Deaths: December 17

1. Penny Marshall

Penny Marshall was born Carole Penny Marshall on October 15, 1943 in Manhattan. The Libra was 5' 6 1/2", with brown hair and green eyes. She was the daughter of Marjorie (Ward), a tap dance teacher, and Anthony "Tony" Marshall, an industrial film director. She was the younger sister of filmmakers ...

2. Alaina Reed-Hall

Actress | 227

Alaina Reed-Hall was born on November 10, 1946 in Springfield, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for 227 (1985), Death Becomes Her (1992) and Cruel Intentions (1999). She was married to Tamim Amini, Kevin Peter Hall and Richard Hannum Cook. She died on December 17, 2009 in Santa Monica, ...

3. Anca Pop

Actress | Ivana the Terrible

Anca Pop was born on October 22, 1984 in Moldova Noua, Romania. She was an actress, known for Ivana the Terrible (2019) and The Match (2016). She died on December 17, 2018 in Svinita, Romania.

4. Don Van Vliet

Soundtrack | The Big Lebowski

Don Van Vliet was born on January 15, 1941 in Glendale, California, USA. He was a composer and writer, known for The Big Lebowski (1998), A Civil Action (1998) and A Bigger Splash (2015). He was married to Janet Lorelle Jenkins. He died on December 17, 2010 in Trinidad, California, USA.

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5. Cesária Évora

Soundtrack | Great Expectations

Cesária Évora was born on August 27, 1941 in Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde, Portugal [now Cape Verde]. She was an actress and composer, known for Great Expectations (1998), Underground (1995) and Sorority Row (2009). She died on December 17, 2011 in Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde.

6. Chela Ruíz

Actress | Mamá querida

Chela Ruíz was born in 1921 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for Mamá querida (1988), The Official Story (1985) and Un mundo de veinte asientos (1978). She died on December 17, 1999 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

7. Colin Clark

Writer | My Week with Marilyn

Colin Clark was born on October 9, 1932 in Marylebone, London, England, UK. He was a director and producer, known for My Week with Marilyn (2011), WWE Smackdown! (1999) and Romantic Versus Classical Art (1973). He was married to Helena Kwan, Francis Wright and Violette Verdy. He died on December 17...

8. Dan O'Bannon

Writer | Alien

Dan O'Bannon was inspired at an early age by EC Comics like Tales from the Crypt and old horror films that he saw in St. Louis. He even wrote a few stories for Heavy Metal magazine (which also showed up in the film).

O'Bannon got his start when he and John Carpenter collaborated on the cult sci-fi ...

9. Dana Andrews

Actor | Laura

American leading man of the 1940s and 1950s, Dana Andrews was born Carver Dana Andrews on New Years Day 1909 on a farmstead outside Collins, Covington County, Mississippi. One of thirteen children, including fellow actor Steve Forrest, he was a son of Annis (Speed) and Charles Forrest Andrews, a ...

10. Eddie Acuff

Actor | The Case of the Velvet Claws

Eddie Acuff is one of those wonderful supporting actors who peopled the fascinating world of Hollywood's A, B or Z movies. In a career spanning eighteen years he appeared in an amazing almost 300 movies and one TV episode! His appearances could be invisible (when deleted), hardly visible (he ...

11. Eva Ekvall

Self | E! Historias verdaderas: El peso de una corona

Eva Ekvall was born on March 15, 1983 in Caracas, Venezuela. She was married to John Fabio Bermúdez. She died on December 17, 2011 in Houston, Texas, USA.

12. Francesco Leonetti

Actor | Edipo Re

Francesco Leonetti was born on January 27, 1924 in Cosenza, Calabria, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for Oedipus Rex (1967), The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964) and The Year of the Cannibals (1969). He was married to Eleonora Fiorani. He died on December 17, 2017 in Milan, Italy.

13. Frank Sully

Actor | The Grapes of Wrath

Frank Sully was born on June 17, 1908 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Escape to Glory (1940) and Sleepytime Gal (1942). He was married to Mary Kathleen McKee. He died on December 17, 1975 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

14. Galt MacDermot

Soundtrack | Hair

Galt MacDermot was born on December 18, 1928 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was a composer, known for Hair (1979), Zodiac (2007) and Forrest Gump (1994). He was married to Marlene Bruynzeel. He died on December 17, 2018 in Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA.

