Deaths: November 27

1. Godfrey Gao

Actor | The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

Godfrey Gao was born on September 22, 1984 in Taiwan. He was an actor, known for The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013), The Jade Pendant (2017) and Toy Story 3 (2010). He died on November 27, 2019 in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China.

2. Agnes Baker Pilgrim

Self | For the Next 7 Generations

Agnes Baker Pilgrim was born on September 11, 1924 in Lodgson, Oregon, USA. She was married to Grant Pilgrim. She died on November 27, 2019 in Grants Pass, Oregon, USA.

3. Angela Aames

Actress | Scarface

Angela Aames grew up in Pierre, South Dakota. She acted in high school and attended the University of South Dakota before coming to Hollywood in 1978 to begin her acting career. Her first film role was as Little Bo Peep in the film Fairy Tales (1978). She followed that up by playing Linda "...

4. Anne Barton

Actress | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Anne Barton was born on March 20, 1924 in Evansville, Indiana, USA. She was an actress, known for What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), The Twilight Zone (1959) and Whirlybirds (1957). She was married to Dan Barton. She died on November 27, 2000 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

5. Anthony Jackson

Actor | 2001: A Space Odyssey

Anthony Jackson was born on February 18, 1944 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK. He was an actor, known for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Labyrinth (1986) and Bless This House (1971). He died on November 27, 2006 in London, England, UK.

6. Bala Singh

Actor | Indian

Bala Singh was born on May 7, 1952 in Kaliyakkavilai, Kanyakumari District, India. He was an actor, known for Indian (1996), Ambuli (2012) and Jigarthanda (2014). He died on November 27, 2019 in Vadapalani, Chennai, India.

7. Barbara Acklin

Soundtrack | A Brother's Kiss

Barbara Acklin was born on February 28, 1943 in Oakland, California, USA. She was a composer, known for A Brother's Kiss (1997), Sparkle (2012) and The Beiderbecke Tapes (1987). She was married to Eugene Record. She died on November 27, 1998 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.

8. Barbara Brooks Wallace

Writer | ABC Weekend Specials

Barbara Brooks Wallace was born on December 3, 1922 in Suzhou, China. She was a writer, known for ABC Weekend Specials (1977). She was married to Lt. Col. James Wallace Jr. (USAF). She died on November 27, 2018 in Arlington, Virginia, USA.

9. Billie Bird

Actress | Sixteen Candles

Vaudeville comedienne Billie Bird Sellen was discovered at an orphanage at the age of eight years and hired to tour theater circuits with a vaudeville troupe. During the Vietnam War she accompanied 12 USO tours entertaining the troops in the war zone in the 1960s and 1970s. She had worked as ...

10. Bob Seidemann

Actor | The Gertrude Stein Mystery or Some Like It Art

Bob Seidemann was born on December 28, 1941 in Manhattan, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Gertrude Stein Mystery or Some Like It Art (2010), Power Vision - Pop Galerie (1995) and Biography (1987). He was married to Belinda Bryant. He died on November 27, 2017 in Vallejo, California, ...

11. Brad Gobright

Self | Reel Rock 14

Brad Gobright was born on June 16, 1988 in Orange County, California, USA. He died on November 27, 2019 in El Potrero Chico, Nuovo Leon, Mexico.

12. Clay Evans

Self | 4th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards

Clay Evans was born on June 23, 1925 in Brownsville, Tennessee, USA. He was married to Lutha Mae Hollingshed. He died on November 27, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

13. Cristina Stamate

Actress | O seara la Revista

Cristina Stamate was born on February 8, 1946 in Bucharest, Romania. She was an actress, known for O seara la Revista (2013), The Secret of Bacchus (1984) and Grabeste-te încet (1981). She was married to Dan Ivanescu. She died on November 27, 2017 in Bucharest, Romania.

14. David House

Actor | The Host

David House was born on December 15, 1958 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for The Host (2013), Paul (2011) and The Last Stand (2013). He died on November 27, 2016 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

15. David White

Actor | Bewitched

American stage actor who appeared frequently on television and occasionally but impressively in films. A Marine Corps veteran of the Second World War, he worked on Broadway and on tour in stage productions after the war. In the late 1950s, he became an increasingly familiar face on American ...

16. Eugene O'Neill

Writer | Long Day's Journey Into Night

Eugene O'Neill, the winner of four Pulitzer Prizes for Drama and the 1936 Nobel Prize for Literature, is widely considered the greatest American playwright. No one, not Maxwell Anderson, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, nor Edward Albee, approaches O'Neill in terms of his artistic achievement or ...

17. Evelyn Preer

Actress | Within Our Gates

Born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, pioneering black actress Evelyn Preer was educated in Chicago, where she and her mother moved after the death of her father. She entered show business vis vaudeville and the "chitlin' circuit" of minstrel shows that served the country's strictly segregated black ...

