Deaths: February 19
by bcampos862 | created - 19 Feb 2017 | updated - 1 month ago | Public1. Jansen Panettiere
Actor | Robots
Jansen Panettiere was born on September 25, 1994 in Palisades, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Robots (2005), The Fog (2005) and The Eye (2008). He died on February 19, 2023 in New York City, New York, USA.
2. Adolfo Celi
Actor | Thunderball
Sicilian born actor/writer/director was very popular with European audiences, but largely unknown to the west apart from his portrayal of the villainous SPECTRE agent "Emilio Largo" in the spectacular James Bond film Thunderball (1965). However, due to his heavy accent, Celi's voice was dubbed by ...
3. Alice White
Actress | Show Girl in Hollywood
This Hollywood High graduate began her career as a secretary and script girl, working for Josef von Sternberg and Charles Chaplin. A sexy and bubbly player, she was repeatedly miscast as a singer-dancer. She toured the vaudeville circuit after her career spluttered, returning to Hollywood only to ...
4. Amanda Ledesma
Actress | El último encuentro
Amanda Ledesma was born on December 31, 1911 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for The Last Meeting (1938), Dancing (1933) and Soltera y con gemelos (1945). She died on February 19, 2000 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
5. Artie Wayne
Art_department | Come Back Charleston Blue
Artie Wayne was born on January 22, 1942 in New York, New York, USA. He is known for Come Back Charleston Blue (1972) and Bandstand (1958). He died on February 19, 2019 in Palm Springs, California, USA.
6. Beatriz Bonnet
Actress | Novia para dos
Bubbling, lively Argentinian comedienne and singer with a 50+ year career, who shone in local versions of Boeing Boeing, My Fair Lady, Mame and Pippin, but appeared in only several movies - most notable was her co-starring role in La pérgola de las flores (1965). She also frequently appeared...
7. Bob Cobert
Soundtrack | X-Men: Apocalypse
Bob Cobert was born on October 26, 1924 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), Click (2006) and Dark Shadows (2012). He was married to Helen Elizabeth Fosse. He died on February 19, 2020 in Palm Desert, California, USA.
8. Bon Scott
Soundtrack | School of Rock
Ronald Belford Scott was born on July 9, 1946 in Kirriemuir, Scotland, UK. In 1952, the Scott family relocated to Australia. Bon's strong distaste for authority led him to quit his studies at the age of 15. Bon's earliest musical efforts were both on vocals and drums. His first "real" job in the ...
9. Charley Taylor
Self | The NFL on NBC
Charley Taylor was born on September 28, 1941 in Grand Prairie, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for The NFL on NBC (1965), The NFL on CBS (1956) and NFL Monday Night Football (1970). He was married to Patricia. He died on February 19, 2022 in Sterling, Virginia, USA.
10. Chris Wiggins
Actor | The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar
Chris Wiggins was born on January 13, 1931 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar (1969), Rock & Rule (1983) and Friday the 13th: The Series (1987). He was married to Sandra Crysler-Wiggins. He died on February 19, 2017 ...
11. Christopher Nupen
Director | Barenboim on Beethoven
Christopher Nupen was born on September 30, 1934 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was a director and writer, known for Barenboim on Beethoven (1970), Jean Sibelius: Maturity and Silence (1984) and Pinchas Zukerman: Here to Make Music (1975). He was married to Caroline Percival and Diana Baikie. He...
12. Dan Graham
Director | Rock My Religion
Dan Graham was born on March 31, 1942 in Urbana, Illinois, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Rock My Religion (1984) and Minor Threat (1983). He was married to Mieko Meguro. He died on February 19, 2022 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
14. Derek Jarman
Director | Caravaggio
After school, Jarman studied history and art history at King's College. In 1963 he began studying art in Pop Art London. In the general mood of optimism from the mid-1960s onward, he began to openly confront his homosexuality. Jarman took over the set design for Ken Russell on the films "The Devils...
