Deaths: March 20

1. Kenny Rogers

Soundtrack | Polar

Born in Houston, Texas on August 21, 1938, Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, actor, record producer and entrepreneur Kenneth Ray Rogers was the fourth of eight children born to a carpenter father who worked in a shipyard and a mother who was a hospital nurse's assistant. Of humble Irish and Native...

2. Alan Gifford

Actor | 2001: A Space Odyssey

Alan Gifford was born on March 11, 1911 in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA as John Lennox. He was an actor, known for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), The Saint (1962), and Phase IV (1974). He was married to Blanch. He later remarried to Beatrix Gifford, taking her surname as his stage name. Together they...

3. Amadeo Carrizo

Actor | Cinco grandes y una chica

Amadeo Carrizo was born on June 12, 1926 in Rufino, Santa Fe, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Cinco grandes y una chica (1950), Esos colores que llevás (2013) and River, El Más Grande Siempre (2019). He died on March 20, 2020 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

4. Ana Piñeres

Producer | La Venganza de Analía

Ana Piñeres was a screenwriter, executive, and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of CMO Group (CMO Producciones and CMO Internacional), a creative producer of such successful television series worldwide as "The Market Heart" (2022), "Pasión de Gavilanes" Season 2 (2022), "Her Mother's Killer" (2021), "...

5. Anatoliy Adoskin

Actor | Bratya Karamazovy

Anatoliy Adoskin was born on November 23, 1927 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for The Brothers Karamazov (1969), Tri rasskaza Chekhova (1960) and House of Fools (2002). He was married to Olga Georgievna Tarasova. He died on March 20, 2019 in Moscow, Russia.

6. Anita Thallaug

Actress | Anything Goes

Anita Thallaug was born on February 14, 1938 in Baerum, Norway. She was an actress, known for Anything Goes (1962), Bells in the Moonlight (1964) and I moralens navn (1954). She died on March 20, 2023 in Norway.

7. Ariel Bybee

Actress | Live from the Metropolitan Opera

Ariel Bybee was born on January 9, 1943 in the USA. She was an actress, known for The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977), La Traviata (1982) and Lucia di Lammermoor (1983). She was married to James Ford. She died on March 20, 2018 in the USA.

8. Avery Crounse

Director | Cries of Silence

Avery Crounse, an award winning director and photographer has written three theatrical feature films that have played worldwide. Avery, who also owns his own production company, Elysian Pictures, directed and wrote his first film in 1983, a western/horror film entitled "Eyes of Fire" starring ...

9. Beverley Cross

Writer | Clash of the Titans

Beverley Cross was born on April 13, 1931 in London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Clash of the Titans (1981), Jason and the Argonauts (1963) and Clash of the Titans (2010). He was married to Maggie Smith, Gayden Collins and Elizabeth Clunies-Ross. He died on March 20, 1998 in London, ...

10. Borislav Stankovic

Self | Granica snova

Borislav Stankovic was born on July 9, 1925 in Bihac, Bosnia-Herzegovina. He died on March 20, 2020 in Belgrade, Serbia.

11. Brian Wilde

Actor | Porridge

Brian Wilde was born on June 13, 1927 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Doing Time (1979), Last of the Summer Wine (1973) and Porridge (1974). He was married to Eva Stuart. He died on March 20, 2008 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England, UK.

12. Buck Hill

Self | Oxygen for the Ears: Living Jazz

Buck Hill was born on February 13, 1927 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was married to Helen. He died on March 20, 2017 in Greenbelt, Maryland, USA.

13. Carl Theodor Dreyer

Writer | Gertrud

The illegitimate son of a Danish farmer and his Swedish housekeeper, Carl Theodor Dreyer was born in Copenhagen on the 3th of February, 1889. He spent his early years in various foster homes before being adopted by the Dreyers at the age of two. Contrary to popular belief (perhaps nourished by the ...

14. David Rockefeller

Self | Empire City

David Rockefeller is an American banker who served as chairman and chief executive of Chase Manhattan Corporation. He was the oldest living member of the third generation of the Rockefeller family, and family patriarch from August 2004 until his death in March 2017. Rockefeller was the youngest ...

