Deaths: April 10

1. Rachel Schrey

Actress | Kaziah

Rachel Schrey was an actress and writer based out of Nashville, TN. She is best known for her role as Emma Gracely in the web series Remnant 13 (2016). Her interest in film began at a very young age when she turned her own stories into scripts and asked her friends if they would be a part of her "...

2. Abigail Thernstrom

Self | 60 Minutes

Abigail Thernstrom was born on September 14, 1936 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. She was married to Stephan Thernstrom. She died on April 10, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia, USA.

3. Arnold Johnson

Actor | Menace II Society

Arnold Johnson was born on November 15, 1921 in New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Menace II Society (1993), Shaft (1971) and Putney Swope (1969). He was married to Betty Helene Heater. He died on April 10, 2000 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

4. Auguste Lumière

Producer | Londres, alerte de pompiers: film Lumière n° 246

Auguste Lumière was a French engineer, industrialist, biologist, and illusionist, born in Besançon, France. He attended the Martinière Technical School and worked as a manager at the photographic company of his father, Antoine Lumière. Although it is his brother Louis Lumière who is generally ...

5. Barbara Marx Hubbard

Self | Entheogen: Awakening the Divine Within

Barbara Marx Hubbard was born on December 22, 1929 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. She was a producer, known for Entheogen: Awakening the Divine Within (2007), American Visionary: The Story of Barbara Marx Hubbard and Occupy Love (2012). She was married to Earl Hubbard. She died on ...

6. Big George Brock

Composer | M for Mississippi: A Road Trip through the Birthplace of the Blues

Big George Brock was born on May 16, 1932 in Grenada, Mississippi, USA. He was a composer, known for M for Mississippi: A Road Trip through the Birthplace of the Blues (2008), Hard Times (2006) and America's Blues (2015). He died on April 10, 2020 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

7. Bruce Baillie

Director | Mr. Hayashi

Bruce Baillie was born on September 24, 1931 in Aberdeen, South Dakota, USA. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Mr. Hayashi (1963), Quixote (1965) and Quick Billy (1971). He was married to Lorie Apit. He died on April 10, 2020 in Camano Island, Washington, USA.

8. Carlo Sabatini

Actor | The Omen

Carlo Sabatini was born on April 7, 1932 in Rome, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Omen (2006), I promessi sposi (1967) and I padri della patria (1991). He died on April 10, 2020 in Roma, Lazio, Italy.

9. Cec Linder

Actor | Goldfinger

Cec Linder was born on March 10, 1921 in Radziechów, Poland. He was an actor, known for Goldfinger (1964), Lolita (1962) and Quatermass and the Pit (1958). He was married to Joan Patricia Nuttall. He died on April 10, 1992 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

10. Dawei Li

Director | Zou zhu qiao

Dawei Li is known for Zou zhu qiao (2008), The Hero Chiyou (2017) and Jin fen shi jia (2002).

11. Diane Rodriguez

Actress | Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Diane Rodriguez was born on June 22, 1951 in San Jose, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), La Bamba (1987) and Psycho III (1986). She was married to Jose Delgado. She died on April 10, 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

12. Dixie Carter

Actress | Designing Women

Dixie is the middle of three children. Her father owned several small retail stores. Early on, she dreamed of being an opera singer, but a botched tonsillectomy at age 7 spoiled any chances for that dream. Still, she sang regularly and studied classical music. She can play the piano, trumpet, and ...

13. Earl Thomas Conley

Soundtrack | Road House

Earl Thomas Conley was born on October 17, 1941 in Portsmouth, Ohio, USA. He was married to Sandra Smith. He died on April 10, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

14. Francis Reusser

Director | Derborence

Francis Reusser is a Swiss Filmmaker. Trained at the Vevey School of Photography and the TSR, Francis Reusser created with François Albera the audiovisual section of the "École supérieure de l'art visuel de Genève" (HEAD). He has directed numerous movies as well as TV magazines. He is the father of...

15. Gloria Dickson

Actress | They Won't Forget

Gloria Dickson was born Thais Alalia Dickerson on August 13, 1917, in Pocotello, Idaho. After her father died, her mother took Gloria and her sister to California. During high school she started acting in local theater productions. When she was nineteen a Warner Brothers talent scout saw one of her...

16. Hans Verhagen

Producer | Hol van de Leeuw

Hans Verhagen was born on March 3, 1939 in Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. He was a producer and writer, known for Hol van de Leeuw (1976), Het gat van Nederland (1972) and Heilige plaatsen (1984). He died on April 10, 2020 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

17. Jack Williams

Stunts | Innerspace

Jack Williams was born on April 15, 1921 in Butte, Montana, USA. He was an actor, known for Innerspace (1987), Wild Wild West (1999) and Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985). He was married to Clare. He died on April 10, 2007 in Sylmar, California, USA.

18. Jean Marzollo

Producer | I Spy

Jean Marzollo was born on June 24, 1942 in Manchester, Connecticut, USA. Jean was a producer and writer, known for I Spy (2002) and Shane's Kindergarten Countdown (2005). Jean was married to Claudio Marzollo. Jean died on April 10, 2018 in Cold Spring, New York, USA.

