Centennials 2010

As the years go by, the number of interesting centennials in the world of movies is on the rise, with all of the great studio players and film directors of the 1930s-50s reaching their 100th. Below is a list of some of the most notable (and a few other related ones). As always, revival houses and museums often base film festivals around centennials— would be cool to see a David Niven, Akira Kurosawa, or Gloria Stuart series.


Centennials '10:

January 12: Luise Rainer, actress
February 3: Robert Earl Jones, actor (d. 2006)
February 27: Joan Bennett, actress (d. 1990)
March 1: David Niven, actor (d. 1983) (photo, above)
March 8: Claire Trevor, actress (d. 2000)
March 23: Akira Kurosawa, director (d. 1998) (photo, above)
March 24: Richard Conte, actor (d. 1975)
March 28: Jimmie Dodd, actor (d. 1964)
April 23: Simone Simon, actress (d. 2005)
April 24: Albert Zugsmith, producer (d. 1993)
May 3: Norman Corwin, writer
May 6: Mary Loos, writer (d. 2004)
May 15: Constance Cummings, actress (d. 2005)
May 23: Scatman Crothers, actor (d. 1986)
June 3: Paulette Goddard, actress (d. 1990)
June 10: Robert Cummings, actor (d. 1990)
June 11: Carmine Coppola, composer (d. 1991)
June 11: Jacques-Yves Cousteau, underwater explorer-documentarian (d. 1997)
June 13: Mary Wickes, actress (d. 1995)
June 14: William H. Reynolds, editor (d. 1997)
June 29: Frank Loesser, songwriter-composer (d. 1969)
July 4: Gloria Stuart, actress
July 10: Bert Granet, producer (d.2002)
July 12: William Hanna, producer (d. 2001)
July 17: Barbara O'Neil, actress (d. 1980)
August 4: Anita Page, actress (d. 2008)
August 8: Sylvia Sidney, actress (d. 1999)
August 12: Jane Wyatt, actress (d. 2006)
August 15: Signe Hasso, actress (d. 2002)
August 16: Mae Clarke, actress (d. 1992)
September 3: Kitty Carlisle Hart, actress (d. 2007)
September 14: Jack Hawkins, actor (d. 1973)
September 19: Jesse Lasky, Jr., screenwriter (d. 1988)
September 29: Virginia Bruce, actress (d. 1982)
November 14: Rosemary DeCamp, actress (d. 2001)
December 4: Alex North, composer (d. 1991)
December 5: Abraham Polonsky, writer-director (d. 1999)
December 13: Van Heflin, actor (d. 1971)
December 13: Lillian Roth, actress (d. 1980)
December 20: Cary Odell, art director (d. 1988)
December 31: Roy Rowland, film director (d. 1995)