18. Federico Klemm

Actor | La dama regresa

Federico Klemm was born on March 25, 1942 in the Czech Republic. He was an actor, known for La dama regresa (1996), Illya Kuryaki & The Valderramas: Jaguar House (1995) and Jorge Polaco (2024). He died on November 27, 2002 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

19. Gary Speed

Self | Match of the Day

Gary Speed was born on September 8, 1969 in Mancot, Wales, UK. He was married to Louise Speed. He died on November 27, 2011 in Chester, Cheshire, England, UK.

20. Goran Stefanovski

Writer | Do balcak

Goran Stefanovski was born on April 27, 1952 in Bitola, Republic of Macedonia. He was a writer and actor, known for To the Hilt (2014), Hi-Fi (1987) and TV teatar (1956). He died on November 27, 2018 in Ashford, England, UK.

21. Harry Harvey

Actor | The Pride of the Yankees

Harvey had a musical background and began his entertainment career in 1918 with "Gus Hill's Honey Boy Minstrels." From there he went on to appear in various minstrel and burlesque shows. This led to many roles in Broadway shows. He went to Hollywood in 1934 and had a career spanning almost fifty ...

22. Harvey Milk

Actor | Chafed Elbows

Harvey Milk was born on May 22, 1930 in Long Island, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Chafed Elbows (1966), Queer Serial: American LGBTQ+ History (2017) and News Talk (1977). He died on November 27, 1978 in San Francisco, California, USA.

23. Irvin Kershner

Director | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

Irvin Kershner was born on April 29, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A graduate of the University of Southern California film school, Kershner began his career in 1950, producing documentaries for the United States Information Service in the Middle East. He later turned to television, directing...

24. James Kisicki

Actor | The Shawshank Redemption

James Kisicki was born on April 14, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Wonder Boys (2000) and The Oh in Ohio (2006). He was married to Deborah Kaiser Kisicki. He died on November 27, 2017 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

25. Jocelyn Brando

Actress | The Big Heat

Jocelyn Brando, the older sister of Marlon Brando, was born Nov. 18, 1919, in San Francisco, California, to Marlon Brando Sr. and his wife, the former Dorothy Pennebaker. Jocelyn and Marlon and their sister Frances grew up mostly on a farm near Evanston, Illinois, though the family moved around ...

26. John Carradine

Actor | The Grapes of Wrath

John Carradine, the son of a reporter/artist and a surgeon, grew up in Poughkeepsie, New York. He attended Christ Church School and Graphic Art School, studying sculpture, and afterward roamed the South selling sketches. He made his acting debut in "Camille" in a New Orleans theatre in 1925. ...

27. John Wulp

Art_department | O Pioneers!

John Wulp was born on May 31, 1928 in New Rochelle, New York, USA. He is known for O Pioneers! (1991), The 32nd Annual Tony Awards (1978) and The 33rd Annual Tony Awards (1979). He died on November 27, 2018 in Rockport, Maine, USA.

28. Jonathan Miller

Producer | Cosi Fan Tutte

Jonathan Miller was born on July 21, 1934 in London, England, UK. He was a producer and writer, known for Cosi Fan Tutte (1986), Sunday Night (1965) and Sensitive Skin (2005). He was married to Helen Rachel Collet. He died on November 27, 2019 in London, England, UK.

29. Ken Russell

Director | The Devils

Ken Russell tried several professions before choosing to become a film director; he was a still photographer and a dancer and he even served in the Army, but film was his destiny. He began by making several short films which paved the way for his brilliant television films of the 1960s that are ...

30. Lewis Collins

Actor | Jack the Ripper

Underrated British leading man predominantly of the Seventies and Eighties, Collins made his mark in the 1970s action drama The Professionals (1977). As hard man William Bodie, Collins became a household name worldwide. Unfortunately, since the show ended in 1983, Lewis Collins has been miscast in ...

31. Lotte Lenya

Actress | From Russia with Love

Lotte Lenya was a Tony Award-winning and Academy award-nominated actress and singer. While best remembered in the U.S. for her supporting role as Rosa Klebb in the classic Bond film From Russia with Love (1963), she is celebrated in Germany for her ground-breaking performances in the plays of Kurt ...

32. Mahito Tsujimura

Actor | Kaze no tani no Naushika

Mahito Tsujimura was born on April 14, 1930 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato: Warriors of Love (1978) and Porco Rosso (1992). He died on November 27, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan.

33. Martin Armiger

Music_department | Dark City

Martin Armiger was born on June 10, 1949 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, UK. He was a composer and actor, known for Dark City (1998), Young Einstein (1988) and Dancing Daze (1986). He died on November 27, 2019 in France.

