- Sep 6 Olga Baclanova, Russian-American actress (Freaks, Docks of NY), dies at 75
- Sep 6 Otto Kruger, American actor (Lux Video Theater), dies on 89th birthday
- Sep 8 Robert Cox, American comic actor, last surviving member of Keystone Kops, dies at 79
- Sep 14 Vera Vague [Barbara Jo Allen], American actress (Sleeping Beauty, Follow the Leader), dies at 66
- Sep 14 Warren Hull, American actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World), dies from heart failure at 71
- Sep 17 André Dunoyer de Segonzac, French painter and cartoonist, dies at 90
- Sep 18 Edna Best, English actress (Key, Calendar, Escape), dies at 74
- Sep 19 Eve March, American actress (Adam's Rib, Danny Boy), dies at 63
- Sep 20 Carlyle Blackwell Jr, American actor (The Pilgrim Lady, The Triumph of the Rat), dies at 71
- Sep 21 Walter Brennan, American actor (Real McCoys, At Gun Point), dies at 80
- Sep 23 Cliff Arquette, American comedian (Charlie Weaver), dies at 68
Coco the Clown (1900-1974)
Sep 25 Russian-born British clown famous in the mid-20th century, dies at 73
- Sep 28 Raymond Largay, American actor (April in Paris, Variety Girl), dies at 88