Notable Showbiz Deaths of 2018

1. Jon Paul Steuer

Actor | Little Giants

In 1993, nine year old Jon Paul Steuer was cast in the role of Brett Butler's son Quentin Kelly on the ABC sitcom Grace Under Fire. The pilot episode aired September 29, 1993 with actor Noah Segan playing Quentin. Jon took over the role starting in episode two. During hiatus of the second season, ...

2. Frank Buxton

Actor | Overboard

Born in Wellesley, MA, USA, Buxton grew up in Larchmont, NY, USA, graduated from Northwestern University (BS) and Syracuse University (MS). After service in the U.S. Army in the Korean War, he worked in local television as a producer-director in Buffalo, N.Y. and Chicago, IL and then began his ...

3. Rick Hall

Soundtrack | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

Rick Hall was born on January 31, 1932 in Forest Grove, Mississippi, USA. He was a composer, known for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016), Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) and The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019). He was married to Linda Kay Hall. He died on January 2, 2018 in Muscle ...

4. Carmen Cozza

Self | ESPN 25: Who's #1?

Carmen Cozza was born on June 10, 1930 in Parma, Ohio, USA. He was married to Jean. He died on January 4, 2018 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

5. Ray Thomas

Soundtrack | Killing Eve

Ray Thomas was born on December 29, 1941 in Stourport on Severn, England, UK. He was an actor and composer, known for Killing Eve (2018), Hittimittari (1984) and The Moody Blues: Your Wildest Dreams (1986). He was married to Lee Lightle. He died on January 4, 2018 in Surrey, England, UK.

6. Jerry Van Dyke

Actor | Coach

He had that same genuine likability factor, owned that same trademark lantern jaw and was just as appealing and gifted as his older brother, Dick Van Dyke, but, for decades, Jerry Van Dyke bore the brunt of his brother's overwhelming shadow.

Six years younger than brother Dick, the comic actor was ...

7. Greta Thyssen

Actress | Shadows

The enticing, voluptuous European beauty Greta Thyssen filled out the pages of movie magazines everywhere during the 1950s. Born on March 30, 1927, she was a freshly-scrubbed brunette when she was crowned Miss Denmark in 1952. The subsequent attention had her packing her bags for Hollywood. At that...

8. France Gall

Soundtrack | A Simple Favor

France Gall was born on October 9, 1947 in Paris, France. She was an actress and writer, known for A Simple Favor (2018), Gunpowder Milkshake (2021) and Heartbeats (2010). She was married to Michel Berger. She died on January 7, 2018 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

9. Denise LaSalle

Soundtrack | Only Lovers Left Alive

Denise LaSalle was born on July 16, 1934 in The Island, LeFlore County, Mississippi, USA. She was married to James E. Wolfe Jr., Bill Jones and Artic Craig. She died on January 8, 2018 in Jackson, Tennessee, USA.

10. Donnelly Rhodes

Actor | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Born and raised in Winnipeg, Canada, Donnelly Rhodes trained to be a warden in the National Park Service in Manitoba and joined the Royal Canadian Air Force as an airman-mechanic before finally settling into his long and successful career as an actor. Rhodes studied at the Royal Manitoba Theatre ...

11. Joseph Wayne Miller

Actor | Heavyweights

Joseph Wayne Miller was born on December 18, 1981 in Park Ridge, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Heavyweights (1995) and Folks! (1992). He died on January 9, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

12. Fast Eddie Clarke

Soundtrack | Grosse Pointe Blank

Fast Eddie Clarke was born on October 5, 1950 in Twickenham, London, England, UK. He was an actor and composer, known for Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Smokin' Aces (2006) and Shoot 'Em Up (2007). He died on January 10, 2018 in London, England.

13. Doreen Tracey

Actress | Westward Ho, the Wagons!

Doreen Tracey was born on April 3, 1943 in St Pancras, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Westward Ho, the Wagons! (1956), Annette (1958) and The Donna Reed Show (1958). She was married to Robert A Washburn. She died on January 10, 2018 in Thousand Oaks, California, USA.

14. Keith Jackson

Actor | The Fortune Cookie

Keith Jackson was born on October 18, 1928 in Roopville, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for The Fortune Cookie (1966), Coach (1989) and Munich 1972: Games of the XX Olympiad (1972). He was married to Gertrude Ann "Truri Ann" Johnson. He died on January 12, 2018 in Los Angeles, USA.