15. Enrique del Portal

Actor | La revoltosa

Enrique del Portal was born on July 3, 1932 in Madrid, Spain. He was an actor, known for La revoltosa (1969), El caserío (1972) and Bohemios (1969). He was married to Nieves Fernandez de Sevilla and Natividad Ruiz Cambronero. He died on March 20, 2020 in Madrid, Spain.

16. Eunetta T. Boone

Producer | Lush Life

Eunetta T. Boone was born on May 16, 1955. She was a producer and writer, known for Lush Life (1996), Who Is Doris Payne? and The Hughleys (1998). She died on March 20, 2019 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

17. Fernando Heredia

Amada

Fernando Heredia was born on October 10, 1923 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor and director, known for Amada (1983), Navidad en el año 2000 (1981) and Noche estelar (1982). He died on March 20, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

18. George Weinberg

Self | The Bob Braun Show

19. Georges Delerue

Composer | Platoon

Georges Delerue was born on March 12, 1925 in Roubaix, Nord, France. He was a composer and actor, known for Platoon (1986), Twins (1988) and The Day of the Dolphin (1973). He was married to Micheline Gautron. He died on March 20, 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

20. Giovanni Romanini

Actor | Ho conosciuto Magnus

Giovanni Romanini was born on December 27, 1945 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was an actor, known for Ho conosciuto Magnus (2016). He died on March 20, 2020 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

21. Gregory Walcott

Actor | Plan 9 from Outer Space

Gregory Walcott grew up in North Carolina and went into the Army just after the end of World War II. After leaving the service, he grew restless on the East Coast and, with $100 in his pocket, thumbed his way west to pursue an acting career. An agent who spotted him in a little theater play helped ...

22. Hans Günter Nöcker

Actor | Hoffmanns Erzählungen

Hans Günter Nöcker was born on January 22, 1927 in Hagen, Germany. He was an actor, known for Hoffmanns Erzählungen (1970), Die Schelminnen (1961) and Der Prinz von Homburg (1994). He died on March 20, 2019 in Germany.

23. Horacio Dener

Actor | Amor latino

Horacio Dener was born on November 27, 1938 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Latin Love (2000), Cops and Robbers (1994) and Balabasadas (1968). He died on March 20, 2011 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

24. Jacques Brugnon

Self | Trente-Six Chandelles

25. Jacques Maury

Actor | Love and Death

Jacques Maury was born on June 25, 1937 in Berchem, Flanders, Belgium. He was an actor, known for Love and Death (1975), National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) and Lady Oscar (1979). He died on March 20, 1985 in Mahé Island, Seychelles.

26. James Herbert

Writer | The Unholy

James Herbert was born on April 8, 1943 in East End, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Unholy (2021), The Survivor (1981) and Deadly Eyes (1982). He was married to Eileen O'Donnell. He died on March 20, 2013 in Woodmancote, Henfield, West Sussex, England, UK.

27. Jean Engstrom

Actress | Voodoo Island

Jean Engstrom was born on July 25, 1920 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She was an actress, known for Voodoo Island (1957), Medic (1954) and Telephone Time (1956). She was married to Elliott Erwin Engstrom and Richard Harold Moon. She died on March 20, 1997 in Riverside, California, USA.

28. John Dennis

Actor | Soylent Green

John Dennis was born on May 3, 1925 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Soylent Green (1973), Young Frankenstein (1974) and Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972). He was married to Carolinda Brophy. He died on March 20, 2004 in Apple Valley, California, USA.

29. John P. Ryan

Actor | Runaway Train

Character actor John P. Ryan was born on July 30, 1936 in New York City. The son of Irish immigrant parents, Ryan graduated from Rice High School and studied English at the City College of New York, where he first developed an interest in acting. He served six years in the US Army and worked as a ...

30. Johnny Harris

Music_department | The Powers of Matthew Star

Johnny Harris was born in Edinburgh, Scotland 1932 (of Welsh parentage) and is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music in London. He originally played trumpet with English big bands in the 50's and started freelance writing and arranging in the early 60's before he was hired by Tony Hatch for ...

