Celebrity Deaths (1996)

101. Lash La Rue

He looked so much like superstar Humphrey Bogart that character actress Sarah Padden asked if the two were related. LaRue said he didn't think so. After a long pause studying the young actor's face, she asked, "Did your mother ever meet Humphrey Bogart?"

Alfred "Lash" LaRue was born in Louisiana (...

102. Laura La Plante

Actress | God's Gift to Women

Laura La Plante was 15 years old when she entered films as a Christie Comedy Bathing Beauty. By 1921, she had played a number of roles including a Tom Mix Western called The Big Town Round-Up (1921) for Fox and The Old Swimmin' Hole (1921) for First National. Laura, now 17, next signed with ...

103. Leslie Crowther

Actor | My Good Woman

Born in Nottingham to a mother who was one of the first women stage directors in Britain and a father who was a revue actor. He later moved to London to study at the Royal Academy of Music then went to drama school during which time he appeared in many school broadcasts for the BBC. After winning ...

104. Lew Ayres

Actor | Holiday

Lew Ayres was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and raised in San Diego, California. A college dropout, he was found by a talent scout in the Coconut Grove nightclub in Los Angeles and entered Hollywood as a bit player. He was leading man to Greta Garbo in The Kiss (1929), but it was the role of Paul ...

105. Luana Anders

Actress | Easy Rider

Born Luana Margo Anderson on 12 May, 1938, Luana Anders began her career as a bike messenger at MGM, along with fellow actors, Jack Nicholson, Sandra Knight and future film producers George Edwards, and Fred Roos. She convinced Nicholson to join her in her improv class with legendary teacher and ...

106. Luana Patten

Actress | Fun & Fancy Free

One of the first two contract players for Walt Disney Studios, she made her debut in Song of the South (1946) as a poor white child fascinated by the stories told by Uncle Remus. She made several more films as a child star, then left film for 8 years. She returned as an ingénue in Rock, Pretty Baby!...

107. Lucille Bremer

Actress | Meet Me in St. Louis

Arthur Freed discovered Lucille when she was working in a nightclub doing a specialty dance act, and decided to cast her as Rose Smith in Meet Me in St. Louis, and began building up her career which never really took off despite being put in 3 big musical productions at MGM. When she married, she ...

108. Lucio Fulci

Writer | Lo squartatore di New York

Lucio Fulci, born in Rome in 1927, remains as controversial in death as he was in life. A gifted craftsman with a sharp tongue and a wicked sense of dark humor, Fulci achieved some measure of notoriety for his gore epics of the late 1970s and early 1980s, but respect was long in coming.

Abandoning ...

109. Luigi Pistilli

Actor | Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

Luisi Pistilli's most notable stage successes were roles in "The Threepenny Opera", "St. Joan of the Stockyards" and a 1972 production, "Lulu". In 1991 he reprised his role in "Lulu" in the first professional collaboration with actress-singer Milva, his partner in previous plays as well as in a ...

110. Lyle Talbot

Actor | The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

Lyle Talbot, who appeared in over 150 movies from leads in Warner Bros.' "pre-Code" pictures to countless supporting roles, and later enjoyed a steady TV career as a character actor, was born Lysle Henderson on February 8, 1902, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He grew up in a small town in Nebraska, ...

111. Magda Schneider

Actress | Sissi

Magda Schneider was born on 17 May 1909 in Augsburg, Germany and a singer, stage and film actress. After her graduation at a monastery school, she studied stenography and office management at a business school, but also attended ballet lessons and art courses at the Augsburg School of Music. Six ...

112. Marcel Carné

Director | Le quai des brumes

Marcel Carné, the son of a cabinet maker, entered the movies as the assistant of Jacques Feyder. At the age of 25 he directed his first movie Jenny (1936). Colaborating with the writer Jacques Prévert, the decorator Alexandre Trauner, the musician and composer Maurice Jaubert and the actor Jean ...

113. Marcello Mastroianni

Actor | La dolce vita

Marcello Mastroianni was born in Fontana Liri, Italy in 1924, but soon his family moved to Turin and then Rome. During WW2 he was sent to a German prison camp, but he managed to escape and hide in Venice. He debuted in films as an extra in Marionette (1939), then started working for the Italian ...