15. Jean Porter

Actress | Cry Danger

One of MGM's more vivacious secondary stars during the 40s, petite and lovely Jean Porter was born in Texas in 1922 but left the state while young to pursue her dream as an actress. Following some vaudeville experience, she made her uncredited film debut in 1939 (age 17) and slowly graduated to ...

16. Bobby Zarin

Self | The Apprentice

Bobby Zarin was born on February 15, 1946. He was married to Jill Zarin. He died on January 13, 2018 in New York City, New York, USA.

17. Hugh Wilson

Writer | Blast from the Past

Hugh Wilson was born on August 24, 1943 in Miami, Florida, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Blast from the Past (1999), Frank's Place (1987) and WKRP in Cincinnati (1978). He was married to Charters Smith. He died on January 14, 2018 in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.

18. Edwin Hawkins

Soundtrack | xXx: Return of Xander Cage

The grammy award winning Edwin Hawkins has been coined, The father of contemporary gospel. He rose to fame when the choir he co-founded,The Northern California State Youth Choir, aka, The Edwin Hawkins Singers , performed a new version of the hymn, O Happy Day (1969). Radio stations in the San ...

19. Dolores O'Riordan

Soundtrack | Mission: Impossible

Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan was born in Ballybricken, a town 8 miles outside Limerick on Sept. 6, 1971. Her parents are Eileen and Terrance. Terrance was in a wheelchair due to a motorcycle accident. Dolores was the youngest of seven children, and one of two girls. In the late eighties, Dolores ...

20. Peter Wyngarde

Actor | Flash Gordon

Peter Paul Wyngarde was born at the home of an aunt in Marseille, Southern France, and is the son of an English father and French mother. Owing to his father's work as a member of the British Diplomatic Service, Peter spent much of his early childhood moving from one country to another, and was ...

21. Bradford Dillman

Actor | The Enforcer

Dark-haired, Ivy League-looking Bradford Dillman, whose white-collar career spanned nearly five decades, possessed charm and confident good looks that were slightly tainted by a bent smile, darting glance and edgy countenance that often provoked suspicion. Sure enough, the camera picked up on it ...

22. Micki Varro

Actress | Reform School Girls

Micki Varro was born on June 19, 1942 in Dearborn, Michigan, USA. She was an actress, known for Reform School Girls (1986), The Champ (1979) and Erotic Images (1983). She was married to Johnny Varro. She died on January 16, 2018 in Palm Court, Florida, USA.

23. Jo Jo White

Actor | The Game Plan

Jo Jo White was born on November 16, 1946 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for The Game Plan (2007), Inside Moves (1980) and Mexico City 1968: Games of the XIX Olympiad (1968). He was married to Deborah Dixon and Estelle Bowser. He died on January 16, 2018 in Boston, ...

24. Jessica Falkholt

Actress | Mystery Road

Jessica Falkholt was born on May 15, 1988 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was an actress, known for Mystery Road (2018), Harmony (2018) and Underbelly (2008). She died on January 17, 2018 in St. George Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

25. Simon Shelton

Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible

Simon Shelton was born on January 13, 1966 in the United Kingdom. He was an actor, known for Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible (2001), Teletubbies (1997) and Swing Kids (1993). He was married to Emma Robbins. He died on January 17, 2018 in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England, UK.

26. Lin Bolen

Producer | Stumpers!

Lin Bolen was born on March 23, 1941 in Benton, Illinois, USA. Lin was a producer and writer, known for Stumpers! (1976), W.E.B. (1978) and Farrell for the People (1982). Lin was married to Paul Wendkos. Lin died on January 19, 2018 in San Fernando Valley, California, USA.

27. Olivia Cole

Actress | Roots

Olivia Cole was born on November 26, 1942 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. She was an actress, known for Roots (1977), Backstairs at the White House (1979) and Something About Amelia (1984). She was married to Richard Venture. She died on January 19, 2018 in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico.

28. Dorothy Malone

Actress | Written on the Wind

The blonde, sultry, dreamy-eyed beauty of Dorothy Malone, who was born Mary Maloney in Chicago on January 29, 1924, took some time before it made an impact with American film-going audiences. But once she did, she played it for all it was worth in her one chance Academy Award-winning "bad girl" ...

