1915 in film

Events

• June 18 : The Motion Picture Directors Association (MPDA) was formed by twenty-six film directors in Los Angeles, California.

Top grossing films

1. The Birth of a Nation

Movies released

• A Fool There Was, starring Theda Bara
• The Birth of a Nation, starring Lillian Gish
• Carmen, starring Theda Bara
• Fatty's Tintype Tangle, starring and directed by 'Fatty' Arbuckle
• Les Vampires

Births

• January 9 – Anita Louise, actress (d. 1970)
• January 9 – Fernando Lamas, actor (d. 1982)
• January 11 – Veda Ann Borg, actress (d. 1973)
• January 29 – Victor Mature, actor (d. 1999)
• January 30 – Dorothy Dell, actress (d. 1934)
• February 7 – Eddie Bracken, actor (d. 2002)
• February 12 – Lorne Greene, actor (d. 1987)
• February 21 – Ann Sheridan, actress (d. 1967)
• February 23 – Jon Hall, actor (d. 1979)
• February 28 – Zero Mostel, actor (d. 1977)
• March 2 – Lona Andre, actress (d. 1992)
• April 21 – Anthony Quinn, actor (d. 2001)
• May 5 – Alice Faye, actress (d. 1998)
• May 6 – Orson Welles, actor, director (d. 1985)
• June 12 – Priscilla Lane, singer, actress (d. 1995)
• July 7 – Yul Brynner, actor (d. 1985)
• August 29 – Ingrid Bergman, actress (d. 1982)
• September 10 – Edmond O'Brien, actor (d. 1985)
• October 13 – Cornel Wilde, actor (d. 1989)
• December 7 – Eli Wallach, actor
• December 12 – Frank Sinatra, singer, actor (d. 1998)
• December 13 – Curd Jürgens, actor (d. 1982)

Deaths

• April 26 – John Bunny, silent film comedian