Deaths: January 29

1. Annie Wersching

This talented actress was born Anne Marie Wersching and grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. She opted early on for a life in the entertainment industry, performing in community theatre and later as a dancer for some fourteen years with a troupe called the St. Louis Celtic Stepdancers. After moving to ...

2. Adama Niane

Actor | Baise-moi

Adama Niane was born on August 23, 1966 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France. He was an actor, known for Baise-moi (2000), Get In (2019) and Nicolas Le Floch (2008). He died on January 29, 2023 in Paris, France.

3. Alan Ladd

Actor | Shane

Alan Walbridge Ladd was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, the only child of Ina Raleigh (aka Selina Rowley) and Alan Harwood Ladd, a freelance accountant. His mother was English, from County Durham. His father died when he was four. At age five, he burned his apartment playing with matches, and his ...

4. Alexis Pearlman-Flores

Art_department | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Alexis Pearlman-Flores was born on November 1, 1988 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Alexis is known for The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018), The Ridiculous 6 (2015) and Shot Caller (2017). Alexis died on January 29, 2022 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

5. Anthony Eisley

Actor | Hawaiian Eye

The future stage, screen and TV star (real name: Fred Eisley) was born in Philadelphia. His father was general sales manager and "troubleshooter" for a large company, and his work kept the family on the move (up and down the East Coast) throughout Eisley's young life. As early as the days of school...

6. Calvin Remsberg

Actor | Pretty Woman

Calvin Remsberg was born on September 17, 1949 in Roanoke, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for Pretty Woman (1990), Shrek (2001) and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982). He died on January 29, 2022 in Rancho Mirage, California, USA.

7. Camilla Williams

Self | Great Performances

Camilla Williams was born on October 18, 1919 in Danville, Virginia, USA. She died on January 29, 2012 in Bloomington, Indiana, USA.

8. Christoph Meckel

Writer | Bockshorn

Christoph Meckel was born on June 12, 1935 in Berlin, Germany. He was a writer, known for Bockshorn (1984) and Gil and Dole (2022). He died on January 29, 2020 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

9. Dora Prince

Actress | Trampa para un soñador

Dora Prince was born on October 3, 1930 in Maipú, Mendoza, Argentina. She was an actress, known for Trampa para un soñador (1980), El arreglo (1983) and El amor tiene cara de mujer (1976). She was married to Leopoldo Verona. She died on January 29, 2015 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

10. Dorothy Izatt

Self | Unsolved Mysteries

Dorothy Izatt was born on September 24, 1922 in Kowloon, Hong Kong. She was married to Duncan Izatt. She died on January 29, 2021 in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada.

11. Elaine Bonazzi

Actress | NET Opera Theater

Elaine Bonazzi was born on August 28, 1929 in Endicott, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for NET Opera Theater (1967), A Handful of Souls (1975) and NBC Television Opera Theatre (1949). She died on January 29, 2019 in Elizaville, New York, USA.

12. Elkin Ramírez

Self | WARPTv

Elkin Ramírez was born on October 26, 1962 in Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia. He died on January 29, 2017 in Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia.

13. Evgeniy Leonov

Actor | Osenniy marafon

Evegeni Leonov was a Russian actor best known for leading roles in comedies, such as Kin-dza-dza! (1986) and Gentlemen of Fortune (1971).

He was born Evgeni Pavlovich Leonov on September 2, 1926, in Moscow, Russia, USSR (now Moscow, Russia). He was the second son in the family. His father, Pavel ...

14. Fernando Gaitán

Writer | Hasta que la plata nos separe

Fernando Gaitán was born on November 9, 1960 in Bogotá, Colombia. He was a writer and actor, known for Until Money Do Us Part (2006), I Heart Betty La Fea (2008) and Ugly Betty Thailand (2015). He died on January 29, 2019 in Bogota, Colombia.

15. Frances Goodrich

Writer | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Frances Goodrich was born on December 21, 1890 in Belleville, New Jersey, USA. She was a writer, known for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), The Thin Man (1934) and Easter Parade (1948). She was married to Albert Hackett, Henrik Van Loon and Robert Ames. She died on January 29, 1984 in New ...

16. Freddie Prinze

Actor | Chico and the Man

Freddie Prinze was born Frederick Karl Pruetzel in New York City, New York, to a Puerto Rican mother, Aurea Elena Ruiz, and a German immigrant father, Edward Karl Pruetzel. Freddie grew up in the Washington Heights section of New York City. As a chubby child, he was often bullied, but was quite ...

17. George R. Robertson

Actor | Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment

George R. Robertson was a Canadian actor best known as Chief Hurst in the first 6 Police Academy films. He was also featured in JFK, Murder At 1600 (Mack Falls), as Dick Cheney in The Path To 9/11 and, most recently as Chester Jones in Still Mine. He appeared as Barry Goldwater in The Reagans, as ...

