Dead 2023 for SaGu

by salvatoreguardo | created - 02 Jan 2023 | updated - 3 months ago | Public

1. Frank Galati

Writer | The Accidental Tourist

Frank Galati was born on November 29, 1943 in Highland Park, Illinois, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Accidental Tourist (1988), American Playhouse (1980) and The Party Animal (1984). He was married to Peter Amster . He died on January 2, 2023 in Sarasota, Florida, USA.

2. Fay Weldon

Writer | She-Devil

Fay Weldon was born on September 22, 1931 in Worcester, England, UK. She was a writer, known for She-Devil (1989), Puffball: The Devil's Eyeball (2007) and Flood Warning (2020). She was married to Nicolas P Fox, Ronald Weldon and Ronald G. Bateman. She died on January 4, 2023 in Northampton, ...

3. Miiko Taka

Actress | Sayonara

Miiko Taka came into the world as Betty Miiko Shikata in Seattle, Washington, a Nisei born of Japanese immigrant parentage. She spent much of her upbringing in Los Angeles. In 1942, Betty and her family were removed from their homes and interned in the Gila River War Relocation Centre in Arizona, a...

4. Earl Boen

Actor | Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Veteran character actor Earl Boen is probably best known for his role as criminal psychologist Dr. Peter Silberman in the Terminator series. Other films which he appeared include Battle Beyond the Stars (1980), The Man with Two Brains (1983), Alien Nation (1988), Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult ...

5. Gianluca Vialli

Actor | Lords of Football

Gianluca Vialli was born on July 9, 1964 in Cremona, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for Lords of Football (2013), Dumar (2013) and Ramud Volume 2 (2018). He was married to Cathryn White-Cooper. He died on January 6, 2023 in London, England, UK.

6. Owen Roizman

Cinematographer | The French Connection

Ace cinematographer Owen Roizman was born September 22, 1936, in Brooklyn, New York. His father Sol was a cinematographer for Fox Movietone News and his uncle Morrie Roizman was a film editor. Owen studied math and physics at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania. He began his career shooting TV ...

7. Adam Rich

Actor | Code Red

Adam Rich was born on October 12, 1968 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Code Red (1981), Eight Is Enough (1977) and Dungeons & Dragons (1983). He died on January 8, 2023 in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

8. Dorothy Tristan

Actress | Klute

Dorothy Tristan was born on May 9, 1934 in Yorkville Heights, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Klute (1971), The Looking Glass (2015) and Scarecrow (1973). She was married to John D. Hancock and Aram Avakian. She died on January 7, 2023 in LaPorte, Indiana, USA.

9. Russell Banks

Writer | The Sweet Hereafter

Russell Banks was born on March 28, 1940 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Sweet Hereafter (1997), Affliction (1997) and American Darling. He was married to Chase Twichell, Kathy Walton, Mary Gunst and Darlene Bennett. He died on January 7, 2023 in Saratoga ...

10. Melinda Dillon

Actress | Magnolia

Melinda Dillon came to prominence with the role of Jillian Guiler, a mother whose child is abducted by aliens in Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). Dillon's performance in the film earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. A few years later, Dillon ...

11. King Constantine II

Self | En kongelig familie

King Constantine II was born on June 2, 1940 in Villa Psychiko, Athens, Greece. He was married to Queen Anne-Marie. He died on January 10, 2023 in Athens, Greece.

12. Carole Cook

Actress | Sixteen Candles

Actress Carole Cook showed a knack for comic timing from early on, so much so that the legendary Lucille Ball took her on as a protégée. Cook would make many appearances on Ball's TV shows The Lucy Show (1962) and Here's Lucy (1968), as well as other shows like Magnum, P.I. (1980), Dynasty (1981), ...

13. Ben Masters

Actor | Passions

Ben Masters was born on May 6, 1947 in Corvallis, Oregon, USA. He was an actor, known for Passions (1999), All That Jazz (1979) and Mandingo (1975). He died on January 11, 2023 in Palm Springs, California, USA.

