Deaths: August 16

1. Peter Fonda

Peter Henry Fonda was born in New York City, to legendary screen star Henry Fonda and Ontario, Canada-born New York socialite Frances Brokaw (born Frances Ford Seymour). He was the younger brother of actress and activist Jane Fonda and the father of actress Bridget Fonda.

Fonda made his professional...

2. Acquanetta

Actress | Captive Wild Woman

Born as Mildred Davenport, Acquanetta was a movie actress of genre motion pictures. She was nicknamed the "Venezualan Volcano" by Universal Studios, although she doesn't appear to have been from that country. At one point, when asked for paperwork related to her birth, she said she was half Arapaho...

3. Alan Vint

Actor | Badlands

Alan Vint was born on November 11, 1944 in Wichita, Kansas, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Badlands (1973), The Panic in Needle Park (1971) and The Lady in Red (1979). He was married to Susan Mullen. He died on August 16, 2006 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.

4. Alberto Morán

Actor | Mis cinco hijos

Alberto Morán was born on March 15, 1922 in Strevi, Piedmont, Italy. He was an actor, known for Mis cinco hijos (1948). He died on August 16, 1997 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

5. Don Alfredo Stroessner

Self | Whicker's World

Don Alfredo Stroessner was born on November 3, 1912 in Encarnación, Paraguay. He was married to Eligia Mora. He died on August 16, 2006 in Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.

6. Amanda Blake

Actress | Gunsmoke

Amanda Blake was born in Buffalo, NY, of English and Scottish descent. She and her parents moved to Claremont, California, while Amanda was still in high school, and she graduated from Claremont High. She enrolled at Pomona College but, due to her avid participation in community and theater ...

7. Andrey Mironov

Actor | Chelovek s bulvara Kaputsinov

Andrei Mironov was a Soviet comedian known for The Diamond Arm (1969)

He was born Andrei Aleksandrovich Menaker on March 8, 1941, in Moscow. His father, Aleksandr Semenovich Menaker, and his mother, Mariya Mironova, were famous actors in the Soviet Union. From 1958-1962 he studied acting at the ...

8. Anna Kashfi

Actress | Night of the Quarter Moon

Anna Kashfi has appeared in a number of films including The Mountain (1956) (with Spencer Tracy) and Battle Hymn (1957) (with Rock Hudson) but is best known for being Marlon Brando's first wife. Kashfi is often thought of as being Indian but several newspapers have said that she is, in fact, the ...

9. Anna Quayle

Actress | Casino Royale

Raised in a staunchly Catholic home by her Irish mum, the former Kathleen Parke, Anna Quayle had an immediate experience of elements used for her character as 'Reverend Mother Joseph' in Father Charlie (1982). Her acting work also includes many other fine performances in a variety of roles in ...

10. Aretha Franklin

Actress | The Blues Brothers

Grammy-winning Queen of Soul and the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Aretha Louise Franklin was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to Barbara Vernice (Siggers) and C. L. Franklin, a Baptist minister, who preached at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit for over thirty ...

11. Babe Ruth

Actor | Speedy

Most of Babe Ruth's records have been broken. In 1961, not only did Roger Maris break The Babe's 34-year-old record for most home runs in a season with 61* (2001), but Maris' teammate on the '61 Yankees, pitcher Whitey Ford broke the Babe's 43-year-old record for most scoreless innings pitched in a...

12. Bela Lugosi

Actor | Dracula

Bela Lugosi was born Béla Ferenc Dezsö Blaskó on October 20, 1882, Lugos, Hungary, Austria-Hungary (now Lugoj, Romania), to Paula de Vojnich and István Blaskó, a banker. He was the youngest of four children. During WWI, he volunteered and was commissioned as an infantry lieutenant, and was wounded ...

