Deaths: August 12
by bcampos862 | created - 06 Aug 2017 | updated - 12 Aug 2020 | Public
1. Arlene Martel
Actress | Star Trek
Arlene Martel was likely best-known (if not by name) to Star Trek (1966) fans, and possibly most television viewers of a certain age, as Spock's treacherous Vulcan betrothed, T'Pring, in the episode, Star Trek: Amok Time (1967).
Born Arline Greta Sax to Austrian Jewish immigrants on April 14, 1936 ...
2. Abel Laudonio
Actor | Nosotros y los miedos
Abel Laudonio was born on August 30, 1938 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Nosotros y los miedos (1982) and The Way It Was (1974). He died on August 12, 2014 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
3. Anna Held
Actress | Madame la Presidente
Anna Held was born Helene Anna Held on March 8, 1872 (some sources say 1873) in Warsaw, Poland, the youngest of eleven children in a Jewish family. Her family moved to France, where her father died from alcoholism when she was twelve years old. She began her career singing in Europe. Her signature ...
4. Carrie Hilton
Casting_director | 300
Carrie Hilton was born on October 28, 1969 in Sunderland, England, UK. She was a casting director, known for 300 (2006), Constantine (2005) and Bend It Like Beckham (2002). She died on August 12, 2007 in London, England, UK.
5. Dorothy Mackaill
Actress | Chickie
Dorothy Mackaill was 11 when her parents separated; she then lived with her father. A rebellious teenager, Dorothy -- who had long wanted a career in the theater -- ran away to London and finally persuaded her father to pay for her board and lessons. Her first job was in the chorus; she then ...
6. Francisco Solano-López
Writer | El Eternauta
Francisco Solano-López was born on October 26, 1928 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a writer, known for The Eternaut, Hora cero (2004) and Imaginadores (2008). He died on August 12, 2011 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
7. Friso Prins van Oranje-Nassau
Self | History
Friso Prins van Oranje-Nassau was born on September 25, 1968 in Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands. He was married to Mabel van Oranje-Nassau. He died on August 12, 2013 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
8. Henry Fonda
Actor | 12 Angry Men
This remarkable, soft-spoken American began in films as a diffident juvenile. With passing years, he matured into a star character actor who exemplified not only integrity and strength, but an ideal of the common man fighting against social injustice and oppression. He was born in Grand Island, ...
9. Ian Fleming
Writer | Casino Royale
Born into a wealthy and influential English family, Ian Fleming spent his early years attending top British schools such as Eton and Sandhurst military academy. He took to writing while schooling in Kitzbuhel, Austria, and upon failing the entrance requirements for Foreign Service joined the news ...
10. Jean Michel Basquiat
Soundtrack | Downtown 81
Jean Michel Basquiat began painting graffiti in New York in 1977. He always signed his works with SAMO, which means "Same Old Shit". His works came to the attention of the American painter Keith Haring, who drew inspiration for his own work from New York graffiti paintings. Basquiat also made ...
11. João Carlos Barroso
Actor | Pecado Capital
He began his acting career when Argentine producers found him, at the age of eleven, playing soccer on one of Copacabana's sidewalks. He was invited to join the cast of Tercer Mundo (1962), a Brazilian-Argentine co-production shot on Rio's hill slums, only released in 1973. Right after this role, ...
12. José Luis Brown
Self | XIII FIFA World Cup 1986
José Luis Brown was born on November 10, 1956 in Ranchos, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. He was married to Viviana Cavaliero and Silvia Curi. He died on August 12, 2019 in La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
13. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.
Self | JFK: The Life and Legacy
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. was born on July 28, 1915 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He died on August 12, 1944 in Blythburgh, Suffolk, England, UK.
14. Kazimiera Utrata
Actress | Anna Karenina
Kazimiera Utrata was born on July 5, 1932 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. She was an actress, known for Anna Karenina (2000), Skradziona kolekcja (1979) and Milosc z listy przebojów (1985). She was married to Marek Lusztig. She died on August 12, 2018 in Poland.
15. Lauren Bacall
Actress | To Have and Have Not
Lauren Bacall was born Betty Joan Perske on September 16, 1924, in New York City. She was the daughter of Natalie Weinstein-Bacal, a Romanian Jewish immigrant, and William Perske, who was born in New Jersey, to Polish Jewish parents. Her family was middle-class, with her father working as a ...
16. Les Paul
Soundtrack | Speed Racer
Les Paul was born on June 9, 1915 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Speed Racer (2008), Casino (1995) and Carol (2015). He was married to Mary Ford and Virginia Webb. He died on August 12, 2009 in White Plains, New York, USA.
