French herald Mountjoy in Laurence Olivier's film Henry V (1944), the evil Monks in David Lean's Oliver Twist (1948), George Merry in the Walt Disney version of Treasure Island (1950), and the Police Inspector in Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956). He also appeared in episodes of several TV series, including Danger Man. He died 15 October 1977 in Ipswich, Suffolk aged 77.

Known for: The Man Who Knew Too Much, Web of Evidence, Quo Vadis, El Cid, Danger Man

* 05/07/1900

Edna Best(† 74)

Actress | Hove, East Sussex, England (GB)

Edna Clara Best (3 March 1900 – 18 September 1974) was a British actress.

Known for: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Late George Apley, Intermezzo: A Love Story

* 03/03/1900

Jean Arthur(† 90)

Actress | Plattsburgh, New York (US)

Jean Arthur (born Gladys Georgianna Greene; October 17, 1900 – June 19, 1991) was an American Broadway and film actress whose career began in silent films in the early 1920s and lasted until the early 1950s. Arthur had feature roles in three Frank Capra films: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) with Gary Cooper, You Can't Take It with You (1938) co-starring James Stewart, and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), also starring Stewart. These three films all championed the "everyday heroine", personified by Arthur. She also co-starred with Cary Grant in the adventure-drama Only Angels Have Wings (1939) and in the comedy-drama The Talk of the Town (1942). She starred as the lead in the acclaimed and highly successful comedy films The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) and A Foreign Affair (1948), the latter of which she starred alongside Marlene Dietrich. Arthur was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1944 for her performance in The More the Merrier (1943), a comedy which also starred Joel McCrea. James Harvey wrote in his history of the romantic comedy: "No one was more closely identified with the screwball comedy than Jean Arthur. So much was she part of it, so much was her star personality defined by it, that the screwball style itself seems almost unimaginable without her." She has been called "the quintessential comedic leading lady". Her last film performance was non-comedic, playing the homesteader's wife in George Stevens's Shane in 1953. Like Greta Garbo, Arthur was well known in Hollywood for her aversion to publicity; she rarely signed autographs or granted interviews. Life observed in a 1940 article: "Next to Garbo, Jean Arthur is Hollywood's reigning mystery woman." As well as recoiling from interviews, after a certain age, she avoided photographers and refused to become a part of any kind of publicity.

Known for: You Can't Take It with You, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Shane, The More the Merrier

* 10/17/1900

Alastair Sim(† 75)

Actor | Edinburgh, Scotland (GB)

Alastair George Bell Sim, CBE (9 October 1900 – 19 August 1976) was a Scottish character actor who began his theatrical career at the age of thirty and quickly became established as a popular West End performer, remaining so until his death in 1976. Starting in 1935, he also appeared in more than fifty British films, including an iconic adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novella A Christmas Carol, released in 1951 as Scrooge in Great Britain and as A Christmas Carol in the United States. Though an accomplished dramatic actor, he is often remembered for his comically sinister performances. After a series of false starts, including a spell as a jobbing labourer and another as a clerk in a local government office, Sim's love of and talent for poetry reading won him several prizes and led to his appointment as a lecturer in elocution at the University of Edinburgh in 1925. He also ran his own private elocution and drama school, from which, with the help of the playwright John Drinkwater, he made the transition to the professional stage in 1930. Despite his late start, Sim soon became well known on the London stage. A period of more than a year as a member of the Old Vic company brought him wide experience of playing Shakespeare and other classics, to which he returned throughout his career. In the modern repertoire, he formed a close professional association with the author James Bridie, which lasted from 1939 until the dramatist's death in 1951. Sim not only acted in Bridie's works but also directed them. In the later 1940s and for most of the 1950s, Sim was a leading star of British cinema. They included Green for Danger (1946), Hue and Cry (1947), The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950), Scrooge (1951), The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954) and An Inspector Calls (1954). Later, he made fewer films and generally concentrated on stage work, including successful productions at the Chichester Festival and regular appearances in new and old works in the West End.

Known for: Scrooge, An Inspector Calls, Stage Fright, Inspector Hornleigh

* 10/09/1900

Dorothy Adams(† 88)

Actress | Hannah, North Dakota (US)

Dorothy Adams was an American stage, screen, and television actress.

Known for: The Best Years of Our Lives, The Killing, The Ten Commandments, Jet Job, The Twilight Zone

* 01/08/1900

Ilka Chase(† 77)

Actress | New York City, New York (US)

Ilka Chase (April 8, 1905 – February 15, 1978) was an American actress, radio host, and novelist.