29. Fredo Santana

Producer | Fredo Mafia

Fredo Santana was born on July 4, 1990 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Fredo Mafia, Fredo Santana feat. Gino Marley & SD: Want a Nigga Dead (2014) and Drake Feat. Majid Jordan: Hold on, We're Going Home (2013). He died on January 19, 2018 in Los Angeles, ...

30. Jim Rodford

Music_department | Return to Waterloo

Jim Rodford was born on July 7, 1941 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Return to Waterloo (1984), The Kinks: You Really Got Me (1980) and The Kinks: Don't Forget to Dance (1983). He was married to Jean. He died on January 20, 2018 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, ...

31. Bob Smith

Writer | Side by Side by Susan Blackwell

Bob Smith was born on December 24, 1958 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Side by Side by Susan Blackwell (2009), Outlaugh! (2006) and CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival (2002). He died on January 20, 2018 in New York City, New York, USA.

32. Connie Sawyer

Actress | Dumb and Dumber

Connie Sawyer was born on November 27, 1912 in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. She was an actress, known for Dumb and Dumber (1994), Pineapple Express (2008) and Out of Sight (1998). She was married to Marshall Schacker. She died on January 21, 2018 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.

33. Ursula K. Le Guin

Writer | Gedo senki

Ursula K. Le Guin was born on October 21, 1929 in Berkeley, California, USA. She was a writer, known for Tales from Earthsea (2006), The Lathe of Heaven (1980) and The Telling. She was married to Charles A. Le Guin. She died on January 22, 2018 in Portland, Oregon, USA.

34. Robert Dowdell

Actor | Stoney Burke

Robert Dowdell was born on March 10, 1932 in Park Ridge, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Stoney Burke (1962), Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964) and Assassination (1987). He was married to Sheila Connolly. He died on January 23, 2018 in Coldwater, Michigan, USA.

35. Hugh Masekela

Soundtrack | The Jewel of the Nile

Hugh Masekela was born on April 4, 1939 in Wilbank, South Africa. He was a composer and producer, known for The Jewel of the Nile (1985), The Last King of Scotland (2006) and Blended (2014). He was married to Elinam Cofie, Jabu Mbatha, Chris Calloway and Miriam Makeba. He died on January 23, 2018 ...

36. Joel Taylor

Self | Tornado Glory

Joel Taylor was born on January 6, 1980 in Elk City, Oklahoma, USA. He died on January 23, 2018 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

37. Lari White

Actress | Cast Away

Lari White was born on May 13, 1965 in Dunedin, Florida, USA. She was an actress, known for Cast Away (2000), No Regrets (2004) and Country Strong (2010). She was married to Chuck Cannon. She died on January 23, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

38. Jack Ketchum

Writer | The Woman

Jack Ketchum published his first novel in 1980 titled "Off Season", a version of the Sawney Beane story. The novel was subsequently slated by the Village Voice as 'violent pornography' but, undeterred, the author continued to write fiction that deals with the cruelty and violence so often apparent ...

39. Warren Miller

Writer | Ski People

Warren Miller was born on October 15, 1924 in Hollywood, California, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Ski People (1980), Extreme Surfing (1992) and This Is Skiing (1969). He was married to Laurie Penketh Kaufmann, Roberta Marie Clavert-Mac Faden, Dorothy Roberts and Jean. He died on ...

40. Mark E. Smith

Soundtrack | The Silence of the Lambs

Lead singer and lyricist of British punk/new wave band The Fall. A former office worker, Smith formed The Fall in 1977, although their commercial peak came in the late '80s and early '90s. They have influenced many bands, most notably Pavement, and are famous for being Radio 1 DJ John Peel's ...

41. Cyrus Yavneh

Producer | 24

Cyrus Yavneh was born on October 14, 1942. He was a producer and production manager, known for 24 (2001), The Arrival (1996) and Baby (2000). He died on January 25, 2018 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

42. Mort Walker

Writer | The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie

Mort Walker was born on September 3, 1923 in El Dorado, Kansas, USA. He was a writer, known for The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972), Hero's Reward (1962) and Psychological Testing (1962). He was married to Catherine Carty and Jean Marie Suffill. He died on January 27, 2018 in Stamford, ...

