- Jan 1 Snitz Edwards [Edward Neumann], Hungarian-American stage and silent film actor ("Phantom of the Opera"; "College"), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1937)
George Arliss (1868-1946)
Apr 10 British Academy Award-winning actor (Disraeli; Devil; Green Goddess), born in London, England
- Jun 30 C. V. France, British actor (The Skin Game, Adventure in Blackmail), born in Bradford, England (d. 1949)
- Sep 21 Olga Knipper. Russian-Soviet stage actress, and wife of Anton Chekhov, born in Glazov, Russian Empire (d. 1959)
- Nov 4 Carolina “La Belle” Otero, Spanish actress, singer and courtesan, born in Valga, Galicia, Spain (d. 1965)
Marie Dressler (1868-1934)
Nov 9 Canadian-American actress (Dinner at 8, Min and Bill), born in Cobourg, Ontario
- Dec 25 Eugenie Besserer, American actress (Jazz Singer), born in Watertown, New York (d. 1934)