Birthdays in Film & TV
- May 14 Julian Eltinge [Dalton], American vaudeville, Broadway, and silent film female impersonator star (The Crinoline Girl), born in Newtownville, Massachusetts (d. 1941)
Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939)
May 23 American actor (The Mark of Zorro, 3 Musketeers, Robin Hood), born in Denver, Colorado
- May 26 Mamie Smith, American vaudeville singer, dancer and actress (Crazy Blues), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1946)