18. Harold Russell

Actor | The Best Years of Our Lives

Harold John Russell was born in Nova Scotia in 1914. His family moved to Cambridge Massachusetts when his father died in 1919. He was training paratroopers at Camp MacKall NC on June 6, 1944 when some TNT he was using exploded in his hands. He lost both hands. After receiving hooks, and training on...

19. Heddy Lester

Actress | Groeten van Gerri

Heddy Lester was born on June 18, 1950 in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for Groeten van Gerri (2020), Zeg 'ns Aaa (1981) and De tranen van Maria Machita (1991). She died on January 29, 2023 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

20. Hilton McConnico

Production_designer | Dites-lui que je l'aime

Hilton McConnico was born on May 13, 1943 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. He was a production designer and costume designer, known for Tell Her That I Love Her (1977), Diva (1981) and The Moon in the Gutter (1983). He died on January 29, 2018 in Paris, France.

21. Hilton Valentine

Actor | The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood

Hilton Valentine was born on May 21, 1943 in North Shields, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood (1965), M.U.G.E.N (1999) and The Animals: The House of the Rising Sun (1965). He was married to Germaine. He died on January 29, 2021 in Wallingford, ...

22. Howard Frank Mosher

Writer | Disappearances

Howard Frank Mosher was born on June 2, 1942 in Kingston, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Disappearances (2006), Where the Rivers Flow North (1993) and High Water (1989). He was married to Phillis Mosher. He died on January 29, 2017 in Irasburg, Vermont, USA.

23. Howard Hesseman

Actor | WKRP in Cincinnati

Howard Hesseman was a leading counter-culture figure since the late 1960s. He was a member of the improv group, "The Committee", for a decade in the 1960s/1970s. A character actor for many years on different television shows since the 1960s, he took small parts in The Andy Griffith Show (1960), ...

24. Hugh McDermott

Actor | Devil Girl from Mars

Hugh McDermott was born on March 20, 1906 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Devil Girl from Mars (1954), 'Pimpernel' Smith (1941) and Lilli Marlene (1950). He was married to Angela J. Laurillard and Daphne Courtney. He died on January 29, 1972 in London, England, UK(undisclosed...

25. Jacques Rivette

Director | La Belle Noiseuse

Although François Truffaut has written that the New Wave began "thanks to Rivette," the films of this masterful French director are not well known. Rivette, like his "Cahiers du Cinéma" colleagues Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Chabrol and Éric Rohmer, did graduate to filmmaking but, like Rohmer...

26. James Ingram

Soundtrack | Junior

As a sophomore at the University of Akron, he left town to come to Los Angeles with his band, Revelation Funk. The band broke up shortly after arriving in L.A. Shortly afterward, Ingram started working with Ray Charles as a piano player.

After Quincy Jones heard James Ingram's voice on "Just Once," ...

27. Jamie Uys

Director | The Gods Must Be Crazy

Jamie Uys was an internationally acclaimed film director who completed 24 films. Prizes for his work included the 1981 Grand Prix at the Festival International du Film de Comedy Vevey for 'The Gods Must be Crazy' and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association award for best documentary in 1974 for '...

28. Jan Wahl

Writer | Jackanory

Jan Wahl was born on April 1, 1931 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He was a writer, known for Jackanory (1965), Why We Need Each Other, or the Animals' Picnic Day (1972) and CBS Library (1979). He died on January 29, 2019 in Toledo, Ohio, USA.

29. Jay Switzer

SexTV

Jay's first introduction to the business came when his mother Phyllis asked her 13-year-old son to attend a CRTC hearing in Trois Rivieres and bring back a report for her regulatory newsletter. When Phyllis co-founded Citytv in September 1972, 16-year-old Jay's first full-time job was on the ...

30. Jimmy Durante

Actor | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

First wife Jeanne died in 1943. Wed second wife, Marjorie Little after 16 year courtship when she was 39 and he 67 Marjorie Little had been the hatcheck girl at the Copacabana. Durante and his second wife adopted a baby girl, Cecelia Alicia on Christmas day 1961. Durante doted on "CeCe" until his ...

31. Jo Kendall

Actress | The Remains of the Day

Jo Kendall was born on February 17, 1940 in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Remains of the Day (1993), Howards End (1992) and Scum (1979). She died on January 29, 2022 in Denville Hall, Northwood, London, England, UK.

