Deaths: July 1
by bcampos862 | created - 01 Jul 2017 | updated - 7 months ago | Public
1. Hugh Downs
Self | Live from Lincoln Center
Hugh Downs was born on February 14, 1921 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Live from Lincoln Center (1976), Car 54, Where Are You? (1961) and Concentration (1958). He was married to Ruth Shaheen. He died on July 1, 2020 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.
2. Alexis Arguello
Actor | Miami Vice
Alexis Arguello was born on April 19, 1952 in Managua, Nicaragua. He was an actor, known for Miami Vice (1984), Cat Chaser (1989) and Fists of Steel (1989). He was married to Sulvia Urbina, Patricia Barreto and Loretta Martinez. He died on July 1, 2009 in Managua, Nicaragua.
3. Alfred Marks
Actor | Scream and Scream Again
He was a boy soprano in his school's pierrot troupe and on leaving school became an auctioneer in London's Petticoat Lane Market. In WWII he joined the Royal Air Force for five years attaining the rank of flight sergeant. Finding himself in Italy he had his voice checked at the Italian ...
4. Alice Nunn
Actress | Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Very little is known about Alice Elizabeth Nunn with the exception that she appeared in one of the 1980s most famous films, Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), as the infamous truck driver, 'Large Marge'.
She was born on October 10, 1927 in Jacksonville, Florida to parents N.G. Nunn and Alice Bush. ...
5. Anna Palk
Actress | The Earth Dies Screaming
Anna was educated at Rise Hall Convent in Yorkshire and trained as an actress at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. She followed this with rep at Bristol, Leatherhead and Leeds before embarking on a successful film and television career. Her stage appearances included productions of '...
6. Barbara Zatler
Actress | Craig
Barbara Darinka Zatler, 29, professionally known as Barbara Zatler, was born November 7th, 1980 in Horsens, Denmark to parents Miriam Zatler (of Slovenian/Italian descent) and Poul H. Joergensen (of Danish descent). She is a Danish fashion and glamour model, actress and television personality. ...
7. Ben Turpin
Actor | Yankee Doodle in Berlin
First of all, the cross-eyed comedian of silent days was not born that way. Supposedly his right eye slipped out of alignment while playing the role of the similarly afflicted Happy Hooligan in vaudeville and it never adjusted. Ironically, it was this disability that would enhance his comic value ...
8. Boguslaw Schaeffer
Composer | Pielgrzym
Boguslaw Schaeffer was born on June 6, 1929 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was a composer, known for Pielgrzym (1979), Kominiarczyk (1960) and Solo (2008). He was married to Mieczyslawa Hanuszewska-Schaeffer. He died on July 1, 2019 in Salzburg, Austria.
9. Claire Kelly
Actress | Party Girl
Claire Kelly was born on March 15, 1934 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Party Girl (1958), The Loved One (1965) and The Badlanders (1958). She was married to Robert Edward Murphy, John Dutton, Robert Kenaston, Perry Lopez and George DeWitt. She died on July 1, 1998 ...
10. Derrill Osborn
Self | Stanley Marcus Documentary
Derrill Osborn was born on July 22, 1942 in Clovis, New Mexico, USA. He died on July 1, 2019 in Dallas, Texas, USA.
11. Dick Feagler
Actor | Citizen Cohn
Dick Feagler was born on July 29, 1938. He was an actor, known for Citizen Cohn (1992) and Feagler & Friends (1996). He was married to Grace. He died on July 1, 2018 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
12. E. Katherine Kerr
Actress | The Siege
E. Katherine Kerr was an actress, teacher, author, and director. In addition to her many screen roles, her Broadway credits included the ground-breaking, Pulitzer Prize-winning "No Place to Be Somebody", written and directed by Charles Gordone; Night Watch (1973) by Lucille Fletcher, directed by ...
13. Edward Dmytryk
Director | The Caine Mutiny
Edward Dmytryk grew up in San Francisco, the son of Ukrainian immigrants. After his mother died when he was 6, his strict disciplinarian father beat the boy frequently, and the child began running away while in his early teens. Eventually, juvenile authorities allowed him to live alone at the age ...
14. Ennio Guarnieri
Camera_department | La dolce vita
Ennio Guarnieri was born on October 12, 1930 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a cinematographer, known for La Dolce Vita (1960), La Traviata (1982) and Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972). He died on July 1, 2019 in Licata, Sicily, Italy.
