Deaths
- January 23 - Nell Shipman, actress, writer, producer
- January 25 - Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese film director and special effects designer
- February 24 - Conrad Nagel, American actor
- March 23 - Del Lord, pioneer Hollywood director
- April 11 - Cathy O'Donnell, actress
- April 25 - Anita Louise, actress
- April 26 - Gypsy Rose Lee, burlesque performer, actress, author
- April 28 - Ed Begley, American actor
- April 30 - Inger Stevens, actress
- May 14 - Billie Burke, American actress
- July 6 - Marjorie Rambeau, actress
- July 14 - Preston Foster, actor
- July 22 - Fritz Kortner, German director
- August 1 - Frances Farmer, American actress
- September 18 - Jimi Hendrix, Guitarist
- September 29 - Edward Everett Horton, actor
- October 4 - Janis Joplin, singer
- October 10 - Grethe Weiser, actress
- October 17 - Vola Vale, actress
- December 23 - Charles Ruggles, actor
- December 30 - Lenore Ulric, actress
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