Known for: Now, Voyager, Ocean's Eleven, The Animal Kingdom, The Florodora Girl

* 04/08/1900

Robert Florey(† 78)

Crew | Paris (FR)

Robert Florey (14 September 1900 – 16 May 1979) was a French-American director, screenwriter, film journalist and actor.Born as Robert Fuchs in Paris, he became an orphan at an early age and was then raised in Switzerland. In 1920 he worked at first as a film journalist, then as an assistant and extra in featurettes from Louis Feuillade. Florey moved to the United States in 1921.

Known for: Rogues' Regiment, The Face Behind the Mask, Four Star Playhouse, Letter to Loretta

* 09/14/1900

Emerson Treacy(† 66)

Actor | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (US)

Emerson Treacy (September 17, 1900 – January 10, 1967) was an American film, Broadway, and radio actor.

Known for: Adam's Rib, California Straight Ahead, The Prowler, The Long Shot

* 09/17/1900

Mike Lally(† 85)

Actor | Manhattan, New York City, New York (US)

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Known for: Coma, Two-Fisted Gentleman, How To Be Very, Very Popular, Columbo

* 1900

Lesley Selander(† 79)

Crew | Los Angeles, California (US)

Lesley Selander (May 26, 1900 – December 5, 1979) was an American film director of Westerns and adventure movies. His career as director, spanning 127 feature films and dozens of TV episodes, lasted from 1936 to 1968. Before that, Selander was assistant director on films such as The Cat and the Fiddle (1934), A Night at the Opera (1935), and Fritz Lang's Fury (1936). To this day Selander remains one of the most prolific directors of feature Westerns in cinema history, having taken the helm for 107 Westerns between his first directorial feature in 1936 and 1967. In 1956 he was nominated for the Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, for his work directing a 1954 episode of Lassie.

Known for: The Pilgrim Lady, Traffic in Crime, Ride 'Em Cowboy, Lassie

* 05/26/1900

Allen Jenkins(† 74)

Actor | Staten Island, New York City, New York (US)

Allen Curtis Jenkins (born Alfred McGonegal; April 9, 1900 – July 20, 1974) was an American character actor, voice actor and singer who worked on stage, film, and television. He may be best known to baby-boomer audiences as the voice of Officer Charlie Dibble in the Hanna-Barbera TV cartoon series Top Cat (1961–62).

Known for: Tomorrow at Seven, Dead End, Destry Rides Again, The Falcon Takes Over

* 04/09/1900

Ernst Fritz Fürbringer(† 88)

Actor | Brunswick (DE)

Ernst Fritz Fürbringer (27 July 1900 – 30 October 1988) was a German film actor. He appeared in 130 films between 1933 and 1983. He was born in Brunswick, Germany and died in Munich, Germany.

Known for: Titanic, Wallenstein, Viennese Spirit, Frau Warrens Gewerbe, D'Artagnan

* 07/27/1900

Xavier Cugat(† 90)

Actor | Girona, Catalonia (ES)

Xavier Cugat was a popular Spanish-American bandleader. He made many appearances in Hollywood films and on television throughout the decades, from 1921.

Known for: Two Weeks Notice, 2046, Taxi 4, Radio Days

* 01/01/1900

Fosco Giachetti(† 74)

Actor | Sesto Fiorentino, Tuscany (IT)

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Known for: Bengasi, The Conformist, The Dream of Butterfly

* 03/28/1900

Jean Negulesco(† 93)

Crew | Craiova, Dolj (RO)

Jean Negulesco (born Ioan Negulescu; 13 March [O.S. 29 February] 1900 – 18 July 1993) was a Romanian-American film director and screenwriter. He first gained notice for his film noirs and later made such notable films as Johnny Belinda (1948), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), Titanic (1953), and Three Coins in the Fountain (1954). He was called "the first real master of CinemaScope".

Known for: Boy on a Dolphin, Three Coins in the Fountain, Johnny Belinda, Titanic

* 03/13/1900

Philip Ford(† 75)

Crew | Portland (US)

Philip Ford (16 October 1900 – 12 January 1976), was an American film director and actor. He directed 43 films between 1945 and 1964. He also appeared 16 in films between 1916 and 1926.He was the son of actor/director Francis Ford and the nephew of director John Ford. He was born in Portland, Maine and died in Los Angeles, California.

Known for: Web of Danger, Prisoners in Petticoats, Valley of the Zombies, The Invisible Informer