Deaths: December 8

1. Caroll Spinney

Caroll Spinney was born on December 26, 1933 in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Sesame Street (1969), The Muppet Movie (1979) and The Great Muppet Caper (1981). He was married to Debra Spinney and Janice Spinney. He died on December 8, 2019 in Woodstock, ...

2. Ambar La Fox

Actress | Buenas noches, Buenos Aires

Ambar La Fox was born in 1935 in Argentina. She was an actress, known for Buenas noches, Buenos Aires (1964), Orden de matar (1965) and Las mujeres los prefieren tontos (1964). She was married to Maurín, Alejandro and Lavecchia, Bubby. She died on December 8, 1993 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

3. Anne Seymour

Actress | Field of Dreams

The daughter of a copper expert (William Stanley Eckert) and an actress and museum curator (May Davenport), character actress Anne Seymour was born on September 11, 1909 in New York City. She was the seventh generation of a theatrical family that could be tracked back to Ireland in 1740. Her ...

4. Antonio Carlos Jobim

Soundtrack | V for Vendetta

Antonio Carlos Jobim was born on January 25, 1927 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a composer and actor, known for V for Vendetta (2005), Deep Rising (1998) and Out of Sight (1998). He was married to Ana Lontra Jobim and Thereza Hermanny. He died on December 8, 1994 in New York ...

5. Carlotta Monti

Actress | Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Carlotta Monti was born on January 25, 1907 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941), Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935) and Kiss of Araby (1933). She died on December 8, 1993 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

6. Cathy Downs

Actress | My Darling Clementine

A pleasant, attractive leading lady, Cathy Downs was an "outdoors type" who worked as a model before she became a Fox contract player in 1944. In the late 1940s she was being groomed for major success -- e.g., she played the title role in John Ford's My Darling Clementine (1946) -- but most of her ...

7. Dimebag Darrell

Soundtrack | Triple Frontier

Dimebag Darrell was born on August 20, 1966 in Dallas, Texas, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Triple Frontier (2019), The Big Short (2015) and Lethal Weapon (2016). He died on December 8, 2004 in Columbus, Ohio, USA.

8. Don Mitchell

Actor | Ironside

Born March 17, 1943 in Houston, Texas, USA, Don left home to go to college at UCLA-Fine Arts to become an actor. Producer Collier Young spotted him and cast him in the TV series,Ironside (1967) as Mark Sanger. He enjoys music and also likes to go deep sea fishing and horse back riding. Don did not ...

9. Donald Burton

Actor | Hudson Hawk

Donald Burton was born on February 10, 1934 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Hudson Hawk (1991), The Message (1976) and The Man from Moscow (1985). He was married to Carroll Baker. He died on December 8, 2007 in Palm Springs, California, USA.

10. Doug Tompkins

Self | Im Fluss des Lebens

Doug Tompkins was born on March 20, 1943 in Conneaut, Ohio, USA. He is known for Im Fluss des Lebens (2012), Mountain of Storms (2018) and 180° South (2010). He was married to Kristine L. McDivitt Wear and Susie Tompkins Buell. He died on December 8, 2015 in Coihaique, Patagonia, Chile.

11. Fay Baker

Actress | Notorious

Fay Baker was born on January 31, 1917 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Notorious (1946), The House on Telegraph Hill (1951) and Deadline - U.S.A. (1952). She was married to Arthur Weiss. She died on December 8, 1987 in Sleepy Hollow, New York, USA.

12. George J. Lewis

Actor | Zorro's Black Whip

George J. Lewis was born on December 10, 1903 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Zorro's Black Whip (1944), Radar Patrol vs. Spy King (1949) and Malice in the Palace (1949). He was married to Mary Louise Lohman. He died on December 8, 1995 in Rancho Santa Fe, California, ...

13. Georges Metaxa

Actor | Hi Diddle Diddle

His obituary in the The Monroe News-Star:

Georges Metaxa, d. 8 Dec. 1950, Monroe, Louisiana. Georges Metaxa Hollywood star dies suddenly in Monroe. The body of Georges Metaxa, 51, prominent actor and comedy singer of Hollywood who died suddenly in a local hotel over the weekend, was sent by Hixson ...