14. Piers Haggard

Blow-Up

Piers Haggard was born on March 18, 1939 in London, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for Blow-Up (1966), Conquest (1998) and Pennies from Heaven (1978). He was married to Anna Sklovsky and Christiane Stokes. He died on January 11, 2023 in the UK.

15. Lisa Marie Presley

Actress | Lisa Marie Presley: Idiot

Lisa Marie Presley was born on February 1, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. She was a music artist and actress, known for Lisa Marie Presley: Idiot (2005), Michael Jackson: You Are Not Alone (1995) and Lisa Marie Presley: Dirty Laundry (2005). She was married to Michael Lockwood, Nicolas Cage, ...

16. Julian Sands

Actor | A Room with a View

Tall, gaunt, and particularly effective in horror and drama films, British actor Julian Sands was born in Otley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, to Brenda and William Sands. He came to the attention of NBC when the network cast him in the TV miniseries The Sun Also Rises (1984) and then with Anthony Hopkins...

17. Inna Churikova

Actress | La delegazione

Inna Mikhailovna Churikova was born on October 5, 1943, in Belebey, near Ufa, Bashkiria Republic, Russia (at that time USSR). Her parents were from peasant families. Her father, Mikhail Kuzmich Churikov, was a veteran of the Second World War, he worked at Academy of Agriculture. Her mother, ...

18. Wally Campo

Actor | The Little Shop of Horrors

Wally Campo was born on April 23, 1923 in Alameda, California, USA. He was an actor and director, known for The Little Shop of Horrors (1960), Shock Corridor (1963) and Master of the World (1961). He was married to Geraldine Matthews. He died on January 14, 2023 in Studio City, Los Angeles, ...

19. Gina Lollobrigida

Actress | Notre-Dame de Paris

Gina Lollobrigida was born on July 4, 1927 in Subiaco, Italy. Destined to be called "The Most Beautiful Woman in the World", Gina possibly had St. Brigid as part of her surname. She was the daughter of a furniture manufacturer, and grew up in the pictorial mountain village. The young Gina did some ...

20. Brian Tufano

Cinematographer | Trainspotting

British cinematographer Brian Tufano began his career at the BBC, working with such directors as Stephen Frears and Alan Parker. In 1992 he was assigned to the series Mr. Wroe's Virgins (1993) and worked with director Danny Boyle. Boyle took him along on his feature debut, Shallow Grave (1994), and...

21. Giorgio Mariuzzo

Writer | Una donna chiamata Apache

Giorgio Mariuzzo was born on July 7, 1939 in Venice, Veneto, Italy. He was a writer and assistant director, known for Apache Woman (1976), Quelli belli... siamo noi (1971) and Contraband (1980). He was married to Paola Pascolini. He died on January 16, 2023 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

22. Gino Landi

Director | Bárbara

Gino Landi was born on August 2, 1933 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Bárbara (1980), Waterloo (1970) and Roma (1972). He died on January 17, 2023 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

23. Edward R. Pressman

Producer | The Crow

With over 80 diverse motion pictures and more than 30 years of experience to his credit, native New Yorker and film producer Edward R. Pressman has forged a career of international renown, marked by originality and eclecticism. Throughout his maverick career, he has brought numerous emerging ...

24. Paul Vecchiali

Director | Once More

Paul Vecchiali was born on April 28, 1930 in Ajaccio, Corsica, France. He was a director and writer, known for Once More (1988), At the Top of the Stairs (1983) and Les sept déserteurs ou La guerre en vrac (2017). He died on January 18, 2023 in Gassin, Var, France.

25. Sandra Seacat

Actress | Crazy in Alabama

From the mid-1970s on, Sandra Seacat has been one of America's more sought-after and influential acting teachers/coaches. A method-based actor and teacher, closely associated with the Method's originator, her mentor Lee Strasberg, Seacat gradually became recognized as well for her groundbreaking ...