17. Loretta Young
Actress | The Stranger
Sweet, sweeter, sweetest. No combination of terms better describes the screen persona of lovely Loretta Young. A&E's Biography (1987) has stated that Young "remains a symbol of beauty, serenity, and grace. But behind the glamour and stardom is a woman of substance whose true beauty lies in her ...
18. Lucy Gallardo
Actress | El ángel exterminador
Lucy Gallardo was born on December 13, 1929 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress and writer, known for The Exterminating Angel (1962), Con quién andan nuestras hijas (1956) and Bambalinas (1957). She was married to Luis Aldás and Enrique Rambal. She died on August 11, 2012 in Los ...
19. Manuel Erice
Self | El debate de La 1
Manuel Erice was born in 1965 in Pamplona, Navarra, Spain.
20. Merv Griffin
Producer | Jeopardy!
Merv Griffin was a singer and band leader, movie actor, television personality and media mogul who in his time hosting The Merv Griffin Show (1962) was second in fame and influence as a talk show host only to Johnny Carson. Griffin was best known for creating the two most popular game shows in ...
21. Paola Mori
Actress | Mr. Arkadin
Paola Mori was born on September 18, 1928 in Italy. She was an actress, known for Confidential Report (1955), Fanciulle di lusso (1952) and Don Quixote (1972). She was married to Orson Welles. She died on August 12, 1986 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
22. Paule Marshall
Actress | CBS Repertoire Workshop
Paule Marshall was born on April 9, 1929 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for CBS Repertoire Workshop (1960). She was married to Nourry Menard and Kenneth Marshall. She died on August 12, 2019 in Richmond, Virginia, USA.
23. Peter Woodthorpe
Actor | The Lord of the Rings
Peter Woodthorpe was educated at Archbishop Holgate's Grammar School in York and attended Magdalene College, Cambridge. He undertook National Service in the Royal Navy and made his debut as a professional actor in the theatre in 1955. His extensive and distinguished stage career included work with ...
24. Phillips Holmes
Actor | Men Must Fight
A future in movies for this fair-haired, fresh-faced young adult of the 1930s was by no means certain at the time of his untimely death in a mid-air plane collision. Hints of the All-American leading man promise Phillips Holmes managed to convey during the early to mid decade, particularly in the ...
25. Richard Hayward
Actor | The Buddy Holly Story
Richard Hayward was born on February 6, 1946 in Clear Lake, Iowa, USA. He was an actor, known for The Buddy Holly Story (1978), Le mythomane (1981) and Les monte-en-l'air (1976). He died on August 12, 2010 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
26. Ross Elliott
Actor | Tarantula
A general utilitarian player on TV and film, Ross Elliott provided clean-cut, reliable support for over four decades. Born Elliott Blum on June 18, 1917 in New York City, Ross grew up in the Bronx and began appearing in plays while a teenage at both summer camps and in high school. He attended New ...
27. Sara Seegar
Actress | The Music Man
Sara Seegar was born on July 1, 1914 in Greentown, Indiana, USA. She was an actress, known for The Music Man (1962), Bewitched (1964) and Dennis the Menace (1959). She was married to Ezra Stone. She died on August 12, 1990 in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, USA.
28. Shirley Grey
Actress | The Hurricane Express
Born Agnes Zetterstrand in 1902 in the small industrial town of Naugatuck, Connecticut, Grey was the seventh surviving and youngest child of Swedish immigrants. Her life and that of her family was sent into turmoil when her father died suddenly of a heart attack in 1911. Grey's family eventually ...
29. Stephen Lewis
Actor | Last of the Summer Wine
Stephen Lewis, will be chiefly remembered for the comedy catchphrase: "I 'ate you Butler!" He delivered it week after week in the hit sitcom On The Buses, a saucy slice of life that ran on ITV from 1969 to 1973. Lewis was Cyril "Blakey" Blake, a bus inspector with a Hitler moustache and delusions ...
30. Terence Knapp
Actor | Magnum, P.I.
Terence Knapp was born on February 14, 1932 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Magnum, P.I. (1980), Othello (1965) and Saturday Playhouse (1958). He died on August 12, 2019 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
31. Tita Gutiérrez
Actress | Quiero llenarme de ti
Tita Gutiérrez was born on April 16, 1925 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for Quiero llenarme de ti (1969), Los ojos llenos de amor (1954) and La foto (1970). She died on August 12, 2015 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
32. William D. Gordon
Producer | The Fugitive
William D. Gordon was born on January 4, 1918 in Santa Clara, California, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for The Fugitive (1963), The Richard Boone Show (1963) and The Twilight Zone (1959). He died on August 12, 1991 in Thousand Oaks, California, USA.
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