- Apr 8 Ernst von Possart, German actor and theatre director (Bayerische Hoftheater), dies at 79
- Apr 18 Earnest [Bachigaloupi] Tourniaire, Dutch actor (Inkwartiering, Kloris & Roses), dies at 70
- May 22 Marie Wilton, Lady Bancroft, British Victorian theater manager, actress, and novelist, dies at about 82
- Oct 17 Katherine Griffith [Kiernan], American actress (Pollyanna, Fast Company), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 45