114. Margaux Hemingway

Actress | Killer Fish

Born in Portland, Oregon, she grew up in on a farm in Ketchum, Idaho. But dad was Jack Hemingway, son of the Nobel prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway and, with that heritage, fame was almost foreordained. By the time she was 21, after the lead in the rape melodrama Lipstick (1976), she had a ...

115. Marguerite Duras

Writer | Le camion

Ms. Duras was born in southern Vietnam and lost her father at age 4. The family savings of 20 years bought the family a small plot in Cambodia, but everything was lost in a single season's flooding. The disaster killed her mother as a result. After high school in Saigon, Ms. Duras left Indochina to...

116. María Casares

Actress | Les enfants du paradis

María Casares was born on November 21, 1922 in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. She was an actress, known for Children of Paradise (1945), Orpheus (1950) and The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne (1945). She was married to André Schlesser. She died on November 22, 1996 in Alloue, Charente, France.

117. Maria Litto

Actress | Königin der Arena

Maria Litto was born on September 19, 1919. She was an actress, known for Königin der Arena (1952), The Veiled Lady (1951) and Die Blume von Hawaii (1953). She was married to Heinz Schmiedel. She died on October 25, 1996 in Hamburg, Germany.

118. Mark Herron

Actor | Girl in Gold Boots

Mark Herron was born on July 8, 1928 in Baxter, Tennessee, USA. He was an actor, known for Girl in Gold Boots (1968), 8½ (1963) and Eye of the Cat (1969). He was married to Judy Garland. He died on January 13, 1996 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

119. Mark Lenard

Actor | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

Mark Lenard was an American actor, primarily known for television roles. He is primarily known for playing Vulcan ambassador Sarek (Spock's father) in "Star Trek: The Original Series" and a number of its spin-offs.

In 1924, Lenard was born under the name "Leonard Rosenson" in Chicago Illinois. His ...

120. Marte Harell

Actress | Die Fledermaus

Marte Harell was born on January 4, 1907 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. She was an actress, known for Die Fledermaus (1946), Erzherzog Johanns große Liebe (1950) and Frauen sind keine Engel (1943). She was married to Karl Hartl. She died on March 12, 1996 in Vienna, Austria.

121. Mary Field

Actress | Ball of Fire

Mary Field was born on June 10, 1909 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Ball of Fire (1941), Shadows on the Stairs (1941) and The Prince and the Pauper (1937). She was married to Allan Douglas and James Madison Walters II. She died on June 12, 1996 in Fairfax, Virginia, ...

122. Mary Leakey

Africa: The Serengeti

Mary Leakey was born on February 6, 1913 in London, England, UK. She is known for Africa: The Serengeti (1994) and National Geographic Specials (1965). She was married to Louis Leakey. She died on December 9, 1996 in Nairobi, Kenya.

123. Mary Lee

Actress | Cowboy and the Senorita

Mary Lee was born on October 24, 1924 in Centralia, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Cowboy and the Senorita (1944), Ridin' on a Rainbow (1941) and Angels with Broken Wings (1941). She was married to Harry J. Banan. She died on June 6, 1996 in Sacramento, California, USA.

124. Max Factor

Make_up_department | We're in the Legion Now

Max Factor Jr., named Frank at birth, was the second son of Max Factor, who opened his first wig shop in Razan, Russia in the 1890s. In April 1904, Max emigrated to the United States and opened a perfume, makeup, and wig concession at the St. Louis World's Fair. Max's son Frank was born in St. ...

125. McGeorge Bundy

Self | Jack: The Last Kennedy Film

McGeorge Bundy was born on March 30, 1919 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer, known for Jack: The Last Kennedy Film (1993), Omnibus (1952) and Issues and Answers (1960). He was married to Mary Buckminster Lothrop. He died on September 16, 1996 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

126. McLean Stevenson

Actor | M*A*S*H

McLean Stevenson began in show business at age 31. During the 1960s, he worked in night clubs and comedy cabarets, did summer stock theater and some television before moving to Hollywood, where he worked as a comedy writer for Tom Smothers. He eventually began acting in sketches. Mr. Stevenson is ...

127. Mel Allen

Actor | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

Mel Allen was born on February 14, 1913 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988), Needful Things (1993) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989). He died on June 16, 1996 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA.

128. Mel Howard

Actor | Hester Street

Mel Howard was born on February 17, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Hester Street (1975), Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) and Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970). He was married to Michelle LeBrun. He died on July 12, 1996 in Los Angeles, ...