13. Benny Andersen

Writer | Valsedrømme

Benny Andersen was born on November 7, 1929 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was a writer and actor, known for Valsedrømme (1967), Det drejer sig om - (1967) and Sjov i Danmark (1970). He was married to Elisabeth Ehmer, Cynthia Rosalina La Touche and Signe Anny Plesner. He died on August 16, 2018 ...

14. Count Prince Miller

Actor | Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Count Prince Miller was born on March 30, 1934 in Padgetts, Port Maria, Jamaica. He was an actor, known for Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), What a Girl Wants (2003) and Winnie and the Duppy Bat (2006). He was married to Verna McKenzie Hastings. He died on August 16, 2018 in London, England, UK.

15. Dave Barry

Actor | Some Like It Hot

Dave Barry was a trailblazing stand-up comedian who began his comedy, acting and voice-over career at age 17. He played his first professional gig at New York's old Palace Theater in April of 1935. The young comedic talent (born Dave Siegel, and then changing legally to Dave Barry in the early ...

16. David A. Prior

Writer | Raw Justice

David A. Prior was born on October 5, 1955 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Raw Justice (1994), Night Trap (1993) and Lost at War (2007). He died on August 16, 2015 in Mobile, Alabama, USA.

17. Elvis Presley

Soundtrack | Girls! Girls! Girls!

Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935 in East Tupelo, Mississippi, to Gladys Presley (née Gladys Love Smith) and Vernon Presley (Vernon Elvis Presley). He had a twin brother who was stillborn. In 1948, Elvis and his parents moved to Memphis, Tennessee where he attended Humes High School. ...

18. Eva Renzi

Actress | Funeral in Berlin

Tall, blonde, busty and radiant, Eva Renzi created a sensation when she rose to stardom in her native West Germany in the mid-60s. Born to a 17-year-old French mother and a 49-year-old Danish father, Eva's childhood was everything but happy. Her parents got divorced when she was three, and her ...

19. Glen Chin

Actor | Natural Born Killers

Glen Chin was born on January 27, 1948 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is known for his work on 50 First Dates (2004), Natural Born Killers (1994) and The Art of War (2000). Glen was a wonderfully accomplished Bass Violin virtuoso while living in Stockton, California. He was gifted in that ...

20. Hugo de Bruna

Actor | Sol de otoño

Hugo de Bruna was born on April 9, 1932 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Autumn Sun (1996), El resquicio (2004) and El inquietante caso de José Blum (1998). He died on August 16, 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

21. Jack Pennick

Actor | They Were Expendable

Jack Pennick was an American film actor, a familiar face, primarily in the movies of John Ford. He was born in Portland, Oregon, the son of gold miner Albert R. and Bessie (Murray) Pennick. After himself working as a gold miner, Pennick joined the U.S. Marine Corps and served, with the Pekin ...

22. Jean Acker

Actress | Checkers

Jean Acker was born in 1893 on a farm in Trenton, NJ, and was named Harriet. Her father was part Cherokee and her mother was Irish, and they had separated when she was young. Jean attended school at St. Mary's Seminary in Springfield, NJ. Her acting career began in vaudeville and stock-company ...

23. Jeff Corey

Actor | Beneath the Planet of the Apes

Jeff Corey was a film and television character actor, as well as one of the top acting teachers in America.

Corey was born Arthur Zwerling on August 10, 1914 in New York City, New York, to Mary (Peskin), a Russian Jewish immigrant, and Nathan Zwerling, an Austrian Jewish immigrant. He was an ...

24. Jennifer Daniel

Actress | Wuthering Heights

Blonde Welsh leading actress who spent the majority of her career working in television. Her rare forays to the big screen resulted in two of the more intense heroines inhabiting the world of Hammer horror in the 60's. On both occasions she appeared opposite Noel Willman: as one of his victims in ...

25. Jo Walker-Meador

26. João Havelange

Self | Il mundial dimenticato

João Havelange is a Brazilian lawyer, businessman, athlete and centenarian who served as the seventh President of FIFA from 1974 to 1998.

