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Rest In PeaceROBIN WILLIAMS JULY 21, 1951 – AUGUST 11, 2014
Thank you for the laughs, the tears and the memories,
for your love and generosity and for sharing your gifts with the world.
You will be loved and missed, always.
Intro
Hiya, folks. Unlike this fellow right here , THIS is the REAL Shran , the same user who populates Memory Alpha . If there are any doubts, contact me at my MA talk page and I will put them at rest.
Just so you know, while I may be a frequent visitor to Wikipedia, I will most likely not be an active contributor... primarily because my first loyalties go to Memory Alpha, on which I am an admin. One of the first pages on Wikipedia I really did any work on is Hoshi Sato , but that was just to disprove the misconception that Hoshi was, without a doubt, the inventor of the universal translator . Regardless of how little I edit, however, you can reach me at my talk page here or at MA and I will reply to either, ASAP.
Notable contributions
Well, I created the page for Edward Kelsey , who was a voice actor on one of my favorite television shows, DangerMouse . I also created the pages for my favorite radio station – FM99 – and my favorite radio show, Rumble in the Morning (formerly known as Tommy & Rumble), which broadcasts on that station. Oh, and I created Lennie Weinrib despite the fact that I have never seen a single episode of H.R. Pufnstuf .
I also worked some on the articles for Pat Corley and László Kovács and created the pages for Charles Larson (producer) , casting director Phyllis Huffman , Oscar-nominated production designer/art director Harold Michelson , Grammy-winning composer Carlos Franzetti (a relative of a Memory Alpha pal), editor Maryann Brandon , film executive Jeffrey Chernov , cinematographer Derek Vanlint , and location scout/manager and friend Scott Trimble . I expanded and rewrote Barton MacLane 's article, as well, using content from a deleted article I wrote for Memory Alpha (turns out the guy didn't appear on Star Trek , despite IMDb's claims).
In 2009, I created and updated pages related to the late, great King of Pop, Michael Jackson . I created the pages for such Jackson songs as "Is It Scary " and "A Brand New Day " and I occasionally managed the Jackson singles template , among other Jackson-oriented contributions. In addition, I updated the box office numbers for 2009's Star Trek .
I also created the pages for sound editor James Nelson , casting directors Barry Moss and Joy Todd , film editors Claudine Bouché , Hans Funck and Tom Rolf , costume designer George L. Little , production designer John J. Lloyd , script supervisors June Randall and Marshall Schlom , visual effects pioneer Howard A. Anderson, Jr. , and producer C. O. Erickson . I'm particularly proud of the pages for Nelson and Rolf, though I'm sure both could be improved with tighter writing and more cited information.
Showbiz in Memoriam 2024
A tribute to some of the notable entertainment figures who died in 2023. For a more comprehensive and detailed listing of notable showbiz deaths this year, please visit here
Names in bold are entertainment figures who were added in the last month with 20 or more different-language Wiki articles at time of death .
Aston "Family Man" Barrett , musician/producer/engineer
Hinton Battle , actor/singer/dancer
Adan Canto , actor
David Emge , actor
Tisa Farrow , actress
Ira von Fürstenberg , actress/socialite
Chris Gauthier , actor
Gary Graham , actor
Jesse Jane , pornographic actress
Michael Jayston , actor
Norman Jewison , director/producer
Glynis Johns , actress/singer/dancer
Kagney Linn Karter , pornographic actress
Toby Keith , singer/songwriter/musician
Wayne Kramer , musician/songwriter/composer
Janusz Majewski , director/writer
Melanie , singer/songwriter/musician
Sandra Milo , actress
Kenneth Mitchell , actor
Don Murray , actor
Christian Oliver , actor/producer
Seiji Ozawa , conductor
Ewa Podleś , singer
Ventura Pons , director/writer/producer
Micheline Presle , actress
Georg Riedel , musician/composer
Chita Rivera , actress/singer/dancer
Helena Rojo , actress
Pamela Salem , actress
Peter Schickele , composer/musician/parodist
Marlena Shaw , singer
Yury Solomin , actor/director
David Soul , actor/singer
Damo Suzuki , singer
Johanna von Koczian , actress
Carl Weathers , actor/director
Robert M. Young , filmmaker
Showbiz in Memoriam 2023
A tribute to some of the notable entertainment figures who died in 2024. For a more comprehensive and detailed listing of notable showbiz deaths this year, please visit here .
Joss Ackland , actor
Kenneth Anger , filmmaker
Alan Arkin , actor
Burt Bacharach , songwriter/composer/musician
John Bailey , cinematographer/director
Bob Barker , game show host
Jeff Beck , musician
Tony Bennett , singer
Harry Belafonte , singer/actor/activist
Richard Belzer , actor/comedian
Helmut Berger , actor
Jane Birkin , singer/actress
Carla Bley , composer/musician/bandleader
Earl Boen , actor
Barbara Bosson , actress
Andre Braugher , actor
Jim Brown , athlete/actor/activist
Jimmy Buffett , singer/songwriter/musician
Dick Butkus , athlete/actor
Margit Carstensen , actress
Kathy Chow , actress
Inna Churikova , actress
Angus Cloud , actor
Phyllis Coates , actress
Carole Cook , actress
Nicolas Coster , actor
David Crosby , singer/musician/songwriter
Toto Cutugno , singer/songwriter/musician
Terence Davies , director/screenwriter
Margia Dean , actress
Michel Deville , director/screenwriter
Melinda Dillon , actress
Evan Ellingson , actor
Sharon Farrell , actress
Frederic Forrest , actor
William Friedkin , director/screenwriter/producer
Terry Funk , professional wrestler/actor
Sir Michael Gambon , actor
Astrud Gilberto , singer
Rona Hartner , actress/singer
Steve Harwell , singer
Hugh Hudson , director
Barry Humphries , comedian/actor
Gayle Hunnicutt , actress
Otar Iosseliani , director/screenwriter
The Iron Sheik , professional wrestler
Glenda Jackson , actress
Juraj Jakubisko , director/writer
Ahmad Jamal , musician
Ron Cephas Jones , actor
Anna Kanakis , actress/model
Victor J. Kemper , cinematographer
Marty Krofft , writer/producer
Denny Laine , musician/singer/songwriter
Piper Laurie , actress
Norman Lear , writer/producer
Coco Lee , singer/dancer/actress
Rita Lee , singer/songwriter/composer/actress
Lee Sun-kyun , actor
Michael Lerner , actor
Gordon Lightfoot , singer/songwriter/musician
Gina Lollobrigida , actress
Cody Longo , actor/musician
Lisa Loring , actress
Shane MacGowan , singer/songwriter/musician
George Maharis , actor/singer
Guy Marchand , actor/musician
Mark Margolis , actor
Burny Mattinson , animator/writer/director/producer
Juliette Mayniel , actress
James McCaffrey , actor
David McCallum , actor
Dariush Mehrjui , filmmaker
Billy Miller , actor
Walter Mirisch , producer
Richard Moll , actor
Giuliano Montaldo , director/writer/actor
Barry Newman , actor
Sinéad O'Connor , singer/songwriter/musician
Ryan O'Neal , actor
Jansen Panettiere , actor
Gleb Panfilov , director/screenwriter
Tatjana Patitz , model/actress
Ole Paus , singer/songwriter
Marisa Pavan , actress
Matthew Perry , actor/writer/producer
John Pilger , journalist/filmmaker
Gordon Pinsent , actor/writer/director
Lisa Marie Presley , singer/songwriter
Dame Mary Quant , fashion designer
Lance Reddick , actor
Paul Reubens , actor/comedian/writer/producer
Robbie Robertson , musician/songwriter/producer
Sixto Rodriguez , singer-songwriter/musician
Owen Roizman , cinematographer
Richard Roundtree , actor
Andy Rourke , musician
Kaija Saariaho , composer
Ryuichi Sakamoto , musician/composer/actor
Julian Sands , actor
Kenpachiro Satsuma , actor
Carlos Saura , director/screenwriter
Arthur Schmidt , film editor
Renata Scotto , opera singer/director
Wayne Shorter , musician/composer
Elliot Silverstein , director
Tom Sizemore , actor
Tom Smothers , comedian/musician/singer
Michael Snow , artist/filmmaker
Suzanne Somers , actress
Arleen Sorkin , actress/writer/comedian
Jerry Springer , TV host/producer/politician
Frances Sternhagen , actress
Stella Stevens , actress
Ray Stevenson , actor
Inga Swenson , actress
Sylvia Syms , actress
Sara Tavares , singer/songwriter/musician
Nadja Tiller , actress
Chaim Topol , actor/singer
Tina Turner , singer/dancer/actress
Concha Velasco , actress
Cynthia Weil , songwriter
Raquel Welch , actress
Annie Wersching , actress
Roger Whittaker , singer/songwriter/musician
George P. Wilbur , stuntman/actor
Tom Wilkinson , actor
Cindy Williams , actress
Treat Williams , actor
Oliver Wood , cinematographer
Bray Wyatt , professional wrestler
Burt Young , actor
Benjamin Zephaniah , writer/musician/actor
Showbiz in Memoriam 2022
A tribute to some of the notable entertainment figures who died in 2022. For a more comprehensive and detailed listing of notable showbiz deaths this year, please go here .
Mary Alice , actress
Kirstie Alley , actress
Louie Anderson , comedian/actor
John Aniston , actor
Shinji Aoyama , filmmaker/writer/composer
Cüneyt Arkın , actor/writer/director
Eduard Artemyev , composer
Nicki Aycox , actress
Angelo Badalamenti , composer
Jules Bass , producer/director/writer
Jean-Jacques Beineix , director/screenwriter/producer
Teresa Berganza , singer
Marilyn Bergman , lyricist
Harrison Birtwistle , composer
Peter Bogdanovich , filmmaker/actor
Michel Bouquet , actor
David Brenner , film editor
Peter Brook , director
James Caan , actor
Irene Cara , singer/actress
Pat Carroll , actress/comedienne
Aaron Carter , singer/actor
Robbie Coltrane , actor
Kevin Conroy , actor
Coolio , rapper/songwriter/actor
Gal Costa , singer
Bernard Cribbins , actor/singer
George Crumb , composer
Mylène Demongeot , actress
Ruggero Deodato , director
Andy Fletcher , musician
Louise Fletcher , actress
Jason David Frank , actor/mixed martial artist
Gallagher , comedian
Clarence Gilyard , actor
Jean-Luc Godard , filmmaker
Gilbert Gottfried , comedian/actor
Clu Gulager , actor
Mike Hagerty , actor
Philip Baker Hall , actor
Scott Hall , professional wrestler
Estelle Harris , actress
Taylor Hawkins , musician
Anne Heche , actress
Brad William Henke , actor
Howard Hesseman , actor
Mike Hodges , director/screenwriter
Bo Hopkins , actor
Marsha Hunt , actress
William Hurt , actor
Antonio Inoki , professional wrestler
Gregory Itzin , actor
Conrad Janis , actor
Brad Johnson , actor
Wilko Johnson , musician/songwriter/actor
L. Q. Jones , actor
Leslie Jordan , actor/writer
Naomi Judd , singer/songwriter
Sally Kellerman , actress
Hardy Krüger , actor
Mark Lanegan , singer/songwriter/musician
Dame Angela Lansbury , actress/singer
Jerry Lee Lewis , musician/singer/songwriter
Ray Liotta , actor
Meat Loaf , singer/actor
Radu Lupu , pianist
Loretta Lynn , singer/songwriter
Lata Mangeshkar , singer/composer
Stuart Margolin , actor/director
Diane McBain , actress
Bob McGrath , actor/singer
Christine McVie , musician/singer/songwriter
Pablo Milanés , musician/singer
Yvette Mimieux , actress
Ichirou Mizuki , singer/composer/actor
Robert Morse , actor/singer
Roger E. Mosley , actor
Kitten Natividad , actress
Dame Olivia Newton-John , singer/actress
Nichelle Nichols , actress/singer
Irene Papas , actress
Kay Parker , actress
Jacques Perrin , actor/producer/filmmaker
Nehemiah Persoff , actor
Wolfgang Petersen , filmmaker
Leslie Phillips , actor
Enrique Pinti , actor/comedian
Anita Pointer , singer
Sidney Poitier , actor/director
Andrew Prine , actor
Albert Pyun , director
Bob Rafelson , filmmaker
Ivan Reitman , director/producer
Eileen Ryan , actress
Mitchell Ryan , actor
Bob Saget , comedian/actor/director
Pharoah Sanders , musician
Klaus Schulze , musician/composer
Liz Sheridan , actress
Yoko Shimada , actress
Henry Silva , actor
Tony Sirico , actor
Paul Sorvino , actor
Catherine Spaak , actress/singer
Ronnie Spector , singer
Larry Storch , actor
Alec John Such , musician
Alain Tanner , director
Jean-Louis Trintignant , actor
Douglas Trumbull , director/visual effects supervisor
Joe Turkel , actor
Gaspard Ulliel , actor
Vangelis , musician/composer
Ronan Vibert , actor
Monica Vitti , actress
Lenny Von Dohlen , actor
Barbara Walters , newscaster/TV personality
Fred Ward , actor
David Warner , actor
Jimmy Wang Yu , actor/writer/director
Kenneth Welsh , actor
Ted White , stuntman/actor
Dame Vivienne Westwood , fashion designer
Yoshishige Yoshida , director/screenwriter
Showbiz in Memoriam 2021
A tribute to some of the notable entertainment personalities who died in 2021. For a more comprehensive and detailed listing of notable showbiz deaths this year, please go here .
Virgil Abloh , fashion designer/artist
Brad Allan , action choreographer/stuntman
Louis Andriessen , composer/musician
Jack Angel , voice actor
Michael Apted , director/producer
Ed Asner , actor
Jean-Pierre Bacri , actor/screenwriter
Lisa Banes , actress
Pilar Bardem , actress
Franco Battiato , singer/songwriter/filmmaker
Ned Beatty , actor
Jean-Paul Belmondo , actor
Leslie Bricusse , songwriter/screenwriter/librettist
Mario Camus , director/screenwriter
Raffaella Carrà , singer/actress
Jean-Claude Carrière , screenwriter/actor
Sonny Chiba , actor/martial artist
Michael Constantine , actor
Alex Cord , actor
Chick Corea , musician/composer
Arlene Dahl , actress
Henry Darrow , actor
Dustin Diamond , actor
Joan Didion , writer
Robert Downey Sr. , filmmaker/actor
DMX , rapper/actor
Richard Donner , director/producer
Olympia Dukakis , actress
Don Everly , singer/musician
Vicente Fernández , singer/actor
Verónica Forqué , actress
Mira Furlan , actress
Siegfried Fischbacher , magician/entertainer
Willie Garson , actor
Charles Grodin , actor/writer/talk show host
Edita Gruberová , soprano
David Gulpilil , actor
Bernard Haitink , conductor/musician
Sarah Harding , singer/actress/model
Monte Hellman , filmmaker
Gloria Henry , actress
Dusty Hill , musician
Pat Hitchcock , actress
Hal Holbrook , actor
Sally Ann Howes , actress/singer
Joey Jordison , musician
Larry King , broadcasting legend
Tommy Kirk , actor
Tawny Kitaen , actress/model
Yaphet Kotto , actor
Dilip Kumar , actor
Art LaFleur , actor
Cloris Leachman , actress
Gunnel Lindblom , actress
Joanne Linville , actress
Ernie Lively , actor
Norman Lloyd , actor/producer/director
Christa Ludwig , singer
Norm Macdonald , comedian/writer/actor
Gavin MacLeod , actor
Carlos Marín , singer
Biz Markie , rapper
Pat Martino , musician
Jackie Mason , comedian/actor
Helen McCrory , actress
Larry McMurtry , writer
Frank McRae , actor
Vladimir Menshov , actor/director
Roger Michell , director
Milva , singer/actress
Trevor Moore , comedian/writer/producer
Michael Nesmith , musician/songwriter
Gavan O'Herlihy , actor
Lee "Scratch" Perry , musician/songwriter/producer
Ronald Pickup , actor
Christopher Plummer , actor
Markie Post , actress
Jane Powell , actress/singer/dancer
Lloyd Price , singer/songwriter
Puneeth Rajkumar , actor/singer
Marion Ramsey , actress
Anne Rice , writer
Peter Mark Richman , actor
Paul Ritter , actor
Tanya Roberts , actress
Charlie Robinson , actor
Giuseppe Rotunno , cinematographer
Richard Rush , director/screenwriter/producer
Will Ryan , voice actor
Mort Sahl , comedian
Libuše Šafránková , actress
Peter Scolari , actor
George Segal , actor
Barbara Shelley , actress
Sir Antony Sher , actor
Gregory Sierra , actor
Cliff Simon , actor/host
William Smith , actor
Stephen Sondheim , composer/lyricist
Jim Steinman , songwriter/record producer
Dean Stockwell , actor
Julie Strain , actress/model
Una Stubbs , actress
Bertrand Tavernier , filmmaker
Mikis Theodorakis , composer
B. J. Thomas , singer
Kartal Tibet , actor/director
Mari Törőcsik , actress
James Michael Tyler , actor
Cicely Tyson , actress
Jean-Marc Vallée , director/writer/editor/producer
Buddy Van Horn , stuntman/director
Melvin Van Peebles , filmmaker/actor
Bunny Wailer . singer/songwriter/musician
Jessica Walter , actress
Charlie Watts , musician
Lina Wertmüller , director/screenwriter
Betty White , actress/comedian/TV personality
Cara Williams , actress
Clarence Williams III , actor
Michael K. Williams , actor
Mary Wilson , singer
Jane Withers , actress
Samuel E. Wright , actor/singer
Showbiz in Memoriam 2020
A tribute to some of the notable film, television, theatre, radio and music personalities who died in 2020. For a more comprehensive tribute, see my list at IMDb .