26. David Crosby

Actor | Backdraft

David Crosby was born on August 14, 1941 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a music artist and actor, known for Backdraft (1991), Hook (1991) and The Limey (1999). He was married to Jan Dance. He died on January 18, 2023 in Santa Ynez, California, USA.

27. Mario Pupella

Actor | Sins Expiation

Mario Pupella was an Italian actor, theatre director and art director who was born Castelvetrano, Sicily, in 1945. He debuted at a very young age in "Henry the fifth" by Luigi Pirandello, and then became main actor and director in many theater plays by Plauto, Terenzio, Ben Jonson, Molière and ...

28. Eugenio Martín

Director | Pánico en el Transiberiano

Eugenio Martín was born on May 15, 1925 in Ceuta, Spain. He was a writer and director, known for Horror Express (1972), The Ugly Ones (1966) and Viaje romántico a Granada (1955). He was married to Lone Fleming. He died on January 23, 2023 in Spain.

29. Lance Kerwin

Actor | Outbreak

Lance Kerwin was born on November 6, 1960 in Newport Beach, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Outbreak (1995), Enemy Mine (1985) and Salem's Lot (1979). He was married to Yvonne Kerwin and Kristen Lansdale. He died on January 24, 2023 in San Clemente, California, USA.

30. Cindy Williams

Actress | Laverne & Shirley

Cindy Williams was born Cynthia Jane Williams in Van Nuys, California on August 22, 1947. The Leo was 5'4" and, during her first years on Laverne & Shirley (1976), weighed a dainty 105 lbs. The brown haired, blue-eyed female was born the daughter of Francesca Bellini and Beachard Williams. Her ...

31. Sylvia Syms

Actress | The Queen

London-born Sylvia May Laura Syms hit major film appeal at a relatively young age. Born on January 6, 1934, she was educated at convent schools before receiving dramatic training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She made her stage debut in a production of "The Apple Cart" in 1954.

A repertory ...

32. Gianna Piaz

Actress | Il mulino del Po

Gianna Piaz was born on December 9, 1923 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. She was an actress, known for Il mulino del Po (1971), Il crogiuolo (1971) and Atom Age Vampire (1960). She died on January 27, 2023 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

33. Robert Dalva

Camera_department | Star Wars

Robert Dalva was born on April 14, 1942 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a cinematographer and editor, known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and Jurassic Park III (2001). He was married to Marcia Smith. He died on January 27, 2023 in ...

34. Luigi Turolla

Director | La mano sul fucile

Luigi Turolla is known for La mano sul fucile (1963), Il continente di ghiaccio (1975) and L'Italia viva (1983).

35. Lisa Loring

Actress | The Addams Family

Lisa Loring was an American actress and former child model. She is primarily known for having played Wednesday Addams in the comedy-horror sitcom "The Addams Family" (1964-1966). The sitcom was the first screen adaptation of the comic strip "The Addams Family" (1938-1988) by Charles Addams, which ...

36. Annie Wersching

Actress | The Last of Us

This talented actress was born Anne Marie Wersching and grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. She opted early on for a life in the entertainment industry, performing in community theatre and later as a dancer for some fourteen years with a troupe called the St. Louis Celtic Stepdancers. After moving to ...

37. George R. Robertson

Actor | Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment

George R. Robertson was a Canadian actor best known as Chief Hurst in the first 6 Police Academy films. He was also featured in JFK, Murder At 1600 (Mack Falls), as Dick Cheney in The Path To 9/11 and, most recently as Chester Jones in Still Mine. He appeared as Barry Goldwater in The Reagans, as ...

38. Monica Comegna

Actress | Ascolta la canzone del vento

Monica Comegna was an actress, known for Ascolta la canzone del vento (2003), Quello che cerchi (2001) and South Kensington (2001). She died on February 2, 2023 in Lanciano, Italy.