129. Melvin Belli

Producer | Tokyo File 212

Melvin Belli was born on July 29, 1907 in Sonora, California, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Tokyo File 212 (1951), Star Trek (1966) and Ground Zero (1973). He was married to Nancy Ho, Lia Triff, Pat Montandon, Betty Ballantine, Toni Nichols and Joy Turney. He died on July 9, 1996 in ...

130. Michael Bentine

Writer | The Sandwich Man

When he appeared at the London Palladium in 1948 sporting an untidy black beard he brought the house down with a 5 minute act using an antique chair back which became a ships rudder , a harp, a flag, a comb and a cows udder, He was booked for the Royal Variety show and looked set for stardom but 5 ...

131. Michael Fox

Special_effects | Inception

Michael Fox is known for Inception (2010), V for Vendetta (2005) and John Carter (2012).

132. Mikael Tariverdiev

Composer | Russkiy regtaym

Mikael Tariverdiev was born on August 15, 1931 in Tiflis, Georgian SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]. He was a composer and actor, known for Russkiy regtaym (1993), Zagadka Endkhauza (1990) and Letnie lyudi (1995). He died on June 24, 1996 in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, ...

133. Minnie Pearl

Actress | That Tennessee Beat

Sarah Colley studied dramatics in Belmont College in Nashville, intending to be a serious actress, but while touring with an Atlanta company, she created the Minnie Pearl character that became her life's work. Her first Grand Old Opry appearance was on the radio show in 1940, followed by 27 years ...

134. Morey Amsterdam

Actor | The Dick Van Dyke Show

Born in Chicago, Morey Amsterdam started in Vaudeville at the age of 14, as a straight man for his piano-playing brother. His father, a concert violinist who worked with the Chicago Opera and the San Francisco Symphony, wanted Morey to pursue a career in classical music however Morey had other ...

135. Morton Gould

Soundtrack | To the Wonder

Composer ("American Salute", "Pavanne"), conductor, pianist and arranger, educated at New York University and a music student of Abby Whiteside and Vincent Jones. At six, he had his first composition published ("Just Six"), and thereafter concertized until age 17. He was a staff arranger for Radio ...

136. Nina Alisova

Actress | Raduga

Nina Alisova was born on December 16, 1918 in Kiev, Ukraine. She was an actress, known for The Rainbow (1944), Dursun (1941) and Without Dowry (1937). She died on October 12, 1996 in Moscow, Russia.

137. Niní Marshall

Actress | Madame Sans-Gêne

Niní Marshall was born on June 1, 1903 in Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina. She was an actress and writer, known for Madame Sans-Gêne (1945), Cándida (1939) and Los celos de Cándida (1940). She was married to Edelemann, Felipe, Carmelo Santiago and Salcedo, Marcelo. She...

138. Nonna Terentyeva

Actress | Serebryanoye revyu

Nonna Terentyeva was born on February 15, 1942 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]. She was an actress, known for Serebryanoye revyu (1982), A Few Days from the Life of I.I. Oblomov (1980) and Vozdushnye piraty (1992). She died on March 8, 1996 in Moscow, Russia.

139. P.L. Travers

Writer | Mary Poppins

P.L. Travers was born on August 9, 1899 in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia. She was a writer, known for Mary Poppins (1964), Mary Poppins Returns (2018) and Studio One (1948). She died on April 23, 1996 in Chelsea, London, England, UK.

140. Pamela Mason

Actress | Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask

Pamela Mason was born on March 10, 1916 in Westgate-on-Sea, Kent, England, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972), Lady Possessed (1952) and I Met a Murderer (1939). She was married to James Mason and Roy Kellino. ...

141. Patrick Cargill

Actor | Help!

Best known for his appearances on British television in the comedy series Father, Dear Father (1968), Patrick Cargill was also a distinguished stage actor and a brilliant farceur. His immaculate timing was known throughout the profession to the point that when directors were casting a certain type ...

142. Paul King

Writer | Operation Petticoat

Paul King was born on July 14, 1926 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Operation Petticoat (1959), Daniel Boone (1964) and One Police Plaza (1986). He died on July 10, 1996 in Newport Beach, California, USA.