Kelly Asbury , animation artist/writer/director
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam , singer/music director/actor
Orson Bean , actor
Martin Birch , record producer/engineer
Honor Blackman , actress
Lucia Bosè , actress
Chadwick Boseman , actor/producer
Claude Brasseur , actor
Julian Bream , musician
Wilford Brimley , actor
Kobe Bryant , athlete/producer
Jeremy Bulloch , actor
Zoe Caldwell , actress
Earl Cameron , actor
Pierre Cardin , fashion designer
Diana Serra Cary (Baby Peggy) , actress/author
Marge Champion , dancer/choreographer/actress
Michael Chapman , cinematographer
Soumitra Chatterjee , actor
Jimmy Cobb , musician
Lynn Cohen , actress
Sir Sean Connery , actor
Robert Conrad , actor
Kevin Conway , actor
Linda Cristal , actress
Ben Cross , actor
Charlie Daniels , singer/songwriter/musician
Mac Davis , singer/songwriter/actor
Dame Olivia de Havilland , actress
Suzy Delair , actress
Ewa Demarczyk , singer
Brian Dennehy , actor
Manu Dibango , musician/composer
Kirk Douglas , actor/producer
James Drury , actor
Daniel Dumile, a.k.a. MF Doom , rapper/producer
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan , actor
John Ericson , actor
Conchata Ferrell , actress
Caroline Flack , TV presenter
Rhonda Fleming , actress
Mirella Freni , singer
Stuart Gordon , director/writer/producer
Juliette Gréco , singer/actress
Peter Green , musician/singer/songwriter
Sir Ronald Harwood , playwright/screenwriter
Buck Henry , writer/actor/director
Ken Hensley , singer-songwriter/musician
Richard Herd , actor
Sir Ian Holm , actor
Roy Horn , magician/entertainer
Robert Hossein , actor/director/writer
Jon Huber, a.k.a. Luke Harper/Brodie Lee , pro wrestler
Agathonas Iakovidis , singer
Grant Imahara , TV host/engineer/roboticist/model maker
Rafer Johnson , athlete/actor
Terry Jones , actor/comedian/writer/director
Mory Kanté , singer/songwriter/musician
Rishi Kapoor , actor
Hugh Keays-Byrne , actor
Irrfan Khan , actor
Saroj Khan , choreographer
Kim Ki-duk , filmmaker
Shirley Knight , actress
Alexi Laiho , musician/singer/composer
Lee Konitz , musician/composer
Dieter Laser , actor
John le Carré , writer/producer
James Lipton , actor/writer/producer/host
Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr. , actor
Little Richard , singer/songwriter/musician
Michael Lonsdale , actor
Trini Lopez , singer/actor
Dame Vera Lynn , singer/entertainer
Johnny Mandel , composer/arranger
Armando Manzanero , singer/composer/musician
Jiří Menzel , writer/director/actor
Haruma Miura , actor/singer
Ennio Morricone , composer/orchestrator/conductor
Philippe Nahon , actor
Johnny Nash , singer/songwriter/producer
Lori Nelson , actress
Daria Nicolodi , actress/screenwriter
Geoffrey Palmer , actor
Sir Alan Parker , filmmaker
Ivan Passer , director/writer
Neil Peart , musician/lyricist
Krzysztof Penderecki , composer/conductor
Regis Philbin , TV personality/entertainer
Michel Piccoli , actor
Genesis P-Orridge , singer/songwriter/musician/artist
Kelly Preston , actress
Charley Pride , singer/musician
David Prowse , actor
James Randi , magician/skeptic
Helen Reddy , singer/actress
Sumner Redstone , media magnate
Carl Reiner , actor/writer/director/producer
Ann Reinking , actress/dancer/choreographer
Dame Diana Rigg , actress
Naya Rivera , actress/singer
Kenny Rogers , singer/songwriter/actor
Annie Ross , singer-songwriter/actress
John Saxon , actor
Florian Schneider , musician/singer/composer
Joel Schumacher , director
Mohammad-Reza Shajarian , singer/songwriter
Lynn Shelton , filmmaker
Sushant Singh Rajput , actor
Fernando Solanas , filmmaker
Phyllis Somerville , actress
Jerry Stiller , comedian/actor
Max von Sydow , actor
Dyanne Thorne , actress
Pamela Tiffin , actress
Alex Trebek , TV personality/game show host
McCoy Tyner , musician
Birol Ünel , actor
Eddie Van Halen , musician/songwriter
Dawn Wells , actress
Stuart Whitman , actor
Fred Willard , actor/comedian
Dame Barbara Windsor , actress
Bill Withers , singer/songwriter/musician
Showbiz in Memoriam 2019
A tribute to some of the notable film, television, theatre, radio and music personalities who died in 2019. For a more comprehensive tribute, see my list at IMDb .
Julie Adams , actress
Danny Aiello , actor
Bibi Andersson , actress
Anémone , actress
Omero Antonutti , actor
Ermias Asghedom, a.k.a. Nipsey Hussle , rapper
René Auberjonois , actor
Claudine Auger , actress
Michel Aumont , actor
Christian Bach , actress/producer
Ginger Baker , musician
Dave Bartholomew , musician/composer
Hal Blaine , musician
Verna Bloom , actress
Cameron Boyce , actor
Diahann Carroll , actress/singer
Beth Carvalho , singer
Seymour Cassel , actor
Carol Channing , actress/singer/dancer/comedian
Larry Cohen , writer/director/producer
Tim Conway , actor/comedian/writer
Valentina Cortese , actress
Dick Dale , musician
Georgiy Daneliya , director/screenwriter
Doris Day , actress/singer
Stanley Donen , director
Bob Einstein , actor/writer/producer
Hannelore Elsner , actress
Georgia Engel , actress
Roky Erickson , musician/singer/songwriter
Vladimir Etush , actor
Robert Evans , producer/executive
Albert Finney , actor
Keith Flint , singer
Peter Fonda , actor
D. C. Fontana , writer
Robert Forster , actor
Robert Frank , photographer/filmmaker
Marie Fredriksson , singer
Bruno Ganz , actor
Michael Gielen , conductor/composer
João Gilberto , musician/singer/songwriter
Edith González , actress
Jean Guillou , composer/musician
Sid Haig , actor
Valerie Harper , actress
Rutger Hauer , actor
David Hedison , actor
Katherine Helmond , actress
Jerry Herman , composer/lyricist
Mark Hollis , singer/songwriter/musician
Med Hondo , director/writer/producer/actor
Robert Hunter , lyricist/musician/singer
James Ingram , singer/songwriter
Neil Innes , writer/comedian/musician
Jessica Jaymes , pornographic actress
Daniel Johnston , singer/songwriter/musician
Freddie Jones , actor
José José , singer/actor
Giya Kancheli , composer
Anna Karina , actress
Girish Karnad , actor/director/writer
Ken Kercheval , actor
Marlen Khutsiev , director/writer
Machiko Kyō , actress
Karl Lagerfeld , fashion designer
Marie Laforêt , singer/actress
Michel Legrand , composer/conductor/musician
Ron Leibman , actor
Pierre Lhomme , cinematographer
Peggy Lipton , actress
Jacques Loussier , musician/composer
Branko Lustig , producer
Sue Lyon , actress
Carol Lynley , actress
Bill Macy , actor
Dušan Makavejev , writer/director
Jean-Pierre Marielle , actor
Ashley Massaro , pro wrestler/TV personality
Andre Matos , singer/musician
Peter Mayhew , actor
Syd Mead , visual futurist
Jonas Mekas , filmmaker
Sylvia Miles , actress
Dick Miller , actor
Jean-Pierre Mocky , filmmaker/actor
Eddie Money , singer/songwriter/musician
Pedro Morales , pro wrestler
Shelley Morrison , actress
Oliver Mtukudzi , musician
Marie-José Nat , actress
Jessye Norman , singer
Ric Ocasek , singer/songwriter/musician
"Mean" Gene Okerlund , interviewer/announcer
Christopher Pallies, a.k.a. "King Kong Bundy" , pro wrestler
D. A. Pennebaker , filmmaker
Luke Perry , actor
Michael J. Pollard , actor
André Previn , musician/composer/conductor
Harold Prince , producer/director
Harley Race , professional wrestler
"Dr. John" Rebennack Jr. , singer/songwriter/musician
Alvin Sargent , screenwriter
Édith Scob , actress
Camilo Sesto , singer/songwriter
W. Morgan Sheppard , actor
John Singleton , director/writer/producer
Caroll Spinney , puppeteer
Sulli , singer/songwriter/actress
Clive Swift , actor
Tardar Sauce, a.k.a. Grumpy Cat , internet celebrity
Rip Taylor , comedian/actor/TV personality
Russi Taylor , actress
Peter Tork , musician/actor
Rip Torn , actor
Andrew G. Vajna , producer
Agnès Varda , filmmaker
Jan-Michael Vincent , actor
Scott Walker , singer/songwriter
Richard Williams , animator/director
John Witherspoon , actor/comedian
Morgan Woodward , actor
Sergei Yursky , actor
Franco Zeffirelli , director
Showbiz in Memoriam 2018
A tribute to some of the notable film, television, theatre, radio and music personalities who died in 2018. For a more comprehensive tribute, see my list at IMDb .
José Antonio Abreu , conductor/musician
Harry Anderson , actor
Michael Anderson , director
Susan Anspach , actress
Lys Assia , singer
Stéphane Audran , actress
Charles Aznavour , singer/songwriter/actor
Marty Balin , singer/songwriter/musician
Tim "Avicii" Bergling , musician/DJ/record producer
Ken Berry , actor/dancer/singer
Bernardo Bertolucci , director/screenwriter
Steven Bochco , writer/producer
Philip Bosco , actor
Anthony Bourdain , celebrity chef/TV personality
Glenn Branca , composer/musician
Montserrat Caballé , operatic soprano
Joseph Campanella , actor
Mary Carlisle , actress/singer
Reg E. Cathey , actor
Emma Chambers , actress
Raymond Chow , producer
"Fast" Eddie Clarke , musician
Roy Clark , singer/musician/presenter
Anne V. Coates , film editor
Bill Daily , actor
Vic Damone , singer/actor
Bradford Dillman , actor
Sir Ken Dodd , comedian/singer/actor
Milena Dravić , actress
Dennis Edwards , singer
Harlan Ellison , writer
Geoff Emerick , audio engineer
Ezzatolah Entezami , actor
R. Lee Ermey , actor
Nanette Fabray , actress/singer/dancer/comedian
Ennio Fantastichini , actor
D. J. Fontana , musician
Miloš Forman , director/screenwriter
Aretha Franklin , singer
France Gall , singer
John Gavin , actor
Eunice Gayson , actress
Lewis Gilbert , director/writer/producer
Hubert de Givenchy , fashion designer
William Goldman , screenwriter
Roy Hargrove , musician
Barbara Harris , actress
Shinobu Hashimoto , screenwriter
Edwin Hawkins , singer/musician/arranger
Juraj Herz , director/writer/actor
Stephen Hillenburg , animator/writer/producer/director
Rolf Hoppe , actor
Tab Hunter , actor/singer
Ricky Jay , magician/actor
Jóhann Jóhannsson , composer
Margot Kidder , actress
Ed King , musician
Kader Khan , actor/writer
Richard H. Kline , cinematographer
Joseph Kobzon , singer
Gary Kurtz , producer
Francis Lai , composer
Ringo Lam , filmmaker
Claude Lanzmann , filmmaker
Stan Lee , writer/producer/editor/publisher/actor
Sondra Locke , actress/director
Didier Lockwood , musician
Bud Luckey , animator/composer/singer/musician/voice actor
Dame Gillian Lynne , dancer/choreographer
Craig Mack , rapper
John Mahoney , actor
Dorothy Malone , actress
Penny Marshall , actress/director
Hugh Masekela , musician/composer/singer
Maurane , singer/actress
Chuck McCann , actor/TV personality
Peggy McCay , actress
Mac Miller , rapper/producer
Donald Moffat , actor
Rosenda Monteros , actress
Patricia Morison , actress/singer
John Morris , composer/conductor/orchestrator
Robby Müller , cinematographer
Kira Muratova , director/screenwriter
Ermanno Olmi , filmmaker
Dolores O'Riordan , singer/songwriter/musician
Idrissa Ouédraogo , filmmaker
Münir Özkul , actor
Vinnie Paul , musician
Lucian Pintilie , director/screenwriter
María Dolores Pradera , singer/actress
Charlotte Rae , actress
Douglas Rain , actor
Burt Reynolds , actor/director/producer
Donnelly Rhodes , actor
Nicolas Roeg , director/cinematographer
Otis Rush , musician/singer/songwriter
Bruno Sammartino , professional wrestler
Nelson Pereira dos Santos , filmmaker
Connie Sawyer , actress
Mrinal Sen , filmmaker
Pete Shelley , singer/songwriter/musician
Neil Simon , playwright/screenwriter
Mark E. Smith , singer/songwriter/musician
Sridevi , actress
Stefán Karl Stefánsson , actor/singer
David Ogden Stiers , actor
Barbro "Lill-Babs" Svensson , singer/actress
Oleg Tabakov , actor
Rachid Taha , singer
Isao Takahata , director/writer
Vittorio Taviani , director/screenwriter
Cecil Taylor , musician
Verne Troyer , actor
Jerry Van Dyke , comedian/actor
Clint Walker , actor
Leon White, a.k.a. Big Van Vader , professional wrestler
Dame June Whitfield , actress
Hugh Wilson , writer/director/producer
Nancy Wilson , singer
Scott Wilson , actor
Peter Wyngarde , actor
XXXTentacion , rapper/songwriter
Celeste Yarnall , actress
Showbiz In Memoriam 2017
A tribute to some of the notable film, television, theatre, radio and music personalities who died in 2017. For a more comprehensive tribute, see my list at IMDb .
