- 1899 (Maria) Catharina Beersmans, Belgian stage actress (Medea; The Empty Cradle; The Bad Shepherds), dies at 55
- 1922 Frank Bacon, American playwright, actor and author (Lightnin'), dies from a heart attack at 58
- 1924 Thomas Ince, American film director (b. 1882)
- 1943 André Antoine, French actor and stage manager (founded Théâtre-Libre), dies at 85
- 1956 Francis L Sullivan, British actor (Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, Missing Rembrandt), dies from a lung ailment at 53
- 1959 Gerard J. Arbous, actor and publicist (Bohemian Amsterdam), dies at 83
- 1960 Phyllis Haver, American actress (Don Juan), commits suicide at 61
- 1982 Toña la Negra [Antonia Álvarez], Mexican canción and bolero singer ("Como golondrinas"; "Enamorada"), and actress, dies of a heart attack at 70
- 1983 Peter Coffield, American actor (Kevin-W E B), dies at 37
- 1985 Stepin Fetchit [Lincoln Perry], American actor (Miracle in Harlem) 1st African American film star, dies of pneumonia 83
- 1991 Reggie Nalder, Austrian actor (Mark of Devil), dies of bone cancer at 80
- 1992 Diane Varsi, American actress (Allison-Peyton Place, Bloody Mama), dies at 54
- 1993 Dorothy Revier, American actress (Sally on the Subway), dies at 89
- 1994 Dedrick Gobert, American actor (Boyz 'n the Hood), shot to death at 22
- 1995 Bruce Trent [William Butters], British stage singer and actor (Stars In Battledress; The Burning Boat), dies at 83
- 1998 "Alan J Pakula, American filmmaker (All the President's Men; Sophie;s Choice; Klute), dies in a car accident at 70 [1]
- 2004 Helmut Griem, German actor (b. 1932)
- 2005 Erik Balling, Danish TV and film director (b. 1924)
- 2007 Dick Wilson, British-American actor, dies at 91
- 2011 John Neville, English theatre and film actor, dies at 86
Mike Nichols (1931-2014)
German-American film director (Catch 22, The Graduate, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), dies from cardiac arrest at 83
- 2015 Rex Reason, American actor (This Island Earth, Man Without a Gun, Roaring 20s), dies at 86
- 2017 Della Reese [Delloreese Patricia Early], American singer and actress (Della Reese Show; Royal Family), dies at 86
- 2023 Joss Ackland, British actor (To Kill a Priest, White Mischief), dies at 95 [1]
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