Birth year 1917 celebrities
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Bruno Thériault (November 25, 1917 in Grande-Anse, New Brunswick – May 14, 2005 in Moncton, New Brunswick) was a blind piano tuner and former regional administrator for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. He is primarily notable for havin
Maya Deren (April 29, 1917 – October 13, 1961), born Eleanora Derenkowskaia (Russian: Элеоно́ра Деренко́вская), was one of the most important American experimental filmmakers and entrepreneurial promoters of the avant-garde in
Miroslav Sláma (August 3, 1917 in Třebíč, Vysočina, Austria-Hungary – November 30, 2008 in Thousand Oaks, California) was an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovak national team. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics.
Muguette Mary “Megs” Jenkins (21 April 1917 – 5 October 1998) was an English character actress who appeared in British films and television programmes.
Lillian Porter (February 24, 1917, Alameda County, California – February 1, 1997, San Bernardino, California) was an American film and television actress.
Marshall Jewel Reed (May 28, 1917 – April 15, 1980) was an American supporting actor who appeared in over 200 films between 1943 and 1978. He was born in Englewood, Colorado.
William Benedict (April 16, 1917 – November 25, 1999) was an American actor, perhaps best known for playing “Whitey” in Monogram Pictures’ The Bowery Boys series.
François Simon (16 August 1917 – 5 October 1982) was a Swiss film actor. He appeared in 35 films between 1936 and 1982. He was the son of actor Michel Simon.
Born December 19, 1917, the skater who would go on to win the 1939 World title would actually start his career as an ice dancer. With Vita Supple, he won Great Britain’s first Inter Rink Ice Dance Competition in 1933 not long after he started skating
Peter Knight (23 June 1917 – 30 July 1985) was an English musical arranger, conductor and composer.
Barbara Deming (July 23, 1917 – August 2, 1984) was an American feminist and advocate of nonviolent social change.