15. Evelyn Lear
Actress | Great Performances
Evelyn Lear was born on January 8, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Great Performances (1971), Die Hochzeit des Figaro (1963) and Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976). She was married to Thomas Stewart and Walter Lear. ...
16. Ezzat Abu Ouf
Actor | Asrar el-banaat
Ezzat Abu Ouf was born on August 21, 1948 in Egypt. He was an actor and composer, known for Asrar el-banaat (2001), Paparazzi (2015) and Ice Cream in Gleam (1992). He was married to Fateema. He died on July 1, 2019 in Cairo, Egypt.
17. François Corbier
Actor | Pas de pitié pour les croissants
François Corbier was born on October 17, 1944 in Paris, France. He was an actor and composer, known for Pas de pitié pour les croissants (1987), Les aventures de Dorothée: un ami (1987) and Famille fou rire (1993). He died on July 1, 2018 in Évreux, Eure, France.
18. Geoffrey Hutchings
Actor | Topsy-Turvy
Geoffrey Hutchings was born on June 8, 1939 in Dorchester, Dorset, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Topsy-Turvy (1999), Henry V (1989) and Cor, Blimey! (2000). He was married to Andrea Godfrey and June Watts. He died on July 1, 2010 in London, England, UK.
19. George Voskovec
Actor | 12 Angry Men
Czech actor/producer/director/author George Voskovec was born Jirí Wachsmann on June 19, 1905, the son of Jirina Valentina Marie (nee Pinkasová) and Vilem Eduard Voskovec (Wachsmann). His ancestry was Czech, German, and French. Prior to George's birth, the spelling of the family name was Vaksman (...
20. Gillian Lynne
Gillian Lynne was born on February 20, 1926 in Bromley, Kent, England, UK. She was an actress and director, known for The Phantom of the Opera (2004), National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) and BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950). She was married to Peter Land and Patrick Back. She died on July 1,...
21. Guillermo Patricio Kelly
Self | Almorzando con Mirtha Legrand
Guillermo Patricio Kelly was born on July 29, 1921 in Avellaneda, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died on July 1, 2005 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
22. Guy Mitchell
Soundtrack | Walk the Line
He was signed by Warner Brothers as a child for his possible future potential but became known as a singer on the San Francisco radio. After U.S. Navy service, he sang with Carmen Cavallaro's band from 1946-1947. In 1950, he joined Columbia records and, accompanied by Mitch Miller and his Orchestra...
23. Heathcote Williams
Actor | Basic Instinct 2
Heathcote Williams was born on November 15, 1941 in Helsby, Cheshire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Basic Instinct 2 (2006), City of Ember (2008) and The Legend of 1900 (1998). He died on July 1, 2017 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK.
24. Ilene Woods
Actress | Cinderella
Ilene Woods was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the daughter of a backstage mom who was responsible for Ilene getting her show biz start on the stage at 2. At 14, she received an offer to top-line her own radio show once she became available at the end of that school year during a vacation in ...
25. Jacqueline Carlin
Actress | Thank God It's Friday
Jacqueline Carlin was born on November 20, 1942 in Essex Fells, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for Thank God It's Friday (1978), Bronk (1975) and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962). She was married to Chevy Chase, Peter Byam Cannon and Terry Melcher. She died on July 1, 2021...
26. Jerry Seltzer
Self | California Golden Seals Story
Jerry Seltzer was born on June 3, 1932 in Portland, Oregon, USA. He was married to Judi Flowers and Marjorie Sternfield. He died on July 1, 2019 in Sonoma, California, USA.
27. Juan Domingo Perón
Self | Perón: Actualización política y doctrinaria para la toma del poder
Argentinean politician, writer and army lieutenant general. Husband of Eva Perón (aka Evita; nee Eva Duarte) between 1945 and 1952. Founder of the Partido Laborista (Labour Party) which was later renamed as Partido Justicialista (Justicialist Party), also known as "Peronism". Three times President ...
28. Juan José Lujambio
Juan José Lujambio was born on May 6, 1938 in Marcos Paz, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died on July 1, 2007 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
29. Julian Tudor Hart
Self | The Spirit of '45
Julian Tudor Hart was born on March 9, 1927 in London, England, UK. He died on July 1, 2018 in the UK.
30. Karl Malden
Actor | A Streetcar Named Desire
Born to a Czech mother and a Serbian father in Chicago as Mladen Sekulovich, on March 22, 1912, Karl Malden did not speak English until he was in kindergarten. After graduating from high school in the nearby steel town of Gary, Indiana, Malden worked in the industry for three years until 1934, when...