15. Georgi Natanson

Assistant_director | Ivanovo detstvo

Georgi Natanson was born on May 23, 1921 in Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR, RSFSR. He was a director and writer, known for Ivan's Childhood (1962), Valentin i Valentina (1986) and Oni byli aktyorami (1981). He died on December 17, 2017 in Moscow, Russia.

16. Gérard Blain

Actor | Hatari!

Gérard Blain was born on October 23, 1930 in Paris, France. He was an actor and writer, known for Hatari! (1962), Les amis (1971) and Un enfant dans la foule (1976). He was married to Marie-Hélène Bauret, Monique Blain, Bernadette Lafont and Estella Blain. He died on December 17, 2000 in Paris, ...

17. Gordon Hunt

Director | Mad About You

Gordon Hunt was born on April 26, 1929 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA. He was a director, known for Mad About You (1992), Dilbert (1999) and Hawaiian Eye (1959). He was married to B.J. Ward and Jane Elizabeth Novis. He died on December 17, 2016 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.

18. Grover Washington Jr.

Actor | Blues Brothers 2000

One of my favorite jazz musicians, Grover Washington Jr. was one of the first to embrace the jazz-funk style. Born in Buffalo, New York, he was given his first saxophone lesson by his father. In the early 1960s he moved to Philadelphia. His most successful album was "Winelight". Released in June ...

19. Guillermo Benites

20. Hayden Fry

Self | ABC's College Football

Hayden Fry was born on February 28, 1929 in Eastland, Texas, USA. He was married to Shirley Griffin and Hueleita. He died on December 17, 2019 in Texas, USA.

21. Héctor Malamud

Actor | Highlander II: The Quickening

Héctor Malamud was born on August 9, 1943 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Highlander II: The Quickening (1991), Rebelde Way (2002) and Historias Breves 2 (1997). He died on December 17, 2008 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

22. Henry Heimlich

H.E.L.P! - Dr. Henry's Emergency Lessons for People

Henry Heimlich was born on February 3, 1920 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. He is known for H.E.L.P! - Dr. Henry's Emergency Lessons for People (1979), The John Davidson Show (1980) and The Heimlich Maneuver: How to Save a Choking Victim: 2nd Edition (1983). He was married to Jane Murray. He died on ...

23. Jack Perrin

Actor | The Apache Kid's Escape

Jack Perrin was born in Three Rivers, MI, on July 25, 1896. His father, a real estate investor, had an eye on the burgeoning prospects in Los Angeles and moved his family there when Perrin was about four. Jack literally grew up witnessing the birth of the film industry, which exploded there in 1913...

24. Janet Margolin

Actress | David and Lisa

Pretty, demure-looking Janet Margolin was born in New York City in 1943 and educated at the New York High School of Performing Arts. The long-haired brunette was discovered for films by director Frank Perry as she was making great strides as a teen on Broadway. He saw her in the play "Daughter of ...

25. Jennifer Jones

Actress | The Towering Inferno

One of the world's most underrated Academy Award-winning actresses, Jennifer Jones was born Phylis Lee Isley on 2 March 1919 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Flora Mae (Suber) and Phillip Ross Isley, who ran a travelling stage show. As a young aspiring actress, she met and fell for young, handsome, aspiring ...

26. Johnny Fox

Self | Viva Cabaret

Johnny Fox was born on November 13, 1953 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He was married to Valeria. He died on December 17, 2017 in Damascus, Maryland, USA.

27. Jon Bluming

Actor | Hollands glorie

Jon Bluming was born on February 6, 1933 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for Hollands glorie (1977), Turkish Delight (1973) and Modesty Blaise (1966). He died on December 17, 2018 in De Bilt, Utrecht, Netherlands.

28. Karin Balzer

Self | Tôkyô orinpikku

Karin Balzer was born on June 5, 1938 in Magdeburg, Germany. She was married to Karl-Heinz Balzer. She died on December 17, 2019 in Chemnitz, Sachsen, Germany.

