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1. David Stern

David Stern is an American businessman and lawyer who served as the fourth commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA) He started with the league in 1966 as an outside counsel, joined the NBA in 1978 as General Counsel, and became the league's Executive Vice President in 1980. He ...

2. Barry ZeVan

Writer | Television: The First Fifty Years

Barry ZeVan was born on August 5, 1937 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Television: The First Fifty Years (1999), Hiding Victoria (2006) and In an Instant (2015). He was married to Ellen Hanson-Zevan. He died on January 1, 2020 in Golden Valley, Minnesota, USA.

3. Nick Gordon

Self | The Houstons: On Our Own

Nick Gordon was born on May 5, 1990 in Roswell, Georgia, USA. He died on January 1, 2020 in Altamonte Springs, Florida, USA.

4. Lyudmila Kasyanova

Actress | Don Kikhot

Lyudmila Kasyanova was born on December 10, 1936 in Yessentuki, Stavropol Krai, Russia, USSR. She was an actress, known for Don Kikhot (1957), Solange Leben in mir ist (1965) and Trotz alledem! (1972). She died on January 2, 2020 in Prague, Czech Republic.

5. Robert Blanche

Actor | Men of Honor

The youngest of five children, Robert Clinton Blanche was born to Mary Edith Blanche (Heavner) and Richard Keith Blanche on March 30, 1962 in Pomona, California, but spent most of his life in Oregon. He joined SAG (Screen Actors Guild) in 1995 and served as Portland SAG Branch President for many ...

6. Mordecai Arnon

Actor | Warhead

Mordecai Arnon was born on April 23, 1941 in Nahalat Yehuda, Palestine. He was an actor, known for Warhead (1977), Florentine (1997) and Two Kuni Lemel (1966). He died on January 3, 2020 in Israel.

7. Christopher Beeny

Actor | Upstairs, Downstairs

British light leading man, on stage from 1951 and in films from 1953. Having initially aspired to be a dancer, Beeny joined the Ballet Rambert company in London at the age of eight but later switched to acting and eventually graduated from RADA in 1959. By then he had already achieved a measure of ...

8. Jan Tesarz

Actor | Hart's War

Jan Tesarz was born on August 4, 1935 in Czechowice-Dziedzice, Slaskie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Hart's War (2002), Bokser (1967) and A Short Film About Killing (1988). He died on January 3, 2020 in Torun, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland.

9. Derek Acorah

Actor | Bulla... Big Fat Gypsy Gangster

Derek Acorah was born on January 27, 1950 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Big Fat Gypsy Gangster (2011), Doctor Who (2005) and Crispy's Curse (2017). He was married to Gwen Acorah, Barbara Keeton and Joan Hughes. He died on January 3, 2020 in Bootle, Lancashire, ...

10. Jerome Guardino

Actor | Columbo

Jerome Guardino was born on August 27, 1923 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Columbo (1971), Car 54, Where Are You? (1961) and Dream No Evil (1970). He was married to Marguerite R. and Fran Malis. He died on January 4, 2020.

11. Galia Ishai

Actress | Ha-Chevre Ha-Tovim

Galia Ishai was born on May 17, 1950 in Tel Aviv, Israel. She was an actress, known for Ha-Chevre Ha-Tovim (1999), Antenna (2016) and Am Yisrael Hai (1981). She died on January 4, 2020 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

12. Tom Long

Actor | The Dish

He was born in the USA while his Australian parents were in Boston at the time. He has two sisters and a brother and his father is a doctor for the Royal Flying Doctor Service. He was raised on a farm near (Benalla, North East Victoria) He left school early and moved to Queensland, shearing sheep ...

13. Erika Broyer

Actress | Dis diefthyntis

Erika Broyer was born on November 17, 1942 in Athens, Greece. She was an actress, known for Miss Director (1964), Exodos kindynou (1980) and Three Girls from America (1964). She was married to Kostas Voutsas. She died on January 5, 2020 in Athens, Greece.

14. Andrew Burkle

Producer | Airplane Mode

Andrew Burkle was born on October 27, 1993 in the USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Airplane Mode (2019) and Breakfast with Einstein (1998). He died on January 6, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.

