Deaths: June 12
by bcampos862 | created - 12 Jun 2017 | updated - 12 Jun 2020 | Public
1. Sylvia Miles
Actress | Midnight Cowboy
Sylvia Miles was an American actress, born and raised in Greenwich Village, New York City. She was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, without ever winning the Award.
Miles was born under the name "Sylvia Scheinwald". Her parents were furniture maker Reuben Scheinwald ...
2. Adrian Ghio
Actor | The Stranger
Adrian Ghio was born on March 23, 1946 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for The Stranger (1987), Los golpes bajos (1974) and The Jewish Gauchos (1975). He was married to Ana Ferrer. He died on June 12, 1991 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
3. Adrián Otero
Soundtrack | Alma mía
Adrián Otero was born on July 31, 1958 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Alma mía (1999), Los nuevos y clásicos bloopers (2004) and No seas cruel (1996). He died on June 12, 2012 in Ballesteros, Argentina.
4. Al Meltzer
Self | The NFL on CBS
5. Ana María Ambas
Actress | Cenizas del paraíso
Ana María Ambas was born on August 13, 1940 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for Ashes of Paradise (1997), Two to Tango (1989) and El día que me quieras (1994). She died on June 12, 2013 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
6. Bill Burrud
Actor | Idol of the Crowds
Bill Burrud was born on January 12, 1925 in Hollywood, California, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Idol of the Crowds (1937), Girl Overboard (1937) and Devil's Squadron (1936). He died on July 12, 1990 in Sunset Beach, California, USA.
7. Bridgette Jordan
Self | Big Tiny: Life with the Jordans
Bridgette Jordan was born on June 9, 1989 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She died on June 12, 2019 in Lurie Childrens Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
8. Carla Laemmle
Actress | The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
Carla Laemmle was born on October 20, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936), King of Jazz (1930) and The Gate Crasher (1928). She died on June 12, 2014 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
9. Charles Briles
Actor | Petticoat Junction
Charles Briles was born on December 17, 1945 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Petticoat Junction (1963), The Trouble with Girls (1969) and The Big Valley (1965). He was married to Kathy Briles. He died on June 12, 2016 in Portland, Oregon, USA.
10. Christopher Collins
Actor | The Transformers: The Movie
Christopher Collins was born on August 30, 1949 in Orange, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for The Transformers: The Movie (1986), The Transformers (1984) and G.I. Joe (1985). He was married to Judith Ryan. He died on June 12, 1994 in Ventura, California, USA.
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11. David W. Frank
Actor | Richard the Second
David W. Frank was born on October 22, 1949 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was an actor, known for Richard the Second (2001) and Flesh Eaters (2013). He died on June 12, 2017 in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA.
12. Don Herbert
Actor | Mr. Wizard's World
Don Herbert was born on July 10, 1917 in Waconia, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Mr. Wizard's World (1983), Scarecrows (1988) and Mr. Wizard (1951). He was married to Norma Herbert and Maraleita Dutton. He died on June 12, 2007 in Bell Canyon, California, USA.
13. Elfriede Ott
Actress | Die unabsichtliche Entführung der Frau Elfriede Ott
Elfriede Ott was born on June 11, 1925 in Vienna, Austria. She was an actress and writer, known for The Unintentional Kidnapping of Mrs. Elfriede Ott (2010), Herr im Haus bin ich (1970) and Was ihr wollt (1968). She was married to Hans Weigel and Ernst Waldbrunn. She died on June 12, 2019 in Vienna...
14. Emmanuelle Arsan
Writer | Laure
Emmanuelle Arsan was born on January 19, 1932 in Bangkok, Thailand. She was a writer and actress, known for Laure (1976), The Sand Pebbles (1966) and Emmanuelle (1974). She was married to Louis-Jacques Rollet-Andriane. She died on June 12, 2005 in Chantelouve, Callas, Var, France.
15. Evalyn Knapp
Actress | Bachelor Mother
Evalyn Knapp was an American film actress, with a film career spanning the years 1929 to 1943. In the 1930s, she was a leading actress in then-popular B-movie serial films. Her most memorable role was that protagonist Pauline Hargraves in the film serial Perils of Pauline (1933).
In 1906, Knapp was ...
16. Gregory Peck
Actor | To Kill a Mockingbird
Eldred Gregory Peck was born on April 5, 1916 in La Jolla, California, to Bernice Mae (Ayres) and Gregory Pearl Peck, a chemist and druggist in San Diego. He had Irish (from his paternal grandmother), English, and some German, ancestry. His parents divorced when he was five years old. An only child...
17. Harry Caesar
Actor | A Few Good Men
Harry Caesar was born on February 18, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for A Few Good Men (1992), The Longest Yard (1974) and Bird on a Wire (1990). He was married to Marion Kane Bernot. He died on June 12, 1994 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
18. Henry Hill
Actor | Sinatra Club
Henry Hill was an FBI informant whose life was immortalized by the 1990 movie Goodfellas, where he was played by Ray Liotta. Hill grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where he admired local mafiosi, including Paul Vario, a capo in the Luchesse crime family. In 1955, Hill began to warm up to Paul Vario by...
19. Janet Waldo
Actress | The Jetsons
Janet Waldo provided the quintessential voice of the swooning, overly dramatic teenager for numerous generations -- from the 1940s swinging babysitters to the 1960s groovy chick. A bouncy, perennially-youthful brunette, Janet Marie Waldo was born on February 4, 1919, in Grandview, Washington, and ...
20. Javiera Suárez
Self | Pollo en conserva
Javiera Suárez was born on December 29, 1982 in Santiago de Chile, Metropolitan Region, Chile. She was married to Cristián Arriagada. She died on June 12, 2019 in Santiago de Chile, Metropolitan Region, Chile.