43. Mark Salling

Actor | Glee

Known for starring as musically-inclined football player Noah "Puck" Puckerman on the show Glee (2009), Mark Wayne Salling was born in Dallas, Texas. He was the younger of two children of Condy Sue (Wherry), a school secretary, and John Robert Salling, Jr., an accountant. He was home-schooled at an...

44. Louis Zorich

Actor | Fiddler on the Roof

Louis Zorich was born on February 12, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Detachment (2011) and The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984). He was married to Olympia Dukakis. He died on January 30, 2018 in New York City, New York, USA.

45. Rasual Butler

Actor | Think Like a Man

Rasual Butler was born on May 23, 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Think Like a Man (2012) and Trina Feat. Kelly Rowland: Here We Go (2005). He died on January 31, 2018 in Studio City, California, USA.

46. Leah LaBelle

Actress | Leah LaBelle: Sexify

Leah LaBelle, born Leah Vladowski on 8 September 1986 in Toronto, Canada, was the only child of Troshan and Anastasia Vladowski. Troshan and Anastasia, musicians and immigrants to the United States, defected from communist Bulgaria during a tour of Western Europe in 1979 at the height of success ...

47. Ann Gillis

Actress | 2001: A Space Odyssey

Ann Gillis was born Alma Mabel Conner on February 12, 1927, in Little Rock, Arkansas. At age seven, she appeared in her first film, Men in White (1934), as an extra. During the next two years, she had uncredited appearances in six more films until she received her first major role in King of Hockey...

48. Dennis Edwards

Soundtrack | Bringing Down the House

Dennis Edwards is an American soul and R&B singer who was best known as the frontman in The Temptations, on Motown Records.

Edwards joined the Temptations in 1968, replacing David Ruffin and sang with the group from 1968 to 1976, 1980 to 1984 and 1987 to 1989. In the mid-1980s, he attempted a solo ...

49. Ndugu Chancler

Soundtrack | Grosse Pointe Blank

Ndugu Chancler was born on July 1, 1952 in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), The First Purge (2018) and Hit and Run (2012). He was married to Brenda Curry. He died on February 3, 2018 in Los Angeles California, USA.

50. John Mahoney

Actor | Frasier

John Mahoney was an award-winning American actor. He was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, the seventh of eight children of Margaret and Reg, a baker. His family was evacuated to the sea-side resort to avoid the Nazi bombing of their native Manchester. The Mancunian Mahoneys eventually ...

51. John Perry Barlow

Actor | Endangered Species

John Perry Barlow was born on October 3, 1947 in Pinedale, Wyoming, USA. He was an actor, known for Endangered Species (1982), Conceiving Ada (1997) and Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead (1981). He was married to Elaine Parker Barlow. He died on February 7, 2018 in San Francisco, California, USA.

52. Mickey Jones

Actor | Total Recall

Mickey Jones was born on June 10, 1941 in Houston, Texas, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Total Recall (1990), Starman (1984) and Sling Blade (1996). He was married to Phyllis Jean Starr and Sandra Joel Davis. He died on February 7, 2018 in Simi Valley, California, USA.

53. Jill Sobel Messick

Producer | Mean Girls

Jill Sobel Messick was born on July 27, 1967 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was a producer, known for Mean Girls (2004), Frida (2002) and She's All That (1999). She was married to Kevin J. Messick. She died on February 7, 2018 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

54. Pat Torpey

Music_department | Armed Response

Pat Torpey was born on December 13, 1962. He was an actor, known for Armed Response (1986), One Hit Wonderland (2012) and Mr. Big: To Be with You (1992). He died on February 7, 2018.

55. Reg E. Cathey

Actor | Fantastic Four

Born into a military family in Huntsville, Alabama -- his father was an army vet who had served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, while his mother held a somewhat mysterious job in the Department of Defence -- Reg E. Cathey spent much of his early childhood living on a rural farmhouse in Germany....

56. John Gavin

Actor | Psycho

John Gavin, the American film and TV actor, businessman and diplomat who was Ronald Reagan's first Ambassador to Mexico, was born Juan Vincent Apablasa in Los Angeles, California.

The future "Jack" Gavin was a fifth-generation Angeleno, the son of Delia Diana Pablos and Juan Vincent Apablasa, and ...