15. Dickie Davies
Actor | Pardon My Genie
Dickie Davies was born on April 30, 1928 in Wallasey, Cheshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Pardon My Genie (1972), The New Statesman (1987) and Mind Your Language (1977). He was married to Elisabeth Mann. He died on February 19, 2023 in England, UK.
16. Emile Francis
Self | 1972 Stanley Cup Finals
Emile Francis is a former player, coach, and general manager in the National Hockey League, most notably with the New York Rangers Hockey Team.
He became a star in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League and was pursued for a professional contract by the Chicago Black Hawks. In 1947, he was called up ...
17. Forrest Taylor
Actor | Shadow of Chinatown
Minor American character actor Forrest Taylor was a veteran of the stage by the time he started appearing as a silent lead in both short and feature-length films. He went on to appear in hundreds of secondary "B" movies, although his name does not appear in a large percentage of them. Taylor was ...
18. Frank Delfino
Actor | The Lord of the Rings
Frank Delfino was born on February 13, 1911 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Lord of the Rings (1978), McDonaldland (1963) and The Hunter (1980). He was married to Sadie Delfino. He died on February 19, 1997 in San Diego, California, USA.
19. Gary Brooker
Soundtrack | Oblivion
Gary Brooker was born on May 29, 1945 in Southend, Essex, England, UK. He was a composer and actor, known for Oblivion (2013), The Net (1995) and Widows (2018). He was married to Françoise Riedo. He died on February 19, 2022 in Surrey, England, UK.
20. Gary Poulter
Actor | Joe
Gary Poulter was born on September 16, 1959 in California, USA. He was an actor, known for Joe (2013). He died on February 19, 2013 in Austin, Texas, USA.
21. Geoff Lee
Stunts | Black Rain
American-Asian musician and actor, #americanasianactor, native New Yorker. Geoff's first musical experience, the local church choir at age 10. Studied contemporary Afro-American music at SUNY Old Westbury under jazz professor Makanda McIntryre. His first theater experience was as musical director ...
22. Giulio Brogi
Actor | Strategia del ragno
Giulio Brogi was born on May 13, 1931 in Verona, Veneto, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Spider's Stratagem (1970), St. Michael Had a Rooster (1972) and The Seagull (1977). He died on February 19, 2019 in Negrar, Veneto, Italy.
23. Grandpa Jones
Soundtrack | The Marty Stuart Show
Grandpa Jones was born on October 20, 1913 in Niagara, Kentucky, USA. He was an actor, known for The Marty Stuart Show (2008), Hee Haw (1969) and Country Boy (1966). He was married to Ramona Jones and Eulalia Marie Losher. He died on February 19, 1998 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
24. Greg Crowe
Actor | Eighth Grade
Greg Crowe was born at the US Naval Hospital in Yokosuka, Japan. But because of the International Dateline, he is never absolutely certain when exactly he should celebrate his birthday when in the US. Greg's father was an NCO in the Navy, and his family moved to San Diego, California before Greg ...
25. Harper Lee
Writer | To Kill a Mockingbird
Nelle Harper Lee grew up in Monroeville, Alabama in the 1920s. It was a time of hostility between whites and blacks in the United States, especially in Alabama. Her father, a lawyer, also ran a local newspaper. Her mother suffered from mental illness and oftentimes stayed inside from others; she ...
26. Harris Wittels
Writer | Parks and Recreation
Harris Wittels was born on April 20, 1984 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Parks and Recreation (2009), Master of None (2015) and Eastbound & Down (2009). He died on February 19, 2015 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
27. Heather Couper
Producer | Universe
Heather Couper was born on June 2, 1949 in Wallasey, Cheshire, England, UK. She was a writer and producer, known for Universe (1999), The Planets (1985) and The Stars (1988). She died on February 19, 2020 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.