31. Kartal Tibet
Director | Sabaniye
Kartal Tibet was born on March 27, 1939 in Ankara, Turkey. He was a director and actor, known for Sabaniye (1984), Tarkan (1969) and Turks in Space (2006). He died on July 1, 2021 in Istanbul, Turkey.
32. Leslie Brooks
Actress | The Man Who Dared
Leslie Brooks was born on July 13, 1922 in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. She was an actress, known for The Man Who Dared (1946), Cigarette Girl (1947) and It's Great to Be Young (1946). She was married to Russ Vincent and Donald Anthony Shay. She died on July 1, 2011 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.
33. Luther Vandross
Soundtrack | The Goonies
Designated the "heartbeat" of R&B during the 1980s and 1990s, Luther Vandross led a productive singing and songwriting life before to this preeminence. The soul balladeer's strong commitment to the art of music continued on its Grammy-winning course, even after an acute stroke in 2003 left him ...
34. Margaux Hemingway
Actress | Killer Fish
Born in Portland, Oregon, she grew up in on a farm in Ketchum, Idaho. But dad was Jack Hemingway, son of the Nobel prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway and, with that heritage, fame was almost foreordained. By the time she was 21, after the lead in the rape melodrama Lipstick (1976), she had a ...
35. María Idalia
Actress | Click, fotógrafo de modelos
María Idalia was born on October 29, 1931 in Mexico City, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Click, fotógrafo de modelos (1970), The Incredible Face of Dr. B (1963) and La actriz (1962). She was married to Lorenzo de Rodas. She died on July 1, 2019 in Mexico City, Mexico.
36. Marlon Brando
Actor | Apocalypse Now
Marlon Brando is widely considered the greatest movie actor of all time, rivaled only by the more theatrically oriented Laurence Olivier in terms of esteem. Unlike Olivier, who preferred the stage to the screen, Brando concentrated his talents on movies after bidding the Broadway stage adieu in ...
37. Maurizio Pradeaux
Writer | I Leopardi di Churchill
An Italian filmmaker who started his career as production assistant and assistant director in the early 60s before he shot his very first movie "Ramon the Mexican" in 1965. Several other films followed, like heist movies, war films and two Gialli for which he is best known ("Death Carries a Cane" ...
38. Michael Landon
Actor | Little House on the Prairie
Michael Landon was born Eugene Maurice Orowitz, on Saturday, October 31st, 1936, in Forest Hills, Queens, New York. In 1941, he and his family moved to Collingswood, New Jersey.
When Eugene was in high school, he participated -- and did very well -- in track and field, especially javelin throwing, ...
39. Mollie Sugden
Actress | Are You Being Served?
Best remembered as 'Mrs. Slocombe' on the British comedy "Are You Being Served?" Mollie Sugden was born in Keighley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. She attended Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Her first television role came in 1962 with the series "Hugh and I," which ran for four...
40. Nelly Durán
42. Paul Jenkins
Actor | Chinatown
Paul Jenkins was born on August 2, 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Chinatown (1974), Sneakers (1992) and Network (1976). He was married to Sally Kemp. He died on July 1, 2013 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
43. Pedro Aleandro
Actor | Alta comedia
Pedro Aleandro was born on October 11, 1910 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Alta comedia (1965), El hermoso Brummel (1951) and Encadenado (1940). He was married to María Luisa Robledo. He died on July 1, 1985 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
44. Pedro Maratea
Actor | Crisol de hombres
Pedro Maratea was born on December 21, 1912 in Argentina. He was an actor, known for Crisol de hombres (1954), Pachamama (1944) and Outside the Law (1937). He died on July 1, 2002 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
45. Peter Firmin
Art_department | Noggin the Nog
Known as the creator of TV's Basil Brush and for his collaborations (as writer/producer/director/animator) with Oliver Postgate. He and Postgate set up 'Smallfilms' in 1958 and produced such children's classics as Noggin the Nog (1959), Pogle's Wood (1965), The Clangers (1969), Bagpuss (1974) and ...
46. Philece Sampler
Actress | The Legend of Korra
Philece Sampler was born on July 16, 1953 in San Angelo, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for The Legend of Korra (2012), Digimon Adventure tri. Part 1: Reunion (2015) and Digimon Adventure tri. Part 2: Determination (2016). She was married to Larry Dean and Brad Blaisdell. She died on July 1,...