15. Elena Cruz

Actress | La canción de Buenos Aires

Elena Cruz was born on November 27, 1926 in Argentina. She was an actress and writer, known for La canción de Buenos Aires (1980), Un tranvía llamado Deseo (1956) and Contigo y aquí (1974). She was married to Fernando Siro. She died on January 7, 2020 in Argentina.

16. Silvio Horta

Producer | Ugly Betty

Silvio Horta was born on August 14, 1974 in Miami, Florida, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Ugly Betty (2006), Urban Legend (1998) and The Chronicle (2001). He died on January 7, 2020 in Miami, Florida, USA.

17. Elizabeth Wurtzel

Writer | Prozac Nation

Elizabeth Wurtzel was born on July 31, 1967 in New York City, New York, USA. She was a writer, known for Prozac Nation (2001), When the Brass Band Plays (2020) and Intimate Portrait (1990). She was married to James Freed Jr.. She died on January 7, 2020 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

18. Neil Peart

Soundtrack | Small Soldiers

Neil Peart was one of the most universally respected rock drummers, and was best known for his nearly superhuman, pyrotechnic drum playing, and for providing intellectual lyrics for his band's songs. Neil served as both drummer and lyricist for the rock band Rush since 1974, joining bassist/...

19. Harry Hains

Actor | Lulu

Harry Hains was born on December 4, 1992 in Melbourne, Australia. He was an actor and producer, known for Lulu (2018), Groupies (2018) and American Horror Story (2011). He died on January 7, 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

20. Edd Byrnes

Actor | Grease

Edd Byrnes was born Edward Byrne Breitenberger on July 30, 1932 in New York City, the son of Mary (Byrne) and Augustus "Gus" Breitenberger. Edd shared an impoverished and unhappy childhood with brother Vincent and sister Jo-Ann. Their mother worked hard at various jobs to keep the family together ...

21. Buck Henry

Writer | The Graduate

Prolific, multi-talented comedy writer, story editor, actor and director. His father was an Air Force general (Paul Steinberg Zuckerman) turned stockbroker and his mother was silent screen star Ruth Taylor, formerly a member of Mack Sennett's bathing beauties. Buck Henry's first fling with comedy ...

22. Giorgio Listuzzi

Actor | Il tetto

Giorgio Listuzzi was born on January 20, 1934 in Trieste, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Roof (1956) and Doctor Without Scruples (1959). He died on January 8, 2020 in Palmanova, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.

23. Harry Fletcher

Self | Sky World News

Harry Fletcher was born on January 27, 1947 in Burnage, Manchester, England, UK. He died on January 8, 2020 in the UK.

24. Ivan Passer

Director | Intimní osvyetlení

Ivan Passer was one of the key authors of the "new wave" of Czech cinema, a group of young people who forged an energetic and transgressive film movement in the 1960s, breaking away from the precepts of hard socialist realism. Passer was not only the author of the scenarios of his own films, but he...

25. Carol Serling

Actress | Twilight Zone: The Movie

Born in Columbus, Ohio as Carolyn Louise Kramer to Warren A. and Ann (nee Caldwell) Kramer, when she was 18 months old her mother died unexpectedly. She was raised by her grandparents, Frank and Louise (nee Orton) Caldwell of Columbus.

She attended the Ohio State University Laboratory School in ...

26. Bill Ray

Self | Marilyn Monroe: Auction of a Lifetime

In 1964 he joined the Life magazine staff working out of the Beverly Hills bureau. Here he covered top movie stars, including Natalie Wood and Ingrid Bergman, as well as the Alaska earthquake, the richest man in Japan, and the Vietnam War, with many cover stories. From the Paris bureaus in 1968 to ...

27. Brice Armstrong

Actor | Dragon Ball Z: Super Saiya-jin da Son Gokû

Brice Armstrong was a small-time Texas actor who grew up in the city of Dallas. He didn't get his big breakthrough until he became a voice actor for Funimation when they first started on their own English version for Dragon Ball Z & Dragon Ball. For one decade Brice has provided voice work for ...

28. Neda Arneric

Actress | Ispravi se, Delfina

Neda Arneric was born on July 15, 1953 in Knjazevac, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She was an actress, known for Stand Up Straight, Delfina (1977), Aloa: Festivity of the Whores (1988) and Shaft in Africa (1973). She was married to Milorad Mesterovic, Dejan Karaklajic and Rade Markovic. She died on January ...

