- Jan 1 Ray Walston, American actor (My Favorite Martian, Damn Yankees), dies at 86
- Jan 2 Teri Diver, American actress, dies at 29
- Jan 5 Nancy Parsons, American actress (b. 1942)
- Jan 10 Jacques Marin, French character actor (The Vintage, Charade), dies at 81
- Jan 11 Michael Williams, British actor, husband of Judi Dench (b. 1935)
- Jan 13 Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor, singer (2gether), and cancer research fundraiser, dies of respiratory failure at 16
- Jan 15 Ted Mann, American screenwriter (b. 1916)
- Jan 16 Virginia O'Brien, American actress and singer (Meet the People, Gus, Ziegfeld Follies), dies of a heart attack at 81
- Jan 18 Al Waxman, Canadian radio, stage, and screen actor (Cagney & Lacey - "Lt. Smauels"; Meatballs 3; Spasms), and director, dies during heart surgery at 65
- Jan 19 Dario Vittori, Argentinean actor (b. 1921)
- Jan 30 Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor (Lili, Cat & Mouse, Happy Hooker), dies at 90
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