His tenure as President is the second longest in FIFA's history, behind only that of Jules Rimet. He received the title of Honorary President when leaving office,...

27. Joe Belcher

Actor | An American Werewolf in London

Joe Belcher was born on August 29, 1928 in Berkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for An American Werewolf in London (1981), Village Hall (1974) and The Practice (1985). He died on August 16, 2006 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK.

28. Joe Ranft

Writer | The Brave Little Toaster

Joseph Ranft was an American writer, voice actor, animator, storyboard artist and magician. He worked for Disney and Pixar. He worked on The Lion King, The Brave Little Toaster, Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Cars, Monsters, Inc and Finding Nemo. He voiced in the many films he worked on, notably as ...

29. John Doucette

Actor | True Grit

Stocky, balding American character actor with a rich, deep voice, equally adept at Western bad guys and Shakespeare. He began his career in films in minor roles, primarily as gangland henchmen, and progressed to become widely familiar as a figure in a variety of dramas and occasional comedies. ...

30. John McLaughlin

Actor | Mission: Impossible

John McLaughlin was born on March 29, 1927 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Mission: Impossible (1996), Independence Day (1996) and Dave (1993). He was married to Christina Vidal McLaughlin and Ann Dore. He died on August 16, 2016 in Washington, District of ...

31. Jon Shepodd

Actor | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Jon Shepodd was born on December 19, 1925 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. He was an actor, known for What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), The Power of the Resurrection (1958) and Lassie (1954). He died on August 16, 2017 in London, England, UK.

32. Jorge Bellizzi

Writer | Me llaman Gorrión

Jorge Bellizzi was born on October 19, 1927 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a writer and producer, known for Me llaman Gorrión (1972), Teatro de humor (1981) and Alta comedia (1965). He died on August 16, 2002.

33. José Mantequilla Nápoles

Actor | La venganza de la llorona

José Mantequilla Nápoles was born on April 13, 1940 in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. He was an actor, known for The Revenge of the Crying Woman (1974) and The Summer Sports Spectacular (1960). He died on August 16, 2019 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.

34. Kira Golovko

Actress | Glinka

Kira Golovko is a Russian actress of Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT).

She was born Kira Nikolaevna Ivanova on March 11, 1919, in Essentuki, Stavropol province, Russia. In 1936 - 1937 she studied Russian literature at Moscow Institute of Philosophy, Literature, and Arts. In 1938 Golovko made her stage ...

35. Louis Jouvet

Actor | Un carnet de bal

Louis Jouvet was a living glory of the French theatre where he debuted in 1910. In his life he has worked as pharmacist, manager of a theatre, actor and theatre teacher. He debuted at the movies in 1932 and his best films were of the Golden Age of French cinema called the "poetical realism", e.g. "...

36. Malcolm Atterbury

Actor | The Birds

Philadelphia native Malcolm Atterbury was born into a wealthy family - his father was president of the Pennsylvania Railroad - but he himself had no desire to go into the family business. He had always wanted to be an actor, and to that end got himself a job managing a radio station. From there he ...

37. Michael Twomey

Actor | Malice Aforethought

Michael Twomey was born on February 21, 1933 in Cork, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Malice Aforethought (2005), The Clash of the Ash (1987) and Broken Harvest (1994). He was married to Marie. He died on August 16, 2017 in Cork, Ireland.

38. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Soundtrack | 2012

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was born on October 13, 1948 in Lyallpur, Punjab, Pakistan [now Faisalabad, Pakistan]. He was a music artist and composer, known for 2012 (2009), Blood Diamond (2006) and Natural Born Killers (1994). He was married to Naheed Nusrat. He died on August 16, 1997 in London, ...

39. Phil Leeds

Actor | Ghost

Phil Leeds is one of those for whom the phrase "character actor" was invented. A slight, wizened man with a rubbery face, bulging eyes and a Jimmy Durante-like nose, he excelled at playing weaselly little snitches, con artists, or just a neighborhood eccentric who always had something up his sleeve...

