- Aug 2 Cathleen Nesbitt, English actress (Separate Tables), dies at 93
- Aug 5 Wanda Rotha, Austrian actress (Mrs Fitzherbert), dies at 72
- Aug 9 Alexandre Alexeieff, Russian-French filmmaker (pinscreen animation) and artist, dies at 81
- Aug 11 Tom Drake [Alfred Sinclair Alderdice], American actor (Meet Me In St. Louis; Warlock), dies of lung cancer at 63
Henry Fonda (1905-1982)
Aug 12 American stage and screen actor (Mr. Roberts; 12 Angry Men; On Golden Pond), dies of heart disease at 77
- Aug 13 Charles Walters, American actor, choreographer and director (Lili, Easter parade), dies of lung cancer at 70
- Aug 13 Joe E. Ross, American comedian (Toody-Car 54, Phil Silvers Show), dies at 68
- Aug 14 Patrick Magee [McGee], Northern Irish actor and director (A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon), dies from a heart attack at 60
- Aug 17 Barney Phillips [Bernard Philip Ofner], American actor (Dragnet, Felony Squad), dies from cancer at 68
- Aug 18 Beverly Bayne, American actress (Romeo & Juliet, Passionate Youth), dies at 87
- Aug 19 August Neo, Estonian wrestler (b. 1908)
- Aug 20 Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (Zulu, One Summer of Happiness), dies of bone cancer at 53
- Aug 25 Hans van Tongeren, Dutch actor (Spetters), commits suicide at 27
Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982)
Aug 29 Swedish actress (Casablanca, Gaslight), dies on her 67th birthday
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