34. Menchu Quesada

Actress | La muchachada de a bordo

Menchu Quesada was born in 1914 in Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for La muchachada de a bordo (1967), Vamos a soñar por el amor (1971) and La comedia de la tarde (1971). She died on November 26, 2005 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

35. Michael Keep

Actor | 40 Guns to Apache Pass

Michael Keep was born on December 15, 1922 in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. He was an actor, known for 40 Guns to Apache Pass (1967), The Twilight Zone (1959) and The High Chaparral (1967). He died on November 27, 2007 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

36. Mickey Baker

Soundtrack | Men in Black³

Singer / songwriter / producer Mickey Baker was born McHouston Baker in Louisville, KY, in 1925. At about 15 years of age he traveled to New York City to break into the music business, and played in both blues and jazz clubs and bands. To make ends meet he gave guitar lessons, and in 1953 a young ...

37. Nilton Santos

Self | O Preço da Vitória

Nilton Santos was born on May 16, 1925 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He died on November 27, 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

38. Norma Nichols

Actress | The Ne'er-Do-Well

Norma Nichols was born on January 7, 1894 in Santa Ana, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Ne'er Do Well (1915), Ham and the Hermit's Daughter (1916) and The Tides of Barnegat (1917). She died on November 27, 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

39. P.D. James

Writer | Children of Men

P.D. James was born on August 3, 1920 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK. She was a writer and producer, known for Children of Men (2006), Death in Holy Orders (2003) and Dalgliesh (2021). She was married to Ernest Connor Bantry White. She died on November 27, 2014 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England,...

40. Peter Burton

Actor | Dr. No

Peter Burton was born on April 4, 1921 in Bromley, Kent, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Dr. No (1962), A Clockwork Orange (1971) and The Avengers (1961). He was married to Lillias Walker. He died on November 27, 1989 in Chelsea, London, England, UK.

41. Pier Fritzscher

Actor | Sos mi hombre

Pier Fritzscher was an actor, known for Sos mi hombre (2012), Canta si puedes (2016) and Bailando por un sueño (2005). He died on November 27, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

42. Rasheed Thurmond

Writer | Def Comedy Jam

Rasheed is one of today's rising comedy stars. Rasheed is a survivor of the streets of Brooklyn, NY and proud of it. So proud in fact, that he has used his experiences from the tough neighborhood streets and the many nationalities surrounding him to create his laid back style of comedy. Taking no ...

43. Richard Kelton

Actor | Quark

Richard Duane Kelton was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, and was the only child of Fred and Glenna Kelton. While growing up in Miami, Oklahoma, he remembered watching James Dean and cites him as his main influence on becoming an actor. After studying drama at The University of Kansas, he made his way to...

44. Robert Ames

Actor | Smart Woman

Robert Ames was born on March 23, 1889 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor, known for Smart Woman (1931), Holiday (1930) and Behind Office Doors (1931). He was married to Helen Muriel Oakes, Vivienne Segal, Frances Goodrich and Alice L. Gerry. He died on November 27, 1931 in New York ...

45. Robert Popwell

Actor | Hard to Hold

Robert Lee Popwell, is an American jazz fusion, smooth jazz bass guitarist and percussionist.

Known as "Pops", he played with The Young Rascals , The Crusaders and the Macon Rhythm Section. The Young Rascals were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame May 6, 1997. They were inducted into the ...

46. Stefan Danailov

Actor | Boris I

One of the most talented actors from Bulgaria. He was born in Sofia in 1942. In 1962 he graduated from famous Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts as an actor. His first appearance in the movies was in 1956 when he was a only a teenager. With the well known series Na vseki ...

47. Susan Shaw

Actress | The Diplomatic Corpse

The lovely blonde actress, Susan Shaw, was groomed by the Rank Organisation in England for a career in film in the 40s and 50s. She was born on August 29, 1929 in West Norwood, England. Susan was at her best when cast in a role as a pretty young slip of a girl with her nose in the air. After a ...

48. Terry de Havilland

Self | Twiggy's Frock Exchange

Terry de Havilland was born on March 21, 1938 in Barking, London, England, UK. He is known for Twiggy's Frock Exchange (2008), Britain's Next Top Model (2005) and Liberty of London (2013). He was married to Liz de Havilland. He died on November 27, 2019 in the UK.

49. Tony Martell

Self | The Mike Douglas Show

Tony Martell was born on June 23, 1926 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Victoria (Vicky) Washeleski. He died on November 27, 2016 in Madison, New Jersey, USA.

50. Wolfgang Preiss

Actor | A Bridge Too Far

Born in Nuremberg on February 27, 1910, the son of a school teacher, well-known German actor Wolfgang Preiss started studying philosophy and theatre sciences alternately (including dance training) and made his stage debut in 1932 in Munich. He appeared in many theatres throughout his country in the...