14. Gladys George

Actress | The Roaring Twenties

One of the finest, if relatively short-lived, character actresses of Hollywood, during the 1930s and 1940, Gladys George was born into an acting family who were literally on the road at the time of her birth.

Her parents were actually English and touring with a Shakespearean theater company in ...

15. Gloria Charles

Actress | Friday the 13th Part III

Gloria Charles was born on March 3, 1955 in the USA. She was an actress, known for Friday the 13th: Part 3 (1982), Brewster's Millions (1985) and National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985). She died on December 8, 2016 in Marina Del Ray, California, USA(undisclosed).

16. Golda Meir

Soundtrack | The Simpsons

She initially grew up in Pinsk. However, due to the anti-Jewish riots in Russia, the family emigrated to the USA in 1906, where they set up a small business in Milwaukee (Wisconsin). At the age of 14, Mabovitch ran away from home to live with her older sister in Denver. There in 1915 she came into ...

17. Harry Harvey Jr.

Actor | Forbidden Planet

Harry Harvey Jr. was born on October 9, 1929 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Forbidden Planet (1956), Mannix (1967) and Convoy (1978). He died on December 8, 1978 in Panorama City, California, USA.

18. Herbert Pundik

Shadows: When the Past Rules the Present

Herbert Pundik was born on September 23, 1927 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is known for Shadows: When the Past Rules the Present (2017), Man har et standpunkt... (2001) and Deadline (1999). He was married to Ruth Ginsburg. He died on December 8, 2019 in Israel.

19. Howard Gottfried

Producer | Network

Howard Gottfried was born on November 13, 1923 in New York, USA. He was a producer, known for Network (1976), Altered States (1980) and Body Double (1984). He was married to Mary Lynn. He died on December 8, 2017 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

20. Howard E. Rollins Jr.

Actor | Ragtime

Howard E. Rollins Jr. was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1950. He was the youngest of four children born to Howard E. Rollins Sr. (steelworker) and Ruth R. Rollins (domestic worker). Rollins graduated from Towson State College, where he studied theater. His first break into acting came when a ...

21. John Glenn

Actor | Frasier

John Glenn was an Officer of United States Marines with the rank of Major before chosen to become part of the Mercury 7 program.

He was awarded five Distinguished Flying Crosses. Made record setting Coast to Coast flights in the late 1950s.

He named his spacecraft (capsule) Friendship 7 and it is on ...

22. John Lennon

Actor | A Hard Day's Night

John Winston (later Ono) Lennon was born on October 9, 1940, in Liverpool, England, to Julia Lennon (née Stanley) and Alfred Lennon, a merchant seaman. He was raised by his mother's older sister Mimi Smith. In the mid-1950s, he formed his first band, The Quarrymen (after Quarry Bank High School, ...

23. José Libertella

Composer | Abrazos, tango en Buenos Aires

José Libertella was born on July 9, 1933 in Calvera, Basilicata, Italy. He was a composer, known for Abrazos, tango en Buenos Aires (2003), Si sos brujo: una historia de tango (2005) and Café de los maestros (2008). He died on December 8, 2004 in Paris, France.

24. Joseph Mascolo

Actor | Jaws 2

Joseph has dark brown hair and brown eyes. He plays the clarinet, and he played with the Metropolitan Opera in N.Y.C for two years. He does charity work for handicapped people, and the people from Ocilla, Georgia appreciated his work so much that they had one-mile street named after him. His ...

25. Josy Eisenberg

Writer | Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob

Josy Eisenberg was born on December 12, 1933 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. He was a writer, known for The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973), L'invité du dimanche (1968) and Lignes de mire (1994). He died on December 8, 2017 in Normandy, France.

26. Juice WRLD

Soundtrack | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Juice WRLD was born on December 2, 1998 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a music artist and actor, known for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), Eminem Feat. Juice WRLD: Godzilla (2020) and Juice Wrld: Lucid Dreams (2018). He died on December 8, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

27. Luther Adler

Actor | The Loves of Carmen

The actor and Broadway director Luther Adler was born into a Yiddish theatrical dynasty. One of the six children born to Jacob P. and Sara Adler, he made his debut in the world in New York City, originally billed as Lutha J. Adler. His full siblings Charles, Jay, Julia, and Stella (the famous ...