29. Konstantin Bromberg

Director | Priklyucheniya Elektronika

Konstantin Bromberg was born on October 17, 1939 in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. He was a director, known for The Adventures of the Electronic (1979), Magicians (1982) and U menya est lev (1975). He died on January 10, 2020 in Detroit, USA.

30. John Crosbie

Actor | The Book That Wrote Itself

John Crosbie was born on January 30, 1931 in St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Book That Wrote Itself (1999), No Hell (2014) and The Cabin (2015). He was married to Jane Ellen Furneaux . He died on January 10, 2020 in St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, ...

31. Anjelia Pelay

Actress | Killing Joan

Anjelia Pelay was an actress, dancer, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist until her death in 2020.

Pelay had performed since the age of 3. By age 10, she had appeared in numerous plays and musicals. Some of her notable television credits were as "Brooke Hogan" on WWE Raw (1993), as ...

32. Stan Kirsch

Actor | Highlander

Stan Kirsch was an American actor and acting coach from New York City. He appeared in television commercials as a child. His most notable acting role was that of young immortal Richie Ryan in the fantasy television series "Highlander: The Series" (1992-1998). His character was introduced as a ...

33. Norma Michaels

Actress | Easy A

Norma Michaels was born on March 13, 1924 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Easy A (2010), Wedding Crashers (2005) and You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008). She died on January 11, 2020 in Palm Springs, California, USA.

34. William Bogert

Actor | WarGames

William Bogert was born on January 25, 1936 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for WarGames (1983), Dog Day Afternoon (1975) and A Perfect Murder (1998). He was married to Eren Ozker. He died on January 12, 2020 in New York City, New York, USA.

35. Jaime Humberto Hermosillo

Director | Naufragio

Hermosillo was one of the most successful Mexican directors. Born in Aguascalientes, a small city in central Mexico, Hermosillo's films dissected the hypocrisy of Mexican middle class and "torn the curtain" behind which many perversities are hidden. He became an important figure in Mexican ...

36. Sherwood Price

Actor | Ben Casey

Sherwood Price was born on April 4, 1928 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor and production manager, known for Ben Casey (1961), Ice Station Zebra (1968) and The Roaring 20's (1960). He was married to Mary LaRoche and Kathie Browne. He died on January 13, 2020.

37. Jack Kehoe

Actor | Serpico

Jack Kehoe was born on November 21, 1934 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Serpico (1973), The Sting (1973) and Midnight Run (1988). He died on January 14, 2020 in Hollywood Hills, California, USA.

38. Benjamín 'Chamín' Correa

Soundtrack | Juan Colorado

Benjamín 'Chamín' Correa was born on February 5, 1929 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He died on January 14, 2020 in Mexico City, Mexico.

39. Rocky Johnson

Actor | WWWF Championship Wrestling

Rocky Johnson was born on August 24, 1944 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was an actor, known for WWF Championship Wrestling (1972), Spectrum Wrestling (1977) and Wrestling at the Chase (1959). He was married to Ata Johnson, Una Sparks and Sheila. He died on January 15, 2020 in Lutz, Florida, ...

40. Magda

Actress | Mn Oheb

Magda is an Egyptian actress. She started her career at the age of 15 using a pseudonym, so that her parents wouldn't know. Her breakthrough came in 1949 in the film "Al Naseh" (The Mentor), after which she went on to become one of the most popular female actresses in Egyptian cinema history. Her ...

41. Christopher Tolkien

Writer | The Fall of Gondolin

Christopher Tolkien is the third son of the author J. R. R. Tolkien, and the editor of much of his father's posthumously published work. He drew the original maps for his father's The Lord of the Rings, which he signed C. J. R. T.

After his father's death, Christopher Tolkien, whom his father had ...

42. Derek Fowlds

Actor | Yes Minister

London-born character actor Derek Fowlds came to the fore on television as 'Mr. Derek', straight man to the children's puppet Basil Brush (succeeding Rodney Bewes in that capacity), then as private secretary and political advisor Bernard Woolley, diligently keeping the reins on obtuse British ...

43. Therese Tanguay Dion

Composer | Céline Dion: Ce n'était qu'un rêve

Therese Tanguay Dion was born on March 20, 1927 in Canada. She was a composer, known for Céline Dion: Ce n'était qu'un rêve (1981), 75e, elles se souviennent (2015) and Céline Dion: The Colour of My Love Concert (1993). She was married to Adhémar Dion. She died on January...

