Deaths: July 23

1. Amy Winehouse

Soundtrack | Amy

Amy Jade Winehouse was born on September 14, 1983 in Enfield, London, England and raised in Southgate, London, England to Janis Holly Collins (née Seaton), a pharmacist & Mitchell "Mitch" Winehouse, a window panel installer and taxi driver. Her family shared her love of theater and music. Amy was ...

2. Alberto Castillo

Actor | Vivir así

Alberto Castillo was born on December 7, 1914 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor and composer, known for Vivir así (1988), Alma de bohemio (1949) and Un tropezón cualquiera da en la vida (1949). He was married to Ofelia Onetto. He died on July 23, 2002 in Buenos Aires, ...

3. Alicia Zanca

Actress | Llévame contigo

Alicia Zanca was born on April 23, 1955 in Argentina. She was an actress, known for Llévame contigo (1982), El día que me quieras (1994) and Ese que no la quiere (1973). She was married to Gustavo Garzón. She died on July 23, 2012 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

4. Aliki Vougiouklaki

Actress | Madalena

Aliki Vougiouklaki was born in 1934 (or 1933, according to some sources), in Maroussi Attikis, Greece. She studied at the Drama School of the Greek National Theater and made her stage debut in a 1953 Athens production of Molière's "Le malade imaginaire". Around the same time she made her movie ...

5. Amir Fey-Guttman

Director | The Sweetest Birthday

Amir has been worked as an actor, director, composer, choreographer, singer, dancer and lyricist. He was born in Israel. Among his Theatre credits: Honk!, Hansel and Gretel, Speed and the Magical Wheels, Peter Pan, A Small and Bright Grocery Store while continuing his work as a model, actor, singer...

6. Arletty

Actress | Les enfants du paradis

Before Arlette-Leonie Bathiat went to the movies she was a secretary and had posed several times as a model for different painters and photographers. In 1920 she debuted on stage at a theatre. She only began to work in movies after 1930. After World War II she was condemned to prison for having ...

7. Charles Horvath

Actor | His Majesty O'Keefe

Charles Horvath was born on October 27, 1920 in Upper Macungie Township, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for His Majesty O'Keefe (1954), A Woman Under the Influence (1974) and Vera Cruz (1954). He was married to Margo and Georgiana Walker. He died on July 23, 1978 in Woodland Hills, Los ...

8. Christopher Mayer

Actor | Liar Liar

Christopher Mayer was born on February 21, 1954 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Liar Liar (1997), Glitter (1984) and The Dukes of Hazzard (1979). He was married to Shauna Sullivan, Eileen Davidson and Teri Copley. He died on July 24, 2011 in Sherman Oaks, Los ...

9. D.W. Griffith

Director | The Birth of a Nation

David Wark Griffith was born in rural Kentucky to Jacob "Roaring Jake" Griffith, a former Confederate Army colonel and Civil War veteran. Young Griffith grew up with his father's romantic war stories and melodramatic nineteenth-century literature that were to eventually shape his movies. In 1897 ...

10. Danny Keogh

Actor | Invictus

Danny Keogh is a veteran actor whose work strongly ties itself to the theatre. A native of South African, born in Uganda, Danny's theatrical career earned him numerous award nominations. Danny's screen debut was in 1977 and since then added onto an extensive career spanning over 3 decades. His most...

11. David Warbeck

Actor | Giù la testa

New Zealand born actor David Warbeck made his feature film debut in My Lover, My Son (1970). Warbeck went pro following studies at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and during the 1970s became a popular European star of low-budget genre pictures made in Italy, the U.S. and England. His ...

12. DeVeren Bookwalter

Actor | The Enforcer

DeVeren Bookwalter honed his TV and movie acting talents originally in stage work in New York. From the east he moved to Los Angeles in the early 1970s, to plumb the opportunities of West Coast acting. One of the first of varied small roles in his new movie career was The Omega Man (1971). ...

13. Dominguinhos

Soundtrack | Roque Santeiro

Dominguinhos was born on February 12, 1941 in Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil. He was an actor and composer, known for Roque Santeiro (1985), Bye Bye Brazil (1980) and O Cangaceiro (1997). He died on July 23, 2013 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

14. Dora Bryan

Actress | A Taste of Honey

Dora Bryan was born on February 7, 1923 in Parbold, Lancashire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for A Taste of Honey (1961), The Fallen Idol (1948) and Last of the Summer Wine (1973). She was married to Bill Lawton. She died on July 23, 2014 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK.

15. Dorothy Olsen

Self | Robert Montgomery Presents

16. Elbert Howard

Self | Beat-Club

Elbert Howard was born on January 5, 1938 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. He is known for Beat-Club (1965), The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015) and Merritt College: Home of the Black Panthers (2010). He was married to Carole Hyams. He died on July 23, 2018 in Santa Rosa, ...

17. Enrique Kossi

Actor | El crack

Enrique Kossi was born on December 31, 1930 in Buenos Aires. He was an actor, known for El crack (1960), Bianca (1980) and Procesado 1040 (1958). He died in July 2007 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

18. Esther Dale

Actress | Ten Gentlemen from West Point

Esther Dale was born on November 10, 1885 in Beaufort, South Carolina. She attended Leland and Gray Seminary in Townsend, Vermont, then studied music in Berlin, Germany and had a successful career as a lieder singer. Later, she became an actress in summer stock. She had the title role on Broadway ...

19. Eudora Welty

Writer | American Playhouse

Eudora Welty was born on April 13, 1909 in Jackson, Mississippi, USA. She was a writer, known for American Playhouse (1980), The Frost Whistle (2008) and The Purple Hat (2010). She died on July 23, 2001 in Jackson, Mississippi, USA.

20. Ferdinand von Bismarck

Self | Killing the Count

21. Flo Steinberg

Self | With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

Flo Steinberg was born on March 17, 1939 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She died on July 23, 2017 in the USA.

22. Florence Paterson

Actress | Little Women

Florence Paterson was born on November 3, 1927 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. She was an actress, known for Little Women (1994), Bird on a Wire (1990) and It (1990). She was married to John Paterson. She died on July 23, 1995 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

23. Gabe Khouth

Actor | Big Eyes

Gabe Khouth was born on November 22, 1972 in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was an actor, known for Big Eyes (2014), Mobile Suit Gundam Seed (2002) and Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (2007). He was married to Yuki Tani. He died on July 23, 2019 in Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada.

24. Harry Gulkin

Producer | Lies My Father Told Me

Harry Gulkin was a Canadian movie producer and theatre director who helped to raise the international profile of Canadian literature and film.

The son of Russian immigrants, Gulkin was born and raised in Montreal, and dropped out of high school at age 16 to join the Merchant Marines. Following World...

25. Helen Burns

Actress | The Changeling

Helen Burns was born on December 22, 1916 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Changeling (1980), If You Could See What I Hear (1982) and Scarlett (1994). She was married to Michael Langham. She died on July 23, 2018 in London, England, UK.

26. Howard Felsher

Producer | Family Feud

Howard Felsher was born on October 18, 1927 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA. He was a producer and production manager, known for Family Feud (1976), Family Feud (1988) and All-Star Family Feud Special (1978). He was married to Elaine (Tex) Vejans and Nancy Duggan. He died on July 23, 2018 in ...

27. Jean Muir

Actress | Fugitive in the Sky

Jean Muir was an attractive blonde-haired U.S. stage, screen and television actress from the 1930s through the mid-1960s.

Upon retiring from acting Jean went on to teach drama, first, for eight years beginning in 1968, at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, where she headed their new drama ...

28. Joe Napolitano

Assistant_director | Brooklyn's Finest

Joe Napolitano was born on November 22, 1948 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and assistant director, known for Brooklyn's Finest (2009), Blow Out (1981) and The Untouchables (1987). He was married to Elizabeth Gast. He died on July 23, 2016 in Los Angeles, California, ...

29. José Sazatornil

Actor | Espérame en el cielo

José Sazatornil was born on August 13, 1925 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was an actor, known for Espérame en el cielo (1988), Todos a la cárcel (1993) and Tot un senyor (1989). He was married to Carmen. He died on July 23, 2015 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

30. Kay Kyser

Actor | You'll Find Out

Kay Kyser was born on June 18, 1905 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for You'll Find Out (1940), That's Right - You're Wrong (1939) and Playmates (1941). He was married to Georgia Carroll. He died on July 23, 1985 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

31. Khalid Salleh

Actor | Jogho

Khalid Salleh was born on February 29, 1948. He was an actor, known for Jogho (1997), Penghujung malam (1992) and Buai laju-laju (2004). He died on July 23, 2018 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

32. Leo McKern

Actor | Ladyhawke

Although he sounded very British, Leo McKern was an Australian. By the time he was 15 years old, he had endured an accident that left him without his left eye. A glass eye replaced it - one might conjecture for the better, as far as making McKern a one-day actor of singular focus (no pun intended; ...

33. Lucy Ferry

Actress | Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

Lucy Ferry was born on September 18, 1960 in the UK. She was an actress, known for Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998) and A Vida Provisória (1968). She was married to Robin Birley and Bryan Ferry. She died on July 23, 2018 in Ireland.

34. Marc Hannibal

Actor | Ironside

Marc Hannibal was born on March 21, 1931 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Ironside (1967), The Grasshopper (1970) and Mission: Impossible (1966). He died on July 23, 2011 in Salem, Oregon, USA.

35. María Teresa Rivas

Actress | Los Pardaillan

María Teresa Rivas was born on June 5, 1918 in Unión de San Antonio, Jalisco, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Los Pardaillan (1981), El analfabeto (1961) and El proceso de Cristo (1966). She was married to Federico López Rivas. She died on July 23, 2010 in Mexico City, Mexico.

36. Mario Brega

Actor | Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

Mario Brega was born on March 25, 1923 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor and producer, known for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), A Fistful of Dollars (1964) and For a Few Dollars More (1965). He died on July 23, 1994 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

37. Mario Passano

Actor | Solamente ella

Mario Passano was born in 1925 in Argentina. He was an actor, known for Solamente ella (1975), Así o de otra manera (1964) and Andrea (1973). He died on July 23, 1995 in Ituzaingo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

38. Maxim Dadashev

Self | Top Rank Boxing on ESPN

39. Mickey Shaughnessy

Actor | Jailhouse Rock

Mickey Shaugnessy, the Irish-American character actor best known for his portrayal of Elvis Presley's musical mentor in the rock n' roll classic "Jailhouse Rock" (1957), was born Joseph Michael Shaughnessy on August 5, 1920 in New York City. As a performer, the young Mickey made his bones on the ...

40. Montgomery Clift

Actor | From Here to Eternity

Edward Montgomery Clift (nicknamed 'Monty' his entire life) was born on October 17, 1920 in Omaha, Nebraska, just after his twin sister Roberta (1920-2014) and eighteen months after his brother Brooks Clift. He was the son of Ethel "Sunny" Anderson (Fogg; 1888-1988) and William Brooks Clift (1886-...

41. Nika McGuigan

Actress | Philomena

Nika McGuigan was born on January 4, 1986 in Newry, Northern Ireland, UK. She was an actress, known for Philomena (2013), Wildfire (2020) and Malicious Intent (2000). She died on July 23, 2019 in Dublin, Ireland.

42. Russell Durham Comegys

Actor | The Punisher

Russell Comegys was raised in Vidalia, Georgia. Graduated from Vidalia Comprehensive High School and attended Brewton Parker College in Mount Vernon Georgia, a Baptist College, where he took his first acting class. Transferred to the University of Georgia where he changed majors his senior year ...

43. Sally Ride

Producer | Some Assembly Required

Sally Ride was born on May 26, 1951 in Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA. She was a writer and producer, known for Some Assembly Required (2008), Space Age (1992) and Storytime (2020). She was married to Steve Hawley. She died on July 23, 2012 in La Jolla, California, USA.

44. Sheila Bromley

Actress | The Prescott Kid

Sheila Bromley was born on October 31, 1907 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Prescott Kid (1934), Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite (1939) and Death Goes North (1939). She was married to Arthur Morris Applebaum. She died on July 23, 2003 in Los Angeles, ...

45. Thomas J. Fleming

Writer | Crossroads

Novelist and historian Thomas Fleming was born in Jersey City, NJ, in 1927. His father, a World War I veteran, was a major figure in Jersey City politics for more than 30 years. His mother was a teacher in the city school system.

He graduated from St. Peter's Preparatory School in Jersey City, then ...

46. Van Heflin

Actor | Shane

Craggy-faced, dependable star character actor Van Heflin never quite made the Hollywood "A" list, but made up for what he lacked in appearance with hard work, charisma and solid acting performances. He was born Emmett Evan Heflin in Oklahoma in December 1908, the son of Fanny Bleecker (Shippey) and...

47. Vic Morrow

Actor | Combat!

Vic Morrow was born in the Bronx, New York, to Jean (Kress) and Harry Morrow, an electrical engineer. His parents were Russian Jewish immigrants. Morrow dropped out of high school at 17 to join the U.S. Navy. When he left the Navy, he used the G.I. Bill to study pre-law at Florida State. While ...

48. Waldir Peres

Self | XII FIFA World Cup 1982

Waldir Peres was born on January 2, 1951 in Garça, São Paulo, Brazil. He died on July 23, 2017 in Mogi Mirim, São Paulo, Brazil.