John Abercrombie , musician/composer
Lola Albright , actress
Gregg Allman , musician/singer/songwriter
Richard Anderson , actor
John G. Avildsen , filmmaker
Luis Bacalov , composer
Michael Ballhaus , cinematographer
Chuck Barris , game show producer/host
Aleksey Batalov , actor
Walter Becker , musician/songwriter/producer
Chester Bennington , singer/songwriter
Shelley Berman , comedian/actor
Chuck Berry , musician/singer/songwriter
William Peter Blatty , writer/filmmaker
Powers Boothe , actor
Glen Campbell , singer/songwriter/musician/actor/TV host
Bernie Casey , actor
David Cassidy , actor/singer/musician
Mike Connors , actor
Professor Irwin Corey , comedian/actor
Chris Cornell , singer/songwriter/musician
Peggy Cummins , actress
Mireille Darc , actress/model
Danielle Darrieux , actress
Jonathan Demme , director/producer
Barry Dennen , actor/singer
Fats Domino , musician/singer/songwriter
Karin Dor , actress
Roy Dotrice , actor
Gord Downie , musician/singer/songwriter
Nelsan Ellis , actor/producer
Miguel Ferrer , actor
Darlanne Fluegel , actress
June Foray , actress
Sir Bruce Forsyth , entertainer/presenter
Stephen Furst , actor/director/producer
Nicolai Gedda , tenor
Gerald B. Greenberg , film editor
Dick Gregory , comedian
Brad Grey , producer/executive
Robert Guillaume , actor
Barbara Hale , actress
Monty Hall , game show host/producer
Sir Peter Hall , director
Johnny Hallyday , singer/actor
Robert Hardy , actor
Anthony Harvey , director/editor
Richard Hatch , actor
Glenne Headly , actress
John Heard , actor
Bobby Heenan , pro-wrestling manager/commentator
Hugh Hefner , publisher/producer/screen personality
Jon Hendricks , singer/lyricist
Pierre Henry , composer
John Hillerman , actor
Gerald Hirschfeld , cinematographer
Allan Holdsworth , musician/composer
Tobe Hooper , director/screenwriter/producer
Rance Howard , actor
Sir John Hurt , actor
Dmitri Hvorostovsky , singer
Tino Insana , actor/writer
Clifton James , actor
Al Jarreau , singer
Anne Jeffreys , actress
Albert "Prodigy" Johnson , rapper
Shashi Kapoor , actor/producer
Christine Kaufmann , actress
Gorden Kaye , actor
Vinod Khanna , actor
Fred J. Koenekamp , cinematographer
Ivan Koloff , professional wrestler
Jake LaMotta , boxer/comedian/actor
Martin Landau , actor
Sonny Landham , actor
Walter Lassally , cinematographer
Daliah Lavi , actress/singer
Umberto Lenzi , director/screenwriter
Jerry Lewis , actor/comedian/filmmaker
Ulli Lommel , actor/filmmaker
Federico Luppi , actor
Rose Marie , actress
Elsa Martinelli , actress
Alec McCowen , actor
Heather Menzies , actress
Dina Merrill , actress/socialite
Robert Miles , composer/record producer
Tomas Milian , actor
Mary Tyler Moore , actress
Sir Roger Moore , actor
Erin Moran , actress
Jeanne Moreau , actress
Charlie Murphy , comedian/actor
Jim Nabors , actor/singer
Geoff Nicholls , musician
Michael Nyqvist , actor
Robert Osborne , film historian/TV host
Michael Parks , actor
Bill Paxton , actor/director
Tom Petty , singer/songwriter/musician/record producer
Tim Pigott-Smith , actor
Richard Portman , sound engineer
Om Puri , actor
Della Reese , singer/actress
Don Rickles , comedian/actor
Emmanuelle Riva , actress
Jean Rochefort , actor
George A. Romero , filmmaker
Peter Sallis , actor
Sam Shepard , playwright/actor
Keely Smith , singer
Harry Dean Stanton , actor
George Steele , professional wrestler/actor
Seijun Suzuki , director
Jay Thomas , actor/radio host
Mel Tillis , singer/songwriter/musician
Paolo Villaggio , actor/writer
Frank Vincent , actor
Derek Walcott , playwright/poet
Adam West , actor
John Wetton , musician
Don Williams , singer/songwriter/musician
George Young , musician/songwriter/producer
Malcolm Young , musician/songwriter/singer
Showbiz In Memoriam 2016
A tribute to some of the notable film, television, theatre, radio and music personalities who died in 2016. For a more comprehensive tribute, see my list at IMDb
Ken Adam , production designer
Joe Alaskey , actor
Edward Albee , playwright
Muhammad Ali , athlete/actor/activist/champion
Alexis Arquette , actress
Alexandre Astruc , film critic/director
Héctor Babenco , director/writer/producer
Kenny Baker , actor
Amelia Bence , actress
Pierre Boulez , composer/conductor
David Bowie , singer-songwriter/musician/actor
Corry Brokken , singer
Pete Burns , singer/songwriter
Phil Chess , record producer/executive
William Christopher , actor
Michael Cimino , director/screenwriter/producer
Guy Clark , musician/singer/songwriter
Leonard Cohen , singer/songwriter
Ronnie Corbett , comedian/actor
Raoul Coutard , cinematographer
Paul Cox , filmmaker
Peter Maxwell Davies , composer/conductor
Gloria DeHaven , actress/singer
Larry Drake , actor
Patty Duke , actress
Ronit Elkabetz , actress/director/screenwriter
Bob Elliott , comedian
Keith Emerson , musician
Pierre Étaix , filmmaker/comedian/clown
Keith "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson , athlete/actor/internet celebrity
Fyvush Finkel , actor
Frank Finlay , actor
Carrie Fisher , actress/writer
Dario Fo , playwright/actor/director
Glenn Frey , singer-songwriter/musician/actor
Mr. Fuji , professional wrestler
Zsa Zsa Gabor , actress/socialite
Juan Gabriel , singer/songwriter
Michel Galabru , actor
George Gaynes , actor
Götz George , actor
Ron Glass , actor
Christina Grimmie , singer/songwriter
Merle Haggard , singer/songwriter/musician
Guy Hamilton , director
Nikolaus Harnoncourt , conductor
Curtis Hanson , director/screenwriter/producer
Florence Henderson , actress
Arthur Hiller , director
Steven Hill , actor
Ken Howard , actor
David Huddleston , actor
Sonny James , singer/songwriter/musician
Sharon Jones , singer
Paul Kantner , musician/singer
George Kennedy , actor
Abbas Kiarostami , filmmaker
Burt Kwouk , actor
Greg Lake , musician/singer/songwriter
Chus Lampreave , actress
Joanie "Chyna" Laurer , professional wrestler/actress
Herschell Gordon Lewis , filmmaker
Richard Libertini , actor
Lonnie Mack , musician/singer/songwriter
Neville Marriner , conductor/musician
Garry Marshall , writer/producer/director/actor
George Martin , producer/arranger/composer/conductor
Denise "Vanity" Matthews , singer/songwriter/actress/model
Nick Menza , musician
George Michael , singer/songwriter
Chips Moman , songwriter/record producer/musician
Scotty Moore , musician
Michèle Morgan , actress
Noel Neill , actress
Agnes Nixon , writer/producer
Marni Nixon , singer
Bill Nunn , actor
Hugh O'Brian , actor
Rick Parfitt , singer/musician
Billy Paul , singer
Jimmy Perry , writer
Jon Polito , actor
Oleg Popov , clown
Prince , singer/songwriter/musician
Prince Buster , singer/songwriter/producer
Nancy Davis Reagan , actress
Debbie Reynolds , actress/singer
Alan Rickman , actor
Jacques Rivette , director/writer
Doris Roberts , actress
Leon Russell , musician/singer/songwriter
Andrew Sachs , actor
William Schallert , actor
Ettore Scola , director/screenwriter
Peter Shaffer , playwright/screenwriter
Garry Shandling , comedian/actor/writer/producer
Frank Sinatra, Jr. , singer/songwriter/conductor
Douglas Slocombe , cinematographer
Bud Spencer , actor
Robert Stigwood , manager/producer/executive
Malik "Phife Dawg" Taylor , rapper
Rod Temperton , songwriter/producer/musician
Alan Thicke , actor/composer/writer/TV host
Toots Thielemans , musician
Grant Tinker , executive
Lupita Tovar , actress
Rudy Van Gelder , recording engineer
Peter Vaughan , actor
Robert Vaughn , actor
Alan Vega , singer/musician
Bobby Vee , singer
Abe Vigoda , actor
Andrzej Wajda , director/screenwriter
Janet Waldo , actress
Papa Wemba , singer/musician
Maurice White , singer-songwriter/musician
Gene Wilder , actor/writer/director
Terry Wogan , broadcaster
Victoria Wood , comedian/actress/writer/singer
Anton Yelchin , actor
Alan Young , actor/comedian
Bata Živojinović , actor
Vilmos Zsigmond , cinematographer
Andrzej Żuławski , writer/director
Showbiz In Memoriam 2015
A tribute to some of the notable film, television, theatre, radio and music personalities who died in 2015. For a more comprehensive tribute, see my list at IMDb
Chantal Akerman , filmmaker
Daevid Allen , musician/singer/songwriter/performance artist
Lynn Anderson , singer
Laura Antonelli , actress
Vicente Aranda , director/screenwriter
Harve Bennett , producer/writer
James Best , actor
Theodore Bikel , actor/singer-songwriter/musician
Cilla Black , singer/presenter
Pierre Brice , actor
Bobbi Kristina Brown , media personality/singer
Errol Brown , singer-songwriter
David Canary , actor
Robert Chartoff , producer
Ornette Coleman , musician/composer
George Cole , actor
Natalie Cole , singer
Richard Corliss , film critic
Yvonne Craig , actress
Wes Craven , writer/director/producer
Andraé Crouch , singer/composer/arranger
Pino Daniele , singer/songwriter/musician/composer
Arsen Dedić , singer/songwriter/composer
Danièle Delorme , actress/producer
Donna Douglas , actress
Betsy Drake , actress
Richard Dysart , actor
Anita Ekberg , actress
Gabriele Ferzetti , actor
Kim Fowley , singer/songwriter/producer/manager
Stan Freberg , comedian/voice actor/advertising director
Brian Friel , playwright
Jeanna Friske , singer/actress/model
Edgar Froese , musician
Frank Gifford , sportscaster
Lesley Gore , singer/songwriter
Coleen Gray , actress
Jean Gruault , screenwriter
John Guillermin , director
Faten Hamama , actress
Setsuko Hara , actress
Julie Harris , costume designer
Jimmy Hill , broadcaster/presenter
James Horner , composer/conductor/orchestrator
Franco Interlenghi , actor
Saeed Jaffrey , actor
Richard Johnson , actor
Dean Jones , actor
Louis Jourdan , actor
"Lemmy" Kilmister , singer-songwriter/musician
B.B. King , musician/singer-songwriter
Ben E. King , singer
Tadeusz Konwicki , writer/director
James Last , composer/arranger/bandleader
Sir Christopher Lee , actor
Joan Leslie , actress
Andrew Lesnie , cinematographer
Geoffrey Lewis , actor
Robert Loggia , actor
Marjorie Lord , actress
Patrick Macnee , actor
Judith Malina , actress/director
Kurt Masur , conductor
Melissa Mathison , screenwriter
Albert Maysles , filmmaker
Geraldine McEwan , actress
Rod McKuen , singer-songwriter/musician/poet
Jenna McMahon , writer
Jayne Meadows , actress/TV personality
Anne Meara , actress/comedian
Martin Milner , actor
Al Molinaro , actor
Ron Moody , actor
Mark Murphy , singer
Taylor Negron , actor/comedian
Leonard Nimoy , actor/director
Patricia Norris , costume designer/production designer
Elena Obraztsova , mezzo-soprano
Maureen O'Hara , actress
Manoel de Oliveira , filmmaker
Miroslav Ondříček , cinematographer
Gary Owens , radio host/announcer/voice actor
Betsy Palmer , actress
Patachou , singer
Marília Pêra , actress
Amanda Peterson , actress
Roddy Piper , professional wrestler/actor
Maya Plisetskaya , dancer
Mike Porcaro , musician
Roger Rees , actor
"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes , professional wrestler
Alex Rocco , actor
Wayne Rogers , actor/producer
Francesco Rosi , director/screenwriter
Demis Roussos , singer
Eldar Ryazanov , director/screenwriter
Gene Saks , director/actor
Gunther Schuller , composer/conductor/musician
Lizabeth Scott , actress
Stuart Scott , sportscaster
Omar Sharif , actor
Sadhana Shivdasani , actress
Sam Simon , writer/producer/director
Bruce Sinofsky , filmmaker
Percy Sledge , singer
Chris Squire , musician/singer-songwriter
Olga Syahputra , actor/comedian/presenter
"Philthy Animal" Taylor , musician
Rod Taylor , actor
Clark Terry , musician
Fred Dalton Thompson , actor/politician
Allen Toussaint , musician/singer/songwriter/producer
Dick Van Patten , actor
Jon Vickers , tenor
Alberta Watson , actress
Scott Weiland , musician/singer-songwriter
Jerry Weintraub , producer/manager/promoter
Haskell Wexler , cinematographer/filmmaker
Grace Lee Whitney , actress
David Willcocks , choirmaster/musician/composer
Elizabeth Wilson , actress
Holly Woodlawn , actress
Phil Woods , musician
Bud Yorkin , producer/director
Showbiz In Memoriam 2014
A tribute to some of the notable film, television, theater, radio, and music personalities who died in 2014. For a more comprehensive tribute, see my list at IMDb .
Claudio Abbado , conductor
Licia Albanese , soprano
Maya Angelou , writer/actress
Richard Attenborough , actor/director/producer
Alice Babs , singer/actress
Lauren Bacall , actress
K. Balachander , screenwriter/director/producer
Donatas Banionis , actor
Skye McCole Bartusiak , actress
Polly Bergen , actress
Carlo Bergonzi , tenor
Acker Bilk , musician
Karlheinz Böhm , actor
David Brenner , comedian
Jack Bruce , musician/singer/songwriter
Sid Caesar , actor/comedian
Christine Cavanaugh , actress
Gustavo Cerati , singer/musician
Chespirito , comedian/actor/writer/director
Věra Chytilová , director/screenwriter
Warren Clarke , actor
Joe Cocker , singer
Glenn Cornick , musician
Ann B. Davis , actress
Assi Dayan , writer/director/actor
Ruby Dee , actress
Antoine Duhamel , composer/conductor
Phil Everly , singer/musician
Nelson Frazier Jr. a.k.a. Viscera , professional wrestler
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos , conductor/composer
James Garner , actor
H. R. Giger , artist/designer
Gerry Goffin , lyricist
Menahem Golan , producer/director/writer
Charlie Haden , musician
Bob Hastings , actor
Edward Herrmann , actor
Jim Hellwig, The Ultimate Warrior , professional wrestler
Philip Seymour Hoffman , actor
Christopher Hogwood , conductor
Geoffrey Holder , actor/dancer/choreographer/director
Jan Hooks , actress/comedian
Bob Hoskins , actor
Wendy Hughes , actress
Brian G. Hutton , director
Martha Hyer , actress
Jimi Jamison , singer/songwriter
Miklós Jancsó , writer/director
Gottfried John , actor
Russell Johnson , actor
Dickie Jones , actor
Udo Jürgens , singer/songwriter
Casey Kasem , radio personality/voice actor
Don Keefer , actor
Richard Kiel , actor
Frankie Knuckles , DJ/record producer
Glen A. Larson , writer/producer
Virna Lisi , actress
Jeremy Lloyd , writer/actor
Roger Lloyd-Pack , actor
Joan Lorring , actress
Paco de Lucía , musician/composer
Yuri Lyubimov , actor
Lorin Maazel , conductor/composer/musician
Gabriel García Márquez , writer
Rik Mayall , comedian/actor/writer
Paul Mazursky , writer/director/producer/actor
Ian McLagan , musician
Andrew V. McLaglen , director
Juanita Moore , actress
Oswald Morris , cinematographer
Rosemary Murphy , actress
V. K. Murthy , cinematographer
Mike Nichols , director/producer
Magda Olivero , soprano
Riz Ortolani , composer
Don Pardo , announcer
Elizabeth Peña , actress
Luise Rainer , actress
Harold Ramis , actor/writer/director
Tommy Ramone , musician
Arthur Rankin Jr. , animation producer/director
Akkineni Nageswara Rao , actor
James Rebhorn , actor
Oscar de la Renta , fashion designer
Alain Resnais , director
Joan Rivers , comedian/actress/writer/TV personality
Mickey Rooney , actor
Sabah , singer/actress
Tatiana Samoilova , actress
Joe Sample , musician/composer
Joseph Sargent , director
Maximilian Schell , actor
L'Wren Scott , fashion designer
Peter Sculthorpe , composer
Pete Seeger , singer-songwriter/musician
Marian Seldes , actress/teacher
Lorenzo Semple Jr. , writer
Suchitra Sen , actress
Run Run Shaw , producer
James Shigeta , actor
Horace Silver , musician/composer
Donald Sinden , actor
Dick Smith , make-up artist
Wayne Static , singer/musician
Marcia Strassman , actress
Elaine Stritch , actress/singer
Ken Takakura , actor
Meshach Taylor , actor
Shirley Temple , actress
Misty Upham , actress
Ralph Waite , actor
Eli Wallach , actor
Billie Whitelaw , actress
Robin Williams , actor/comedian
Gordon Willis , cinematographer
Johnny Winter , musician/singer
Bobby Womack , singer
Yoshiko Yamaguchi , actress/singer
Mae Young , professional wrestler
Carmen Zapata , actress
Saul Zaentz , producer
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. , actor
China Zorrilla , actress
Showbiz In Memoriam 2013
A tribute to some of the notable film, television, theatre, radio and music personalities who died in 2013.
