Deaths: November 18

1. Cab Calloway

Bandleader, songwriter ("Minnie the Moocher", "Are You Hep to That Jive?"), composer, singer, actor and author, educated at Crane College. While studying law, he sang with the band The Alabamians, and took over the group in 1928. He led The Missourians orchestra, then organized and led his own ...

2. Argentina Santos

Soundtrack | Fados

Argentina Santos was born on February 6, 1924 in Lisbon, Portugal. She died on November 18, 2019 in Lisbon, Portugal.

3. Azzedine Alaïa

Costume_department | A View to a Kill

Azzedine Alaïa was born on February 26, 1940 in Tunis, Tunisia. He was a costume designer, known for A View to a Kill (1985), The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) and Du mouron pour les petits oiseaux (1963). He died on November 18, 2017 in Paris, France.

4. Beatrice Colen

Actress | Wonder Woman

Beatrice Colen was born on January 10, 1948 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Wonder Woman (1975), Great Performances (1971) and High Anxiety (1977). She was married to Patrick Cronin. She died on November 18, 1999 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

5. Ben Riley

Self | Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

Ben Riley was born on July 17, 1933 in Savannah, Georgia, USA. He was married to Inez Riley. He died on November 18, 2017 in West Islip, New York, USA.

6. Bill Roberson

Actor | Forrest Gump

Bill Roberson was born on August 21, 1958 in Washington, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Forrest Gump (1994), The Patriot (2000) and Patch Adams (1998). He was married to Hi Bedford. He died on November 18, 2017 in Columbia, South Carolina, USA.

7. Brad McQuaid

Producer | EverQuest

Brad McQuaid was born on April 25, 1968 in the USA. He was a producer, known for EverQuest (1999), Vanguard: Saga of Heroes (2007) and Avatars Offline (2002). He died on November 18, 2019 in the USA.

8. Carolyn Kearney

Actress | Hot Rod Girl

Born in Detroit and raised in New Orleans, Carolyn Kearney began studying at the Pasadena Playhouse in the mid-1950s, and was soon acting in stage productions, opposite veterans Stuart Erwin, Edward Everett Horton, Gladys Cooper, Leo G. Carroll and Cecil Kellaway. In addition to many TV appearances...

9. Cy Coleman

Soundtrack | Reminiscence

Songwriter ("Witchcraft", "Big Spender", "Hey, Look Me Over"), composer and pianist, educated at the High School of Music and Art and the New York College of Music. He also studied with Rudolph Gruen (on scholarship) and Adele Marcus. He gave his first piano recitals at age six in Steinway Hall and...

10. Donald Meek

Actor | You Can't Take It with You

One Hollywood stalwart whose screen incarnations more than lived up to his name was bald-domed character actor Donald Meek, forever typecast as mousy, timorous or browbeaten Casper Milquetoasts. He stood at 5 ft. 6 in. in his boots and weighed a mere 81 pounds. However, the little Glaswegian's ...

11. Ed Evanko

Actor | Sudden Death

Ed Evanko was born on October 19, 1941 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He was an actor, known for Sudden Death (1995), Double Jeopardy (1999) and First Wave (1998). He died on November 18, 2018 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

12. Ethel Ayler

Actress | The Bodyguard

Ethel Ayler was born on May 1, 1930 in Whistler, Alabama, USA. She was an actress, known for The Bodyguard (1992), 9½ Weeks (1986) and To Sleep with Anger (1990). She died on November 18, 2018 in Loma Linda, California, USA.

13. Jack Doroshow

Actor | The Anderson Tapes

Jack Doroshow was born on September 10, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Anderson Tapes (1971), The Queen (1968) and Chicken Pox (2008). He died on November 18, 2017 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

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14. Friedel Rausch

Self | Bundesliga

Friedel Rausch was born on February 27, 1940 in Duisburg, Germany. He was married to Marlies. He died on November 18, 2017 in Horw, Luzern, Switzerland.

15. Fritz Feld

Actor | Bringing Up Baby

Fritz Feld was born on October 15, 1900 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor and production manager, known for Bringing Up Baby (1938), Hello, Dolly! (1969) and Out Where the Stars Begin (1938). He was married to Virginia Christine and Idea Wickham Von Koppen. He died on November 18, 1993 in Los ...

16. Gia Carangi

Actress | Blondie: Atomic

Gia Carangi was born on January 29, 1960 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Blondie: Atomic (1980). She died on November 18, 1986 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

17. Harold J. Stone

Actor | The Wrong Man

Never a big name but always a reliable staple on TV crime shows during the 1960s and 1970s, Harold J. Stone usually was seen in a strong, unsympathetic vein -- an unyielding father or husband, corrupt businessman, menacing crime figure, etc. A sober-looking gent with a block jaw, Romanesque-styled ...

18. James Coburn

Actor | The Great Escape

Lanky, charismatic and versatile actor with an amazing grin that put everyone at ease, James Coburn studied acting at UCLA, and then moved to New York to study under noted acting coach Stella Adler. After being noticed in several stage productions, Coburn appeared in a handful of minor westerns ...

19. Jeanne-Claude

Herb & Dorothy

Jeanne-Claude was born on June 13, 1935 in Casablanca, French Protectorate in Morocco [now Morocco]. She is known for Herb & Dorothy (2008), Christo: Works in Progress (1978) and Christo and Jeanne-Claude (1995). She was married to Christo and Phillipe Planchon. She died on November 18, 2009 in...

