Events in Film & TV
Theater Premiere
Dec 17 Frank Wedekind's play "Der Erdgeist" premieres in Berlin
Birthdays in Film & TV
Margaret Hamilton (1902-1985)
Dec 9 American character actress (The Wizard of Oz), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Dec 12 Howard Koch, American playwright and screenwriter, born in NYC, New York (d. 1995)
- Dec 13 Jack Gardner, American actor (The Secret Code; Three Russian Girls), born in San Antoni, Texas (d. 1977)
- Dec 14 Frances Bavier, American Emmy Award-winning stage and screen actress (The Andy Griffith Show & Mayberry, RFD - "Aunt Bee"), born in NYC, New York (d. 1989)
Ralph Richardson (1902-1983)
Dec 19 English actor (Anna Karenina, Doctor Zhivago), born in Cheltenham, England
- Dec 25 Barton Maclane, American actor (The Quarterback, I Dream of Jeannie), born in Columbia, South Carolina (d. 1969)