39. Solomon Perel

Writer | Europa Europa

Solomon Perel was born on April 21, 1925 in Peine, Germany. He was a writer, known for Europa Europa (1990), Marina, Mabuse und Morituri - 70 Jahre Deutscher Nachkriegsfilm im Spiegel der CCC (2017) and NDR Talk Show (1979). He was married to Dvora Morezky. . He died on February 2, 2023 in ...

40. Louis Velle

Writer | Corrida pour un espion

Louis Velle was born on May 29, 1926 in Paris, France. He was an actor and writer, known for Code Name: Jaguar (1965), 1... 2... 3... Rideau! (1965) and The Impossible Mr. Pipelet (1955). He was married to Frédérique Hébrard. He died on February 3, 2023 in Morainvilliers, Yvelines, France.

41. Sergio Solli

Actor | Il postino

Sergio Solli was born on November 19, 1944 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Postman (1994), To Rome with Love (2012) and Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy (2012). He died on February 3, 2023 in Naples, Italy.

42. Paco Rabanne

Costume_designer | Barbarella

Paco Rabanne was born on February 18, 1934 in Pasaia, Gipuzkoa, Pais Vasco, Spain. He was a costume designer and actor, known for Barbarella (1968), Two for the Road (1967) and The Last Adventure (1967). He died on February 3, 2023 in Portsall, Ploudalmézeau, Brittany, France.

43. Nada Urbánková

Actress | Ostrzhe sledované vlaky

Nada Urbánková was born on June 30, 1939 in Nová Paka, Czechoslovakia. She was an actress, known for Closely Watched Trains (1966), Larks on a String (1969) and Kdyby tisíc klarinetu (1965). She was married to Josef Havlík, Karel Urbánek and Jan Nemejovský. She died on February 3, 2023 in ...

44. Arnold Schulman

Writer | Goodbye, Columbus

Arnold Schulman was born on August 11, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Goodbye, Columbus (1969), Love with the Proper Stranger (1963) and And the Band Played On (1993). He was married to Diana Solomon. He died on February 4, 2023 in Santa Monica, ...

45. Dieter Schaad

Actor | Die Denunziantin

Dieter Schaad was born on April 2, 1926 in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die Denunziantin (1993), Victor and the Secret of Crocodile Mansion (2012) and Club der roten Bänder (2015). He was married to Dagmar Hessenland. He died on February 4, 2023 in Wiesbaden, Hesse, ...

46. Burt Bacharach

Soundtrack | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Burt Bacharach was a well known and multi award winning singer and song writer.

Over 1,000 different artists have recorded Bacharach's songs. From 1961 to 1972, most of Bacharach and David's hits were written specifically for and performed by Dionne Warwick, but earlier associations (from 1957 to ...

47. Carlos Saura

Writer | Carmen

Spanish director, writer, producer (2 films) and actor (2 films). His interest in cinema started when he was very young. His mother, who was a pianist, instilled in him the liking for music, and his brother, Antonio, who was a painter, the passion for art. When he was an teenager he started to ...

48. Hugh Hudson

Director | Chariots of Fire

The old Etonian, after National Service in the British Army, wanted to get into films but found the doors were closed to him, so he worked on commercials for about 20 years. David Putnam gave him a chance to direct Chariots of Fire which was a hit, and he never looked back.

He met his second wife, ...

49. Zia Mohyeddin

Actor | Lawrence of Arabia

Anglo-Pakistani actor Zia Mohyeddin was born June 20, 1931 in Faisalabad, British India but lived his early life in Karachi, Pakistan. His father, Khadim Mohyeddin, was a mathematician and musicologist, and also a playwright and lyricist associated with various theatre groups.

Zia trained at the ...

