- Aug 5 Eva JC Beck, Dutch actress (Elckerlyc, Resurrection), dies at 63
- Aug 11 Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian writer actor and director (b. 1910)
- Aug 13 Adeline De Walt Reynolds, American actress (Son of Dracula), dies at 78
- Aug 19 (Carlos) "Charlie" Gemora, Filipino-American film make-up artist and actor who specialized in playing gorillas (Murders in the Rue Morgue; The Chimp & Swiss Miss; At the Circus; Road to Zanzibar), dies of a heart attack at 58
- Aug 27 Gail Russell, American actress (The Uninvited, Moonrise, Unseen), dies from complications of alcohol abuse at 36 [1]
- Aug 30 Charles Coburn, American actor (Around the World in 80 Days, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 84
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