19. Jean Vander Pyl

Actress | The Flintstones

Jean Thurston Vander Pyl was an American actress and voice actress. Although her career spanned many decades, she is best known as the voice of Wilma Flintstone for the Hanna-Barbera cartoon The Flintstones (1960). In addition to Wilma Flintstone, she also provided the voices of Pebbles Flintstone,...

20. Jorge Sobral

Music_department | Malevo

Jorge Sobral was born on August 25, 1931 in La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Malevo (1972), Ché OVNI (1968) and Ritmo, amor y juventud (1966). He died on April 22, 2005 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

21. Judith Malina

Actress | The Addams Family

Judith Malina was born on June 4, 1926 in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. She was an actress and director, known for The Addams Family (1991), The Secret of My Success (1987) and When in Rome (2010). She was married to Hanon Reznikov and Julian Beck. She died on April 10, 2015 in Englewood, New ...

22. Jymie Merritt

Soundtrack | Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes

Jymie Merritt is an American double-bassist, electric-bass pioneer, band leader and composer in the jazz idiom. Merritt originally worked with rock and roll pioneers Chris Powell and Bull Moose Jackson before working with B.B. King for several years. In 1957, Jymie moved to New York City to join ...

23. Kahlil Gibran

Writer | The Prophet

Khalil Gibran (Full name : Gibran Khalil Gibran) is a Lebanese poet, painter, writer, philosopher and theologian, born in Bsharri, Lebanon on January 6th, 1883. He left Lebanon with his mother on June 25th, 1895. He enjoyed a successful writing career until his death on April 10th, 1931. Gibran was...

24. Kantz

Director | Project Purgatory

Kantz was born on November 8, 1959. He was a director and writer, known for Project Purgatory (2010), Love and a Bullet (2002) and Wasteland (2011). He died on April 10, 2021.

25. Kay Medford

Actress | Funny Girl

A veteran scene stealer in the cynical tradition of Thelma Ritter and known for her own inimitably dry, poker-faced delivery, Kay Medford was born Margaret Kathleen Regan in the Bronx, New York City on September 14, 1919, the daughter of Irish folk James and Mary Regan. Her mother was, at one time,...

26. Kevin Peter Hall

Actor | Predator 2

This African American actor attended Penn Hills High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He started his junior year at 6' 5" and finished it at 6' 9"! He played basketball throughout his high-school years and won a scholarship. He averaged 18 points a game and 10 rebounds! He played basketball ...

27. Larry Linville

Actor | M*A*S*H

Larry Linville was born on September 29, 1939 in Ojai, California, USA. He was an actor, known for M*A*S*H (1972), Paper Dolls (1984) and Mannix (1967). He was married to Deborah Guydon, Susan Hagan, Melissa Gallant, Vaughn Taylor and Kate Geer. He died on April 10, 2000 in New York City, New York,...

28. Larry Sharpe

Actor | WWWF Championship Wrestling

Larry Sharpe was born on June 26, 1950 in Paulsboro, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for WWF Championship Wrestling (1972), World Class Championship Wrestling (1972) and Spectrum Wrestling (1977). He died on April 10, 2017 in Woodbury, New Jersey, USA.

29. Lech Kaczynski

Actor | O dwóch takich, co ukradli ksiezyc

Lech Kaczynski was born on June 18, 1949 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He was an actor, known for O dwóch takich, co ukradli ksiezyc (1962), The Referees (2009) and Chwila prawdy (2002). He was married to Maria Kaczynska. He died on April 10, 2010 in Smolensk, Smolensk Oblast, Russia.

30. Linda Creed

Soundtrack | Toni Erdmann

Raised in the Mount Airy section of Philadelphia, Linda Creed's contribution to the Philly Soul Sound of the 1970s through the 1980s is undeniable. Her talents as a lyricist were teamed with Philadelphia International Records most noted composer-producer-arranger Thom Bell in 1971. The Creed and ...

31. Linda Darnell

Actress | Fallen Angel

Linda Darnell, one of five children of a postal clerk, grew up fast. At 11, she was modeling clothes, giving her age as 16. At 13, she was appearing on the stage with little theater groups. Her mother encouraged her to audition when Hollywood talent scouts came to Dallas. She went to California and...

32. Linda Hopkins

Actress | Leprechaun 2

Linda Hopkins was born on December 14, 1924 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. She was an actress, known for Leprechaun 2 (1994), Great Performances (1971) and The Kitchen (2019). She died on April 10, 2017 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.

33. Marjorie Main

Actress | Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm

Her father was a minister, and when she joined a local stock company as a youngster she changed her name to avoid embarrassing her family. She worked in vaudeville and debuted on Broadway in 1916. Her film debut was in A House Divided (1931). She repeated her stage role in Dead End (1937) as Baby ...

