- Jan 1 Charles Boost, Dutch film critic, dies at 82
Alan Hale Jr. (1921-1990)
Jan 2 American actor (Skipper-Gilligan's Island), dies of cancer at 68
- Jan 3 Ken Hill, American actor (Cobra, Protocol), dies at 49
- Jan 5 Arthur Kennedy, American Tony Award-winning stage and screen actor (Death of a Salesman; Fantastic Voyage; Peyton Place; Some Came Running),dies of complications from thyroid cancer at 75
- Jan 5 Bart LaRue, American character actor, dies of a heart attack at 57
- Jan 6 Hans Jaray, Austrian actor (Lydia, Fedora) and playwright, dies at 83
- Jan 6 Ian Charleson, Scottish actor (Gandhi, Chariots of Fire), dies of AIDS at 40
- Jan 8 Terry-Thomas [Thomas Terry Hoar-Stevens], English comedian and actor (I'm All Right Jack, Private's Progress), dies of Parkinson's disease at 78
- Jan 10 Juliet Berto, screenwriter/actress (Bastienne Bastien), dies at 42
- Jan 10 Yvonne Peattie Marquard, actress (Donovan's Reef), dies
- Jan 11 Kittens Reichert [Catherine Alma Reichert], American silent screen child actor [House of Cards, Les Misérables], dies at 79
- Jan 11 Mary Jane Carr, American actress (Forbidden Trail, Second Wife), dies at 74
- Jan 14 David Arkin, American actor (I Love You Alice B Toklas), takes his own life at 49
- Jan 15 Gordon Jackson, Scottish actor (Upstairs, Downstairs, The Professionals, The Great Escape), dies after a short illness at 66
- Jan 18 Russell "Rusty "Hamer, American actor (Make Room for Daddy - "Rusty"), takes his own life at 52
- Jan 19 (Alberto) Semprini, British pianist and radio broadcaster (BBC's Semprini Serenade), dies at 81
- Jan 20 Barbara Stanwyck [Ruby Stevens], actress (Big Valley), dies at 82
- Jan 24 Madge Bellamy, American actress, dies of heart failure at 90
- Jan 25 Alexander Lockwood, American actor (Duel), dies at 87
Ava Gardner (1922-1990)
Jan 25 American actress (Barefoot Contessa, On the Beach), dies of pneumonia at 67
- Jan 27 Helen Jerome Eddy, American actress (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at 92
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