The year 1915 in film involved some significant events.
Events
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1915 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Notable films
Films produced in the United States unless stated otherwise
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- The Captive, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Blanche Sweet
- Carmen, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Geraldine Farrar, based on the 1845 novella by Prosper Mérimée
- The Champion, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, with Edna Purviance
- The Cheat, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Fannie Ward and Sessue Hayakawa
- The Coward, directed by Reginald Barker, starring Frank Keenan and Charles Ray
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Short film series
Births
- January 1 â Maxine Doyle, actress (died 1973)
- January 9
- Anita Louise, actress (died 1970)
- Fernando Lamas, actor (died 1982)
- January 11 â Veda Ann Borg, actress (died 1973)
- January 18 â Catherine Craig, actress (died 2004)
- January 26 â William Hopper, actor; son of Hedda Hopper (died 1970)
- January 29 â Bill Peet, Disney author and illustrator (died 2002)
- January 30 â Dorothy Dell, actress (died 1934)
- February 7 â Eddie Bracken, actor (died 2002)
- February 12 â Lorne Greene, actor (died 1987)
- February 18 â Phyllis Calvert, actress (died 2002)
- February 20 â Philip Friend, actor (died 1987)
- February 21 â Ann Sheridan, actress (died 1967)
- February 23 â Jon Hall, actor (died 1979)
- February 28 â Zero Mostel, actor (died 1977)
- March 2 â Lona Andre, actress (died 1992)
- March 17 â Henry Bumstead, art director (died 2006)
- March 19 â Patricia Morison, actress (died 2018)
- April 10 â Harry Morgan, American actor (died 2011)
- April 21 â Anthony Quinn, actor (died 2001)
- May 5
- Alice Faye, actress, (died 1998)
- Ben Wright (English actor), (died 1989)
- May 6 â Orson Welles, actor, director (died 1985)
- May 8 â John Archer, American actor (died 1999)
- May 15 â Bill Williams, actor, (died 1992)
- May 19 â Renée Asherson, actress, (died 2014)
- May 31 â Barbara Pepper, actress, (died 1969)
- June 1 - John Randolph (actor), American actor (died 2004)
- June 12 â Priscilla Lane, singer, actress (died 1995)
- June 16 - Anthony Sharp, English actor (died 1984)
- June 20 - Terence Young (director), Irish director and screenwriter (died 1994)
- July 18 â Phyllis Brooks, American actress, model (died 1995)
- August 2 â Gary Merrill, actor (died 1990)
- August 11 â Jean Parker, American actress (died 2005)
- August 15 â Signe Hasso, Swedish actress (died 2002)
- August 29 â Ingrid Bergman, Swedish-born actress (died 1982)
- September 5 â Jack Buetel, actor (died 1989)
- September 10 â Edmond O'Brien, actor (died 1985)
- September 14 â Douglas Kennedy, actor (died 1973)
- September 25 â Betty Box, English producer (died 1999)
- September 29
- Brenda Marshall, American actress (died 1992)
- Anne Nagel, American actress (died 1966)
- October 29 â Evi Rauer, Estonian actress (died 2004)
- October 31 - Lennard Pearce, British actor (died 1984)
- December 7 â Eli Wallach, American actor (died 2014)
- December 12 â Frank Sinatra, American singer, actor (died 1998)
- December 13 â Curd Jürgens, German actor (died 1982)
- December 14 â Dan Dailey, American actor (died 1978)
- December 17 â Joan Woodbury, American actress (died 1989)
- December 22 â Barbara Billingsley, American actress (died 2010)
- December 29 â Jo Van Fleet, American actress (died 1996)
Deaths
- January 10 â Marshall Pinckney Wilder, 55, American diminutive stage and screen actor
- April 26 â John Bunny, 51, American silent film comedian, A Strand of Blond Hair, Bunny's Little Brother, Bunny Backslides
- June 5 â John C. Rice, 58, stage and film actor, The Kiss
- June 16 â Elmer Booth, 32, American silent screen actor, brother of film editor Margaret Booth, The Musketeers of Pig Alley, The Narrow Road, An Unseen Enemy
- October 31 â Blanche Walsh, 42, American stage actress appeared in Zukor's 3 reel feature "Resurrection" 1912
Film debuts
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