44. Christoph Quest

Actor | Es wäre gut, daß ein Mensch würde umbracht für das Volk

Christoph Quest was born on October 8, 1940 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Es wäre gut, daß ein Mensch würde umbracht für das Volk (1991), Boat Trip (2002) and Die Geschwister Oppermann (1983). He was married to Frauke and Doris . He died on January 18, 2020 in ...

45. Robert Sampson

Actor | Re-Animator

Robert Sampson was born on May 10, 1933 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Re-Animator (1985), The Dark Side of the Moon (1990) and Robot Jox (1989). He was married to Maryanne Gackle. He died on January 18, 2020 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.

46. Alicia Gómez Montano

Director | Informe semanal

Alicia Gómez Montano was born in 1955 in Madrid, Spain. She was a director and writer, known for Informe semanal (1973), En portada (1984) and Numbered Days (1994). She died on January 18, 2020 in Madrid, Spain.

47. David Olney

Music_department | Al's Lads

David Olney was born on March 23, 1948 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for Capone's Boys (2002), First Tuesday in November (1989) and Niagara's Gold (1994). He was married to Regina. He died on January 18, 2020 in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, USA.

48. Terry Jones

Writer | The Meaning of Life

Terry Jones was born in Colwyn Bay, North Wales, the son of Dilys Louisa (Newnes), a homemaker, and Alick George Parry Jones, a bank clerk. His older brother is production designer Nigel Jones. His grandparents were involved in the entertainment business, having managed the local Amateur Operatic ...

49. Raúl Amundaray

Actor | Cristal

Raúl Amundaray was born on May 18, 1937 in Caracas, Venezuela. He was an actor, known for Cristal (1985), El engaño (1968) and Por amarte tanto (1993). He died on January 21, 2020 in Houston, Texas, USA(undisclosed).

50. Jô Shishido

Actor | Koroshi no rakuin

Jô Shishido or Joe Shishido a.k.a. Joe The Ace (esu no Jô) owing to his role in 1961's Fast-Draw Guy entered acting following an audition for the Nikkatsu Studio and being one of the few to be picked and offered a contract via its New Face contest. Having signed with Nikkatsu in 1954 he began ...

51. John Karlen

Actor | Cagney & Lacey

John Karlen was born on May 28, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Cagney & Lacey (1981), Dark Shadows (1966) and House of Dark Shadows (1970). He was married to Betty Karlen. He died on January 22, 2020 in Burbank, California, USA.

52. Edwin Bordo

Actor | Broadway Danny Rose

Edwin Bordo was born on March 3, 1931 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Broadway Danny Rose (1984), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) and Masquerade (1988). He died on January 23, 2020 in New York City, New York, USA.

53. Robert Harper

Actor | Creepshow

Robert Harper was born on May 19, 1951 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Creepshow (1982), Once Upon a Time in America (1984) and The War of the Roses (1989). He was married to Sascha Noorthoorn van der Kruyff and Lisa Pelikan. He died on January 23, 2020 in Rotterdam, ...

54. Jim Lehrer

Actor | Zoolander 2

Jim Lehrer was born on May 19, 1934 in Wichita, Kansas, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Zoolander 2 (2016), PBS NewsHour (1975) and Viva Max (1969). He was married to Kate Tom Staples. He died on January 23, 2020 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

55. Franz Mazura

Actor | Live from the Metropolitan Opera

Franz Mazura was born on April 12, 1924 in Salzburg, Austria. He was an actor, known for The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977), Lulu (1979) and Der Ring des Nibelungen (1980). He was married to Elisabeth Friedmann. He died on January 23, 2020 in Mannheim, Germany.

56. Tyler Gwozdz

Self | The Bachelorette

Tyler Gwozdz was born on June 18, 1990 in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA. He died on January 23, 2020 in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA.

57. Robert Archibald

Self | Making It Rain: A Scottish Basketball Story

Robert Archibald was born on March 29, 1980 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK. He died on January 23, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

58. Margo Lion

Hairspray

Margo Lion was born on October 13, 1944 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. She was a producer, known for Hairspray (2007), Dinner with Friends (2001) and Frankie and Johnny in the Clair De Lune (1988). She was married to Ted Nemeth. She died on January 24, 2020 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

59. Nina Griscom

Actress | At First Sight

Nina Griscom was born on May 8, 1954 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for At First Sight (1999) and Iron Chef America: The Series (2004). She was married to Leonel Alfredo Piraino, Dr. Daniel Clufton Baker III, Lloyd Preston Griscom Jr. and Joseph Nicholas Pantano. She ...