143. Peg La Centra

Actress | Humoresque

Peg LaCentra, born in 1910, grew up in Boston. She very briefly attended the New England Conservatory of Music, studying piano. She also attended the Katharine Gibbs Finishing School and the Fenway Academy of Dramatic Art, as her early goal was to become an actress. Before moving to New York in ...

144. Percy Edwards

Actor | The Dark Crystal

As a young lad Percy was fascinated by the wild creatures of his native Suffolk and found his ability to imitate them made an interesting "party piece" from the age of 12. His first broadcast experience came in the BBC radio series "Vaudeville" in 1930. He made hundreds of broadcasts until his "...

145. Peter Glenville

Director | Term of Trial

A talented actor and distinguished stage director, Peter Glenville was the son of Shaun Glenville, the British music hall artist and noted pantomime dame. Born in London Glenville was educated at the Jesuit's Stonyhurst College where he appeared in a production of Hamlet in the 1930s and was ...

146. Phil Regan

Actor | Flight at Midnight

Regan became known as "The Romantic Singer Of Romantic Songs", while singing with Guy Lombardo And His Orchestra on "The Burns And Allen Show" on radio. William Gilmore, in a review of the 1936 film "Laughing Irish Eyes* in the Brooklyn Eagle, described Regan as having "astonishing good looks and ...

147. Phillip Reed

Actor | Unknown Island

Phillip Reed was born on March 25, 1908 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Unknown Island (1948), Tripoli (1950) and Song of the Thin Man (1947). He was married to Audrey Gillin. He died on December 7, 1996 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

148. Priscilla Bonner

Actress | Charley's Aunt

Priscilla Bonner was born on February 17, 1899 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She was an actress, known for Charley's Aunt (1925), 3 Bad Men (1926) and The False Alarm (1926). She was married to Dr. E. Bertrand Woolfan and Allen Wynes Alexander. She died on February 21, 1996 in Los ...

149. Randy Stuart

Actress | All About Eve

The daughter of husband-and-wife vaudevillians, Randy Stuart was born in southeastern Iola, Kansas and traveled throughout the South and Midwest with her itinerant parents before making her own stage debut with them at the ripe old age of three. The family eventually settled in California where ...

150. Rene Bond

Actress | Five Loose Women

Rene Bond dominated early '70s Los Angeles porn, appearing in about 300 films and loops. She entered porn in the late 1960s for the usual reason--money. In her own words, "I had some friends who were working in porno, and I needed the money. So they said they'd introduce me to some people, and they...

151. René Clément

Director | Jeux interdits

René Clément was one of the leading French directors of the post-World War II era. He directed what are regarded as some of the greatest films of the time, such as The Battle of the Rails (1946), Forbidden Games (1952) and The Day and the Hour (1963). He was later almost forgotten as a director. He...

152. Roger Duchesne

Actor | Bob le flambeur

Roger Duchesne was born on July 27, 1906 in Luxeuil-les-Bains, Haute-Saône, France. He was an actor, known for Bob the Gambler (1956), Tarass Boulba (1936) and Tempête sur l'Asie (1938). He was married to Yvette Lebon. He died on December 25, 1996 in Les Mureaux, Yvelines, France.

153. Ronald Howard

Actor | Come September

The British actor Ronald Howard was born in Norwood, London, England, in 1918. He and his younger sister Leslie Ruth Howard were raised by their mother Ruth Evelyn Martin and their father, the renowned actor Leslie Howard. After college, Howard became a newspaper reporter for a while but decided to...

154. Ross Hunter

Producer | Airport

Noted Hollywood producer Ross Hunter served in Army intelligence during World War II. After the war he signed with Columbia Pictures and appeared in a number of forgettable B-movies. He then became a producer and produced more than 60 films. Most of his films tended to be bright confections, many ...

155. Rufus Collins

Actor | The Hunger

Rufus Collins was born on August 11, 1935 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Hunger (1983), The Professionals (1977) and Shock Treatment (1981). He died on November 4, 1996 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

156. Sally Starr

Actress | Not So Dumb

Sally Starr was born in Pittsburgh. She first attracted attention as a chorus girl in George White's 'Scandals'. (She announced scenes and said 'thankyou'). Gus Edwards caught her singing and dancing in a Los Angeles revue. He introduced Starr to director Sam Wood who cast her opposite Robert ...