50. Leiji Matsumoto

Writer | Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years

Leiji Matsumoto was born on January 25, 1938 in Fukuoka, Japan. He was a writer and director, known for Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years (1985), Space Battleship Yamato (1974) and Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato: Warriors of Love (1978). He was married to Miyako Maki. He died ...

51. Dario Penne

Interstellar

Dario Penne was born on February 17, 1938 in Trieste, Italy. He was an actor, known for Interstellar (2014), Sotto il placido Don (1974) and The Butterfly's Dream (1994). He died on February 15, 2023 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

52. Raquel Welch

Actress | The Three Musketeers

A new reigning 1960s international sex symbol took to the cinematic throne as soon as Raquel Welch emerged from the sea in her purposely depleted, furry prehistoric bikini. Tantalizingly wet with her garb clinging to all the right amazonian places, One Million Years B.C. (1966), if nothing else, ...

53. Alberto Radius

Composer | Vado a riprendermi il gatto

Alberto Radius was born on June 1, 1942 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a composer and actor, known for Vado a riprendermi il gatto (1989), L'assistente sociale tutto pepe (1981) and Sweat (2020). He died on February 16, 2023 in San Colombano al Lambro, Lombardy, Italy.

54. Michel Deville

Director | Le dossier 51

Michel Deville, a singular talent in French cinema. For, except during a short period where he made two or three standard commercial films (but that was to repay the debts of his own film company, due to the defection of a business partner), Deville made pictures which, without being too elitist, ...

55. Maurizio Scaparro

Director | L'ultimo Pulcinella

Maurizio Scaparro was born on September 2, 1932 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for L'ultimo Pulcinella (2008), Don Chisciotte (1984) and Amerika (2004). He died on February 17, 2023 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

56. Stella Stevens

Actress | The Poseidon Adventure

The early film career of Stella Stevens could be said to mirror that of Marilyn Monroe. She began by playing a succession of sensuous, blond glamour girls, from naïve virgins and funny coquettes to precocious or briny-tongued floozies. Her early maturity on screen may have reflected her own ...

57. Gerald Fried

Soundtrack | Star Trek Into Darkness

Composer, author and oboist, educated at Juilliard (BS). He was first oboist for the Dallas Symphony and the New York Little Orchestra between 1948 and 1956. Then he joined Revue Studios in California, lasting until 1960, thereafter working freelance. Joining ASCAP in 1956, his chief musical ...

58. Jenny Clève

Actress | Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis

Jenny Clève was born on April 3, 1930 in Roubaix, Nord, France. She was an actress, known for Welcome to the Sticks (2008), IP5: The Island of Pachyderms (1992) and Temporale Rosy (1980). She was married to Claude Talpaert. She died on February 17, 2023 in Tourcoing, Nord, France.

59. George Miller

Director | The Man from Snowy River

George Miller was born on November 28, 1943 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. He was a director and producer, known for The Man from Snowy River (1982), Matlock Police (1971) and The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (1990). He died on February 17, 2023 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

60. Barbara Bosson

Actress | Hill Street Blues

Barbara Bosson, who earned an Emmy Award nomination for her performance on Murder One (1995), was raised in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, a small coal-mining town about 30 miles south of Pittsburgh. When she was a teenager, she and her family moved to Florida, where she attended Boca Ciega High ...

61. Tom Whitlock

Soundtrack | Top Gun

Academy Award winner, Tom Whitlock '76, did not have a typical college experience. Student by day, rock n roll artist by night, Whitlock spread out his college career over several decades, allowing him to build a solo career as a songwriter. Whitlock's music has been featured in movies such as ...

62. Richard Belzer

Actor | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

A social misfit, Belzer was kicked out of every school he ever attended, due to his uncontrollable wit. His mother (Frances) died of breast cancer when Richard was 18. Four years later, his father (Charles) committed suicide. A dedication is written to Charles Belzer in Richard Belzer's "UFOs, JFK,...