60. Alan Harris

Hellraiser

Stand-in and bit player Alan Harris was born on May 28, 1938 in Enfield, Middlesex, London, England. Harris worked as a male model before going on to embark on a career in both films and television as an extra and stand-in. Alan not only appeared in several Star Wars movies in uncredited minor ...

61. Tiziana Soudani

Producer | L'intervallo

Tiziana Soudani was a producer, known for The Interval (2012), Happy as Lazzaro (2018) and Looking for Else (2007). She was married to Mohammed Soudani. She died on January 25, 2020 in Switzerland.

62. Monique van Vooren

Actress | Wall Street

Monique van Vooren was born on March 25, 1927 in Brussels, Belgium. She was an actress, known for Wall Street (1987), Flesh for Frankenstein (1973) and Ça va barder (1955). She was married to Curt H Pfenniger. She died on January 25, 2020 in New York City, New York, USA.

63. Lucy Jarvis

Producer | The Peking Ballet: First Spectacular from China

Lucy Jarvis was born on June 24, 1917 in New York City, New York, USA. She was a producer and actress, known for The Peking Ballet: First Spectacular from China (1972), The Kremlin (1963) and Christopher Discovers America (1969). She was married to Serge Jarvis. She died on January 26, 2020 in New ...

64. Kobe Bryant

Producer | Dear Basketball

Kobe Bean Bryant was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time, Bryant won five NBA championships, ...

65. Gianna Bryant

Self | 2020: The Lost Year

Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant was an American middle school basketball player that attended Harbor Day School in Newport Beach, California. Born in Los Angeles, California to Kobe Bryant and Vanessa Bryant, Gianna was raised with her older sister Natalia and two younger sisters, Bianka and Capri. Her ...

66. Bob Shane

Soundtrack | M Squad

Bob Shane was born on February 1, 1934 in Hilo, Hawaii, USA. He was an actor, known for M Squad (1957), Playhouse 90 (1956) and Convoy (1965). He was married to Barbara (Bobbie) Lynn Childress and Louise Glancy Brandon. He died on January 26, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

67. Dick Balduzzi

Actor | Zorro: The Gay Blade

Busy American supporting actor of Italian parentage who was a familiar face on the small screen during the golden years of television. Balduzzi chose his career path while serving in the U.S. Navy. After studying at the Goodman Theatre School of Drama in Chicago he moved to New York and began to ...

68. Jack Burns

Writer | The Muppet Movie

Appeared on the Andy Griffith show after Don Knotts departed. He played a bumbling deputy in the tradition of Barney Fife. After his partnership with George Carlin ended, he teamed with Avery Schreiber after meeting at Chicago's Second City comedy club. Jack appeared on Saturday Night Live In 1977 ...

69. Reed Mullin

Soundtrack | Clerks

Reed Mullin was born on February 12, 1966 in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Clerks (1994), Final Rinse (1999) and Rocket Man and the Aerial Fortress (2013). He died on January 27, 2020.

70. Marj Dusay

Actress | All My Children

Marj Dusay was born on February 20, 1936 in Hays, Kansas, USA. She was an actress, known for All My Children (1970), Guiding Light (1952) and Star Trek (1966). She was married to Thomas Allen Perine Jr. and John Murray Dusay. She died on January 28, 2020 in New York City, New York, USA.

71. Dyanne Thorne

Actress | Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS

American actress and performer Dyanne Thorne began her career in show business as a band vocalist and New York stage actress. Before breaking onto the silver screen, she was popular as a comedic sketch artist/talking foil. Comedy albums, with Allen & Rossi, Vaughn Meader and Loman & Barkley earned ...

72. Harriet Frank Jr.

Writer | Hud

Harriet Frank Jr. was born on March 2, 1923 in Portland, Oregon, USA. She was a writer and producer, known for Hud (1963), The Cowboys (1972) and Norma Rae (1979). She was married to Irving Ravetch. She died on January 28, 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

73. Giorgos Kotanidis

Actor | Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Giorgos Kotanidis was born on May 23, 1945 in Thessaloniki, Greece. He was an actor and writer, known for Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001), The Girl from Mani (1986) and Pretty Smart (1987). He died on January 28, 2020 in Athens, Greece.