Patty Andrews , singer
Michael Ansara , actor
Allan Arbus , actor
James Avery , actor
Kevin Ayers , singer/songwriter/musician
Conrad Bain , actor
Peter Banks , musician/singer/songwriter
Paul Bearer , pro-wrestling manager
Antonia Bird , producer/director
Karen Black , actress/singer/writer
Bobby "Blue" Bland , singer
Les Blank , filmmaker
Eileen Brennan , actress
Richard Briers , actor
Joyce Brothers , psychologist/advice columnist/TV personality
Clive Burr , musician
Donald Byrd , musician
J.J. Cale , singer/songwriter/musician
Vincenzo Cerami , screenwriter
Patrice Chéreau , director
Jack Clement , singer/songwriter/producer
Van Cliburn , musician
Jeanne Cooper , actress
Damiano Damiani , director/screenwriter
Nigel Davenport , actor
Colin Davis , conductor
Ray Dolby , sound engineer
George Duke , musician
Deanna Durbin , actress/singer
Henri Dutilleux , composer
Roger Ebert , film critic
Marta Eggerth , actress/singer
Arik Einstein , singer/songwriter/actor
David R. Ellis , director/stuntman
Manolo Escobar , singer/actor
Dennis Farina , actor
Joan Fontaine , actress
Bryan Forbes , director/screenwriter/actor
Steve Forrest , actor
Jesús Franco , filmmaker/actor/composer
David Frost , journalist/presenter/media personality
Annette Funicello , actress/singer
James Gandolfini , actor
Giuliano Gemma , actor
Peter Gilmore , actor
Eydie Gormé , singer
Richard Griffiths , actor
Jim Hall , musician
Chico Hamilton , musician
Jeff Hanneman , musician/songwriter
Julie Harris , actress
Noel Harrison , singer/actor
Ray Harryhausen , visual effects creator/film producer
Richie Havens , singer/songwriter/musician
Huell Howser , TV personality
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala , screenwriter
George Jones , musician/singer/songwriter
Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly , rapper
Jim Kelly , actor/martial artist
Lisa Robin Kelly , actress
John Kerr , actor
Wojciech Kilar , composer
Bernadette Lafont , actress
Allen Lanier , musician
Yusef Lateef , musician/composer
Ed Lauter , actor
Georges Lautner , director/screenwriter
Alvin Lee , singer/musician
Elmore Leonard , writer
Tony Lip , actor
Carlo Lizzani , director/screenwriter
Arthur Malet , actor
Ray Manzarek , musician
Richard Matheson , writer
Mindy McCready , singer
Stephenie McMillan , set decorator
Marian McPartland . musician/composer/radio host
Mariangela Melato , actress
Édouard Molinaro , director/screenwriter
Cory Monteith , actor/singer
Sara Montiel , actress
Georges Moustaki , singer/songwriter/musician
Hal Needham , director/stuntman
Sergiu Nicolaescu , director/actor/writer
Milo O'Shea , actor
Nagisa Oshima , director/screenwriter
Peter O'Toole , actor
Patti Page , singer
Kumar Pallana , actor
Eleanor Parker , actress
Ted Post , director
Pran , actor
Reg Presley , singer/songwriter/musician
Ray Price , singer/songwriter/musician
Phil Ramone , record producer/engineer
Lou Reed , musician/singer/songwriter
Dale Robertson , actor
Robin Sachs , actor
Otto Sander , actor
Richard C. Sarafian , director
Wolfgang Sawallisch , conductor
August Schellenberg , actor
Tony Sheridan , singer/songwriter/musician
Mel Smith , comedian/actor/director
Jean Stapleton , actress
János Starker , musician
Pat Summerall , sportscaster
Maria Tallchief , prima ballerina
John Tavener , composer
Gilbert Taylor , cinematographer
Frank Thornton , actor
Malachi Throne , actor
Armando Trovaioli , composer
Bebo Valdés , musician
Luciano Vincenzoni , screenwriter
Paul Walker , actor
Marcia Wallace , actress/comedian
Cedar Walton , musician
Slim Whitman , singer/songwriter/musician
Esther Williams , actress/swimmer
Michael Winner , filmmaker
Jonathan Winters , comedian/actor
Yury Yakovlev , actor
Lee Thompson Young , actor
Showbiz in Memoriam 2012
A tribute to some of the notable film, television, theatre, radio and music personalities who died in 2012.
Ian Abercrombie , actor
Norman Alden , actor
Bob Anderson , fencer/fight choreographer
Maurice André , musician
Theo Angelopoulos , filmmaker
Takeshi Aono , actor
R. G. Armstrong , actor
Alexander Arutiunian , composer/musician
William Asher , director/writer/producer
Luke Askew , actor
Turhan Bey , actor
Ernest Borgnine , actor
Ray Bradbury , writer
Peter Breck , actor
Chuck Brown , singer/musician
Dave Brubeck , musician/composer
Frank Cady , actor
Harry Carey Jr. , actor
Elliott Carter , composer
Christopher Challis , cinematographer
Yash Chopra , director/producer
Dick Clark , radio and TV personality/host
Gary Collins , actor/TV host
Don Cornelius , TV host/producer
Lucio Dalla , singer/songwriter/composer
Hal David , lyricist
Richard Dawson , actor/comedian/game show host
Phyllis Diller , comedienne/actress
Michael Clarke Duncan , actor
Donald "Duck" Dunn , musician
Charles Durning , actor
Nora Ephron , writer/director
Chad Everett , actor
James Farentino , actor
Jon Finch , actor
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau , singer/conductor
Steve Franken , actor
Al Freeman Jr. , actor
Jonathan Frid , actor
Carlos Fuentes , writer
Ben Gazzara , actor
Robin Gibb , singer/songwriter/producer
Joel Goldsmith , composer
Don Grady , actor/musician
Andy Griffith , actor
Ulu Grosbard , director/producer
Tonino Guerra , screenwriter
Larry Hagman , actor/director
Marvin Hamlisch , composer/conductor
Robert Hegyes , actor
Levon Helm , musician/singer/actor
Sherman Hemsley , actor
Hans Werner Henze , composer
Celeste Holm , actress
Whitney Houston , singer/actress/producer
Geoffrey Hughes , actor
Etta James , singer
Davy Jones , musician/singer/songwriter
Kathryn Joosten , actress
Erland Josephson , actor
Alex Karras , actor
David Kelly , actor
Eduard Khil , singer
Zalman King , filmmaker/actor
Jack Klugman , actor
Sylvia Kristel , actress
Lance LeGault , actor
Johnny Lewis , actor
George Lindsey , actor
Herbert Lom , actor
Jon Lord , musician/composer
Richard Lynch , actor
Frederica Sagor Maas , writer
Chris Marker , writer/photographer/filmmaker
Tony Martin , singer/actor
Scott McKenzie , singer/songwriter
Ralph McQuarrie , designer/illustrator
Russell Means , actor/activist
Patricia Medina , actress
Claude Miller , director/screenwriter
Patrick Moore , astronomer/TV personality
Jerry Nelson , puppeteer/singer
Michael O'Hare , actor
Lupe Ontiveros , actress
Ron Palillo , actor
Frank Pierson , screenwriter/director/producer
Charles Pitts , musician
Deborah Raffin , actress
Carlo Rambaldi , special effects artist
J. Michael Riva , production designer
Jenni Rivera , singer/songwriter/producer/TV personality
Lina Romay , actress
Ann Rutherford , actress
Andrew Sarris , film critic
Vidal Sassoon , hairdresser/businessman
Harris Savides , cinematographer
Tony Scott , director/producer
Earl Scruggs , musician
Ravi Shankar , musician/composer
Robert B. Sherman , songwriter
Kaneto Shindo , filmmaker
Paul L. Smith , actor
Sage Stallone , actor
Warren Stevens , actor
Mel Stuart , director/producer
Donna Summer , singer/songwriter/actress
Bruce Surtees , cinematographer
Eric Sykes , comedian/actor/writer/director
Joan Taylor , actress
Phyllis Thaxter , actress
Susan Tyrrell , actress
Chavela Vargas , singer
Gore Vidal , writer/actor
Galina Vishnevskaya , singer
Mike Wallace , journalist/game show host
Simon Ward , actor
Bob Welch , singer/songwriter/musician
Kitty Wells , singer
Andy Williams , singer/TV host
Yvette Wilson , actress/comedian
William Windom , actor
Isuzu Yamada , actress
Adam Yauch , musician/singer/songwriter/producer
Richard D. Zanuck , producer
Showbiz in Memoriam 2011
A tribute to some of the notable film, television, theatre, radio and music personalities who died in 2011.
Theoni V. Aldredge , costume designer
Tom Aldredge , actor
Dev Anand , actor/producer/director/writer
Pedro Armendáriz Jr. , actor
James Arness , actor
Nickolas Ashford , singer/songwriter
Milton Babbitt , composer/music theorist
George Baker , actor
Trevor Bannister , actor
John Barry , composer
Frances Bay , actress
Roberts Blossom , actor
Vicco von Bülow , comedian/cartoonist/writer/director
Michael Cacoyannis , filmmaker
Charlie Callas , comedian/actor
William Campbell , actor
Gilbert Cates , director/producer
Annette Charles , actress
Linda Christian , actress
Diane Cilento , actress
Clarence Clemons , musician
Jeff Conaway , actor
Jackie Cooper , actor/director
Nicholas Courtney , actor
Don Diamond , actor
Nate Dogg , rapper
Paulette Dubost , actress
Ryan Dunn , stunt performer/TV personality
John Dye , actor
Bernd Eichinger , filmmaker
Cesária Évora , singer
Peter Falk , actor
Edith Fellows , actress
Gunnar Fischer , cinematographer
Anne Francis , actress
Dolores Fuller , actress
Betty Garrett , actress/singer/comedian
Annie Girardot , actress
Michael Gough , actor
Farley Granger , actor
Lyudmila Gurchenko , actress/singer
Edward Hardwicke , actor
Václav Havel , playwright
Jill Haworth , actress
Johannes Heesters , actor/singer
David Hess , actor/singer/songwriter
Tim Hetherington , photojournalist/filmmaker
Bill Hunter , actor
Kevin Jarre , screenwriter
Charles Jarrott , director
Steve Jobs , entrepreneur/executive
Shammi Kapoor , actor
Tomoko Kawakami , voice actress
Barbara Kent , actress
Aron Kincaid , actor
Don Kirshner , music publisher/producer/manager
Jack LaLanne , fitness expert/TV host
Jani Lane , singer/songwriter/musician
Arthur Laurents , playwright/director/screenwriter
Jerry Leiber , songwriter/producer
Len Lesser , actor
Sidney Lumet , director
John Mackenzie , director
Kenneth Mars , actor
Anna Massey , actress
Bill McKinney , actor
Gary Moore , musician
Harry Morgan , actor
Paul Motian , musician/composer
Mary Murphy , actress
Cynthia Myers , model/actress
Dwight "Heavy D" Myers , rapper/producer/actor
Charles Napier , actor
David Nelson , actor/director
John Neville , actor
Lena Nyman , actress
Patrice O'Neal , comedian/actor
Roland Petit , dancer/choreographer/director
Paul Picerni , actor
Marie-France Pisier , actress
Polly Platt , production designer/producer/writer
Alice Playten , actress
Pete Postlethwaite , actor
Francesco Quinn , actor
Gerry Rafferty , singer/songwriter/musician
Peggy Rea , actress
Cliff Robertson , actor
Andy Rooney , journalist/commentator
Alan Rubin , musician
Raúl Ruiz , filmmaker
Jane Russell , actress
Ken Russell , filmmaker
Michael Sarrazin , actor
Tura Satana , actress/dancer
"Macho Man" Randy Savage , professional wrestler
Maria Schneider , actress
Sherwood Schwartz , writer/producer
Gil Scott-Heron , poet/singer/songwriter/musician
Angela Scoular , actress
George Shearing , musician
Elisabeth Sladen , actress
Bubba Smith , actor
Phoebe Snow , singer/songwriter/musician
G. D. Spradlin , actor
Mike Starr , musician
Fred Steiner , composer/conductor/orchestrator
Elaine Stewart , actress/model
John Sullivan , writer
Clarice Taylor , actress
Dame Elizabeth Taylor , actress
Sada Thompson , actress
Gordon Tootoosis , actor
Margaret Tyzack , actress
Violetta Villas , singer/actress
Andy Whitfield , actor
Nicol Williamson , actor
Amy Winehouse , singer/songwriter
Gary Winick , director/producer
Googie Withers , actress
John Wood , actor
Dana Wynter , actress
Peter Yates , director/producer
Susannah York , actress
Laura Ziskin , producer
Showbiz in Memoriam 2010
A tribute to some of the notable film, television, theatre, radio and music personalities who died in 2010.
