- Jan 21 Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, American actor (Our Gang; Beginner's Luck; General Spanky), shot by an acquaintance during a financial dispute at 31
Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959)
Jan 21 American filmmaker (The Ten Commandments, Samson and Delilah), dies of heart failure at 77
- Jan 22 A J Else Mauhs, German/Dutch actress (Hamlet, Nora), dies at 73
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