63. Nadja Tiller

Actress | Das Mädchen Rosemarie

Austrian leading lady Nadja Tiller reached the height of her popularity during the 1950s and 60s. She was the daughter of stage actor and director Anton Tiller and his wife, the opera singer Erika Körner (1902-1979). It seemed that Nadja's career had been marked out for her early on: she was to ...

64. Maurizio Costanzo

Writer | Una giornata particolare

Maurizio Costanzo was born on August 28, 1938 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a writer and actor, known for A Special Day (1977), The Vatican Affair (1968) and Melodrammore (1978). He was married to Maria De Filippi, Marta Flavi, Flaminia Morandi and Lori Sammartino. He died on February 24, 2023 in ...

65. Juraj Jakubisko

Director | Bathory

Juraj Jakubisko was born on April 30, 1938 in Kojsov, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. He was a director and writer, known for Bathory: Countess of Blood (2008), Kristove roky (1967) and Perinbaba (1985). He was married to Deana Horváthová. He died on February 24, 2023 in Prague, Czech Republic.

66. Walter Mirisch

Producer | In the Heat of the Night

Walter Mirisch and brothers Marvin Mirisch and Harold Mirisch were one of the most successful producing teams in Hollywood history. Their Mirisch Company produced such diverse hits as Some Like It Hot (1959), The Magnificent Seven (1960), West Side Story (1961), The Great Escape (1963), The Pink ...

67. Ed Fury

Actor | Ursus nella valle dei leoni

Ed Fury was born on June 6, 1928 in Long Island, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Valley of the Lions (1961), Ursus in the Land of Fire (1963) and Ursus (1961). He was married to Marceline Yvette Dubois. He died on February 24, 2023 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

68. Gordon Pinsent

Actor | Away from Her

Gordon Edward Pinsent was born on July 12, 1930 in Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, to Florence (Cooper) and Stephen Arthur Pinsent. Gordon was known as "Porky" as a child, and dreamed of performing as early as he can remember. He served with the Royal Canadian Regiment from 1948-51....

69. Curzio Maltese

Writer | RaiOt

Curzio Maltese was born on March 30, 1959 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He was a writer, known for RaiOt (2003), A Beautiful Vacation (2006) and 11 Metri (2011). He died on February 26, 2023 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.

70. Burny Mattinson

Writer | The Great Mouse Detective

Burny Mattinson's helmed the Academy Award-nominated 1983 animated featurette "Mickey's Christmas Carol." In 1986, wrote, produced and directed "The Great Mouse Detective." Mattinson's worked on"Sleeping Beauty," "101 Dalmatians," "The Sword in the Stone," "The Jungle Book," "The Aristocats" and "...

71. Ricou Browning

Assistant_director | Thunderball

Born in Fort Pierce, Florida, Ricou Browning grew up in nearby Jensen Beach and went on to study physical education at Florida State university. He got a career start diving and springboard diving in local water shows. By the time he was in his early 20s, he was producing underwater shows at Weeki ...

72. Yvonne Constant

Actress | The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish

Yvonne Constant was born on June 15, 1930 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish (1991), Gigot (1962) and Maxime (1958). She was married to Nyron A. Lanin and Jean Pinguet. She died on February 28, 2023 in Larmor-Plage, Morbihan, France.

73. Wayne Shorter

Music_department | The Fugitive

Wayne Shorter was born on August 25, 1933 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He is known for his work on Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity (2023), Miles Ahead (2015), Finding Forrester (2000), and The Fugitive (1993). He has also appeared in the recent documentaries Jaco (2015) and Marcus (2015).

Considered the ...

74. Steve Mackey

Soundtrack | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Steve Mackey was born on November 10, 1966 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. He was an actor and producer, known for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), The World's End (2013) and The Full Monty (1997). He was married to Katie Grand. He died on March 2, 2023 in England, UK.