Corey Allen , actor/director
Dede Allen , film editor
Cécile Aubry , actress/writer
Roy Ward Baker , director
Luis García Berlanga , writer/director
Barbara Billingsley , actress
Lisa Blount , actress/producer
Caterina Boratto , actress
Tom Bosley , actor
Robert F. Boyle , art director/production designer
David Brown , producer
Solomon Burke , singer
Jackie Burroughs , actress
Stephen J. Cannell , writer/producer
Captain Beefheart , singer/songwriter/musician
Ian Carmichael , actor
Dixie Carter , actress/singer
Christopher Cazenove , actor
Claude Chabrol , filmmaker
Maury Chaykin , actor
Alex Chilton , singer/songwriter/musician
Jill Clayburgh , actress
Art Clokey , animator/director/producer
Gary Coleman , actor
Alain Corneau , writer/director
Bruno Cremer , actor
Robert Culp , actor
Tony Curtis , actor
John Dankworth , musician/composer
Jimmy Dean , singer/actor
Dino De Laurentiis , producer
George DiCenzo , actor
Ronnie James Dio , singer/songwriter/musician
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu , actor
Clive Donner , director
Blake Edwards , filmmaker
Herb Ellis , musician
Bill Erwin , actor
Bobby Farrell , dancer/singer
Bekim Fehmiu , actor
Eddie Fisher , singer/entertainer
John Forsythe , actor
William A. Fraker , cinematographer
James Gammon , actor
Greg Giraldo , comedian
Bernard Giraudeau , actor/director/writer
Harold Gould , actor
Peter Graves , actor
Kathryn Grayson , actress/singer
Julien Guiomar , actor
Guru , rapper
Corey Haim , actor
June Havoc , actress
Dennis Hopper , actor/writer/director
Lena Horne , singer/actress
Bobby Hebb , singer/songwriter/musician
George Hickenlooper , filmmaker
Alan Hume , cinematographer
Gregory Isaacs , singer/songwriter
Dorothy Janis , actress
Lionel Jeffries , actor/screenwriter/director
Lamont Johnson , director/actor
Elliott Kastner , producer
Ben Keith , musician
Irvin Kershner , director
Andrew Koenig , actor/filmmaker
Satoshi Kon , writer/director/animator
Abbey Lincoln , singer/songwriter/actress
Art Linkletter , TV personality
Mark Linkous , singer/songwriter/musician
James MacArthur , actor
Simon MacCorkindale , actor/producer
Joe Mantell , actor
Adele Mara , actress
Teena Marie , singer/songwriter
Nan Martin , actress
Kevin McCarthy , actor
Rue McClanahan , actress
Kate McGarrigle , singer/songwriter/musician
Vonetta McGee , actress
Malcolm McLaren , impresario/manager/recording artist
Alexander McQueen , fashion designer
Sally Menke , film editor
Mitch Miller , musician/conductor/record producer
James Mitchell , actor/dancer
Mario Monicelli , writer/director
James Moody , musician
Patricia Neal , actress
Ronald Neame , filmmaker
Leslie Nielsen , actor
Merlin Olsen , actor/athlete
Baby Marie Osborne , actress
Per Oscarsson , actor
Fess Parker , actor
Teddy Pendergrass , singer
Arthur Penn , director
Ingrid Pitt , actress
Dorothy Provine , actress
Pete Quaife , musician
Corin Redgrave , actor
Lynn Redgrave , actress
Frances Reid , actress
Pernell Roberts , actor
Éric Rohmer , director/screenwriter
Jean Rollin , writer/director
Zelda Rubinstein , actress
Bruno Schleinstein , actor
Werner Schroeter , filmmaker
Erich Segal , writer
Lhasa de Sela , singer/songwriter
Glenn Shadix , actor
Johnny Sheffield , actor
Jean Simmons , actress
Peter Steele , singer/songwriter/musician
Gloria Stuart , actress
Joan Sutherland , singer
Hideko Takamine , actress
Laurent Terzieff , actor
Doris Eaton Travis , actress
Helen Wagner , actress
Georges Wilson , actor
Sir Norman Wisdom , actor/comedian
David L. Wolper , producer
Ilene Woods , actress/singer
Showbiz in Memoriam 2009
A tribute to some of the notable film, television, theatre, radio and music personalities who died in 2009.
Lou Albano , professional wrestler/actor
Wayne Allwine , voice actor/sound editor
Robert Anderson , writer
Ken Annakin , director
Bea Arthur , actress/singer/comedian
Ron Asheton , musician/songwriter
Val Avery , actor
Ray Barrett , actor
Gene Barry , actor
Alain Bashung , singer/songwriter/actor
Timothy Bateson , actor
Pina Bausch , dancer/choreographer
Louie Bellson , musician/composer/arranger
Claude Berri , filmmaker
Betsy Blair , actress
Augusto Boal , theatre practitioner
Jane Bryan , actress
Paul Burke , actor
Kathleen Byron , actress
Gianna Maria Canale , actress
Jack Cardiff , cinematographer/director
Philip Carey , actor
David Carradine , actor
Jim Carroll , writer/musician
Marilyn Chambers , actress/model
Sydney Chaplin , actor
Vic Chesnutt , singer/songwriter/musician
Walter Cronkite , newscaster
Merce Cunningham , dancer/choreographer
Virginia Davis , actress
Dom DeLuise , actor/comedian
Willy DeVille , singer/songwriter
Roy E. Disney , executive/producer
Edward Fatu, a.k.a. Umaga , professional wrestler
Farrah Fawcett , actress/model
Horton Foote , writer
Susanna Foster , actress
Lorena Gale , actress/director
Don Galloway , actor
Stephen Gately , singer/songwriter
Larry Gelbart , writer/director
Henry Gibson , actor
Steven Gilborn , actor
Adam Goldstein, a.k.a. DJ AM , disc jockey/musician
Jade Goody , TV personality
Lucy Gordon , actress/model
Ellie Greenwich , songwriter/singer/producer
Kelly Groucutt , musician
Andy Hallett , actor/singer
John Hart , actor
Don Hewitt , producer
Connie Hines , actress
Pat Hingle , actor
Hugh Hopper , musician
John Hughes , filmmaker
Lux Interior , singer
Michael Jackson , singer/songwriter/dancer
Lou Jacobi , actor
Maurice Jarre , composer/conductor
Jennifer Jones , actress
Brenda Joyce , actress
Feroz Khan , actor/filmmaker
Allen Klein , music executive/manager/producer
Larry Knechtel , musician
Alicia de Larrocha , musician/composer
José Luis López Vázquez , actor
Karl Malden , actor
Kim Manners , director/producer
Frankie Manning , dancer/choreographer
Zena Marshall , actress
Andrew "Test" Martin , professional wrestler
Al Martino , singer/actor
Dallas McKennon , actor
Ekaterina Maximova , ballerina
Billy Mays , TV pitchman
Patrick McGoohan , actor
Ed McMahon , comedian/announcer/TV personality
Mitsuharu Misawa , professional wrestler
Taylor Mitchell , singer/songwriter
Vic Mizzy , composer
Ricardo Montalbán , actor
Sir John Mortimer , writer
Yoshirō Muraki , production designer/art director
Brittany Murphy , actress/singer
Nagesh , actor
Paul Naschy , actor/writer/director
Dan O'Bannon , writer/director
Les Paul , musician/inventor
Tullio Pinelli , screenwriter
Billy Powell , musician
Harve Presnell , actor/singer
Edmund Purdom , actor
Jocelyn Quivrin , actor
Jane Randolph , actress
Alaina Reed-Hall , actress/singer
Wendy Richard , actress
Barbara Rudnik , actress
George Russell , musician/composer
Rosanna Schiaffino , actress
Ron Silver , actor
Natasha Richardson , actress
Soupy Sales , comedian
Shakti Samanta , director/producer
Budd Schulberg , writer
Shih Kien , actor
Mercedes Sosa , singer
Arnold Stang , actor
Gale Storm , actress/singer
Mollie Sugden , actress
James Sullivan, a.k.a. The Rev , musician/songwriter
Patrick Swayze , actor
Koko Taylor , singer
Vyacheslav Tikhonov , actor
Richard Todd , actor
Harry Alan Towers , producer/writer
Mary Travers , singer/songwriter
Dana Vávrová , actress/director
Keith Waterhouse , writer
Paul Wendkos , director
James Whitmore , actor
Joseph Wiseman , actor
Eric Woolfson , singer/songwriter/musician
Edward Woodward , actor
Howard Zieff , director
Showbiz in Memoriam 2008
A tribute to some of the notable film, television, theatre, radio and music personalities who died in 2008.
Aleksandr Abdulov , actor
Forrest J. Ackerman , film historian/writer/actor
Edie Adams , comedian/actress/singer
Eddy Arnold , singer/songwriter/musician
Neil Aspinall , music executive/producer/manager
Šaban Bajramović , singer/songwriter
Majel Barrett , actress/producer
Henry Beckman , actor
Paul Benedict , actor
Natalia Bessmertnova , ballerina
Sam Bottoms , actor
Bernie Brillstein , producer
George Carlin , comedian/actor
Youssef Chahine , director/writer
Cyd Charisse , actress/dancer
Lilyan Chauvin , actress/director
Sofiko Chiaureli , actress
Baldev Raj Chopra , director/producer
Arthur C. Clarke , writer/TV host
John Costelloe , actor
Alexander Courage , composer/orchestrator/arranger
Hazel Court , actress
Michael Crichton , writer/director/producer
Eva Dahlbeck , actress
Jean Desailly , actor
Jules Dassin , director/producer/writer/actor
Don S. Davis , actor
Jean Delannoy , filmmaker
Guillaume Depardieu , actor
Bo Diddley , musician/singer/songwriter/producer
Giuseppe Di Stefano , singer
Ivan Dixon , actor/director
Ronnie Drew , singer/songwriter/musician
Boris Dvornik , actor
Julie Ege , actress
Mel Ferrer , actor/director/producer
Nina Foch , actress
George Furth , actor/playwright/librettist
Beverly Garland , actress
Leyla Gencer , singer
Estelle Getty , actress
Dody Goodman , actress
Johnny Griffin , musician
David Groh , actor
Earle Hagen , composer/orchestrator/conductor
Bernie Hamilton , actor
Isaac Hayes , singer/songwriter/actor
John Michael Hayes , screenwriter
Jeff Healey , musician/singer/songwriter
Neal Hefti , musician/composer/arranger
Charlton Heston , actor
Freddie Hubbard , musician/composer
Kon Ichikawa , director/writer
Van Johnson , actor/singer/dancer
Ollie Johnston , animator
Mauricio Kagel , composer
Stanley Kamel , actor
Mahendra Kapoor , playback singer
Evelyn Keyes , actress
Eartha Kitt , singer/actress/dancer
Harvey Korman , actor/comedian
Ruslana Korshunova , model
Walter "Killer" Kowalski , professional wrestler
Mikel Laboa , singer/songwriter
Don LaFontaine , voice actor
Benoit Lamy , director/writer/producer
John Phillip Law , actor
Heath Ledger , actor
Olga Lepeshinskaya , ballerina
Yegor Letov , singer/songwriter/musician
Israel "Cachao" López , musician/composer
Bernie Mac , comedian/actor
Muslim Magomayev , singer
Miriam Makeba , singer/songwriter
Abby Mann , writer/producer
Dick Martin , comedian/director/actor/host
Bill Melendez , animator/director/producer/voice actor
Anthony Minghella , writer/director/producer
Mitch Mitchell , musician
LeRoi Moore , musician
Barry Morse , actor
Robert Mulligan , director
Lois Nettleton , actress
Paul Newman , actor/producer/director
Maila Nurmi, a.k.a. Vampira , actress/TV personality
Odetta , singer
Ken Ogata , actor
Anita Page , actress
Bettie Page , model
Joy Page , actress
Michael Pate , actor
Harold Pinter , writer/actor/director
Suzanne Pleshette , actress
Sydney Pollack , director/producer/actor
Robert Prosky , actor
Raghuvaran , actor
Ivan Rebroff , singer
Jerry Reed , singer/songwriter/musician/actor
Brad Renfro , actor
Dino Risi , director/writer
Alain Robbe-Grillet , writer/director
Leonard Rosenman , composer
Tim Russert , broadcast journalist
Yves Saint-Laurent , fashion designer
Henri Salvador , comedian/singer/musician
Ann Savage , actress
Roy Scheider , actor
Paul Scofield , actor
Natasha Shneider , musician/singer/songwriter/actress
Norman "Hurricane" Smith , record producer/musician
Elizabeth Spriggs , actress
Jo Stafford , singer
Levi Stubbs , singer
Yma Sumac , singer
Horst Tappert , actor
Studs Terkel , writer/broadcaster/actor
Margaret Truman , singer/actress
Dee Dee Warwick , singer
David Watkin , cinematographer
Donald E. Westlake , writer
Jerry Wexler , music producer
Richard Widmark , actor
Stan Winston , special effects artist
Richard Wright , musician/singer/songwriter
Showbiz in Memoriam 2007
A tribute to some of the notable film, television, theatre, radio and music personalities who died in 2007.
Brian Adams , professional wrestler
Mike Awesome Alfonso , professional wrestler
Ernesto Alonso , producer/director/actor
Michelangelo Antonioni , writer/director
Kirill "Kirka" Babitzin , singer
Jeanne Bates , actress
Maurice Béjart , dancer/choreographer/director
Bruce Bennett , actor
Chris Benoit , professional wrestler
Nancy Benoit , professional wrestling valet/model
Ingmar Bergman , writer/director
A. I. Bezzerides , writer
Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow , professional wrestler
Joey Bishop , entertainer
Janet Blair , actress/singer
Michael Brecker , musician/composer
Teresa Brewer , singer
Jean-Claude Brialy , actor/writer/director
Roscoe Lee Browne , actor
Chad Butler, a.k.a. Pimp C , rapper/record producer
Ron Carey , actor
Kitty Carlisle , actress/singer
Jean-Pierre Cassel , actor
Allen Coage , professional wrestler
Luigi Comencini , writer/director
Bob Clark , director/writer/producer
Alice Coltrane , musician/composer
Darlene Conley , actress
Régine Crespin , singer
Laraine Day , actress
Yvonne De Carlo , actress
Brad Delp , singer/songwriter/musician
Denny Doherty , singer/songwriter/musician/actor
Solveig Dommartin , actress
Lucky Dube , musician
Kevin DuBrow , singer/songwriter/musician
Lillian Ellison, The Fabulous Moolah , professional wrestler
Ray Evans , lyricist
Fernando Fernán Gómez , actor/writer/director
John Flynn , director
Dan Fogelberg , musician/singer/songwriter
Freddie Francis , cinematographer/director
Richard Franklin , director/producer
Alice Ghostley , actress
Robert Goulet , singer/actor
Pierre Granier-Deferre , director/writer
Dabbs Greer , actor
Merv Griffin , TV host/media mogul
George Grizzard , actor
Lee Hazlewood , singer/songwriter/musician/producer
Don Ho , singer/musician
Betty Hutton , actress/singer/dancer
John Inman , actor
Richard Jeni , comedian/actor
Marcia Mae Jones , actress
Jerzy Kawalerowicz , writer/director
Deborah Kerr , actress
Michael Kidd , choreographer/dancer/actor
László Kovács , cinematographer
Frankie Laine , singer
Charles Lane , actor
Grégory Lemarchal , singer
Ira Levin , writer
Calvin Lockhart , actor
Norman Mailer , writer/actor/filmmaker
Delbert Mann , director
Marcel Marceau , actor/mime artist
Sherri Martel , professional wrestler/manager
Kerwin Mathews , actor
Bruno Mattei , filmmaker
Lois Maxwell , actress
Barbara McNair , singer/actress
Gian Carlo Menotti , composer/librettist
Igor Moiseyev , choreographer/dancer
Conchita Montenegro , model/actress/dancer/singer
Ulrich Mühe , actor
Barry Nelson , actor
Nikos Nikolaidis , filmmaker/actor
Luciano Pavarotti , singer
Markku Peltola , actor/musician
Emma Penella , actress
Oscar Peterson , musician/composer
Carlo Ponti , producer
Tom Poston , actor
Mala Powers , actress
Toše Proeski , singer/songwriter/musician
Fons Rademakers , actor/director/producer
Chrismansyah "Chrisye" Rahadi , singer/songwriter
Boots Randolph , musician
Charles Nelson Reilly , actor/comedian
Ian Richardson , actor
Max Roach , musician/composer
Stuart Rosenberg , director
Eleonora Rossi Drago , actress
Mstislav Rostropovich , musician/conductor
John P. Ryan , actor
Natasja Saad , rapper/singer
Izumi Sakai , singer/songwriter
Johanna Sällström , actress
Gordon Scott , actor
Ousmane Sembène , director/writer
Michel Serrault , actor
Melville Shavelson , writer/director
Sidney Sheldon , writer
Joel Siegel , film critic
Beverly Sills , singer
Anna Nicole Smith , model/actress/TV personality
Tom Snyder , talk show host
Karlheinz Stockhausen , composer
George Tabori , writer/director
Iwao Takamoto , producer/designer/animator
Alex Thompson , cinematographer
Hank Thompson , singer/songwriter/musician
Ike Turner , musician/singer/songwriter/record producer
William J. Tuttle , makeup artist
Miyoshi Umeki , actress/singer
Jack Valenti , president of the MPAA
Porter Wagoner , singer/songwriter/musician
Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman , actor/musician
Tony Wilson , record label owner/broadcaster/impresario
Jane Wyman , actress/singer/dancer
Edward Yang , writer/director
Joe Zawinul , musician/composer
Peter Zinner , film editor
Showbiz in Memoriam 2006
A tribute to some of the notable film, television, theatre, radio and music personalities who died in 2007.