34. Mercedes LeAnza

Producer | Fancy Article Presents

Mercedes LeAnza was born on November 12, 1981 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. She was a producer and actress, known for Fancy Article Presents (2014), Chaperones (2015) and The Real Housewives of America: Political Spoof Parody (2013). She died on April 10, 2022 in California, USA.

35. Michael Curtiz

Director | Casablanca

Curtiz began acting in and then directing films in his native Hungary in 1912. After WWI, he continued his filmmaking career in Austria and Germany and into the early 1920s when he directed films in other countries in Europe. Moving to the US in 1926, he started making films in Hollywood for Warner...

36. Morarji Desai

Self | Congress Session in Bombay

A native of Bhadeli, a village near the city of Bulsar, in what is now the state of Gujarat, Morarji Ranchhodji Desai was born on leap years day in 1896, the oldest of the 6 children of Ranchhodji Desai, a teacher, and Vajiaben (or Maniben) Desai. He was educated at Bombay University, and he was a ...

37. Natalie Schafer

Actress | Gilligan's Island

Natalie Schafer got her start doing Broadway plays then making the move to the big screen. Even before Gilligan's Island (1964), she was typecast in roles as society women, or elegant, fashionable ladies. It was her role as "Eunice 'Lovey' Wentworth Howell" wife of multi-millionaire Thurston Howell...

38. Nino Rota

Composer | The Godfather

Born in Milan in 1911 into a family of musicians, Nino Rota was first a student of Orefice and Pizzetti. Then, still a child, he moved to Rome where he completed his studies at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in 1929 with Alfredo Casella. In the meantime, he had become an 'enfant prodige', famous...

39. Nobuhiko Ôbayashi

Director | Hausu

Nobuhiko Ôbayashi was born on January 9, 1938 in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. He was a director and editor, known for House (1977), Turning Point (1994) and The Discarnates (1988). He was married to Kyôko Ôbayashi. He died on April 10, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan.

40. Nyree Dawn Porter

Actress | The Protectors

Landing the starring role of Irene in the 1967 broadcast of John Galsworthy's "Forsyte Saga," Nyree Dawn Porter established herself as a prominent actress for television drama. She was born on the north island of New Zealand and was first a stage actress in New Zealand before setting out for a ...

41. Olga Bucataru

Actress | Rîul care urca muntele

Olga Bucataru was born on March 27, 1942 in Suceava, Romania. She was an actress, known for Rîul care urca muntele (1977), Serenade for the 12th Floor (1976) and Bariera (1972). She died on April 10, 2020 in Bucuresti, Romania.

42. Oscar Cohen

Producer | Satchmo

Oscar Cohen was born on May 30, 1928 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and executive, known for Satchmo, Standing Room Only (2004) and The Black Godfather (2019). He died on April 10, 2020 in Boca Raton, Florida, USA.

43. Pete Retzlaff

Self | The NFL on CBS

Pete Retzlaff was born on August 21, 1931 in Ellendale, North Dakota, USA. He was married to Patty. He died on April 10, 2020 in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, USA.

44. Peter Jones

Actor | Whoops Apocalypse

Actor, playwright and game show panellist, the son of an antiques dealer. Jones was educated at Ellesmere College where he first performed in school plays. At age sixteen he made an unsuccessful stab at acting on the professional stage at the Wolverhampton Grand but was fired after just one ...

45. Phyllis Frelich

Actress | ER

Phyllis was born on Feburary 29, 1944, the oldest of 9 children. She attended North Dakota School for the Deaf, graduating in 1962. She went on to Gallaudet College (renamed Gallaudet University), actively participating in theater there. She finally made her debut on April 2, 1967, on the NBC ...

46. Sam Kinison

Actor | Back to School

Sam Kinison was a popular stand-up comedian from Yakima, Washington, mainly active in the 1980s and the early 1990s. He also had a few acting roles in film and television. His only recurring role was that of Hugh, the main character's alter ego in the short-lived sitcom "Charlie Hoover" (1991). The...

47. Samuel Hargress

Actor | Paris Blues in Harlem

Samuel Hargress was born on April 9, 1936 in Demopolis, Alabama, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Paris Blues in Harlem (2018). He died on April 10, 2020 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

48. Satish Kaul

Actor | Janam Janam

Satish Kaul born in Kashmir is a veteran performing artist in both Punjabi and Hindi motion pictures. He has acted in more than 300 Hindi and Punjabi films and has worked with Bollywood star like Shahrukh Khan, Dilip Kumar, and Dev Anand and many others. His prominent film parts incorporate ones in...

49. Shanti Hiranand

Actress | Siddhartha

Shanti Hiranand was born in 1932 in Lucknow, India. She was an actress, known for Siddhartha (1972) and Begum Akhtar: Hyderabad Festival (2015). She died on April 10, 2020 in Gurgaon, Haryana, India.

50. Sid Newman

Actor | The Wedding Singer

Sid Newman was born on January 18, 1920. He was an actor, known for The Wedding Singer (1998), The Beverly Hillbillies (1993) and The Larry Sanders Show (1992). He died on April 10, 2001 in Los Angeles, California, USA.