75. Tom Sizemore

Actor | Saving Private Ryan

Tom Sizemore rose in prominence throughout the 1990s, establishing himself as a memorable tough-guy actor, sought by the most respected directors in the business.

Thomas Edward Sizemore, Jr. was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Judith (Schannault), an ombudsman staff member, and Thomas Edward Sizemore, ...

76. Sara Lane

Actress | I Saw What You Did

Sara Lane's relatively brief fling with show biz began in 1966 when she was cast as the orphaned Wyoming frontier girl Elizabeth Grainger in the long-running NBC western series The Virginian (1962). Opposite her co-stars James Drury and Doug McClure, she went on to feature in some 105 episodes ...

77. Bert I. Gordon

Director | The Food of the Gods

Bert I. Gordon, affectionately nicknamed "Mr. B.I.G." by Forrest J. Ackerman, produced, directed, and wrote more than twenty-five Sci/Fi and Horror features, such as The Magic Sword (1962), The Amazing Colossal Man (1957), Village of the Giants (1965), The Cyclops (1957), in addition to comedies ...

78. Topol

Actor | Fiddler on the Roof

Topol was born on September 9, 1935 in Tel Aviv, Palestine [now Israel]. He was an actor and producer, known for Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Flash Gordon (1980) and For Your Eyes Only (1981). He was married to Galia Topol. He died on March 8, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

79. Robert Blake

Actor | Lost Highway

American actor who began as a child in Our Gang comedies and reappeared as a powerful adult performer of leading and character roles. Born in New Jersey, the young Mickey Gubitosi won a role in MGM's Our Gang series at the age of 5. As one of the more prominent children in the Gang, he gained ...

80. Ignacio López Tarso

Actor | Macario

Ignacio López Tarso was born on January 15, 1925 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Macario (1960), El Pantera (2007) and Rosa blanca (1961). He was married to Clara Aranda. He died on March 11, 2023 in Mexico City, Mexico.

81. Dick Fosbury

Self | Salute

Dick Fosbury was born on March 6, 1947 in Portland, Oregon, USA. He was married to Barbara Robins Tomasi, Karen Louise Spens and Janet Jarvis. He died on March 12, 2023 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

82. Isabel Colegate

Writer | The Shooting Party

Isabel Colegate was born on September 10, 1931 in Paddington, London, England, UK. She was a writer, known for The Shooting Party (1984) and The Shooting Party - A Retrospective (2006). She was married to Michael Briggs. She died on March 12, 2023.

83. Mario Masini

Cinematographer | O Herói

Mario Masini was born on January 28, 1938 in Savona, Liguria, Italy. He was a cinematographer and director, known for O Herói (2004), The 10th Victim (1965) and Virgin Margarida (2012). He died on March 13, 2023 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

84. Bice Biagi

Self | Che tempo che fa

Bice Biagi was born on May 5, 1947 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. She died on March 16, 2023 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.

85. Claude Fournier

Writer | Bonheur d'occasion

Claude Fournier was born on July 23, 1931 in Waterloo, Quebec, Canada. He was a writer and director, known for Bonheur d'occasion (1983), Les tisserands du pouvoir (1988) and Deux femmes en or (1970). He died on March 16, 2023 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

86. Lance Reddick

Actor | John Wick

Incisive, intense, multi-talented American actor Lance Solomon Reddick was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the younger of two sons, to Solomon Reddick and public schoolteacher Dorothy Gee. Having opted initially for a career in music, he attended first the Peabody Preparatory Institute and the Walden ...

87. Hal Dresner

Writer | The Harvey Korman Show

Hal Dresner was born on June 4, 1937 in the USA. Hal was a writer and producer, known for The Harvey Korman Show (1977), The Eiger Sanction (1975) and CBS Summer Playhouse (1987). Hal died on March 17, 2023 in Medford, Oregon, USA.