Edward Albert , actor
Elizabeth Allen , actress
June Allyson , actress/dancer/singer
Anicée Alvina , singer/actress
Robert Altman , director/writer/producer
Sir Malcolm Arnold , composer
Tina Aumont , actress
Joseph Barbera , animator/director/producer
Syd Barrett , singer/songwriter/musician
Tom Bell , actor
Peter Benchley , writer
Frances Bergen , actress/model
Fabián Bielinsky , director/writer
Walerian Borowczyk , director/writer
Peter Boyle , actor
Gérard Brach , screenwriter
Ed Bradley , broadcast journalist
Richard Bright , actor
James Brown , singer/songwriter/musician/producer
Phil Brown , actor
Ruth Brown , singer/songwriter
Henry Bumstead , art director/production designer
Boz Burrell , singer/musician
Red Buttons , actor/comedian
Betty Comden , lyricist/librettist/songwriter
Pat Corley , actor
Robert Cornthwaite , actor
Franklin Cover , actor
Dan Curtis , director/producer
Desmond Dekker , singer/songwriter/musician
Tamara Dobson , actress
Robert Donner , actor
Mike Douglas , singer/TV host
Katherine Dunham , dancer/choreographer
Rocío Dúrcal , singer/actress
Daniel Emilfork , actor
Ahmet Ertegun , record executive/songwriter
Mike Evans , actor
Freddy Fender , singer/musician
Maynard Ferguson , musician/bandleader
Richard Fleischer , director
Glenn Ford , actor
Anthony Franciosa , actor
Arthur Franz , actor
Paul Gleason , actor
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez , actor
Kenneth Griffith , actor
Val Guest , writer/director
Mickey Hargitay , actor/bodybuilder
Arthur Hill , actor
DeShaun "Proof" Holton , rapper/actor
Barnard Hughes , actor
Akira Ifukube , composer
Eloy de la Iglesia , writer/director
Shohei Imamura , director/writer
Steve Irwin , conservationist/TV personality
Claude Jade , actress
Tony Jay , actor
Robert Earl Jones , actor
Rocío Jurado , singer/actress
Andreas Katsulas , actor
Bismillah Khan , musician
Bruno Kirby , actor
Phyllis Kirk , actress
Don Knotts , actor/comedian
Arthur Lee , singer/songwriter/musician
Gerald Levert , singer/songwriter
Al Lewis , actor
György Ligeti , composer
Mako , actor
Arif Mardin , music producer
Marian Marsh , actress
Osa Massen , actress
Paul Mauriat , conductor/composer/musician
Darren McGavin , actor
Anna Moffo , singer/actress
Hrishikesh Mukherjee , filmmaker
Fayard Nicholas , dancer/choreographer/actor
Leon Niemczyk , actor
Maj-Britt Nilsson , actress
Philippe Noiret , actor
Sven Nykvist , cinematographer
Anita O'Day , singer
Gérard Oury , actor/writer/director
Buck Owens , singer/musician/presenter
Padmini , actress/dancer
Jack Palance , actor
Gordon Parks , photographer/musician/writer/director
Chris Penn , actor
Wilson Pickett , singer/songwriter
Gene Pitney , singer/songwriter/musician
June Pointer , singer
Gillo Pontecorvo , director
Basil Poledouris , composer/conductor/orchestrator
Lilia Prado , actress/dancer
Billy Preston , singer/songwriter/musician
Rajkumar , actor/singer
Lou Rawls , singer/songwriter/actor
Dana Reeve , actress/singer/activist
Kasey Rogers , actress
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf , singer
Moira Shearer , dancer/actress
Adrienne Shelly , actress/writer/director
Vincent Sherman , director
Shin Sang-ok , producer/director
Vilgot Sjöman , writer/director
Jeremy Slate , actor
Aaron Spelling , producer
Mickey Spillane , writer/actor
Maureen Stapleton , actress
Robert Sterling , actor
Tetsurō Tamba , actor
Ali Farka Touré , singer/musician
Alida Valli , actress
Shirley Walker , composer/conductor/orchestrator
Jack Warden , actor
Dennis Weaver , actor
Sandy West , musician/singer/songwriter
Jack Wild , actor/singer
Shelley Winters , actress
J. Madison Wright , actress
Jane Wyatt , actress
James Yancey, a.k.a. J Dilla/Jay Dee , record producer/rapper
Atıf Yılmaz , director/writer/producer
Showbiz in Memoriam 2000 – 2005
A tribute to some of the notable film, television, theatre, radio and music personalities who died between 2000 and 2005.
Aaliyah , singer/actress
Dimebag Darrell Abbott , musician/songwriter
Don Adams , actor
Eddie Albert , actor
Steve Allen , comedian/host/musician/writer/actor
Chet Atkins , musician
Anne Bancroft , actress
Sir Alan Bates , actor
Barbara Bel Geddes , actress
Luciano Berio , composer
Milton Berle , comedian/actor
Elmer Bernstein , composer/conductor
Margaret Booth , editor
Eddie Bracken , actor
Jonathan Brandis , actor
Marlon Brando , actor
Laura Branigan , singer/songwriter
Charles Bronson , actor
Ray Brown , musician
Art Carney , actor
Johnny Carson , TV host/comedian/writer
Johnny Cash , singer/songwriter/musician/actor
June Carter Cash , singer/songwriter
John Chambers , makeup artist
Ray Charles , musician/singer/songwriter
Leslie Cheung , singer/actor
Julia Child , chef/TV personality
Rosemary Clooney , singer/actress
James Coburn , actor
Imogene Coca , actress
Perry Como , singer/TV personality
Jeanne Crain , actress
Richard Crenna , actor
Hume Cronyn , actor
Celia Cruz , singer
Rodney Dangerfield , comedian/actor/writer
Ossie Davis , actor/writer
Sandra Dee , actress
James Doohan , actor
Buddy Ebsen , actor/dancer
Jack Elam , actor
John Entwistle , musician/singer/songwriter
Richard Farnsworth , actor/stuntman
Ibrahim Ferrer , singer
John Fiedler , actor
Geraldine Fitzgerald , actress
John Frankenheimer , director
Vittorio Gassman , actor
Maurice Gibb , musician/singer/songwriter
Sir John Gielgud , actor/director
Jerry Goldsmith , composer/conductor
Alexander Golitzen , art director
Frank Gorshin , actor/impressionist/comedian
David Graf , actor
Adolph Green , playwright/lyricist
Jane Greer , actress
Virginia Grey , actress
Eddie Guerrero , professional wrestler
Sir Alec Guinness , actor
Buddy Hackett , comedian/actor
Conrad Hall , cinematographer
Lionel Hampton , musician
William Hanna , animator/director/producer/songwriter
George Harrison , musician/singer/songwriter
Richard Harris , actor/singer
Sir Nigel Hawthorne , actor
Ofra Haza , singer
Eileen Heckart , actress
David Hemmings , actor/director/producer
Katharine Hepburn , actress
Dame Wendy Hiller , actress
George Roy Hill , director
Gregory Hines , dancer/actor
John Lee Hooker , singer/musician
Bob Hope , comedian/actor
Kim Hunter , actress
Rick James , singer/songwriter/musician/record producer
Waylon Jennings , singer/songwriter/musician
Michael Jeter , actor
Chuck Jones , animator/filmmaker
Russell Jones, a.k.a. Ol' Dirty Bastard , rapper/producer
Katy Jurado , actress
Michael Kamen , composer/conductor/arranger
Elia Kazan , director
Howard Keel , actor/singer
Alan King , actor/comedian
Hildegard Knef , actress/singer
Stanley Kramer , director/producer
Hedy Lamarr , actress
Hope Lange , actress
Peggy Lee , singer/songwriter
Janet Leigh , actress
Jack Lemmon , actor/musician
Julie London , actress
Linda Lovelace , actress
Nancy Marchand , actress
Walter Matthau , actor
Virginia Mayo , actress
Mercedes McCambridge , actress
Dorothy McGuire , actress
Russ Meyer , filmmaker
Arthur Miller , playwright/screenwriter
Ann Miller , dancer/singer/actress
Spike Milligan , comedian/writer/actor/musician
Sir John Mills , actor
Dudley Moore , actor/comedian/musician
Pat Morita , actor
Richard Mulligan , actor
Harold Nicholas , dancer
Birgit Nilsson , singer
Carroll O'Connor , actor
Donald O'Connor , dancer/singer/actor
Dan O'Herlihy , actor
Jerry Orbach , actor/singer
Robert Palmer , singer/songwriter/musician
Gregory Peck , actor
John Peel , disc jockey
Julia Phillips , producer
Sam Phillips , record producer
Richard Pryor , comedian/actor
Tito Puente , musician/songwriter/record producer
Amrish Puri , actor
Anthony Quinn , actor
Dee Dee Ramone , musician/songwriter
Joey Ramone , singer
Tony Randall , actor
Ronald Reagan , actor/politician
Christopher Reeve , actor
Steve Reeves , actor/bodybuilder
Christopher "Big Pun" Rios , rapper
John Ritter , actor/comedian
Jason Robards , actor
Fred Rogers , TV personality/musician/writer/producer
Isabel Sanford , actress
Walter Scharf , composer
Maria Schell , actress
Vincent Schiavelli , actor
John Schlesinger , director
Chuck Schuldiner , musician/singer/songwriter
Compay Segundo , singer/musician/composer
Artie Shaw , musician/composer
Nina Simone , singer/songwriter/musician
Elliott Smith , singer/songwriter/musician
Carrie Snodgress , actress
Alberto Sordi , actor/writer/director
Ann Sothern , actress
John Spencer , actor
Robert Stack , actor/host
Layne Staley , singer/musician/songwriter
Rod Steiger , actor
Jan Sterling , actress
Isaac Stern , musician
Beatrice Straight , actress
Joe Strummer , singer/songwriter/musician
Renata Tebaldi , singer
Ingrid Thulin , actress
Lawrence Tierney , actor
David Tomlinson , actor
Claire Trevor , actress
Robert Urich , actor
Sir Peter Ustinov , actor/writer/director/producer
Roger Vadim , writer/director
Luther Vandross , singer/songwriter
Jim Varney , actor/comedian
Gwen Verdon , actress/dancer
Ray Walston , actor
Barry White , singer/songwriter/record producer
Billy Wilder , writer/director/producer
Paul Winchell , ventriloquist/comedian/actor
Paul Winfield , actor
Ralph E. Winters , editor
Robert Wise , director/producer/editor
Fay Wray , actress
Teresa Wright , actress
Iannis Xenakis , composer
Loretta Young , actress
Showbiz in Memoriam 1990 – 1999
A tribute to some of the notable film, television, theatre, radio and music personalities who died between 1990 and 1999.
Don Ameche , actor
Dame Judith Anderson , actress
Lindsay Anderson , director
Marian Anderson , singer
André the Giant , professional wrestler/actor
Dana Andrews , actor
Eve Arden , actress
Jean Arthur , actress
Dame Peggy Ashcroft , actress
Howard Ashman , librettist/lyricist
Gene Autry , singer/songwriter/musician/actor
Lew Ayres , actor
Pearl Bailey , actress/singer
Martin Balsam , actor
Jean-Louis Barrault , actor
Saul Bass , graphic designer/filmmaker
Ralph Bellamy , actor
Joan Bennett , actress
Mary Kay Bergman , voice actress
Leonard Bernstein , composer/conductor
Bill Bixby , actor/director
Sir Dirk Bogarde , actor
Sergei Bondarchuk , actor/writer/director
Sonny Bono , singer/songwriter/entertainer/actor/politician
Shirley Booth , actress
Robert Bresson , writer/director
Jeremy Brett , actor
Lloyd Bridges , actor
Richard Brooks , writer/director/producer
Jeff Buckley , singer/songwriter/musician
George Burns , comedian/actor
Raymond Burr , actor
John Cage , composer
Cab Calloway , singer/dancer/bandleader
John Candy , actor/comedian
Cantinflas , actor/comedian
Frank Capra , director/writer/producer
Edward Carfagno , art director/production designer
Marcel Carné , director/writer
Eva Cassidy , singer/musician
René Clément , director/writer
Kurt Cobain , singer/songwriter/musician
Claudette Colbert , actress
Chuck Connors , actor/athlete
William Conrad , actor/director/producer
Peter Cook , comedian/actor/writer
Aaron Copland , composer/conductor
Stanley Cortez , cinematographer
Joseph Cotten , actor
Jacques Cousteau , filmmaker/explorer
Jordan Cronenweth , cinematographer
Peter Cushing , actor
Roald Dahl , writer
Sammy Davis Jr. , singer/actor/dancer/comedian
Miles Davis , musician/bandleader/composer
Georges Delerue , composer
Jacques Demy , director/writer
Sandy Dennis , actress
John Denver , singer/songwriter/musician
Marlene Dietrich , actress
Edward Dmytryk , director/editor
Irene Dunne , actress
Linwood G. Dunn , special effects creator
Denholm Elliott , actor
Falco , singer/songwriter/musician
Chris Farley , actor/comedian
Alice Faye , actress/singer
Federico Fellini , writer/director
José Ferrer , actor/director
Ella Fitzgerald , singer
Lola Flores , singer/actress/dancer
Tom Fogerty , musician
Dame Margot Fonteyn , ballerina
Redd Foxx , comedian/actor
Friz Freleng , animator/director/producer/writer
Lucio Fulci , writer/director
Samuel Fuller , writer/director/producer/actor
Eva Gabor , actress/socialite
Leonid Gaidai , director/writer
Serge Gainsbourg , musician/composer/actor/filmmaker
Rory Gallagher , musician/singer/songwriter
Greta Garbo , actress
Jerry Garcia , musician/singer/songwriter
Ava Gardner , actress
Greer Garson , actress
Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel , writer/producer
Stan Getz , musician
Dizzy Gillespie , musician/composer
Lillian Gish , actress
Paulette Goddard , actress
Dexter Gordon , musician
Martha Graham , dancer/choreographer
Stewart Granger , actor
Graham Greene , writer
Fred Gwynne , actor
Sir Rex Harrison , actor
Phil Hartman , actor/comedian
Helen Hayes , actress
Brigitte Helm , actress
Paul Henreid , actor
Jim Henson , puppeteer/artist/filmmaker
Audrey Hepburn , actress
William Hickey , actor
Bill Hicks , comedian
Benny Hill , comedian/actor
Dana Hill , actress
Sterling Holloway , actor
Michael Hutchence , singer/songwriter/musician
Eugène Ionesco , playwright
Burl Ives , singer/actor
Brion James , actor
Derek Jarman , filmmaker/designer
Dorothy Jeakins , costume designer
Antônio Carlos Jobim , composer/musician
Ben Johnson , actor
Raul Julia , actor
Madeline Kahn , actress/comedian/singer
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole , singer/songwriter/musician
Brian Keith , actor
DeForest Kelley , actor
Gene Kelly , actor/dancer/director/choreographer
Arthur Kennedy , actor
Krzysztof Kieślowski , writer/director
Albert King , musician/singer
Sam Kinison , comedian/actor
Klaus Kinski , actor
Masaki Kobayashi , director
Stanley Kubrick , filmmaker
Akira Kurosawa , filmmaker
Dorothy Lamour , actress
Burt Lancaster , actor/producer
Michael Landon , actor/writer/director/producer
Charles Lang , cinematographer
"Scatman John" Larkin , singer/musician
David Lean , director/editor/writer
Brandon Lee , actor/martial artist
Desmond Llewelyn , actor
Jack Lord , actor
Myrna Loy , actress
Ida Lupino , actress/director
Alexander Mackendrick , writer/director
Fred MacMurray , actor
Louis Malle , director/writer
Henry Mancini , composer/conductor/arranger
Joseph L. Mankiewicz , director/screenwriter/producer
Jean Marais , actor
E. G. Marshall , actor
Dean Martin , singer/actor
Giulietta Masina , actress
Marcello Mastroianni , actor
Victor Mature , actor
Curtis Mayfield , singer/songwriter/musician/producer
Linda McCartney , photographer/musician
Joel McCrea , actor
Roddy McDowall , actor
Butterfly McQueen , actress
Yehudi Menuhin , musician/composer
Melina Mercouri , actress/politician
Freddie Mercury , singer/songwriter
Burgess Meredith , actor
Don Messick , voice actor
Toshiro Mifune , actor
Roger Miller , singer/songwriter/musician
Robert Mitchum , actor
Kazuo Miyagawa , cinematographer
Yves Montand , actor/singer
Elizabeth Montgomery , actress
Jack Nance , actor
Anthony Newley , actor/singer/songwriter
Haing S. Ngor , actor
Harry Nilsson , singer/songwriter
Alex North , composer
Rudolf Nureyev , dancer/choreographer
John Osborne , playwright
Maureen O'Sullivan , actress
Alan J. Pakula , director/producer
Sergei Parajanov , director/writer
George Peppard , actor
Anthony Perkins , actor
Carl Perkins , singer/songwriter/musician
Jon Pertwee , actor/entertainer
Astor Piazzolla , composer/musician/arranger
River Phoenix , actor/musician
Dana Plato , actress
Donald Pleasence , actor
Michael Powell , director/writer/producer
Vincent Price , actor
Mario Puzo , writer
Satyajit Ray , writer/director/composer
Oliver Reed , actor
Robert Reed , actor
Lee Remick , actress
Fernando Rey , actor
William H. Reynolds , editor
Tony Richardson , director/producer
Martin Ritt , director/producer
Hal Roach , producer/writer/director
Jerome Robbins , choreographer/dancer/director
Gene Roddenberry , writer/producer
Ginger Rogers , actress/dancer/singer
Roy Rogers , singer/actor
Esther Rolle , actress
Howard Rollins , actor
Cesar Romero , actor/singer/dancer
Bob Ross , painter/instructor/TV host
Miklós Rózsa , composer
Telly Savalas , actor
Alfred Schnittke , composer
George C. Scott , actor
Selena , singer/songwriter
Delphine Seyrig , actress
Tupac Shakur , rapper/actor
Del Shannon , singer/songwriter/musician
Sebastian Shaw , actor
Dinah Shore , singer/actress/TV personality
Sylvia Sidney , actress
Don Siegel , director/producer
Shel Silverstein , writer
Don Simpson , producer
Frank Sinatra , singer/actor
Madge Sinclair , actress
Gene Siskel , film critic
Red Skelton , actor/clown
Sir Georg Solti , conductor
Dusty Springfield , singer/producer
Barbara Stanwyck , actress
James Stewart , actor
Woody Strode , actor/athlete
John Sturges , director
Toru Takemitsu , composer
Jessica Tandy , actress
Danny Thomas , comedian/actor/producer
Gene Tierney , actress
Ugo Tognazzi , actor
Viktor Tsoi , singer/songwriter
Lana Turner , actress
Conway Twitty , singer/musician
Jo Van Fleet , actress
Sarah Vaughan , singer
Stevie Ray Vaughan , musician/singer/songwriter
Gianni Versace , fashion designer
Hervé Villechaize , actor
Gian Maria Volontè , actor
Christopher Wallace, a.k.a. The Notorious B.I.G. , rapper
J. T. Walsh , actor
Flip Wilson , comedian/actor
Eric "Eazy-E" Wright , rapper/record producer
Tammy Wynette , singer/songwriter/musician
Freddie Young , cinematographer
Terence Young , director/writer
Frank Zappa , musician/singer/composer/filmmaker
Fred Zinnemann , director
Showbiz in Memoriam 1980 – 1989
A tribute to some of the notable film, television, theatre, radio and music personalities who died between 1980 and 1989.
