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Actors Who Died in September 1981

  • Sep 1 Ann Harding, actress (When Ladies Meet, Devotion), dies
  • Sep 4 Verne Rowe, American character actor (Fernwood 2-Night - "Verne"), dies at 59
  • Sep 6 Maria Palmer, Austrian-American actress (Days of Glory, Web), dies at 64
  • Sep 11 Frank McHugh, American actor (Going My Way, Front Page, Gold Diggers 1935, Mighty Joe Young), dies at 83
  • Sep 11 Harold Bennett, English actor (Are You Being Served? - "Young Mr. Grace"), dies at 82
  • Sep 15 Sara Haden, American actress (A Family Affair), dies at 83
  • Sep 21 Nigel Patrick, English actor and director (Sapphire, Prize of Gold), dies of lung cancer at 69
  • Sep 23 Chief Dan George [Tes-wah-no], Canadian Indian author, poet and actor (Harry & Tonto, Little Big Man, Smith!), dies from heart failure at 82
  • Sep 24 Patsy Kelly, American actress (Rosemary's Baby, North Ave Irregulars), dies at 71
  • Sep 27 Robert Montgomery, American actor and director (Robert Montgomery Presents, Earl of Chicago, Yellow Jack), dies at 77