157. Juanita Wright

Actress | WrestleMania VI

Juanita Wright was born on July 17, 1935 in Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for WrestleMania VI (1990), Saturday Night's Main Event (1985) and WWF Superstars (1986). She died on September 10, 1996 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

158. Saul Bass

Director | Why Man Creates

Saul Bass was born in New York City in 1920 and is a widely acclaimed graphic designer with a career spanning over 40 years. Among his most famous works are the title sequences for such classic films as The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), North by Northwest (1959), and Psycho (1960). Bass used his ...

159. Scott Douglas

Actor | Omnibus

Scott Douglas was born on June 16, 1927 in El Paso, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Omnibus (1952), Wetbacks (1956) and The Dead Talk Back (1994). He died on March 26, 1996 in New York City, New York, USA.

160. Sharon Hugueny

Actress | Hawaiian Eye

Sharon Elizabeth Hugueny was a leap-year baby, born on February 29, 1944, in Los Angeles, California. She was an intelligent, introspective, and sensitive child who preferred serious reading, writing, and music to the "more frivolous" interests of her peers. Sharon's parents - a World War II Navy ...

161. Sonia Furió

Actress | El deseo en otoño

Sonia Furió was born on July 30, 1937 in Alicante, Spain. She was an actress and director, known for El deseo en otoño (1972), Fiesta en el corazón (1958) and La sombra del otro (1957). She died on December 1, 1996 in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.

162. Spiro Agnew

Self | Spiro Agnew's Asian Trip

Spiro Agnew was a Greek-American politician from Baltimore, Maryland. He served as the Governor of Maryland from 1967 to 1969. He became a national celebrity for his "law and order" rhetoric in response to nationwide civil unrest. He was chosen by Richard Nixon as his running mate for the ...

163. Stephanie Bachelor

Actress | Blackmail

Stephanie Bachelor was born on May 23, 1912 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She was an actress, known for Blackmail (1947), Crime of the Century (1946) and Gangs of the Waterfront (1945). She was married to Cornelius Hurley. She died on November 22, 1996 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

164. Susan Shentall

Actress | Romeo and Juliet

Susan Shentall was born on May 21, 1934 in England, UK. She was an actress, known for Romeo and Juliet (1954). She was married to Philip Worthington. She died on October 18, 1996 in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England, UK.

165. Suzanne Ridgway

Actress | From Hell It Came

Nobody in the history of films has ever gotten dropped into quicksand by a tree possessed by the spirit of a wrongly killed chief's son like Suzanne Ridgway. Her career didn't always start out so glamorous. Her undeniable beauty got her a movie contract where they saw her as a potential foil for a ...

166. Tamara Toumanova

Actress | Torn Curtain

Known as "The Black Pearl of the Russian Ballet," she was born on a train while her mother was fleeing Russia in search of her husband. They lived in refugee camps in Russia, Shanghai and Cairo before settling in Paris. Toumanova studied ballet in Paris in 1924 and became a professional ballerina. ...

167. Tato Bores

Actor | La Argentina de Tato

Tato Bores was born on April 27, 1927 in Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina. He was an actor and writer, known for La Argentina de Tato (1999), Viaje de una noche de verano (1965) and Propiedad (1962). He was married to Berta Szpindler. He died on January 11, 1996 in Buenos Aires, Federal ...

168. Ted Bessell

Director | The Tracey Ullman Show

Born in New York City, Ted's early career included guest appearances in soap operas, Lover Come Back (1961) and It's a Man's World (1962). Ted went on to appear as "Frankie" on Gomer Pyle: USMC (1964), but his big break was as "That Guy" on the successful Marlo Thomas Television series That Girl (...

169. Terence Donovan

Director | Yellow Dog

Terence Donovan was born on September 14, 1936 in Stepney, London, England, UK. He was a director and producer, known for Yellow Dog (1973), Early Days (1981) and Liza Minnelli: So Sorry, I Said (1989). He was married to Diana St. Felix Dare. He died on November 22, 1996 in Ealing, London, England,...

170. Timothy Leary

Actor | Roadside Prophets

His mother was a teacher and his father a dentist. He attended West Point, joined the Army, and earned an undergraduate psychology degree at the University of Alabama while in service. Next he earned a master's degree from Washington State University and a doctorate in psychology from the ...

171. Tiny Tim

Soundtrack | Insidious

Tiny Tim, the ukulele-playing singer of 1920s ditties who was a true icon of the 1960s, was born Herbert Khaury on April 12, 1932, in New York City. The son of a Lebanese father and Jewish mother, the young Khaury grew up in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan. A high school dropout, his ...