28. Martha Tilton

Soundtrack | Swing Hostess

She became a notable vocalist of the Big Band Era and known around the circuit as the "Liltin' Miss Martha Tilton." Born on November 14, 1915, this trim, Texas-born blonde was the fortunate product of a musical family, with her parents actively playing the piano and singing at home while she grew ...

29. Martin Ritt

Director | Hud

Martin Ritt, one of the best and most sensitive American filmmakers of all time, was a director, actor and playwright who worked in both film and theater. He was born in New York City. His films reflect, like almost none other, a profound and intimate humane vision of his characters.

He originally ...

30. Marty Robbins

Soundtrack | The Drifter

He is known for many styles of music - pure honky-tonk, rockabilly, gospel, straight-ahead pop, blues and Hawaiian. But fans remember Marty Robbins best for his cowboy songs. Songs like "Big Iron", "Running Gun", "The Hanging Tree" and of course "El Paso" established Robbins as the master of the ...

31. Ocimar Versolato

Costume_department | Tieta do Agreste

Ocimar Versolato was born on April 1, 1961 in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brazil. He is known for Tieta of Agreste (1996) and Jet 7 (1996). He died on December 8, 2017 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

32. Paulene Myers

Actress | My Cousin Vinny

Paulene Myers was born on November 9, 1913 in Ocilla, Georgia, USA. She was an actress, known for My Cousin Vinny (1992), The Sting (1973) and Playhouse 90 (1956). She died on December 8, 1996 in Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA.

33. Reginald Sheffield

Actor | Suspicion

Reginald Sheffield was born on February 18, 1901 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Suspicion (1941), The Story of Mankind (1957) and Of Human Bondage (1934). He was married to Louise Sheffield Cassan. He died on December 8, 1957 in Pacific Palisades, California, USA.

34. Rene Auberjonois

Actor | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

René Murat Auberjonois was born on June 1, 1940 in New York City, to Princess Laure Louise Napoléone Eugénie Caroline (Murat), who was born in Paris, and Fernand Auberjonois, who was Swiss-born. René was born into an already artistic family, which included his grandfather, a well-known Swiss ...

35. Robert Prosky

Actor | Thief

Robert Prosky was born on December 13, 1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Thief (1981), Broadcast News (1987) and Mrs. Doubtfire (1993). He was married to Ida Hove. He died on December 8, 2008 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

36. Roberto Airaldi

Actor | Los tres mosqueteros

Roberto Airaldi was born on October 4, 1902 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor and director, known for The Three Musketeers (1945), El juego del amor y del azar (1944) and El precio del orgullo (1965). He was married to Dina Rocco. He died on December 8, 1977 in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires...

37. Rocky Shahan

Actor | Rawhide

Rocky Shahan was born on March 4, 1919 in Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Rawhide (1959), Ride a Violent Mile (1957) and Blood Arrow (1958). He died on December 8, 1981 in Denton, Texas, USA.

38. Rosanell Eaton

Self | Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook

Rosanell Eaton was born on April 14, 1921 in near Louisburg, North Carolina, USA. She was married to Golden Eaton. She died on December 8, 2018 in Louisburg, North Carolina, USA.

39. Slim Pickens

Actor | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Slim Pickens spent the early part of his career as a real cowboy and the latter part playing cowboys, and he is best remembered for a single "cowboy" image: that of bomber pilot Maj. "King" Kong waving his cowboy hat rodeo-style as he rides a nuclear bomb onto its target in the great black comedy ...

40. Tamara Castro

Tamara Castro was born on December 4, 1972 in Ensenada, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She died on December 8, 2006 in Humberto Primo, Santa Fe, Argentina.

41. Vincent Nguini

Music_department | P.O.V.

Vincent Nguini was born in July 1952 in Obala, Cameroon. He is known for P.O.V. (1988), Paul Simon: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song (2007) and The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert (2009). He was married to Stephanie Batchelor and Florence Nombulelo Yawa. ...

42. Vladimir Kurbet

Sluchai na festivale

Vladimir Kurbet was born on December 5, 1930 in Susleny, County of Orhei, Bessarabia, Kingdom of Romania. He is known for Sluchai na festivale (1976). He died on December 8, 2017 in Chisinau, Moldova.