32. John LaMotta

Actor | ALF

John LaMotta was born on January 8, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for ALF (1986), American Ninja (1985) and Running Scared (1986). He died on January 29, 2014 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

33. John Larkin

Actor | Those Calloways

John Larkin was born on April 11, 1912 in Oakland, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Those Calloways (1965), The Dick Powell Theatre (1961) and The Satan Bug (1965). He was married to Audrey Larkin, Teri Keane, Sibyl Genelle Gibbs and Helen Adele Sweeney. He died on January 29, 1965 in ...

34. John William Galt

Actor | JFK

John William Galt was born on April 4, 1940 in Jackson, Mississippi, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for JFK (1991), Problem Child (1990) and Forrest Gump (1994). He died on January 29, 2022.

35. Kipp Hamilton

Actress | The Unforgiven

Kipp Hamilton was born on August 16, 1934 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Unforgiven (1960), Mike Hammer (1958) and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964). She was married to Donald Thorman Rosenfeld and Dave Geisel. She died on January 29, 1981 in Beverly Hills, ...

36. Larry Eisenhauer

Self | AFL on ABC

Larry Eisenhauer was born on February 22, 1940 in Hicksville, New York, USA. He died on January 29, 2020 in Jupiter, Florida, USA.

37. Leif Erickson

Actor | The High Chaparral

Leif Erickson was born on October 27, 1911 in Alameda, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The High Chaparral (1967), On the Waterfront (1954) and Show Boat (1951). He was married to Annie Ruth Diamond, Margaret Hayes and Frances Farmer. He died on January 29, 1986 in Pensacola, Florida, ...

38. Leonard Fenton

Actor | Shine on Harvey Moon

Leonard Fenton was born on April 29, 1926 in Stepney, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Shine on Harvey Moon (1982), EastEnders (1985) and A Legacy (1975). He was married to Madeline Thorner. He died on January 29, 2022 in England, UK.

39. Louis Jean Heydt

Actor | The Big Sleep

An American character actor who specialized in "average joes", often timid or down-on-their-luck, Louis Jean Heydt was born in Montclair, New Jersey, and educated at Worcester Academy and Dartmouth College. He intended a career in journalism and worked as a reporter for the old New York World, but ...

40. Ludwig Stössel

Actor | The Pride of the Yankees

Born in Austria in 1883, Ludwig Stossel was an established theater presence (from age 17) in both his homeland and in Germany for decades, performing at one time or another for both Max Reinhardt and Otto Preminger. He made a handful of German silents beginning in 1926 and had moved with ease into ...

41. Makoto Ayukawa

Composer | Chinpira

Makoto Ayukawa was born on May 2, 1948 in Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan. He was an actor and composer, known for Two Punks (1996), Ace Attorney (2012) and Waruboro (2007). He died on January 29, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan.

42. Manuel Padilla Jr.

Actor | American Graffiti

Manuel Padilla Jr. was born on July 13, 1955 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for American Graffiti (1973), Scarface (1983) and Tarzan (1966). He died on January 29, 2008 in Pomona, California, USA.

43. Margo Rodriguez

Actress | The Arthur Murray Party

Margo Rodriguez is known for The Arthur Murray Party (1950), Camera Three (1955) and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962).

44. Mary Munisteri

Writer | Ryan's Hope

Mary Munisteri was born on December 12, 1939 in the USA. She was a writer and director, known for Ryan's Hope (1975), General Hospital (1963) and One Life to Live (1968). She was married to Arthur Munisteri. She died on January 29, 2022 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.

45. Mary-Ellis Bunim

Producer | Road Rules

Mary-Ellis Bunim was born on July 9, 1946 in Northampton, Massachusetts, USA. She was a producer and writer, known for Road Rules (1995), Starting Over (2003) and Santa Barbara (1984). She died on January 29, 2004 in Burbank, California, USA.

46. Mercedes Shirley

Actress | Matinee Theater

Mercedes Shirley was born on January 6, 1926 in Billings, Montana, USA. She was an actress, known for Matinee Theatre (1955), The Twilight Zone (1959) and Thriller (1960). She was married to Robert Pender. She died on January 29, 1999 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.

47. Michael Zenon

Assistant_director | Johnny Mnemonic

Michael Zenon (1934-2023) was best known as the actor who played Métis native guide, Joe Two Rivers, in the Canadian children's classic, "The Forest Rangers" from 1963-1965. He was born in the Ukraine but moved to Canada after WW2 with his family. After his acting career he went into the assistant ...

48. Nick Cravat

Actor | The Island of Dr. Moreau

Long-time circus acrobatic partner of Burt Lancaster (performing as "Lang & Cravat") may have been short on stature, but he was big on athletic prowess and highly enjoyable to watch on-screen. According to reports, Cravat was as strong as a bull. When he lost his cool, it took several men to hold ...