21. Jimmy Dorsey
Actor | I Dood It
Legendary saxophonist, conductor, songwriter and composer ("I'm Glad There Is You" and "Contrasts" [his theme]), educated in public schools and a cornet student of his father. Through the 1920s he was a saxophonist in orchestras including those of Paul Whiteman, Red Nichols, and the California ...
22. Jon Hiseman
Soundtrack | Charlie's Angels
Jon Hiseman was born on June 21, 1944 in Blackheath, England, UK. He was a composer, known for Charlie's Angels (2000), A Touch of Frost (1992) and Sample (2019). He was married to Barbara Thompson. He died on June 12, 2018 in Sutton, England, UK.
23. Laura Ziskin
Producer | The Butler
Laura Ziskin was an American film producer and screenwriter who is known for producing the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy and The Amazing Spider-Man. She also produced Pretty Woman, What About Bob?, As Good as It Gets, Hero, Stealth, No Way Out, The Rescue and The Butler. She was married to Julian ...
24. Leo Buscaglia
Self | Leo Buscaglia: Born for Love Pledge Special
Leo Buscaglia was born on March 31, 1924 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He died on June 12, 1998 in Glenbrook, Nevada, USA.
25. Milburn Stone
Actor | Gunsmoke
Character actor Milburn Stone, the beloved "Doc Adams" on TV's long-running western classic Gunsmoke (1955), was born in Kansas on July 5, 1904. Acting must have been in his blood as the nephew of Broadway comedian Fred Stone for Milburn left home as a teenager to find work with touring repertory ...
26. Monica Lewis
Actress | Earthquake
For almost two decades, Monica Lewis was the idealized, wholesomely sexy sound and image of apple-pie America, lending a curvaceous, dimpled smile and melodious voice of hope to thousands of U.S. troops through two of the 20th century's greatest wars. She starred on the very first "Ed Sullivan Show...
27. Nicole Brown Simpson
Self | Infamous Crime Scenes: OJ
Nicole Brown Simpson was born on May 19, 1959 in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. She was an actress, known for Infamous Crime Scenes: OJ. She was married to O.J. Simpson. She died on June 12, 1994 in Brentwood, California, USA.
28. Norma Shearer
Actress | The Divorcee
She won a beauty contest at age fourteen. In 1920 her mother, Edith Shearer, took Norma and her sister Athole Shearer (Mrs. Howard Hawks) to New York. Ziegfeld rejected her for his "Follies," but she got work as an extra in several movies. She spent much money on eye doctor's services trying to ...
29. Philip Gossett
Writer | Tutto Verdi
Philip Gossett was born on September 27, 1941 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Tutto Verdi (2012), The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006) and Hommage à Rossini (1985). He was married to Suzanne Solomon. He died on June 12, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
30. Philomena Lynott
Self | Phil Lynott: The Long Goodbye
Philomena Lynott was born on October 22, 1930 in Dublin, Ireland. She is known for Phil Lynott: The Long Goodbye (2022), Thin Lizzy: Rocker on the Loose (2018) and Film for Philo (1995). She died on June 12, 2019 in Ireland.
31. Ricardo Dupont
Actor | Me llaman Gorrión
Ricardo Dupont was born on November 4, 1945 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Me llaman Gorrión (1972), Estoy hecho un demonio (1972) and Trampa para un soñador (1980). He died on June 12, 2016 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
32. Rick Ducommun
Actor | The 'Burbs
Once an overweight comic from Canada, Rick Ducommun slimmed down in the late 1980s and went on to tackle solid co-starring roles in feature films and TV, as well as headline several HBO and other pay-cable specials.
Ducommun grew up on a farm, the son of an entrepreneur father with whom he did not ...
33. Robert Alan Browne
Actor | Psycho II
Robert Alan Browne was born on June 2, 1932 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Psycho II (1983), Psycho III (1986) and Dallas (1978). He was married to Marjorie Stapp. He died on June 12, 2018 in Laguna Woods, California, USA.
34. Sam Beazley
Actor | Johnny English
Sam Beazley was born on March 29, 1916 in Kensington, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Johnny English (2003), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004). He died on June 12, 2017 in London, England, UK.
35. Shirley Whitney
Actress | Riding with Buffalo Bill
Shirley Whitney was born on October 13, 1930 in Mankato, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress, known for Riding with Buffalo Bill (1954), Tales of Wells Fargo (1957) and The Millionaire (1955). She died on June 12, 1997 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
36. Stephen Reid
Writer | Inside Time
Stephen Reid was born on March 13, 1950 in Massey, Ontario, Canada. He was a writer, known for Inside Time (2007), Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science (1997) and Masterminds (2003). He was married to Susan Musgrave. He died on June 12, 2018 in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada.
37. Susy Kent
Actress | Ese que no la quiere
Susy Kent appeared in most of the Alberto Migre's soap operas. Also, in 1982 and 1983 has a special participation in the soap operas "Veronica, el Rostro del Amor" (1982) and "Cara a Cara" (1983)with the leading Mexican actress, Veronica Castro. Her last TV appearance was in the comedy "Gente Como ...
38. Thandi Brewer
Writer | The Chemo Club
Thandi Brewer was a writer and actress, known for The Chemo Club (2016), Sticks and Stones (2014) and African Skies (1992). She died on June 12, 2019 in South Africa.
39. Theresa Merritt
Actress | Billy Madison
Theresa Merritt was born on September 24, 1922 in Newport News, Virginia, USA. She was an actress, known for Billy Madison (1995), The Wiz (1978) and The Goodbye Girl (1977). She was married to Benjamin Hines. She died on June 12, 1998 in The Bronx, New York, USA.
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