57. Jóhann Jóhannsson

Composer | Last and First Men

Jóhann Jóhannsson was born on September 19, 1969 in Reykjavík, Iceland. He was a composer and writer, known for Last and First Men (2020), The Theory of Everything (2014) and Sicario (2015). He died on February 9, 2018 in Berlin, Germany.

58. Tina Louise Bomberry

Actress | North of 60

Tina Louise Bomberry hailed from the Six Nations of the Grand River in Ontario, Canada. She was an enrolled member of the Mohawk Bear clan. Tina was active in the entertainment business as an actress, singer, traditional women's dancer, storyteller, stage manager, production assistant, workshop ...

59. Vic Damone

Soundtrack | Payback

At fourteen he worked as an usher at the NYC Paramount Theatre. His father was an electrician who played guitar and his mother taught piano. Damone attended PS 163 and sang in St. Finbar's choir and later attended the Alexander Hamilton Vocational High School and then Lafayette High School in ...

60. Jan Maxwell

Actress | BrainDead

Jan Maxwell was born on November 20, 1956 in Fargo, North Dakota, USA. She was an actress, known for BrainDead (2016), An Unfinished Life (2005) and The Good Wife (2009). She was married to Robert Emmet Lunney. She died on February 11, 2018 in New York City, New York, USA.

61. Marty Allen

Actor | Night Gallery

Marty Allen was born on March 23, 1922 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Night Gallery (1969), The Last of the Secret Agents? (1966) and The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (2014). He was married to Karon Kate Blackwell and Lorraine 'Frenchy' Trydelle. He died on ...

62. Daryle Singletary

Actor | Daryle Singletary: Amen Kind of Love

Daryle Singletary was born in 1971 in Cairo, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for Amen Kind of Love (1996), Robert Zemeckis on Smoking, Drinking and Drugging in the 20th Century: In Pursuit of Happiness (1999) and The George Jones Show (1998). He was married to Holly Mercer and Kerry Harvick. ...

63. Edward M. Abroms

Editor | Columbo

Edward M. Abroms was born on May 6, 1935 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an editor and director, known for Columbo (1971), Street Fighter (1994) and The Jewel of the Nile (1985). He died on February 13, 2018 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

64. Nini Theilade

Actress | A Midsummer Night's Dream

Nini Theilade was born on June 15, 1915 in Poerwokerto, Banjoemas, Dutch East Indies [now Purwokerto, Central Java, Indonesia]. She was an actress, known for A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), The Song to Her (1934) and The Big Bluff (1933). She was married to Arne Buchter-Larsen and Peter Loopuyt. ...

65. Didier Lockwood

Music_department | Astérix & Obélix contre César

Didier Lockwood was born on February 11, 1956 in Calais, France. He was a composer and actor, known for Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar (1999), Into the Cold: A Journey of the Soul (2010) and Max & Jeremie (1992). He was married to Patricia Petibon and Caroline Casadesus. He died on February 18, ...

66. Idrissa Ouedraogo

Director | Yaaba

Idrissa Ouedraogo was born on January 21, 1954 in Banfora, Upper Volta [now Burkina Faso]. He was a director and writer, known for Yaaba (1989), The Law (1990) and Samba Traoré (1992). He died on February 18, 2018 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

67. Billy Graham

Writer | Wiretapper

Billy Graham was arguably the most successful Christian evangelist in the world. He was born William Franklin Graham, Jr., on Thursday, November 7th, 1918 on a dairy farm near Charlotte, North Carolina, to Morrow (Coffey) and William Franklin Graham, who were dairy farmers. Billy was an unofficial ...

68. Emma Chambers

Actress | Notting Hill

Emma was born Emma Gwynedd Mary Chambers born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire in 1964 to John, a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, and Noelle (nee Strange). The family moved around and, while attending St Swithun's school, Winchester, Chambers acted in Winchester college productions - saying...

69. Nanette Fabray

Actress | The Band Wagon

A sparkling, entertaining, highly energetic presence ever since her early days (from age 4) as a singing and tap dancing child vaudevillian, Nanette Fabray was once billed as "Baby Nanette".

She was born in Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada, then moved to the United States, to Louisiana-born parents, Lily ...

70. Ensa Cosby

Actress | The Cosby Show

Ensa Cosby was born on April 8, 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Cosby Show (1984). She was married to Martin McLean. She died on February 23, 2018 in Massachusetts, USA.