88. Francesco Maselli

Director | Storia d'amore

Francesco Maselli was born on December 9, 1930 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Storia d'amore (1986), Codice privato (1988) and Time of Indifference (1964). He was married to Stefania Brai and Goliarda Sapienza. He died on March 21, 2023 in Rome, Italy.

89. Peter Werner

Director | Moonlighting

Peter Werner began his professional life as a teacher and documentary filmmaker; he has Master's degrees in both fields. After a year as a V.I.S.T.A. Volunteer in downtown Detroit, he co-founded a Quaker high school in Deerfield, MA. While teaching in Vermont, he met Frances Flaherty, widow of the ...

90. Luca Bergia

Actor | Tutta colpa di Giuda

Luca Bergia was born on September 11, 1968 in Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy. He was an actor, known for Tutta colpa di Giuda (2009), 1994 (2019) and Complimenti per la festa (2015). He died on March 23, 2023 in Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy.

91. Ivano Marescotti

Actor | King Arthur

Ivano Marescotti was born on February 4, 1946 in Villanova di Bagnacavallo, Italy. He was an actor, known for King Arthur (2004), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) and Hannibal (2001). He was married to Erika Leonelli, ??? and Iphigenia Kanarà. He died on March 26, 2023 in Lugo, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

92. Nikolai Dupak

Actor | Kapitan Nemo

Nikolai Dupak was born on October 5, 1921 in village Starobeshevo, Mariupol uyezd, Donetsk Governorate, Ukrainian SSR [now Starobesheve, Starobesheve Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Captain Nemo (1975), Captain Nemo (1976) and Yaroslav Mudry (1982). He died on March 26, ...

93. Gianni Minà

Art_department | Diarios de motocicleta

One of the most esteemed RAI correspondents for over fifty years, Gianni paints the stories of North and South America's social realities and customs using moving pictures. He produced and directed a History of Jazz, History of Central and South American Music, as well as History of Boxing, all ...

94. Ryuichi Sakamoto

Composer | The Last Emperor

Ryuichi Sakamoto was born on January 17, 1952 in Tokyo, Japan. He was a composer and actor, known for The Last Emperor (1987), The Revenant (2015) and Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983). He was married to Akiko Yano. He died on March 28, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan.

95. Johan Leysen

Actor | The American

Johan Leysen was born on February 19, 1950 in Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium. He was an actor, known for The American (2010), A Hidden Life (2019) and Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001). He was married to Rita Horst. He died on March 30, 2023 in France.

96. Elemér Ragályi

Cinematographer | Nincs kegyelem

Elemér Ragályi was born on April 18, 1939 in Rákosliget, Hungary [now in Budapest, Hungary]. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for Nincs kegyelem (2006), Corn Island (2014) and Deliver Us from Evil (1979). He died on March 30, 2023 in Hungary.

97. Christo Jivkov

Actor | The Passion of the Christ

Christo Jivkov was born on February 18, 1975 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He was an actor and producer, known for The Passion of the Christ (2004), Otchuzhdenie (2013) and The Final Inquiry (2006). He died on March 31, 2023 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

98. Judy Farrell

Writer | Fame

Judy Farrell was born on May 11, 1938 in Quapaw, Oklahoma, USA. She was a writer and actress, known for Fame (1982), Quincy M.E. (1976) and M*A*S*H (1972). She was married to Joe Bratcher and Mike Farrell. She died on April 2, 2023 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

99. Nico Cirasola

Writer | Focaccia blues

Nico Cirasola was born on May 29, 1951 in Gravina di Puglia, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for Focaccia blues (2009), Odore di pioggia (1989) and Da Do Da (1994). He was married to Lucia Diroma. He died on April 3, 2023 in Rome, Italy.

100. David Finfer

Editor | The Fugitive

David Finfer was born in 1942 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an editor and assistant director, known for The Fugitive (1993), Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) and Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997). He was married to Cinnia. He died on April 3, 2023 in the USA.



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