- Feb 6 Rosey Rowswell, American MLB broadcaster (Pittsburgh Prates 1936-54), dies from uremic poisoning at 71
- Feb 12 S Z Sakall [Gerö Jenö], Hungarian stage and film character actor (Dolly Sisters, Casablanca), dies at 72
- Feb 27 Tom Howard, Irish-American vaudeville and radio comedian (It Pays To Be Ignorant), dies of heart disease at 66
- Mar 7 Tom Dugan, Irish actor (Circus Clown, Drag, Skyway), dies at 66
- Mar 21 Muriel Aked, British actress, dies at 67
- Apr 7 Theda Bara, actress (Camille, Cleopatra, 2 Orphans), dies at 62
- Apr 25 Constance Collier, actress (Perils of Pauline), dies at 77
- Apr 30 Rudolf Klein-Rogge, German actor and prototype for silent films master criminal (Metropolis, Spies), dies at 69
- May 14 Betty Ann Davies, British stage and screen actress (Merry Comes To Town), dies of post-surgical complications at 44
- Jun 11 Walter Hampden, American actor (Five Fingers, Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 75
- Jul 22 Joseph Foley, American actor (Mr Peepers), dies at 45
- Jul 23 Betsy van Es, Flemish actress (Un soir de joie), dies at 55
- Jul 24 Harry Haden, Canadian American actor (Harry-Stu Erwin Show), dies at 72
- Jul 25 Isaak Iosifovich Dunayevsky, Soviet operetta and film composer, dies at 55
- Aug 5 Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer and actress (Down Argentine Way), dies of a heart attack at 46
- Aug 5 Suzan (Susan) Ball, American actress, dies of cancer at 21
James Dean (1931-1955)
Sep 30 American actor and cultural icon (Giant, Rebel Without a Cause), and 1st actor to be posthumously nominated for a Best Actor Academy Award, dies in a car crash at age 24
- Sep 30 Michael Chekhov, Russian-American actor (Rhapsody, Abie's Irish Rose), dies at 64
- Oct 2 O B Clarence, English actor (Penn of Pensnsylvania), dies at 85
- Oct 9 Alice Joyce, American actress (Song O' My Heart), dies at 65
- Oct 15 Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese film score composer (Rashomon; Seven Samurai), dies of tuberculosis at 41
- Oct 19 John Hodiak, American actor (Battleground, A Bell for Adamo, Lifeboat), dies from coronary thrombosis at 41
- Oct 26 Anthony Ross [Rosenthal], American stage (Bus Stop), and screen character actor (The Telltale Clue), dies of a heart attack at 46
- Nov 9 Tom Powers, American actor (Station West, Destination Moon), dies at 65
Shemp Howard (1895-1955)
Nov 22 American actor and comedian (3 Stooges), dies of a heart attack at 60
- Dec 1 Chief Thundercloud [Victor Daniels], Cherokee actor (The Lone Ranger, Colt .45), dies from stomach cancer at 57
- Dec 5 Paul Harvey, American actor (Spellbound, Calamity Jane, Heldorado, Jamboree), dies at 73
- Dec 14 Dorothy Bernard, American stage, silent and sound screen actress (Life With Father - "Margaret"), dies of a heart attack at 65
- Dec 24 Nana Bryant, American stage and screen actress (Ladies of the Chorus; Harvey; Brewster's Millions), dies at 67
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