Alvin Ailey , dancer/director/choreographer
Jack Albertson , actor
Robert Aldrich , director/producer
Jean Anouilh , playwright/screenwriter
Harold Arlen , composer
Desi Arnaz , actor/musician/producer
Hal Ashby , director
Sir Frederick Ashton , dancer/choreographer
Fred Astaire , dancer/singer/actor/choreographer
Mary Astor , actress
Georges Auric , composer
Tex Avery , animator/director/voice actor
Jim Backus , actor
Hermione Baddeley , actress
Chet Baker , musician/singer
George Balanchine , choreographer/dancer
Lucille Ball , actress/comedian/executive/producer
Samuel Barber , composer
Judith Barsi , actress
Richard Basehart , actor
Count Basie , musician/bandleader/composer
Mario Bava , filmmaker
Anne Baxter , actress
Samuel Beckett , playwright
John Belushi , comedian/actor/singer
Ingrid Bergman , actress
Irving Berlin , songwriter
Mel Blanc , voice actor
Amanda Blake , actress
Ray Bolger , actor/singer/dancer
Beulah Bondi , actress
John Bonham , musician/songwriter
Richard Boone , actor
Louise Brooks , actress/dancer
Clarence Brown , director/producer
Yul Brynner , actor
Luis Buñuel , director/screenwriter
Victor Buono , actor/comic
Richard Burton , actor
Cliff Burton , musician/songwriter
Daws Butler , voice actor
James Cagney , actor/dancer
Yakima Canutt , stunt performer/stunt coordinator/director
Truman Capote , writer
Gia Carangi , model
Hoagy Carmichael , musician/singer/songwriter/actor
Karen Carpenter , singer/musician
John Carradine , actor
Madeleine Carroll , actress
John Cassavetes , actor/director/writer
Richard S. Castellano , actor
Graham Chapman , comedian/writer/actor
Paddy Chayefsky , writer
René Clair , writer/director
Coluche , comedian/actor
Jackie Coogan , actor
Broderick Crawford , actor
Scatman Crothers , actor/musician
George Cukor , director
Ian Curtis , singer/songwriter/musician
Dalida , singer/actress
Bette Davis , actress
Dolores del Río , actress
William Demarest , actor
I. A. L. Diamond , screenwriter
Divine , actor/singer
Diana Dors , actress
Melvyn Douglas , actor
Dominique Dunne , actress
Jimmy Durante , singer/musician/comedian/actor
Maurice Evans , actor
Rainer Werner Fassbinder , filmmaker/actor
Adrienne Fazan , editor
Marty Feldman , actor/writer/comedian
Verna Fields , editor
Terence Fisher , director/editor
Henry Fonda , actor
Carl Foreman , screenwriter
Bob Fosse , choreographer/director
Georges Franju , director/writer
Paul Frees , actor
Gert Fröbe , actor
Louis de Funès , actor
Abel Gance , writer/director
Marvin Gaye , singer/songwriter/musician/producer
Janet Gaynor , actress
Jean Genet , dramatist
Ira Gershwin , lyricist
Andy Gibb , singer/songwriter
Jackie Gleason , comedian/actor/writer/composer
Benny Goodman , musician/bandleader
Ruth Gordon , actress/screenwriter/playwright
Glenn Gould , musician
Gloria Grahame , actress/singer
Cary Grant , actor
Lorne Greene , actor/singer
Hugh Griffith , actor
Yılmaz Güney , director/writer/producer/actor
Joan Hackett , actress
Bill Haley , singer/musician
Margaret Hamilton , actress
Howard Hanson , composer/conductor
Ann Harding , actress
Elizabeth Hartman , actress
Henry Hathaway , director
Richard Haydn , actor
Sterling Hayden , actor
Rita Hayworth , actress/dancer
Edith Head , costume designer
Jascha Heifetz , musician
Lillian Hellman , playwright/screenwriter
Woody Herman , musician/bandleader/singer
Sir Alfred Hitchcock , director/writer/producer
William Holden , actor
Stanley Holloway , actor
Lightnin' Hopkins , singer/songwriter/musician
William Hornbeck , editor
John Houseman , actor/producer
Trevor Howard , actor
Rock Hudson , actor
John Huston , director/screenwriter/actor
Harry James , musician
Carolyn Jones , actress
Curd Jürgens , actor
Raj Kapoor , actor/producer/director
Herbert von Karajan , conductor
Andy Kaufman , comedian/actor
Boris Kaufman , cinematographer
Danny Kaye , actor/singer/dancer
Grace Kelly , actress/princess
Henry King , director
Roy Kinnear , actor
Kishore Kumar , playback singer/actor
Elsa Lanchester , actress
Ernest Laszlo , cinematographer
Peter Lawford , actor
Bernard Lee , actor
John Lennon , singer/songwriter/musician
Sergio Leone , writer/director
Alan Jay Lerner , lyricist/librettist
Mervyn LeRoy , director/producer
Boris Leven , art director/production designer
Liberace , musician/singer
Frederick Loewe , composer
Joshua Logan , director
Anita Loos , writer
Joseph Losey , director
Phil Lynott , musician/singer/songwriter
Rouben Mamoulian , director
Daniel Mandell , editor
Silvana Mangano , actress
Bob Marley , singer/songwriter/musician
Richard Marquand , director
Strother Martin , actor
Lee Marvin , actor
James Mason , actor
Raymond Massey , actor
Vincent J. McMahon , pro-wrestling promoter
Steve McQueen , actor
Ethel Merman , actress/singer
Lewis Milestone , director
Ray Milland , actor/director
Vincente Minnelli , director
Thelonious Monk , musician/composer
Robert Montgomery , actor/director
Kenneth More , actor
Vic Morrow , actor/director
Muddy Waters , singer/songwriter/musician
Clarence Nash , voice actor
Pola Negri , actress
Ricky Nelson , musician/singer/songwriter/actor
Nico , singer/songwriter/musician/actress
David Niven , actor
Warren Oates , actor
Edmond O'Brien , actor
Sir Laurence Olivier , actor/director
Roy Orbison , singer/songwriter/musician
Carl Orff , composer
Eugene Ormandy , conductor/musician
Heather O'Rourke , actress
Geraldine Page , actress
John Payne , actor
Sam Peckinpah , director/screenwriter
Elio Petri , writer/director
Slim Pickens , actor
Walter Pidgeon , actor
William Powell , actor
Otto Preminger , director/producer
Emeric Pressburger , writer/director/producer
Robert Preston , actor
J. B. Priestley , writer
Sir Anthony Quayle , actor
Gilda Radner , comedian/actress
Mohammed Rafi , playback singer
George Raft , actor
Anne Ramsey , actress
Sir Michael Redgrave , actor
Donna Reed , actress
Elis Regina , singer
Lotte Reiniger , animator/director
Randy Rhoads , musician
Sir Ralph Richardson , actor
Buddy Rich , musician
Glauber Rocha , director/writer/producer
Harold Rosson , cinematographer
Dan Rowan , comedian/actor/host
Joseph Ruttenberg , cinematographer
Jean-Paul Sartre , writer
Rebecca Schaeffer , actress
Franklin J. Schaffner , director
Romy Schneider , actress
Bon Scott , singer/songwriter/musician
Randolph Scott , actor
Andrés Segovia , musician
Peter Sellers , actor/comedian
Norma Shearer , actress
Takashi Shimura , actor
Simone Signoret , actress
Douglas Sirk , director
Gale Sondergaard , actress
Lee Strasberg , actor/teacher
Dorothy Stratten , actress
Karl Struss , cinematographer
Robert Surtees , cinematographer
Gloria Swanson , actress
Andrei Tarkovsky , filmmaker
Jacques Tati , writer/director/actor
Norman Taurog , director/writer
Peter Tosh , musician/singer/songwriter
Patrick Troughton , actor
François Truffaut , filmmaker
Rudy Vallée , singer/actor/musician
Lee Van Cleef , actor
Lino Ventura , actor
Vera-Ellen , actress
King Vidor , director/writer/producer
Vladimir Vysotsky , singer/songwriter/musician/actor
Hal B. Wallis , producer
Raoul Walsh , director/writer/producer/actor
Sir William Walton , composer
Andy Warhol , artist/filmmaker
Johnny Weissmuller , actor/athlete
Orson Welles , actor/director/writer/producer
Oskar Werner , actor
Mae West , actress/singer/writer
Cornel Wilde , actor/director
Tennessee Williams , playwright
Dennis Wilson , musician
Jackie Wilson , singer
Natalie Wood , actress
William Wyler , director/producer
Keenan Wynn , actor
Showbiz in Memoriam 1970 – 1979
A tribute to some of the notable film, television, theatre, radio and music personalities who died between 1970 and 1979.
Bud Abbott , comedian/actor
Philip Ahn , actor
Marc Allégret , writer/director
Duane Allman , musician
Broncho Billy Anderson , actor/filmmaker
Eddie "Rochester" Anderson , comedian/actor
Pier Angeli , actress
Louis Armstrong , musician/singer/composer
Dorothy Arzner , director
Sir Stanley Baker , actor
Josephine Baker , dancer/singer/actress
Lex Barker , actor
Ed Begley , actor
Jack Benny , comedian/actor
Edgar Bergen , actor/comedian
Busby Berkeley , choreographer/director
Dan Blocker , actor
Joan Blondell , actress
Marc Bolan , singer/songwriter/musician
Bourvil , actor/singer/comedy
Stephen Boyd , actor
Charles Boyer , actor
Leigh Brackett , writer
Pierre Brasseur , actor
Jacques Brel , singer/songwriter/actor
Walter Brennan , actor
George Brent , actor
Benjamin Britten , composer/conductor/musician
Joe E. Brown , actor
Tim Buckley , singer/songwriter/musician
Billie Burke , actress
David Butler , director/actor
Spring Byington , actress
Bruce Cabot , actor
Sebastian Cabot , actor
Maria Callas , singer
Leo G. Carroll , actor
Maybelle Carter , musician
Ted Cassidy , actor
William Castle , director/producer
John Cazale , actor
Gino Cervi , actor
Coco Chanel , fashion designer
Lon Chaney Jr. , actor
Sir Charles Chaplin , actor/filmmaker/composer
Maurice Chevalier , actor/singer
Agatha Christie , writer
Henri-Georges Clouzot , director/writer
Lee J. Cobb , actor
Richard Conte , actor
Betty Compson , actress
Gladys Cooper , actress
Merian C. Cooper , producer/director
Dolores Costello , actress
Noël Coward , playwright/composer/actor
Joan Crawford , actress
Donald Crisp , actor
Jim Croce , singer/songwriter
John Cromwell , director/actor
Bing Crosby , singer/actor
Dan Dailey , dancer/actor
John Dall , actor
Bebe Daniels , actress/entertainer
William H. Daniels , cinematographer
Bobby Darin , singer/songwriter/musician/actor
Bella Darvi , actress
Delmer Daves , writer/director
Sandy Denny , singer/songwriter
Vittorio De Sica , filmmaker/actor
Andy Devine , actor
Brandon deWilde , actor
William Dieterle , actor/director
Brian Donlevy , actor
Nick Drake , singer/songwriter
Geeta Dutt , playback singer
Arthur Edeson , cinematographer
Cliff Edwards , musician/singer/actor
Duke Ellington , musician/composer/bandleader
”Mama Cass” Elliot , singer
Dame Edith Evans , actress
Percy Faith , bandleader/orchestrator/composer
Frances Farmer , actress
Betty Field , actress
Glenda Farrell , actress
Gracie Fields , actress/singer/comedienne
Peter Finch , actor
Larry Fine , actor/comedian
Max Fleischer , animator/director/producer
John Ford , director
Arthur Freed , producer
Pierre Fresnay , actor
Jean Gabin , actor
Lee Garmes , cinematographer
Erroll Garner , musician/composer
Will Geer , actor
Leo Genn , actor
Pietro Germi , actor
Ritwik Ghatak , director/writer
Samuel Goldwyn , producer
Betty Grable , actress/model/singer/dancer
Corinne Griffith , actress/producer
Jean Hagen , actress
Abdel Halim Hafez , singer/actor/musician
Jack Haley , vaudevillian/actor/comedian/singer/dancer
Ernest Haller , cinematographer
William Hartnell , actor
Laurence Harvey , actor
Donny Hathaway , musician/singer/songwriter
Jack Hawkins , actor
Howard Hawks , director/producer
Sessue Hayakawa , actor
Susan Hayward , actress
Van Heflin , actor
Jimi Hendrix , musician/singer/songwriter
Bernard Herrmann , composer/conductor
Winton C. Hoch , cinematographer
Tim Holt , actor
Miriam Hopkins , actress
William Hopper , actor
Edward Everett Horton , actor
Moe Howard , actor/comedian
James Wong Howe , cinematographer
Howlin' Wolf , singer/musician
Howard Hughes , producer/director/aviator/industrialist
William Inge , playwright
Ub Iwerks , animator/director/producer/special effects pioneer
Mahalia Jackson , singer
Janis Joplin , singer/songwriter
Louis Jordan , musician/singer/songwriter
Mikhail Kalatozov , director
Prithviraj Kapoor , actor
Cecil Kellaway , actor
Gene Krupa , musician
Umm Kulthum , singer/actress
Meena Kumari , actress
Carl Laemmle Jr. , producer/executive
Veronica Lake , actress
Fritz Lang , director/writer
Agustín Lara , composer/interpreter
Bruce Lee , martial artist/actor
Margaret Leighton , actress
Mitchell Leisen , director
Al Lettieri , actor
Anatole Litvak , director/producer
Harold Lloyd , actor/comedian
Anita Louise , actress
Paul Lukas , actor
Diana Lynn , actress
William Lyon , editor
Anna Magnani , actress
Marjorie Main , actress/singer
Fredric March , actor
Frances Marion , writer/director
Groucho and Zeppo Marx , actors/comedians
Marilyn Maxwell , actress
Maggie McNamara , actress
Jean-Pierre Melville , director/writer
Johnny Mercer , songwriter/lyricist
Darius Milhaud , composer
Victor Milner , cinematographer
Sal Mineo , actor/singer
Charles Mingus , musician/composer/bandleader
Yukio Mishima , writer
Hal Mohr , cinematographer
Keith Moon , musician
Agnes Moorehead , actress
Chester Morris , actor
Jim Morrison , singer/songwriter
Zero Mostel , actor
Mukesh , playback singer
Audie Murphy , actor/war hero
J. Carrol Naish , actor
Alfred Newman , composer
Jack Oakie , actor
Merle Oberon , actress
Phil Ochs , singer/songwriter/musician
Cathy O'Donnell , actress
Reginald Owen , actor
Larry Parks , actor
Gram Parsons , singer/songwriter
Pier Paolo Pasolini , director/writer
Katina Paxinou , actress
Mary Pickford , actress/producer
Lily Pons , singer/actress
Elvis Presley , singer/musician/actor
Jacques Prévert , writer
Louis Prima , singer/musician
Freddie Prinze , actor/comedian
Marjorie Rambeau , actress
Nicholas Ray , director
Sir Carol Reed , director
Michael Rennie , actor
Jean Renoir , director/writer
Minnie Riperton , singer-songwriter
Tex Ritter , singer/actor
Paul Robeson , singer/actor
Edward G. Robinson , actor
Mark Robson , director/producer
Richard Rodgers , composer
Roberto Rossellini , director/writer
Nino Rota , composer
Rosalind Russell , actress
Margaret Rutherford , actress
Robert Ryan , actor
George Sanders , actor
Elsa Schiaparelli , fashion designer
George Seaton , writer/director/producer
Jean Seberg , actress
Edie Sedgwick , socialite/actress/model
John F. Seitz , cinematographer
Rod Serling , writer/producer/host
Leon Shamroy , cinematographer
Robert Shaw , actor
Douglas Shearer , sound designer/recording director
Larisa Shepitko , writer/director
Dmitri Shostakovich , composer/musician
Vasily Shukshin , writer/actor
Michel Simon , actor
Robert Siodmak , director
Max Steiner , composer/conductor
George Stevens , director/producer/cinematographer
Inger Stevens , actress
Leopold Stokowski , conductor
Harry Stradling , cinematographer
Igor Stravinsky , composer/musician/conductor
Ed Sullivan , TV personality/host
Constance Talmadge , actress
Akim Tamiroff , actor
Dimitri Tiomkin , composer/conductor
Jacques Tourneur , director
Dalton Trumbo , writer
Edgar G. Ulmer , director
Geoffrey Unsworth , cinematographer
Mary Ure , actress
Vivian Vance , actress/singer
Ronnie Van Zant , singer/songwriter
Sid Vicious , musician/singer
Martha Vickers , actress
Gene Vincent , singer/musician
Luchino Visconti , director/writer
T-Bone Walker , musician/singer/songwriter
Jack L. Warner , executive/producer
Ethel Waters , singer/actress
John Wayne , actor/producer/director
William A. Wellman , director
Thornton Wilder , playwright
Chill Wills , actor
Ed Wood , filmmaker/actor
Peggy Wood , actress
Gig Young , actor
Darryl F. Zanuck , producer/executive
Adolph Zukor , producer/executive
Showbiz in Memoriam 1920 – 1969
A tribute to some of the notable film, television, theatre, radio and music personalities who died between 1920 and 1969.