29. Kevin Mahogany

Soundtrack | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Kevin Mahogany was born on July 30, 1958 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997), Kansas City (1996) and Eastwood After Hours: Live at Carnegie Hall (1997). He was married to Allene Matthews Mahogany. He died on December 17, 2017 in ...

30. Jong-Il Kim

Producer | Pulgasari

Kim Jong-IL (born Yuri Irsenovich Kim was a North Korean politician who was the second supreme leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011. He led North Korea from the 1994 death of his father Kim Il-sung, the first Supreme Leader, until his own death in 2011, when he was succeeded by his son, Kim ...

31. Lawrence J. Cohen

Writer | Empire

Lawrence J. Cohen was born on October 12, 1935 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Empire (1984), Start the Revolution Without Me (1970) and The Big Bus (1976). He was married to Evelyn. He died on December 17, 2017 in the USA.

32. Lexie Bigham

Actor | Dave

Lexie Bigham was born on August 4, 1968 in Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Dave (1993), Se7en (1995) and Drop Zone (1994). He died on December 17, 1995 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

33. Lina Romay

Actress | The Big Wheel

Vivacious brunette singer and actress Lina Romay was born in New York in January 1919, the daughter of Mexican L.A. consulate attaché Porfirio A. Romay, of European descent. In her teens, she was adept at swimming and diving. Moreover, she had an excellent voice and could sing equally well in ...

34. Marguerite Yourcenar

Writer | Der Fangschuß

Marguerite Yourcenar was born on June 8, 1903 in Brussels, Belgium. She was a writer, known for Coup de Grâce (1976), Memoirs of Hadrian and L'oeuvre au noir (1988). She died on December 17, 1987 in Mount Desert Island, Maine, USA.

35. María del Río

Actress | La mano que aprieta

María del Río was born on July 14, 1917 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for La mano que aprieta (1953), Vivir un instante (1951) and La comedia inmortal (1951). She died on December 17, 1978 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

36. Oribe

Make_up_department | The 79th Annual Academy Awards

Oribe was born in 1956 in Cuba. In 1976, he moved to New York City where he was hired as an assistant to famed hair stylist, Garren. Shortly after his apprenticeship, Oribe was hired by Vogue, Elle, and Glamour, to produce hairstyles for their editorials.

Canales was known as one of the industry's ...

37. Paul Greco

Actor | The Warriors

Paul Greco was born on October 21, 1955 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for The Warriors (1979), The Cable Guy (1996) and Broadway Danny Rose (1984). He died on December 17, 2008 in Red Hook, New York, USA.

38. Peter Wollen

Writer | Friendship's Death

Film theorist and historian, director, and writer. Distinguished Professor of Film and Television, UCLA. Co-author, with Mark Peploe, of The Passenger (1975), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. Curator of numerous art exhibitions, including Frida Kahlo and Tina Modotti (1982). Author of Signs and ...

39. Raven Wilkinson

Actress | Live from Lincoln Center

Raven Wilkinson was born on February 2, 1935 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Live from Lincoln Center (1976), Ballets Russes (2005) and A Ballerina's Tale (2015). She died on December 17, 2018 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

40. Rex Allen

Soundtrack | Tomorrowland

Rex Allen started out as a singer in vaudeville, and sang on numerous radio shows before hooking up with a traveling rodeo show. He signed with Republic Pictures and became a popular singing cowboy, and was often paired with sidekick Slim Pickens. He starred in his own western TV series, Frontier ...

41. Shreeram Lagoo

Actor | Gharaonda

Shreeram Lagoo, a luminary in the world of Indian theater and cinema, left an indelible mark through his multifaceted career. Born in Satara, Maharashtra, India, Lagoo's journey was one of artistic exploration, intellectual depth, and unwavering commitment. Shreeram Lagoo's early years were steeped...

42. Thomas Mitchell

Actor | Stagecoach

Thomas Mitchell was one of the great American character actors, whose credits read like a list of the greatest American films of the 20th century: Lost Horizon (1937); Stagecoach (1939); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939); Gone with the Wind (1939); It's a ...

43. Virginia Da Brescia

Actress | Per amor vostro

Virginia Da Brescia is known for Anna (2015), E se mi comprassi una sedia? (2017) and The Big Score (2016).