47. Phyllis Barry
Actress | The Moonstone
Phyllis Barry was born Gertrude Hillyard on December 7, 1908, in Leeds, England. She was a gifted dancer and at the age of fourteen she joined an Australian cabaret troupe. Phyllis starred in many stage musicals including No No Nannette and Lady Be Good. She made her film debut in the 1925 ...
48. Richard Ward
Actor | The Jerk
At the age of eleven, Richard Ward started in showbiz, accompanying his two sisters in a vaudeville song and dance act called 'Dot, Flo and Dick'. From a tap-dancing kid, Richard grew into a burly, raspy-voiced young adult, whose physique became a major asset in his first career as a prize-fighter....
49. Robert Mitchum
Actor | Out of the Past
Robert Mitchum was an underrated American leading man of enormous ability, who sublimated his talents beneath an air of disinterest. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Ann Harriet (Gunderson), a Norwegian immigrant, and James Thomas Mitchum, a shipyard/railroad worker. His father died in a ...
50. Robin Hardy
Director | The Wicker Man
Robin Hardy was born on October 2, 1929 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Wicker Man (1973), Forbidden Sun (1988) and The Fantasist (1986). He was married to Victoria. He died on July 1, 2016 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK.
51. Rolland Golden
Self | Louisiana Artist Spotlight
Rolland Golden was born on November 8, 1931 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was married to Stella Anne Doussan. He died on July 1, 2019 in the USA.
52. Ron Cummins
Actor | Ghostbusters II
Ron Cummins was born on May 15, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Ghostbusters II (1989), Tango & Cash (1989) and End of Days (1999). He died on July 1, 2016 in Canoga Park, California, USA.
54. Sid Ramin
Music_department | West Side Story
Sid Ramin was born on January 22, 1919 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was a composer, known for West Side Story (1961), Demolition Man (1993) and Secretary (2002). He was married to Gloria Breit. He died on July 1, 2019 in New York City, New York, USA.
55. Stevie Ryan
Actress | The Heavy Show
Actress and writer Stevie Ryan was born and raised in the small town of Victorville, California. She made the move to Los Angeles at the age of 19 to pursue her dreams in the entertainment industry. An innate go-getter equipped with a tenacious work ethic, she hit the ground running, booking and ...
56. Sylvia Sidney
Actress | Beetlejuice
Sylvia Sidney was born in The Bronx, New York City, on August 8, 1910 as Sophia Kosow to Jewish parents. Her father was born in Russia and her mother was born in Romania. They divorced not long after her birth. Her mother subsequently remarried and young Sophia was adopted by her stepfather, ...
57. Tony Vilas
Actor | El día que me quieras
Tony Vilas was born on June 3, 1944 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for El día que me quieras (1994), Verdad consecuencia (1996) and Por el nombre de Dios (1999). He died on July 1, 2013 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
58. Tyler Skaggs
Self | Sunday Night Baseball
Tyler Skaggs was born on July 13, 1991 in Woodland Hills, California, USA. He was married to Carli Miles. He died on July 1, 2019 in Southlake, Texas, USA.
59. Virginia Weidler
Actress | The Philadelphia Story
Delightful child/juvenile actress Virginia Anna Adelaide Weidler (her friends called her "Ginny") had that knowing gleam in her eye that usually spelled trouble in one form or another for anyone nearby. She was born in Eagle Rock, California, in 1927, one of six children. Her mother was former ...
60. Walter Matthau
Actor | The Odd Couple
Walter Matthau was best known for starring in many films which included Charade (1963), The Odd Couple (1968), Grumpy Old Men (1993), and Dennis the Menace (1993). He often worked with Jack Lemmon and the two were Hollywood's craziest stars.
He was born Walter Jake Matthow in New York City, New York...
61. William Ching
Actor | In a Lonely Place
6'2" blond, Ivy-League-handsome William Ching was just as skilled in the vocal as he was in the acting department but he purposely shied away from the musical film genre in fear of harming his career as a dramatic actor. Had he thought otherwise, the actor might have enjoyed the musical baritone ...
62. Wolfman Jack
Actor | American Graffiti
Wolfman Jack was born on January 21, 1938 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for American Graffiti (1973), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) and Motel Hell (1980). He was married to Lucy Lamb. He died on July 1, 1995 in Belvidere, North Carolina, USA.
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