172. Tommy Rettig

Actor | The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.

Tommy Rettig was a successful child actor in 1954 when he was chosen out of a field of 500 to play Jeff Miller in the TV series Lassie (1954), which premiered on September 12, 1954, making him the first boy who tagged after Lassie during the famous collie's 20 years on the CBS television network. ...

173. Vince Edwards

Actor | The Killing

Born in Brooklyn, the son of Italian immigrant parents, Vince Edwards early aspired to the theater. He was a swimming champion in high school, attended Ohio State University on an athletic scholarship, and was on their National Championship swimming team. Olympics were on the horizon, but an ...

174. Virginia Cherrill

Actress | City Lights

Actress in US and UK films of the early 1930s. Born on a farm, Cherrill was discovered by Charles Chaplin while sitting beside him at a boxing match in Los Angeles; he introduced himself at intermission and hired her for her debut in City Lights (1931). She met husband Cary Grant at the premiere of ...

175. Virginia Christine

Actress | Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Virginia has a long career as a character actress on the screen, but she will always be best remembered as the Swedish "Mrs. Olsen", who somehow knew everything about making coffee, and we somehow always found her in the kitchen of some hapless young housewife who just couldn't seem to make good ...

176. Vito Scotti

Actor | The Godfather

With his dark features and having spent much of his early years in Naples, Italy, Vito Scotti was understandably typecast as Italian waiters, government functionaries, policemen, maitre d's and barbers. When Vito was seven, the Scottis moved back to the U.S. where his mother became a diva in the ...

177. Walter Forster

Actor | Sua Vida Me Pertence

Walter Forster was born on March 23, 1917 in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. He was an actor and writer, known for Sua Vida Me Pertence (1951), Rio, Verão & Amor (1966) and Colégio de Brotos (1962). He was married to Branca Regina. He died on September 3, 1996 in São Paulo, Brazil.

178. Wanda McKay

Actress | Jungle Goddess

She attended grammar school in Portland, Oregon until her family moved to Fort Worth, Texas, where she graduated from Fort Worth Polytechnic High School. Shortly afterward she proceeded to New York City to become a model. She graced the cover on many national magazines, and was selected as the ...

179. Wes Farrell

Soundtrack | The Partridge Family

Wes Farrell was born on December 21, 1939 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer, known for The Partridge Family (1970), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018). He was married to Jean Alice Inman, Pamela Hensley, Tina Sinatra and Joan Ellen Arthurs. He ...

180. Wesley Addy

Actor | Kiss Me Deadly

Character actor Wesley Addy began his prolific career as a prime player on the classical stage before coming to occasional films and TV in the early 1950s. Known for his intelligent, white-collar demeanor and lean, icy, cultivated menace, the silver-haired performer, who was actually born in Omaha,...

181. Whit Bissell

Actor | The Magnificent Seven

Whit Bissell came to Hollywood in the 1940s, and by the time he retired he had appeared in more than 200 movies and scores of TV series. He is best known for playing the evil scientist who turned Michael Landon into a half beast in the 1957 cult classic film I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957). Bissell...

182. Willard Parker

Actor | The Earth Dies Screaming

As New York-born Worcester Van Eps, he was a meter reader who turned professional tennis player, In 1937, aged 25, however, he parlayed his fair-haired good looks and obvious athleticism into an acting career and changed his name to the friendlier and less ethnic marquee moniker (common during that...

183. William F. Claxton

Director | Half Past Midnight

William F. Claxton was born on October 22, 1914 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Half Past Midnight (1948), The Twilight Zone (1959) and Desire in the Dust (1960). He died on February 11, 1996 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

184. William Prince

Actor | Spies Like Us

William was a character actor, whose popularity was due to hundreds of appearances in soap operas.

Going from stage to screen, William had an undistinguished movie career in the '40s which ran out of steam after about four years.

But in the '50s, he would find his calling on the small screen. On ...

185. William Rushton

Actor | Nothing But the Best

William Rushton was born on August 18, 1937 in Chelsea, London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Nothing But the Best (1964), Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965) and The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968). He ...

186. Winifred Shotter

Actress | Plunder

Winifred Shotter was born on November 5, 1904 in Hackney, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Plunder (1930), Sorrell and Son (1933) and The Rocks of Valpre (1935). She was married to Gilbert Davis. She died on April 4, 1996 in Surrey, England, UK.