49. O.W. Fischer

Actor | Ich suche dich

O.W. Fischer was born on April 1, 1915 in Klosterneuburg, Austria-Hungary. He was an actor and director, known for Ich suche dich (1956), Arms and the Man (1958) and Es muss nicht immer Kaviar sein (1961). He was married to Anna Usell. He died on January 29, 2004 in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland.

50. Olga Nani

Actress | Assassination Tango

Olga Nani was born on November 14, 1976 in Villa María, Córdoba, Argentina. She was an actress, known for Assassination Tango (2002), Resistiré (2003) and TL-1 Mi reino por un platillo volador (2004). She died on January 29, 2013 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

51. Oscar Luigi Scalfaro

Self | Tagesschau

Oscar Luigi Scalfaro was born on September 9, 1918 in Novara, Piedmont, Italy. He was married to Marianna Inzitari. He died on January 29, 2012 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

52. Osvaldo Soriano

Writer | Una sombra ya pronto serás

Osvaldo Soriano was born on January 6, 1943 in Mar del Plata, Provincia Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a writer, known for A Shadow You Soon Will Be (1994), Das Autogramm (1984) and Cuarteles de invierno (1984). He died on January 29, 1997 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

53. Pablo P. Vitar

Actor | The Sandlot

Pablo P. Vitar was born on April 22, 1966 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Sandlot (1993). He was married to Gail Jean Grunwald. He died on January 29, 2008 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

54. Panos Natsis

Actor | 3000

Panos Natsis was born on January 3, 1991 in Athens, Greece. He was an actor, known for 3000 (2016), Role Play: The Movie (2017) and Serres (2022). He died on January 29, 2022 in Athens, Greece.

55. Pete Smith

Actor | The Quiet Earth

Pete Smith was born in 1959 in New Zealand. He was an actor, known for The Quiet Earth (1985), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) and The Piano (1993). He was married to Mona Papali'i. He died on January 29, 2022 in Kaitaia, Far North District, New Zealand.

56. Peter Shaw

Actor | The Exile

Peter Shaw was born on June 24, 1918 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Exile (1947) and Sons of the Sea (1939). He was married to Angela Lansbury and Mercia Lydia Squires. He died on January 29, 2003 in Brentwood, California, USA.

57. Rick McKay

Producer | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Rick McKay lives in New York City and is the award-winning Producer/Director/Writer/Cinematographer/Editor of the hit film Broadway: The Golden Age. For five seasons he was a segment producer on WNET13's City Arts, the most honored, locally produced show in television history, which won over 30 ...

58. Robert Frost

Writer | Telefon

Robert Lee Frost, arguably the greatest American poet of the 20th century, was born in San Francisco, California, on March 26, 1874. His father, William Prescott Frost Jr., was from a Lawrence, Massachusetts, family of Republicans, and his mother, Isabelle Moodie Frost, was an immigrant from ...

59. Ron Feinberg

Actor | Defenders of the Earth

Ron Feinberg was born on October 10, 1932 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Defenders of the Earth (1986), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) and Thunder and Lightning (1977). He was married to Diana Frothingham. He died on January 29, 2005 in Los Angeles, California, ...

60. Sam Lay

Self | Born in Chicago

Sam Lay was born on March 20, 1935 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. He is known for Born in Chicago (2020), Sweet Blues: A Film About Mike Bloomfield (2013) and The Howlin' Wolf Story (2003). He was married to Elizabeth. He died on January 29, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

61. Sanford Sylvan

Actor | The Death of Klinghoffer

Sanford Sylvan was born on December 19, 1953 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Death of Klinghoffer (2003) and Great Performances (1971). He died on January 29, 2019 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

62. Tim McCoy

Actor | Two-Fisted Law

One of the great stars of early American Westerns. McCoy was the son of an Irish soldier who later became police chief of Saginaw, Michigan, where McCoy was born. He attended St. Ignatius College in Chicago and after seeing a Wild West show there, left school and found work on a Wyoming ranch. He ...

63. Walker Boone

Actor | Warehouse 13

Walker Boone was born on May 4, 1944 in the USA. He was an actor, known for Warehouse 13 (2009), Counterstrike (1990) and Youngblood (1986). He died on January 29, 2021 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

64. Willie Dixon

Soundtrack | The Hitman's Bodyguard

Blues legend Willie Dixon was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1915. His mother was a devoutly religious person who spent much of her time writing religious poems, which gave the young Willie exposure to rhyming and meter. At a young age he sang with a gospel group called the Union Jubilee ...

65. Yannis Tseklenis

Costume_designer | I poli pote den koimatai

Yannis Tseklenis was born on November 6, 1937 in Athens, Greece. He was a costume designer and set decorator, known for I poli pote den koimatai (1984) and Istories modas (2018). He was married to Efi Melas and Aspa Pesmazoglou. He died on January 29, 2020 in Greece.