20. Jennie Stoller

Actress | Sapphire & Steel

Jennie Stoller was born on April 26, 1946 in Islington, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Sapphire & Steel (1979), King Ralph (1991) and Casualty 1909 (2009). She was married to Paul Mayersberg. She died on November 18, 2018 in the UK.

21. Jerry Jones

Actor | The Long Goodbye

Jerry Jones was born on February 16, 1927 in Varner, Arkansas, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Long Goodbye (1973), Dolemite (1975) and Disco Godfather (1979). He died on November 18, 2012 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

22. Johnny Haymer

Actor | ...And Justice for All

Johnny Haymer was born on January 19, 1920 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for And Justice for All (1979), Annie Hall (1977) and The Transformers (1984). He was married to Helen Sylivia Graff. He died on November 18, 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

23. Ken Shapiro

Actor | The Groove Tube

Ken Shapiro was born on June 5, 1942 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Groove Tube (1974), Modern Problems (1981) and Singing Faces (1968). He was married to Kelly Hamilton,. He died on November 18, 2017 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.

24. Laura Hidalgo

Actress | La bestia debe morir

Laura Hidalgo, whose real name was Pesea Faerman, was born in Romania in 1927. She arrived in Argentina when she was two years old. From 1945 she showed a remarkable ambition to become a movie star. She was rejected by some studios because of her weight and she lost more than a few pounds. ...

25. Laure Killing

Actress | Paris enquêtes criminelles

Laure Killing was born on June 9, 1959 in Gennevilliers, Hauts-de-Seine, France. She was an actress, known for Paris Criminal Investigations (2007), New Wave (1990) and Dolmen (2005). She died on November 17, 2019 in Paris, France.

26. Malcolm Young

Soundtrack | School of Rock

Malcolm Young was born on January 6, 1953 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He was a composer and actor, known for School of Rock (2003), Last Action Hero (1993) and Maximum Overdrive (1986). He was married to Linda. He died on November 18, 2017.

27. Man Ray

Director | Home Movies

American painter and artist in various media who participated in a few films. He helped found the Dada movement and was the prime American participant in the Surrealist movement. An American expatriate to Paris in the 1920s, he was a member of the so-called "Lost Generation" of creative minds ...

28. Marcel Proust

Writer | Un amour de Swann

Marcel Proust was a French intellectual, author and critic, best known for his seven-volume fiction 'In search of Lost Time'. He coined the term "involuntary memory", which became also known as "Proust effect" in modern psychology.

He was born Valentin Louis Georges Eugéne Marcel Proust, on July 10, ...

29. Michael Kamen

Soundtrack | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Michael Kamen was born on April 15, 1948 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Don Juan DeMarco (1994) and X-Men (2000). He was married to Sandra Keenan. He died on November 18, 2003 in London, England, UK.

30. Midori Kiuchi

Actress | Shiosai

Midori Kiuchi was born on September 25, 1950 in Nagoya, Japan. She was an actress, known for Shiosai (1971), Boku no mahô tsukai (2003) and Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004). She was married to Seiichi Mizuno. She died on November 18, 2019 in Japan.

31. Niels Bohr

Self | Niels Bohr

Niels Bohr was born on October 7, 1885 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was married to Margrethe Norlund. He died on November 18, 1962 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

32. Osvaldo Fresedo

Soundtrack | Scent of a Woman

Osvaldo Fresedo was born on May 5, 1897 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a composer and actor, known for Scent of a Woman (1992), Burnt Money (2000) and In the Palm of Your Hand (1951). He died on November 18, 1984 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

33. Pancho Segura

Self | The Steve Allen Show

Pancho Segura was born on June 20, 1921 in Guayaquil, Ecuador. He was married to Virginia Smith and Beverley Moylan. He died on November 18, 2017 in Carlsbad, California, USA.

34. Pepe Eliaschev

Self | Premios Martín Fierro 2006

Pepe Eliaschev was born on May 31, 1945 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died on November 18, 2014 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

35. Peter Cartwright

Actor | Gandhi

Peter Cartwright was born on August 30, 1935 in Krugersdorp, South Africa. He was an actor, known for Gandhi (1982), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) and Wimbledon (2004). He was married to Peggy Naugton. He died on November 18, 2013 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.

36. Sharon Jones

Soundtrack | The Great Debaters

Born Sharon Lafaye Jones in Augusta, Georgia, she moved to New York City at an early age. With a gifted voice, performing gospel songs in Church, since childhood, she has only recently received acclaim by the public and her peers in the areas of Soul, Funk and Rhythm and Blues. Until the late 90s ...

37. Vivian Bonnell

Actress | Ghost

Vivian Bonnell was born on May 23, 1924 in Antigua, British West Indies. She was an actress, known for Ghost (1990), Summer School (1987) and Teachers (1984). She was married to Austin Stoker. She died on November 18, 2003 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

38. Evgeniy Lazarev

Actor | Iron Man 2

Evgeniy Lazarev was born on March 31, 1937 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR [now Belarus]. He was an actor, known for Iron Man 2 (2010), Duplex (2003) and The Sum of All Fears (2002). He was married to Akhmatova Obrucheva. He died on November 18, 2016 in Krasnogorsk, Krasnogorskiy rayon, ...

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