187. Yale Wexler

Actor | Shirley Temple's Storybook

Yale Wexler was born on February 6, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958), Stakeout on Dope Street (1958) and Johnny Staccato (1959). He was married to Linda Cristal. He died on February 12, 1996 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

188. Zeki Müren

Soundtrack | Arif V 216

Zeki Müren (6 December 1931 - 24 September 1996) was a Turkish singer, composer, songwriter, actor and poet. Known by the nicknames "The Sun of Art" and "Pasha" he was one of the prominent figures of the Turkish classical music. Due to his contributions to the art industry, he was named a "State ...

189. Zinoviy Gerdt

Actor | Anemos stin poli

Zinoviy Gerdt was born on September 21, 1916 in Sebezh, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Pskov Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor and writer, known for Anemos stin poli (1996), The Golden Calf (1968) and Bindyuzhnik i korol (1989). He died on November 19, 1996 in Moscow, Russia.

190. Zita Perczel

Actress | Meseautó

Zita Perczel was born on April 26, 1918 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. She was an actress, known for Meseautó (1934), The New Relative (1934) and Marika (1938). She was married to Boris Ingster, Joseph Lucachevitch and Marcel Weil-Karsenty. She died on April 4, 1996 in Budapest,...

191. Ray Combs

Actor | Overboard

Ray Combs was born on April 3, 1956 in Hamilton, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Overboard (1987), Family Feud (1988) and Me & Mrs. C. (1986). He was married to Debra Jo Loomis. He died on June 2, 1996 in Glendale, California, USA.

192. Jimmy 'The Greek' Snyder

Actor | The Cannonball Run

Jimmy 'The Greek' Snyder was born on September 9, 1918 in Steubenville, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Cannonball Run (1981), ABC's Wide World of Sports (1961) and Sammy and Company (1975). He died on April 21, 1996 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

193. Jack Nance

Actor | Eraserhead

Born in Boston of Irish ancestry and raised in Dallas, Jack Nance traveled throughout the country doing children's theater. For eight years, he performed with the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Later, he became involved with avant-garde theater. He first met David Lynch in the ...

194. Bradley Nowell

Soundtrack | Hardcore Henry

Bradley Nowell was born on February 22, 1968 in Long Beach, California, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Hardcore Henry (2015), Knocked Up (2007) and Idle Hands (1999). He was married to Troy Dendekker. He died on May 25, 1996 in San Francisco, California, USA.

195. Johnny 'Guitar' Watson

Soundtrack | Syriana

Johnny 'Guitar' Watson was born on February 3, 1935 in Houston, Texas, USA. He was married to Susan . He died on May 17, 1996 in Yokohama, Japan.

196. Dick Wesson

Actor | Calamity Jane

One of the most recognisable character actors of the 1950s, Boston Massachusetts-born Dick Wesson began his career with his older brother, Gene Wesson, in a comedy act that made the rounds of the nightclub circuit. He made his film debut in the sci-fi classic Destination Moon (1950), and spent his ...

197. Pandro S. Berman

Producer | Father of the Bride

Pandro S. Berman was born into the film industry. His father, Harry, was distributor and exhibitor of films. Pandro also had a number of relatives in the film industry. When he started working in the 1920's he started as a script clerk and then rose to film editor. By 1931, the 26 year old Berman ...

198. Virginia Nicolson

Actress | Too Much Johnson

Virginia Nicolson was born on March 1, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Too Much Johnson (1938), The Hearts of Age (1934) and With Orson Welles: Stories of A Life in Film (1990). She was married to John C. Pringle, Charles Lederer and Orson Welles. She died in September...

199. David Opatoshu

Actor | Exodus

David Opatoshu was born on January 30, 1918 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Exodus (1960), Torn Curtain (1966) and One Spy Too Many (1966). He was married to Nancy Judith Rigler, Peggy O'Shea and Lillian Weinberg. He died on April 30, 1996 in Los Angeles, ...

200. John Abbott

Actor | The Jungle Book

John was a commercial artist when he substituted for a sick friend in an amateur production which was seen by the actress Sybil Thorndike who recognized his potential. After repertory work at Watford and Crewe he was invited to join London's Old Vic in 1936 by Tyrone Guthrie and appeared in 'Love's...