Alfred Abel , actor
Nick Adams , actor
Renée Adorée , actress
James Agee , writer/critic
Gracie Allen , actress/comedienne
Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle , actor/comedian/director/writer
George Arliss , actor/writer
Pedro Armendáriz , actor har
Edward Arnold , actor
Anthony Asquith , director/writer
Agnes Ayres , actress
Lloyd Bacon , director/actor
Fay Bainter , actress
George Bancroft , actor
Tallulah Bankhead , actress
Theda Bara , actress
Sir J. M. Barrie , writer
Ethel Barrymore , actress
John and Lionel Barrymore , actors
Richard Barthelmess , actor
Warner Baxter , actor
André Bazin , film critic/theorist
Jacques Becker , writer/director
Noah and Wallace Beery , actors
Robert Benchley , writer/actor/humorist
William Bendix , actor
Constance Bennett , actress
Sarah Bernhardt , actress
Charles Bickford , actor
Billy Bitzer , cinematographer
J. Stuart Blackton , filmmaker
Humphrey Bogart , actor
Ward Bond , actor
Frank Borzage , director/producer/actor
Clara Bow , actress
Alice Brady , actress
Bertolt Brecht , writer/director
Fanny Brice , comedian/singer/actress
Tod Browning , director/writer/producer/actor
Lenny Bruce , comedian
Nigel Bruce , actor
Francis X. Bushman , actor
Louis Calhern , actor
Eddie Cantor , actor/comedian/singer/dancer/songwriter
Harry Carey , actor
Nancy Carroll , actress
Jack Carson , actor
Enrico Caruso , singer
Jeff Chandler , actor/singer
Raymond Chandler , writer
Lon Chaney , actor
Ruth Chatterton , actress
Albert Chevalier , actor/entertainer
Benjamin Christensen , director/writer/actor
Montgomery Clift , actor
Patsy Cline , singer
Colin Clive , actor
Charles Coburn , actor
Eddie Cochran , musician/singer/songwriter
Jean Cocteau , writer/director
George M. Cohan , entertainer/composer
Nat King Cole , singer/musician
Ronald Colman , actor
John Coltrane , musician/composer
Pinto Colvig , actor/entertainer
Sam Cooke , singer/songwriter
Gary Cooper , actor
Lou Costello , comedian/actor
Michael Curtiz , director
Dorothy Dandridge , actress/singer/dancer
Linda Darnell , actress
Jane Darwell , actress
Sabu Dastagir , actor
Harry Davenport , actor
Marion Davies , actress/producer
Ralph Dawson , editor
James Dean , actor
Cecil B. DeMille , filmmaker
Maya Deren , filmmaker
William Kennedy Dickson , inventor/filmmaker
Christian Dior , fashion designer
Walt Disney , producer/director/animator/voice actor
Richard Dix , actor
Robert Donat , actor
Françoise Dorléac , actress
Alexander Dovzhenko , director/writer
Marie Dressler , actresss
Carl Theodor Dreyer , writer/director
Bobby Driscoll , actor
Germaine Dulac , director
Margaret Dumont , actress
Isadora Duncan , dancer/choreographer
Dan Duryea , actor
Guru Dutt , actor/director/producer
Julien Duvivier , writer/director
Jeanne Eagels , actress
Nelson Eddy , singer/actor
Thomas Edison , inventor/producer
Sergei Eisenstein , director/writer
Gösta Ekman , actor
Edward Elgar , composer
T. S. Eliot , writer
Brian Epstein , manager/impresario
Jean Epstein , director/writer/critic
Max Factor Sr. , makeup pioneer
Douglas Fairbanks , actor/writer/producer
John Farrow , director/writer
William Faulkner , writer
Gabriel Fauré , composer/musician
Verna Felton , actress
Louis Feuillade , director
W. C. Fields , comedian/actor
Barry Fitzgerald , actor
Robert J. Flaherty , filmmaker
Victor Fleming , director/cinematographer
Errol Flynn , actor
William Fox , executive/producer
Kay Francis , actress
Anne Frank , aspiring writer and actress
William Frawley , actor
Karl Freund , cinematographer/director
Clark Gable , actor
Carlos Gardel , singer/songwriter/actor
John Garfield , actor
Judy Garland , actress/singer/vaudevillian
Gladys George , actress
George Gershwin , composer/musician
Cedric Gibbons , art director/set designer
John Gilbert , actor
Dorothy Gish , actress
Maxim Gorky , writer
Edmund Goulding , director/writer
Sydney Greenstreet , actor
D. W. Griffith , director/producer
Sacha Guitry , writer/director/actor
Woody Guthrie , singer/songwriter/musician
Alice Guy-Blaché , director/producer
Edmund Gwenn , actor
Oscar Hammerstein II , lyricist/librettist/producer
Tony Hancock , comedian
W. C. Handy , musician/composer
Sir Cedric Hardwicke , actor
Oliver Hardy , comic actor
Jean Harlow , actress
Mildred Harris , actress
Lorenz Hart , lyricist
Moss Hart , playwright
William S. Hart , actor/director/producer
Ben Hecht , writer
Cecil Hepworth , filmmaker
Jean Hersholt , actor
Billie Holiday , singer/songwriter
Judy Holliday , actress/singer
Buddy Holly , singer/songwriter/musician
Gustav Holst , composer
Curly and Shemp Howard , actors/comedians
Leslie Howard , actor
Harry Houdini , magician/escape artist
Langston Hughes , writer
Josephine Hull , actress
Jeffrey Hunter , actor
Walter Huston , actor/singer
Aldous Huxley , writer
Thomas H. Ince , producer
Emil Jannings , actor
Robert Johnson , singer/musician
Al Jolson , entertainer
Brian Jones , musician
Boris Karloff , actor
Buster Keaton , actor/filmmaker
Jerome Kern , composer
Rudolf Klein-Rogge , actor
Sir Alexander Korda , producer/director
Erich Wolfgang Korngold , composer
Gregory La Cava , director/producer
Barbara La Marr , actress
Alan Ladd , actor
Carl Laemmle , producer
Bert Lahr , actor/vaudevillian
Carole Landis , actress
Lillie Langtry , socialite/actress
Mario Lanza , singer/actor
Jesse L. Lasky , producer
Charles Laughton , actor
Stan Laurel , comic actor/writer/director
Florence Lawrence , actress
Gertrude Lawrence , actress/singer/dancer
Lead Belly , singer/songwriter/musician
Vivien Leigh , actress
Paul Leni , director
Robert Z. Leonard , director/actor/producer/writer
Max Linder , actor/director
Gene Lockhart , actor
Marcus Loew , film pioneer/exhibitor
Carole Lombard , actress
Federico García Lorca , writer
Peter Lorre , actor
Ernst Lubitsch , director/writer/producer/actor
Bela Lugosi , actor
Auguste and Louis Lumière , filmmakers/inventors
Jeanette MacDonald , singer/actress
Maurice Maeterlinck , writer
Herman J. Mankiewicz , screenwriter
Anthony Mann , director
Jayne Mansfield , actress/singer
Herbert Marshall , actor
Mae Marsh , actress
Chico and Harpo Marx , comedians
W. Somerset Maugham , writer
Louis B. Mayer , producer/executive
Leo McCarey , director/writer
Winsor McCay , animator/filmmaker
Hattie McDaniel , actress
Victor McLaglen , actor
Georges Méliès , filmmaker
Adolphe Menjou , actor
William Cameron Menzies , art director/production designer
Oscar Micheaux , director/producer/writer
Glenn Miller , musician/arranger/composer/bandleader
Carmen Miranda , singer/dancer/actress
Thomas Mitchell , actor
Tom Mix , actor
Kenji Mizoguchi , director/writer
Marilyn Monroe , actress/model/singer
Maria Montez , actress
Frank and Ralph Morgan , actors
Helen Morgan , singer/actress
Paul Muni , actor
F. W. Murnau , director
Mikio Naruse , director/writer
Alla Nazimova , actress/writer/producer
Robert Newton , actor
Mabel Normand , actress/writer/director
Ramon Novarro , actor
Ivor Novello , composer/actor/writer
Willis H. O'Brien , special effects and animation pioneer
Edna May Oliver , actress
Eugene O'Neill , playwright
Max Ophüls , director/writer
Maria Ouspenskaya , actress
Yasujirō Ozu , director/writer
G. W. Pabst , filmmaker
Ignacy Jan Paderewski , musician/composer
Eugene Pallette , actor
Charlie Parker , musician/composer
Dorothy Parker , writer
Charles Pathé , producer
Robert W. Paul , filmmaker
Susan Peters , actress
Édith Piaf , singer/songwriter/actress
ZaSu Pitts , actress
Cole Porter , composer/songwriter
Edwin S. Porter , director/writer/cinematographer
Dick Powell , actor/singer/director/producer
Tyrone Power , actor
Marie Prevost , actress
Sergei Prokofiev , musician/composer
Giacomo Puccini , composer
Vsevolod Pudovkin , director/writer/actor
Edna Purviance , actress
Sergei Rachmaninoff , composer/conductor/musician
Claude Rains , actor
Basil Rathbone , actor
Maurice Ravel , composer
Otis Redding , singer/songwriter/producer
George Reeves , actor
Wallace Reid , actor/director/writer
Django Reinhardt , musician/composer
Max Reinhardt , director
Rin Tin Tin , canine film star
Thelma Ritter , actress
Bill Robinson , dancer/actor/singer
May Robson , actress
Jimmie Rodgers , singer/songwriter/musician
Will Rogers , humorist/entertainer/actor
Robert Rossen , writer/director
Gail Russell , actress
Walter Ruttmann , director
Camille Saint-Saëns , composer/musician
Mark Sandrich , writer/director
Erik Satie , composer/musician
Joseph Schildkraut , actor
Leon Schlesinger , producer
Arnold Schoenberg , composer
Max Schreck , actor
David O. Selznick , producer
Mack Sennett , actor/director/producer/writer
George Bernard Shaw , writer
Ann Sheridan , actress
Jean Sibelius , composer
Victor Sjöström , director/writer/actor
Max Skladanowsky , filmmaker
Bessie Smith , singer
Sir C. Aubrey Smith , actor
George Albert Smith , filmmaker
John Philip Sousa , composer/conductor
John Steinbeck , writer
Josef von Sternberg , director/writer
Lewis Stone , actor
Richard Strauss , composer/conductor/musician
Erich von Stroheim , actor/director/writer
Preston Sturges , writer/director
Margaret Sullavan , actress
Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer , actor/singer
Sharon Tate , actress/model
Robert Taylor , actor
Irving Thalberg , producer
Olive Thomas , actress
Mike Todd , producer
Thelma Todd , actress
Gregg Toland , cinematographer
George Tomasini , editor
Franchot Tone , actor
Totò , actor/comedian/writer/singer
Spencer Tracy , actor
Henry Travers , actor
Sophie Tucker , singer/comedian/actress
Ritchie Valens , singer/songwriter/musician
Rudolph Valentino , actor
W. S. Van Dyke , director/writer
Conrad Veidt , actor
Lupe Vélez , actress
Dziga Vertov , filmmaker
Charles Vidor , director
Jean Vigo , filmmaker
Robert Walker , actor
Edgar Wallace , writer
Fats Waller , musician/composer
Sam Warner , producer/executive
Dinah Washington , singer/musician
Franz Waxman , composer
Clifton Webb , actor/dancer/singer
Lois Weber , director/writer/actress
Kurt Weill , composer
James Whale , director
Dame May Whitty , actress
Robert Wiene , director
Ted Wilde , writer/director
Warren William , actor
Hank Williams , singer/songwriter/musician
Diana Wynyard , actress
Anna May Wong , actress
Sam Wood , director/producer
Monty Woolley , actor
Ed Wynn , actor/comedian
Roland Young , actor
Victor Young , composer/arranger/conductor/musician
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. , impresario/producer