71. Lewis Gilbert

Director | Alfie

Lewis Gilbert was a British film director, producer and screenwriter best known for Alfie (1966), as well as three James Bond films: You Only Live Twice (1967), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979).

He also directed Reach for the Sky (1956), Sink the Bismarck! (1960), Educating Rita (...

72. Sridevi

Actress | English Vinglish

Sridevi was born on August 13, 1963 in her father's hometown of Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India. Her mother was from Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. So Sridevi grew up speaking Telugu and Tamil. She has a sister named Srilatha and a stepbrother named Satish. Her dad passed away during the year 1991, while ...

73. Barry Crimmins

Self | Call Me Lucky

Barry Crimmins was born on July 3, 1953 in Kingston, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Call Me Lucky (2015), The New Adventures of Beans Baxter (1987) and Lenny Clarke's Late Show (1980). He was married to Helen Lysen. He died on February 28, 2018 in Syracuse, New York, USA.

74. Ronnie Prophet

Actor | The Ronnie Prophet Show

Ronnie Prophet was born on December 26, 1937 in Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Ronnie Prophet Show (1974), Country Roads (1973) and Sing Country (1971). He was married to Glory-Anne Carriere. He died on March 2, 2018 in Florida, USA.

75. Frank Doubleday

Actor | Escape from New York

Thin, intense, antsy, and often unnerving character actor Frank Doubleday usually portrayed creepy villains in both movies and TV shows alike from the mid-1970's up until the early 1990's. Frank was born on January 28, 1945 in Norwich, Connecticut and came with his family to Los Angeles, California...

76. David Ogden Stiers

Actor | M*A*S*H

David Ogden Stiers was born in Peoria, Illinois, to Margaret Elizabeth (Ogden) and Kenneth Truman Stiers. He moved with his family to Eugene, Oregon, where he graduated from North Eugene High School in 1960. At the age of twenty, he was offered $200 to join the company of the Santa Clara ...

77. Russ Solomon

Self | All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records

Russ Solomon was born on September 22, 1925 in Sacramento, California, USA. He was an executive. He was married to Patti Drosins and Doris Epstein. He died on March 4, 2018 in Sacramento, California, USA.

78. Donna Butterworth

Actress | The Family Jewels

Donna Butterworth was born on February 23, 1956 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for The Family Jewels (1965), Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966) and The Magical World of Disney (1954). She died on March 6, 2018 in Hilo, Hawaii, USA.

79. Hubert de Givenchy

Costume_department | Funny Face

Hubert de Givenchy was born on February 20, 1927 in Beauvais, Oise, France. He was a costume designer, known for Funny Face (1957), Charade (1963) and Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961). He died on March 10, 2018 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

80. Ken Dodd

Actor | Hamlet

Ken Dodd was born on November 8, 1927 in Knotty Ash, Liverpool, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Hamlet (1996), Cruella (2021) and The Ken Dodd Laughter Show (1979). He was married to Anne Dodd. He died on March 11, 2018 in Knotty Ash, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK.

81. Siegfried Rauch

Actor | Patton

He grew up in the turmoil of the Second World War. Rauch originally wanted to become an architect. However, he began studying theater sciences and later trained as an actor. Rauch began his career in 1958 at various theater stages. He received his first engagements initially in Bremen, later in ...

82. Nokie Edwards

Soundtrack | Kangaroo Jack

Nokie Edwards was born on May 9, 1935 in Lahoma, Oklahoma, USA. He was married to Judy Bean, Zelda Wade and Jean Bauers. He died on March 12, 2018 in Yuma, Arizona, USA.

83. Craig Mack

Soundtrack | The Wackness

Craig Mack was born on September 3, 1971 in North Trenton, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for The Wackness (2008), 25th Hour (2002) and Barbershop (2002). He died on March 12, 2018 in Walterboro, South Carolina, USA.

84. Stephen Hawking

Actor | Star Trek: The Next Generation

Stephen William Hawking was born on 8 January 1942 on Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. He was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the University of Cambridge.

His scientific works include a collaboration with ...

85. Ed Charles

Self | 1969 World Series

Ed Charles was born on April 29, 1933 in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA. He was married to Betty. He died on March 15, 2018 in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York City, New York, USA.