28. Horacio Quiroga
Writer | El almohadon
Quiroga was born in Uruguay, but he went to Argentina in 1901, to live and work. His life was marked by a series of tragic events : his father had died in an accident with a rifle, briefly after that he lost his eldest brother and his stepfather in another accident. In 1900 he lost his best friend ...
29. Humbert Allen Astredo
Actor | Dark Shadows
Humbert Allen Astredo was born on April 4, 1929 in Pasadena, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Dark Shadows (1966), House of Dark Shadows (1970) and The Edge of Night (1956). He died on February 19, 2016 in Guilford, Connecticut, USA.
30. Jack Youngerman
Self | American Art in the 1960s
Jack Youngerman was born on March 25, 1926 in Webster Groves, Missouri, USA. He was married to Delphine Seyrig and Hilary Helfant. He died on February 19, 2020 in Stony Brook, New York, USA.
31. Jamie Gillis
Actor | The Opening of Misty Beethoven
Born in New York City, Jamie Gillis trained as a legitimate actor. In the early 1970s he drifted into performing in pornographic films, and continued to work in that field through the late 1990s. Despite the occasional foray into "legitimate" film, such as a cameo in Nighthawks (1981), Gillis ...
32. Jan Hryniak
Director | Czas honoru. Powstanie
Jan Hryniak was born on May 12, 1969 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He was a director and actor, known for Czas honoru. Powstanie (2014), Kantor and Trick (2010). He was married to Marta Hryniak. He died on February 19, 2022 in Poland.
33. Janet Blair
Actress | The Black Arrow
When it came to bright and polished, they didn't get much spiffier than singer/actress Janet Blair -- perhaps to her detriment in the long haul. At Columbia, she was usually overlooked for the roles that might have tested her dramatic mettle. Nevertheless, she pleased audiences as a pert and perky ...
34. Jean Daniel
Self | Bains de minuit
Jean Daniel was born on July 21, 1920 in Blida, Alger, France [now Algeria]. He was married to Michèle Bancilhon. He died on February 19, 2020 in Paris, France.
35. Jean Luc Brunel
Self | Scouting for Girls: Fashion's Darkest Secret
Jean Luc Brunel was born in 1946 in Paris, France. He was married to Roberta Chirko and Helena Högberg. He died on February 19, 2022 in Paris, France.
36. Jeff Connors
Actor | The Rifleman
Jeff Connors was born in Los Angeles, California, as Jeffrey Alan Connors. Jeff Connors was second son of Chuck Connors (Rifleman) and Faith Quabius, known for Soylent Green, The Police Connection and The Streets of San Francisco..
Jeff was an actor, known for his two (2) lines in The Rifleman (1958...
37. Jen Apgar
Actress | Cold Mountain
Jen Apgar was born on May 21, 1972. She was an actress, known for Cold Mountain (2003), The Skeleton Key (2005) and Sweet Home Alabama (2002). She was married to Jiri Vala. She died on February 19, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
38. Joaquín Cordero
Actor | La risa de la ciudad
Joaquin Cordero was born in the city of Puebla in Mexico. Shortly after his birth his family moved to Mexico City, and in the following years he studied in a seminary and even considered becoming a priest, but eventually he decided to pursue a law career. By the mid forties, after three years of ...
39. John Howard
Actor | The Philadelphia Story
A native Ohioan, John Howard (born John R. Cox, Jr.) had no interest in working in theater until schoolmates at Cleveland's Western Reserve University turned him on to acting. After some work on his college stage, he made his movie debut in a bit part in Paramount's One Hour Late (1934) before ...
40. Johnny PayCheck
Soundtrack | Extract
To many of his fans, country music singer Johnny PayCheck was the epitome of the hell-raising outlaw singer. He was known as much for his string of classic country hits as he was for his scrapes with the law. Born Donald Eugene Lytle on May 31, 1938, in Greenfield, Ohio, PayCheck began his career ...
41. José Mojica Marins
Actor | Encarnação do Demônio
José Mojica Marins was born on March 13, 1936 in San Paulo, Brazil, to a family of simple means. José's love of movies began at an early age. He spent a great deal of his time with his family at the local movie house, which his father helped manage. By the time he was eighteen, he had completed ...
