- 1934 Gerald du Maurier, British actor (Power, Escape!, Masks and Faces), at 61
- 1934 Karl Dane, Danish-American comedian and actor (The Big Parade), dies at 47
- 1963 Gwen Lally, English pageant master and actress (only played male roles), dies at 81 [1]
- 1964 Earle Hodgins, American fast-talking film and television character actor (Guestward Ho!), dies at 70
- 1965 Leonard Mudie, British actor (Magnetic Monster, British Intelligence), dies of heart ailment at 82
- 1973 Magda Janssens, Flemish actress (Nederlands in 7 Lessons), dies at 88
- 1973 Minna Gombell, American actress dies at 80
Fredric March (1897-1975)
American actor (Inherit the Wind), dies of prostate cancer at 77
- 1976 Maudie Prickett [Doyle], American character actress (Harvey; Hazel - "Rosie"), dies of renal failure at 61
- 1980 Tom Fadden, American stage and screen character actor (It's a Wonderful Life; Broken Arrow; Cimarron City), dies at 85
- 1984 Dioniysis Papagiannopoulos, Greek stage and screen actor, dies of a stroke at 71
- 1985 Noele Gordon, British actress (Crossroads), dies at 65
- 1986 Horst Bastian, German writer and screenwriter, dies at 46
- 1992 David Miller, American film director (Billy the Kid), dies of cancer at 82
- 1995 Burl Ives, American folk singer ("A Little Bitty Tear"; "Silver And Gold"), actor (Cat On A Hot Tin Roof), and snowman (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer), dies from complications of mouth cancer at 85
- 1996 William K. Everson, English American film historian, dies at 67
- 1999 Anthony Newley, British actor and singer-songwriter (Doctor Dolittle; Goldfinger theme; Willy Wonka score), dies at 67
- 1999 Bill Wendell, American TV announcer (To Tell The Truth, 1972-77; Late Night With David Letterman; Late Show With David Letterman, 1993-95), dies at 75
- 1999 Ellen Corby [Hansen], American actress (The Waltons, Vertigo, Caged), dies of natural causes at 87
- 2004 Micheline Charest, French Canadian television producer (b. 1953)
- 2008 Miguel Galvan, Mexican actor/comedian. (b. 1957)
- 2008 Ollie Johnston, American animator and the last living member of Disney's Nine Old Men, dies at 95
- 2011 Trevor Bannister, British actor (Are You Being Served?), dies at 76
- 2012 John Herbert "Jonathan" Frid, Canadian actor (Barnabas Collins-Dark Shadows), dies of pneumonia at 87
- 2013 John S Ragin, American actor (Dr Astin-Quincy ME), dies at 83
- 2019 Birgitta "Bibi" Andersson, Swedish actress (Persona, Wild Strawberries), dies at 83
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