40. Polo Ortín

Actor | Los repartidores

Polo Ortín was born on April 16, 1928 in Mexico City, Mexico. He was an actor and director, known for Los repartidores (1991), Vecinos (2005) and Operación narcóticos (1991). He was married to Olga Rinzo. He died on August 16, 2016 in Mexico City, Mexico.

41. Raúl Filippi

Actor | Marco, el candidato

Raúl Filippi was born on May 5, 1944 in San Miguel de Tucuman, Tucuman, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Marco, el candidato (1994), El hombre de la deuda externa (1987) and Tal como somos (1984). He died on August 16, 2016 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

42. Richard Williams

Animation_department | Who Framed Roger Rabbit

The son of commercial artists, Richard Williams studied at the Ontario College of Art and first worked in animation for Disney Studios in Burbank. His tenure there had a strong influence on his later work but proved somewhat stifling to his own creative flair. In 1955, aged 22, Williams moved to ...

43. Roberta Collins

Actress | Death Race 2000

Brassy'n'beautiful blonde Roberta Collins was a terrific, dynamic and scene-stealing delight who greatly enlivened a bunch of choice down'n'dirty 1970s drive-in exploitation pictures with her earthy good humor, boundless vitality, superior acting ability, strong, forceful personality and smoldering...

44. Roberto Vacca

Roberto Vacca was born on December 18, 1942 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died on August 16, 2016 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

45. Stewart Granger

Actor | King Solomon's Mines

Stewart Granger was born James Lablache Stewart in London, the great grandson of the opera singer Luigi Lablache. He attended Epsom College but left after deciding not to pursue a medical degree. He decided to try acting and attended Webber-Douglas School of Dramatic Art, London. By 1935, he made ...

46. Tonino Delli Colli

Cinematographer | Der Name der Rose

Tonino Delli Colli was born on November 20, 1922 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for The Name of the Rose (1986), Life Is Beautiful (1997) and Once Upon a Time in America (1984). He was married to Alexandra Delli Colli. He died on August 16, 2005 in Rome, Lazio, ...

47. Veda Ann Borg

Actress | Mildred Pierce

Born in Boston, Veda Ann Borg was a New York model in 1936 when a screen test brought her a short-lived contract at Paramount, where she made her debut film, Three Cheers for Love (1936). She fit better at Warner Brothers, where she played at least 15 roles (some of them bits) in 1937-38; but in ...

48. Vera Glagoleva

Director | Odna voyna

Vera Glagoleva was born on January 31, 1956 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She was an actress and director, known for Odna voyna (2009), Zakaz (2005) and Two Women (2014). She was married to Kirill Shubsky and Rodion Nakhapetov. She died on August 16, 2017 in Baden-Baden, ...

49. Wakako Yamauchi

Writer | In Heaven & Earth

Wakako Yamauchi was born on October 25, 1924 in Westmorland, California, USA. She was a writer, known for In Heaven & Earth (1997), And the Soul Shall Dance (1978) and Words, Weavings & Songs (2002). She was married to Chester M. Yamauchi. She died on August 16, 2018 in Gardena, California,...

50. Wanda Landowska

Soundtrack | Blacktop: A Story of the Washing of a School Play Yard

Wanda Landowska was born on July 5, 1879 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. She is known for Blacktop: A Story of the Washing of a School Play Yard (1952), 3rd Ave. El (1955) and Monitor (1958). She was married to Henry Lew. She died on August 16, 1959 in Lakeville...

51. William Windom

Actor | Escape from the Planet of the Apes

A man of all mediums, this veteran, Manhattan-born character actor was named after his great-grandfather, Lincolnesque Congressman William Windom. Born in 1923, the son of Paul Windom, an architect, and the former Isobel Wells Peckham, Bill attended Williams College and the University of Kentucky, ...