74. Nicholas Parsons

Actor | Happy Is the Bride

Nicholas Parsons was without doubt one of the UK's most popular and beloved television and radio personalities, and very few can claim to have had such a long entertainment career. The son of a doctor, he was raised in Lincolnshire until the age of eight, when the family moved to London. He was ...

75. Harry Harrison

Self | A Video History of the American Radio Personality!

Harry Harrison was born on September 20, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was married to Patricia Kelly. He died on January 28, 2020 in Westwood, New Jersey, USA.

76. Jameela Malik

Actress | Sach

Jameela Malik was an Indian film actress in South Indian movies. She acted in Malayalam and Tamil films in between 1970s and 1990s and appeared in several Malayalam television soap operas in between 2016 and 2020. She received critical acclaim and appreciation, for all the movies she acted, from ...

77. Svetlana Ageeva

Actress | Operatsiya 'Y' i drugie priklyucheniya Shurika

Svetlana Ageeva was born on January 16, 1941 in the USSR. She was an actress, known for Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures (1965), Uvolnenie na bereg (1962) and Priezzhayte na Baykal (1966). She died on January 29, 2020 in Moscow, Russia.

78. Jörn Donner

Producer | Mustaa valkoisella

Jörn Donner grew up in a Swedish-speaking family belonging to the Finnish upper class. Already as a student he had radical leftist ideas displayed in magazines and newspapers. His first novel appeared in 1951 when Donner was only 18 years old. He graduated from the University of Helsinki in 1959. ...

79. Chanin Hale

Actress | Synanon

Chanin Hale was a small-town girl from Dayton, Ohio, who moved to New York in 1955, right out of high school to pursue a career on the stage. In New York, she toured in the High Time revue, performed onstage in The Gazebo, Come Blow Your Horn, Bus Stop, and Little Mary Sunshine.

In 1963, while ...

80. Fred Silverman

Producer | Meatballs and Spaghetti

Fred Silverman was born in 1937, and quickly grew up into the television business. After starting out in the mail-room of ABC-TV in the late 1950s, he rose to director of program development at WGN-TV, Chicago in the early '60s. One day, he abandoned his car during a snowstorm and boarded a plane ...

81. León Singer

Actor | Lonesome Dove

León Singer was born on October 9, 1932 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was an actor and cinematographer, known for Lonesome Dove (1989), If... Dog... Rabbit (1999) and Amistad (1997). He died on January 30, 2020 in San Diego, California, USA.

82. Konstantin Titov

Actor | Chyornyy kloun

Konstantin Titov was born on March 22, 1919 in Ivanovo-Voznesensk, Ivanovo-Voznesensk Governorate, RSFSR [now Ivanovo, Ivanovo Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Chyornyy kloun (1994), 34-y skoryy (1981) and Vsadnik nad gorodom (1967). He died on January 30, 2020 in Riga, Latvia.

83. Mary Higgins Clark

Writer | Where Are the Children?

In 2002 Mary Higgins Clark published her memoir "Kitchen Privileges". The book describes her upbringing, first marriage and how she became such a famous author. Meanwhile 36 movies have been made that are based on Mary Higgins Clark's thrillers. For a while Mary Higgins Clark and her daughter ...

84. Delphine Forest

Actress | I promessi sposi

Delphine Forest was born on August 28, 1966 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for The Betrothed (1989), Boris Godounov (1989) and Europa Europa (1990). She died on January 31, 2020 in Paris, France.

85. Andree Melly

Actress | The Horror of It All

Andree Melly was born on September 15, 1932 in Liverpool, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Horror of It All (1964), The Brides of Dracula (1960) and ITV Television Playhouse (1955). She was married to Oscar Quitak. She died on January 31, 2020 in St Eulalia, Ibiza, Spain.

86. Peter Serkin

Music_department | Nanook of the North

Peter Serkin was born on July 24, 1947 in New York City, New York, USA. He is known for Nanook of the North (1922), Great Performances (1971) and C'è musica & musica (1972). He was married to Wendy Spinner and Regina Touhey. He died on February 1, 2020 in Red Hook, New York, USA.