86. Mike MacDonald

Actor | The Nutcracker Prince

Mike MacDonald was born on June 21, 1954 in Metz, Moselle, France. He was an actor and writer, known for The Nutcracker Prince (1990), Chasing Robert (2007) and The Funny Farm (1983). He was married to Bonnie Lee Bayes. He died on March 17, 2018 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

87. Sammy Williams

Actor | The Day of the Triffids

Sammy Williams was born on November 13, 1948 in Trenton, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for The Day of the Triffids (2009), The Take (2009) and God Told Me To (1976). He died on March 17, 2018 in North Hollywood, California, USA.

88. Frank Avruch

Actor | Bozo's Big Top

Frank Avruch was born on May 21, 1928 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Bozo's Big Top (1966), Summer Solstice (1981) and I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story (2014). He was married to Betty. He died on March 20, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

89. Wayne Huizenga

Wayne Huizenga was born on December 29, 1937 in Evergreen Park, Illinois, USA. He was married to Martha Jean Goldsby and Joyce VanderWagon. He died on March 22, 2018 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.

90. Morgana King

Actress | The Godfather

Morgana King was born on June 4, 1930 in Pleasantville, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974) and The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977). She was married to William Dennis DeBerardinis and Tony Fruscella. She died on March 22, 2018 in ...

91. DuShon Monique Brown

Actress | Prison Break

DuShon Monique Brown was born on December 7, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Prison Break (2005), Chicago Fire (2012) and Electric Dreams (2017). She died on March 23, 2018 in Olympia Fields, Illinois, USA.

92. Debbie Lee Carrington

Actress | Men in Black

Debbie Lee Carrington was born on December 14, 1959 in San Jose, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Men in Black (1997), Total Recall (1990) and Bedtime Stories (2008). She died on March 23, 2018 in Pleasanton, California, USA.

93. Delores Taylor

Actress | Billy Jack

Delores Taylor was born on September 27, 1932 in Winner, South Dakota, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for Billy Jack (1971), Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977) and The Trial of Billy Jack (1974). She was married to Tom Laughlin. She died on March 23, 2018 in Woodland Hills, Los ...

94. Stéphane Audran

Actress | Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie

Stéphane Audran was born on November 8, 1932 in Versailles, Seine-et-Oise [now Yvelines], France as Colette Suzanne Jeannine Dacheville. She was an actress, known for Der diskrete Charme der Bourgeoisie (1972), Babettes Fest (1987) and Der Schlachter (1970). She was married to Claude Chabrol and ...

95. Anita Shreve

Writer | The Weight of Water

Anita Shreve was born on October 7, 1946 in Dedham, Massachusetts, USA. She was a writer and producer, known for The Weight of Water (2000), Resistance (2003) and The Pilot's Wife (2002). She was married to John Clemans and John Osborn. She died on March 29, 2018 in Newfields, New Hampshire, USA.

96. Rusty Staub

Self | 1973 National League Championship Series

Rusty Staub was born on April 1, 1944 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He died on March 29, 2018 in Good Samaritan Medical Center, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.

97. Bill Maynard

Actor | Heartbeat

Actor and comedian fondly remembered as the curmudgeonly reprobate Claude Jeremiah Greengrass in the long-running nostalgic police drama Heartbeat (1992). Greengrass had been written as a minor background character, but -- given a fair amount of latitude for interpreting his part -- Maynard was ...

98. Steven Bochco

Writer | Hill Street Blues

Attended Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie-Mellon University) as a playwriting major. Barbara Bosson (his second wife), Michael Tucker, Bruce Weitz and Charles Haid were classmates; he and Tucker drove cross-country to Hollywood for full-time jobs at Universal, where Bochco would remain for 12 years.

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99. Susan Anspach

Actress | Five Easy Pieces

Susan Anspach was born on November 23, 1942 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Five Easy Pieces (1970), Play It Again, Sam (1972) and The Big Fix (1978). She was married to Sherwood Ball and Mark Goddard. She died on April 2, 2018 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

100. Mary Hatcher

Actress | Variety Girl

She was a pert brunette with a winning smile who decorated several minor screen entertainments in the 1940s. A genuinely talented singer and tap dancer, even a fair actress, Mary Hatcher enjoyed a promising start, yet -- like so many other hopefuls -- her career barely got off the ground. Mary was ...