1905 in film

Events

• Pathé Frères colors black and white films by machine.

Births

• January 3 – Anna May Wong, actress (d. 1961)
• January 12 – Tex Ritter, actor, singer (d. 1974)
• February 2 – Ayn Rand, writer (d. 1982)
• February 14 – Thelma Ritter, actress (d. 1965)
• February 27 – Franchot Tone, actor (d. 1968)
• March 18 – Robert Donat, actor (d. 1958)
• May 1 – Leila Hyams, actress (d. 1977)
• May 15 – Joseph Cotten, actor (d. 1994)
• May 16 – Henry Fonda, actor (d. 1982)
• June 19 – Mildred Natwick, actress (d. 1994)
• June 20 – Lillian Hellman, writer (d. 1984)
• July 29 – Thelma Todd, actress (d. 1935)
• July 29 – Clara Bow, actress (d. 1965)
• August 2 – Myrna Loy, actress (d. 1993)
• August 3 – Dolores del Rio, actress (d. 1983)
• September 18 – Greta Garbo, actress (d. 1990)
• November 5 – Joel McCrea, actor (d. 1990)

Deaths