87. Andy Gill

Soundtrack | The Covenant

Andy Gill was born on January 1, 1956 in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK. He was an actor and composer, known for The Covenant (2006), The Manchurian Candidate (2004) and A Most Wanted Man (2014). He was married to Catherine Mayer. He died on February 1, 2020 in London, England, UK.

88. Johnny Lee Davenport

Actor | The Fugitive

Johnny Lee Davenport was born on July 24, 1950 in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for The Fugitive (1993), U.S. Marshals (1998) and Ted (2012). He died on February 2, 2020 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

89. Ivan Král

Soundtrack | Barb Wire

Ivan Kral was born in 1948 in Prague, Czechoslovakia to a musician mother and journalist father.

The award-winning composer, filmmaker and musician knew his calling early. By the age of five, when he wrote his first song, he could sing, play guitar, piano and violin. At 16, he reached ...

90. Hou-Tao Hsiao

Actor | Lao da ren

Hou-Tao Hsiao was born on December 29, 1947 in Tainan, Taiwan. He was an actor, known for Dad's Suit (2018), Wu hu si hai (1992) and Farewell Summer (2010). He died on February 2, 2020 in New Taipei City, Taiwan.

91. Douglas Knapp

Cinematographer | Dark Star

Doug Knapp is a graduate of University Southern California school of Cinematic Arts (1972). Member of International Cinematograpers Guild, ICG Local 600 (1977 - 2011) as Camera Operator and Director of Photography on hundreds of television shows and feature films. Doug has been filming since the ...

92. Gene Reynolds

Producer | M*A*S*H

Gene Reynolds might have fulfilled a youthful ambition and become a baseball player. However, his father's business failed and the family relocated from their erstwhile home in Detroit to Los Angeles in 1934.

Eugene Reynolds Blumenthal was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Maude Evelyn (Schwab), a...

93. José Luis Cuerda

Director | Los girasoles ciegos

José Luis Cuerda was born on February 18, 1947 in Albacete, Albacete, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. He was a director and writer, known for Los girasoles ciegos (2008), Butterfly (1999) and The Others (2001). He died on February 4, 2020 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

94. Terry Hands

Director | Carrie

Terry Hands was born on January 9, 1941 in Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK. He was a director and actor, known for Carrie (1988), Cyrano de Bergerac (1985) and Otello (1978). He was married to Emma Lucia, Ludmila Mikaël and Josephine Barstow. He died on February 4, 2020 in the UK.

95. Nadia Lutfi

Actress | El khaena

Nadia Lutfi was born Poula Mohamed Shafiq in 1937 in Cairo to an Egyptian father and a Polish mother. Her father was an accountant. Acting started as a hobby, when she was 10 years old she participated in a play at her school and did very well.

Her first roles in Egyptian cinema were in Soultan (...

96. Kirk Douglas

Actor | The Final Countdown

Cleft-chinned, steely-eyed and virile star of international cinema who rose from being "the ragman's son" (the name of his best-selling 1988 autobiography) to become a bona fide superstar, Kirk Douglas, also known as Issur Danielovitch Demsky, was born on December 9, 1916 in Amsterdam, New York. ...

97. Diane Cailhier

Writer | Une vie comme rivière

Diane Cailhier was born in 1947 in Valleyfield, Québec, Canada. She was a writer and director, known for Une vie comme rivière (1996), Le survenant (2005) and Lac Mystère (2013). She was married to Alain Chartrand. She died on February 5, 2020 in Canada.

98. Kevin Conway

Actor | Gettysburg

Kevin Conway was born on May 29, 1942 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Gettysburg (1993), Thirteen Days (2000) and Invincible (2006). He was married to Mila Burnette. He died on February 5, 2020 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

99. Romuald Lipko

Soundtrack | Zwerbowana milosc

Romuald Lipko was born on April 3, 1950 in Lublin, Lubelskie, Poland. He was a composer, known for Zwerbowana milosc (2010), Television Theater (1953) and Pietno (1985). He was married to Dorota . He died on February 6, 2020 in Lublin, Poland.

100. Raphaël Coleman

Actor | Nanny McPhee

Raphaël Coleman was born on September 30, 1994 in Wandsworth, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Nanny McPhee (2005), The Fourth Kind (2009) and It's Alive (2009). He died on February 6, 2020 in England, UK.