42. Judy Blame
Costume_designer | Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies
Judy Blame was born on February 13, 1960 in Leatherhead, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor and costume designer, known for Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies (1994), Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998) and Tramps! (2022). He died on February 19, 2018...
43. Jules Munshin
Actor | On the Town
Jules Munshin was an American actor, comedian, and singer from New York City. He is primarily remembered for his appearances in MGM film musicals. Munshin's family name was originally "Monszejn", and his father was named Gershon Joseph Monszejn. He first gained fame as a Broadway actor, starring in...
44. Karl Lagerfeld
Actor | La doublure
Karl Lagerfeld was born on September 10, 1933 in Hamburg, Germany. He was a costume designer and actor, known for The Valet (2006), Reincarnation (2014) and The Tale of a Fairy (2011). He died on February 19, 2019 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
45. Lionel Jeffries
Actor | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
With his bald head, firm jawline and bristling moustache, Lionel Jeffries played a nice line of English eccentrics. This belied his RADA training. Following military service in WWII, he played his major roles - everything from Grandpa Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) to the Marquis of ...
46. Lisabeth Hush
Actress | Thoroughly Modern Millie
Lisabeth Hush was born on November 3, 1934 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967), The Stone Killer (1973) and The Jesus Trip (1971). She was married to Sam Gilman. She died on February 19, 2021.
47. Lou Myers
Actor | The Wedding Planner
Lou Myers was born on September 26, 1935 in Cabin Creek, West Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for The Wedding Planner (2001), Volcano (1997) and Tin Cup (1996). He died on February 19, 2013 in Charleston, West Virginia, USA.
48. Lucien Aimé-Blanc
Self | Ripoux story: flics et voyous, les liaisons dangereuses
Lucien Aimé-Blanc was born on March 23, 1935 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He died on February 19, 2020 in Lille, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.
49. Lynne Overman
Actor | Union Pacific
Lynne Overman was born on September 19, 1887 in Maryville, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Union Pacific (1939), Reap the Wild Wind (1942) and She Loves Me Not (1934). He was married to Emily Helen Drange and Sylvia Antoinette Hazette. He died on February 19, 1943 in Santa Monica, ...
50. Madge Blake
Actress | Batman: The Movie
Spouse: James Lincoln Blake (1 Child)
During World War II, she and her husband, James Lincoln Blake, worked in Utah on construction of the detonator for the atomic bomb and performed such jobs as testing equipment destined for the Manhattan Project. The couple received a citation for their work from...
51. Marco Antonio Campos
Actor | Cada quién su lucha
Marco Antonio Campos will forever be best remembered as the thin, serious half of the comedy duo Viruta and Capulina (with Gaspar Henaine as the chubby, silly half), but he was also an excellent musician, a gifted singer, and a capable screenwriter. Viruta (Campos) and Capulina (Henaine) achieved ...
52. Märta Torén
Actress | Rogues' Regiment
From an early age her dream was to become an actress. Her first application for acting studies at The Royal Dramatic Theater in 1944 was unsuccessful. After additional dramatic coaching she was finally accepted in 1947. But screenwriter Edwin Blum arranged a screen test for RKO which eventually led...
53. Mayilsamy
Actor | 2.0
Mayilsamy was born on October 2, 1965 in Sathyamangalam, Erode district, Tamil Nadu. He was an actor, known for 2.0 (2018), Kangalal Kaidhu Sei (2004) and Potta Potti (2011). He died on February 19, 2023.
54. Michael Powell
Director | Peeping Tom
The son of Thomas William Powell and Mabel (nee Corbett). Michael Powell was always a self-confessed movie addict. He was brought up partly in Canterbury ("The Garden of England") and partly in the south of France (where his parents ran a hotel). Educated at Kings School, Canterbury and Dulwich ...