31. Katie Boyle

Actress | ITV Play of the Week

Katie was born in Florence, Italy, the daughter of an Italian Marquis and a Yorkshire born mother and came to England when 19 and married Viscount Boyle when 20. She was buying hats when she met Beverly Nicholls, who was writing a story on buying hats. He asked her to model for him and she started ...

32. Luis Saslavsky

Writer | La corona negra

Luis Saslavsky was born on April 21, 1903 in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. He was a writer and director, known for La corona negra (1951), La dama duende (1945) and Las ratas (1963). He died on March 20, 1995 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

33. Marilyn Maxwell

Actress | 3 Men in White

The less famous, but still undeniably talented, of the "Marilyn" sex symbols of the 1940s/'50s was born Marvel Marilyn Maxwell in Clarinda, Iowa on August 3, 1920 (she later began using her middle name professionally at the suggestion of Louis B. Mayer). As a teenager, she worked as an usher at the...

34. Michael Goodliffe

Actor | A Night to Remember

Michael Goodliffe was born on October 1, 1914 in Bebington, Cheshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for A Night to Remember (1958), Peeping Tom (1960) and The One That Got Away (1957). He was married to Dorothy Margaret Tyndale. He died on March 20, 1976 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK.

35. Michael Reaves

Writer | Batman: The Animated Series

Michael Reaves was born on September 14, 1950 in San Bernardino, California, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Batman: The Animated Series (1992), Star Trek Phase II (2004) and Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993). He was married to Brynne Chandler. He died on March 20, 2023 in Los ...

36. Muhterem Nur

Actress | Kara Gün

Muhterem Nur was born on December 31, 1932 in Bitolj, Yugoslavia. She was an actress, known for Kara Gün (1971), Askin acilari (1959) and Son sarki (1954). She was married to Müslüm Gürses, Müslim Gürses and Isin Kaan. She died on March 20, 2020 in Istanbul, Turkey.

37. Paul Grant

Actor | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

Paul Grant was born on February 3, 1967 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. He was an actor and producer, known for Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), Willow (1988) and Legend (1985). He was married to Janet Crowson. He died on March 20, 2023 in St. Pancras, London, England, ...

38. Ralph Riach

Actor | Cloud Atlas

Ralph Riach was born on January 26, 1936 in Elgin, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Cloud Atlas (2012), Braveheart (1995) and Death Defying Acts (2007). He died on March 20, 2022 in Scotland, UK.

39. Risë Stevens

Actress | Going My Way

One of the great voices of the Metropolitan Opera, New York-born mezzo-soprano Rise (pronounced REE-za) Stevens made her debut with the company in 1939 as Octavian in Richard Strauss's "Der Rosenkavalier" in a tour performance in Philadelphia. Her other notable roles in 21 years with the company ...

40. Terry Norris

Actor | Cop Shop

Terry is well known to many Australians for the roles of 'Joe Turner' on the long running TV series Bellbird and as 'Snr. Sgt. Eric O'Reilly' on the police drama Cop Shop. Terry left the TV show Cop Shop in 1982 to pursue a political career. He was the Labor party member for Noble Park from 1982 to...

41. Tom Griffin

Writer | The Boys Next Door

Tom Griffin was born on February 14, 1946 in Rhode Island, USA. He was a writer, known for The Boys Next Door (1996) and Dinner at Eight (1989). He died on March 20, 2018 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

42. Vladimír Zábrodský

Self | Vsechnopárty

43. Walter Grauman

Director | The Old Man Who Cried Wolf

Walter Grauman was born on March 17, 1922 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He was a director and producer, known for The Old Man Who Cried Wolf (1970), Blue Light (1966) and I Deal in Danger (1966). He was married to Margaret (Peggy) Buckley Parker, Joan Taylor and Suzanne Carla Greenstone. He died on...

44. Willigis Jäger

Self | Auf den Spuren der Intuition

Willigis Jäger was born on March 7, 1925 in Hösbach, Bavaria, Germany. He died on March 20, 2020 in Holzkirchen, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany.