Deaths: May 26
by bcampos862 | created - 26 May 2017 | updated - 26 May 2020 | Public
1. Andrés Percivale
Actor | Olga, la hija de aquella princesa rusa
Andrés Percivale was born on July 23, 1939 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Olga, la hija de aquella princesa rusa (1972), Un elefante color ilusión (1970) and Así es la vida (1977). He died on May 26, 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2. Ajita Wilson
Actress | Orinoco: Prigioniere del sesso
Ajita Wilson was a transsexual actress who started out as an entertainer in the red-light district of New York. Wilson had sex reassignment surgery in the mid-1970s. After the operation she started appearing in adult films in New York. Then she was discovered by a European hardcore film producer ...
3. Alan Bean
Alan Bean first started out as a Navy Test Pilot, he flew over 5500 hours, and flew 27 different aircrafts. Alan Bean became an astronaut in 1963. But wasn't picked for any missions for sometime. It wasn't until fellow astronaut, Charles Conrad (aka Pete), asked him if he wanted to take part on ...
4. Alberto Ascari
Self | 1949 Swiss Grand Prix
Alberto Ascari was born on July 13, 1918 in Milan, Italy. He died on May 26, 1955 in Monza, Italy.
5. Angela Paton
Actress | Groundhog Day
Paton was described as a "natural comic" and one of the "legends of the local stage" of San Francisco. She is a veteran of the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.), and also one of A.C.T.'s leading actresses in its first few seasons. After leaving A.C.T. in the early 1970s, Paton and her husband ...
6. Anne Haney
Actress | Mrs. Doubtfire
Anne Haney held prominent roles acting on stage, on the screen, and on TV. All these achievements came in her mid-40s, after she had raised a daughter and buried a husband. It wasn't until after she had packed her daughter off to college and "the maid quit", as she said, that she decided to try her...
8. Art Linkletter
Actor | Champagne for Caesar
Art Linkletter was born on July 17, 1912 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was an actor and producer, known for Champagne for Caesar (1950), Philippine Adventure (1964) and The Jack Benny Program (1950). He was married to Lois Marguerite Foerster. He died on May 26, 2010 in Bel-Air, California...
9. Bart Starr
Actor | Run to Daylight
Bart Starr was born on January 9, 1934 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA. He was an actor, known for Run to Daylight (1964), Gentle Ben (1967) and The NFL on CBS (1956). He was married to Cherry Starr. He died on May 26, 2019 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
10. Burr DeBenning
Actor | The Incredible Melting Man
Burr DeBenning was born on September 21, 1936 in Seminole, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor, known for The Incredible Melting Man (1977), A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989) and Turner & Hooch (1989). He was married to Susan Silo. He died on May 26, 2003 in San Luis Obispo, ...
11. Danny Green
Actor | The Ladykillers
Danny Green was born on May 26, 1903 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Ladykillers (1955), Wideawake (1957) and The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958). He died in 1973.
12. Eddie Albert
Actor | Roman Holiday
A graduate of the University of Minnesota, Eddie Albert was a circus trapeze flier before becoming a stage and radio actor. He made his film debut in 1938 and has worked steadily since, often cast as the friendly, good-natured buddy of the hero but occasionally being cast as a villain; one of his ...
13. Esref Kolçak
Actor | Güle Güle
Esref Kolçak was born on January 28, 1927 in Erzurum, Turkey. He was an actor, known for Güle Güle (2000), Kayip (2013) and Akrep Yuvasi (1977). He was married to Özcan Kolçak. He died on May 26, 2019 in Gemlik, Bursa, Turkey.
14. Friz Freleng
Producer | ABC Afterschool Specials
Friz Freleng was born Isadore Freleng on August 21, 1906 in Kansas City, Missouri. With no formal training in drawing, his first job as an animator was with United Film Advancement Services in 1924 at the age of 17. The first work Friz is credited with was for Disney Studios where he worked as an ...
15. George Brent
Actor | Dark Victory
The favorite leading man of star Bette Davis was born George Brendan Nolan in Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland (although his place of birth has also been variosuly given as Raharabeg, County Roscommon and Shannonbridge, County Offaly). He was the youngest of five children born to shopkeeper John...
16. George E. Stone
Actor | Some Like It Hot
A minor prototype of the "Runyon-esque" character for more than three decades, Polish-born actor George E. Stone (né Gerschon Lichtenstein, on May 18, 1903) was, in actuality, a close friend of writer Damon Runyan and would play scores of colorful "dees, dem and dos" cronies throughout the 1920s, '...
17. Gian-Carlo Coppola
Producer | The Outsiders
Gian-Carlo Coppola was born on September 17, 1963 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Outsiders (1983), Rumble Fish (1983) and Apocalypse Now (1979). He died on May 26, 1986 in Annapolis, Maryland, USA.
18. Gunnar Björnstrand
Actor | Persona
Being the son of an acting father, Oscar Johanson, it isn't surprising that he wanted to be an actor already as a child. However, he first worked as a baker's apprentice, in a barber shop or in the docks. After the conscription he got his first role, a bit part on the theater Lilla Teatern in ...
19. Harding Lemay
Writer | Another World
Harding Lemay was born on March 16, 1922 in North Bangor, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Another World (1964), Guiding Light (1952) and The Doctors (1963). He was married to Dorothy LeMay. He died on May 26, 2018.
20. Harry Edwards
Director | His First Flame
Harry Edwards was born on October 11, 1887 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He was a director and writer, known for His First Flame (1927), His Tale Is Told (1944) and Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926). He was married to Evelyn Brent, Gladys Brockwell and Louise Glaum. He died on May 26, 1952 in Los Angeles, ...
21. Laura Biagiotti
Costume_department | L'amico del cuore
Laura Biagiotti was born on August 4, 1943 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is known for L'amico del cuore (1998), Jan Pawel II: Szukalem Was... (2011) and Numero Uno (1994). She was married to Gianni Cigna. She died on May 26, 2017 in Rome, Italy.
22. Manuel Uribe
Actor | Mujeres
Manuel Uribe was born on June 11, 1965 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Mujeres (2006), Extraordinary People (2003) and Shrinking the World's Heaviest Man (2008). He was married to Claudia Solis. He died on May 26, 2014 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
23. Michael Kirwan
Actor | Neighbours
Michael Kirwan was born in New York City on December 27th, 1953. He was the middle child of Patrick and Mildred Kirwan, he from New York, she from Pensacola, Florida. Raised in the Washington Heights district of New York, Michael attended the St. Rose of Lima Catholic school from first through ...
24. Nick Michaels
Actor | Friday Night Videos
Nick Michaels is known for Friday Night (1983) and Barcelona '92: 16 Days of Glory (1993).
25. Orlando Carrió
Actor | Así son ellas
Orlando Carrió was born on August 5, 1955 in La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Así son ellas (2002), Blameless Love (2001) and Madres egoístas (1991). He died on May 26, 2002 in Mexico City, Mexico.
26. Patricia Stevens
Actress | Dynomutt Dog Wonder
Patricia Stevens was born on September 16, 1945 in Linden, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for Dynomutt Dog Wonder (1976), M*A*S*H (1972) and Crimes of Passion (1984). She was married to Jess Nadelman. She died on May 26, 2010 in Rutland, Massachusetts, USA.
27. Pierre Bellemare
Writer | La caméra invisible
Pierre Bellemare was born on October 21, 1929 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He was an actor and writer, known for La caméra invisible (1964), Cent francs par seconde (1952) and Match contre la mort (1959). He was married to Roselyne Bacchi and Micheline Grillon. He died on...
28. Roger Piantoni
Self | Champs-Elysées
Roger Piantoni was born on December 26, 1931 in Étain, Meuse, France. He died on May 26, 2018 in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
29. Stephen Thorne
Actor | Death of an Expert Witness
Stephen Thorne was born on March 2, 1935 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Death of an Expert Witness (1983), Doctor Who (1963) and Runaway (1984). He was married to Barbara Sykes. He died on May 26, 2019 in the UK.
30. Sydney Pollack
Director | Tootsie
Sydney Pollack was an Academy Award-winning director, producer, actor, writer and public figure, who directed and produced over 40 films.
Sydney Irwin Pollack was born July 1, 1934 in Lafayette, Indiana, USA, to Rebecca (Miller), a homemaker, and David Pollack, a professional boxer turned pharmacist...
31. Ted Dabney
Writer | Computer Space
Ted Dabney was born on May 2, 1937 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was a writer, known for Computer Space (1971), Flim-Flam (1974) and Cobra Gunship (1976). He was married to Joan Wahrmund and Carolyn. He died on May 26, 2018 in Clear Lake, California, USA.
32. Toni Bertorelli
Actor | The Passion of the Christ
Toni Bertorelli was born on March 18, 1948 in Barge, Piedmont, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Passion of the Christ (2004), Who Killed Pasolini? (1995) and My Mother's Smile (2002). He was married to Barbara. He died on May 26, 2017 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
33. Vicente Aranda
Director | Amantes
Vicente Aranda was born on November 9, 1926 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was a director and writer, known for Lovers: A True Story (1991), El Lute: Run for Your Life (1987) and The Maidens' Conspiracy (2006). He was married to Teresa Font. He died on May 26, 2015 in Madrid, Spain.
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