55. Muriel Landers
Actress | Doctor Dolittle
Muriel Landers was born on October 27, 1921 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Doctor Dolittle (1967), Musical Comedy Time (1950) and The Red Skelton Hour (1951). She was married to Ernest Richman. She died on February 19, 1977 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
56. Nightbirde
Actress | Nightbirde: Girl in A Bubble
Nightbirde was born on December 29, 1990 in Zanesville, Ohio, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Nightbirde: Girl in A Bubble (2019), Leonard Knight: A Man & His Mountain (2015) and America's Got Talent (2006). She was married to Jeremy Claudio. She died on February 19, 2022 in the ...
57. Pedro Olmedilla
Pedro Olmedilla is known for L'homme de Marrakech (1966), Manos a la obra (1998) and Miguel Servet (La sangre y la ceniza) (1989).
58. Pop Smoke
Soundtrack | F9
Bashar Barakah Jackson (July 20, 1999 - February 19, 2020), known professionally as Pop Smoke, was an American rapper. He is considered by many to be the face of Brooklyn drill. Born and raised in Canarsie, Brooklyn, Pop Smoke began his musical career in late 2018 with his debut single "MPR (Panic ...
59. Richard Belzer
Actor | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
A social misfit, was kicked out of every school he ever attended, due to his uncontrollable wit. His mother (Frances) died of breast cancer when Richard was 18. His father (Charles) committed suicide when he was 22. A dedication is written to him in Richard Belzer's "UFOs, JFK, and Elvis: ...
60. Richard McMillan
Actor | The Day After Tomorrow
Richard McMillan was born on March 20, 1951 in Beaverton, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Day After Tomorrow (2004), The Fountain (2006) and Cube Zero (2004). He was married to Anne Louise Bannon. He died on February 19, 2017 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
61. Richard Shepherd
Self | A Week in Politics
Richard Shepherd was born on December 6, 1942 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. He died on February 19, 2022 in the UK.
62. Stanley Kramer
Producer | Judgment at Nuremberg
Stanley Kramer was born on September 29, 1913 in Hell's Kitchen [now Clinton], Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) and Inherit the Wind (1960). He was married to Karen Sharpe, Anne P. ...
63. Sylvia Rivera
Self | Queer Serial: American LGBTQ+ History
Sylvia Rivera was born on July 2, 1951 in New York City, New York, USA. She died on February 19, 2002 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
64. Teresa Gisbert
Writer | Potosí del esplendor al olvido
Teresa Gisbert is known for Potosí del esplendor al olvido (1990).
65. Umberto Eco
Writer | Der Name der Rose
He is a professor of semiotics, the study of communication through signs and symbols, at the University of Bologna. Also a philiosopher, a historian, literary critic, and an aesthetician. He is an avid book collector and owns more than 30,000 volumes. The subjects of his scholarly investigations ...
66. Wilfred De'Ath
Self | The Comedy Map of Britain
Wilfred De'Ath was born in August 1937. He was married to Erica ?. He died on February 19, 2020.
67. Xavier Marc
Actor | Two Mules for Sister Sara
Xavier Marc was born on January 16, 1948 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He was an actor and cinematographer, known for Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970), The Legend of Zorro (2005) and Juro que te amo (2008). He was married to Cristian and Claudia Obregon. He died on February 19, 2022 in Mexico ...
68. Yervand Manaryan
Actor | Karine
Yervand Manaryan was born on September 20, 1924 in Arac, Iran. He was an actor and writer, known for Karine (1969), Spitak aper (1976) and Kapitan Arakel (1986). He died on February 19, 2020 in Yerevan, Armenia.
69. Yona Friedman
Writer | Points de vue
Yona Friedman was born on June 5, 1923 in Budapest, Hungary. He was a writer and director, known for Points de vue (2009), Le petit bestiaire de Yona Friedman (2010) and Une Region, Qu'est Ce Que C'est (2012). He was married to Denise. He died on February 21, 2020 in Paris, France.
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