René Malo, died aged 84
René Malo, a Canadian film producer and Knight of the National Order of Quebec, died on August 23, 2026, at age 84. Born in Joliette, Quebec, he was most closely…
Famous Dead Actors: Recent Actor Deaths and Obituaries
Over 12,000 obituaries of famous dead actors. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Noël Godin dies at age 80
Noël Godin, the Belgian writer, critic and actor known as an anarchist prankster and pie-thrower, died on August 23, 2026, aged 80. Born in Liège on September 13, 1945, he…
Nick Bougas obituary: died at age 71
Nick Bougas, an American film director and illustrator, died on August 23, 2026, aged 71. Born Nicholas Bougas in Savannah, Georgia, he worked across film, illustration, record production, and screenwriting…
Shelley Fabares death at age 82
Shelley Fabares, the American actress known for her roles on The Donna Reed Show, One Day at a Time and Coach, died on August 22, 2026, aged 82. Born Michele…
Taiwo Hassan dies at age 66
Taiwo Hassan, the Nigerian actor, producer, director and screenwriter known as Ogogo, died on August 22, 2026, aged 66. Born on October 31, 1959, in Ilaro, Ogun State, he built…
Matteo Fiorini, died aged 48
Matteo Fiorini, a Sammarinese politician and former Captain Regent of San Marino, died on August 21, 2026, aged 48. Born in the City of San Marino on February 10, 1978,…
Death of Roger McKenzie at age 75
Roger McKenzie, an American comic book writer, died on August 21, 2026, aged 75, of heart failure and kidney disease. He was best known for his work on Daredevil with…
Death of Sowcar Janaki at age 94
Sowcar Janaki, the Indian actress known for films including Iru Kodugal, Puthiya Paravai and Kaviya Thalaivi, died on August 21, 2026, aged 94. Born Sankaramanchi Janaki on December 12, 1931,…
Imam Tantowi dead at age 80
Imam Tantowi, an Indonesian film director and screenwriter, died on August 21, 2026, aged 80. Born in Tegal on August 13, 1946, he began his career in stage directing before…
Michael Wright dies at 70
Michael Wright, an American film and television actor known for The Five Heartbeats, Streamers and Sugar Hill, died on August 21, 2026, aged 70. Born in New York City, he…
Caroline Langford dies at age 68
Caroline Langford, an Israeli actress, died on August 21, 2026, aged 68. Hebrew sources identified her as an Israeli performer and said she was born on February 1, 1958. The…
Obituary: Mostafa Derkaoui, dead at age 82
Mostafa Derkaoui, the Moroccan film director and screenwriter known for socially engaged and revolutionary films, died on August 20, 2026, aged 82. Born in Oujda in 1944, he studied philosophy…
Christian Styles died at age 29
Christian Styles, an American pornographic actor and adult model, died on August 20, 2026, aged 29. Born Zachary Christian Jaghab on January 17, 1997, in Canton, Michigan, he entered the…
Sylvie Groulx obituary: died at age 73
Sylvie Groulx, a Canadian filmmaker and documentary director from Quebec, died on August 19, 2026, at age 73. Born in Montreal on June 25, 1953, she began her career in…
Bérangère Bonvoisin death at age 73
Bérangère Bonvoisin, the French film director and actress known for The Adolescent, Les Égouts du paradis and Hôtel du Paradis, died on August 19, 2026, aged 73. Born in Rabat…
Ġorġ Mallia, died aged 68
Ġorġ Mallia, a Maltese communications academic, author and cartoonist, died on August 19, 2026, aged 68. Born in Malta on November 9, 1957, he built a career in communications, instructional…
Ray MacDonald dies at 49
Ray MacDonald, the Thai actor known for Fun Bar Karaoke and Phobia 2, died on August 19, 2026, aged 49. Born in Thailand on May 21, 1977, he built a…
Glória Menezes died at age 92
Glória Menezes, the Brazilian actress known for films and television work including O Pagador de Promessas, Irmãos Coragem and Rainha da Sucata, died on August 18, 2026, aged 92. Born…
Phyllida Law passes away at age 94
Phyllida Law, the British actress, died on August 18, 2026, aged 94. Born in Glasgow in July 1932, she trained at Badminton School and began her career in 1958, working…
Fulvio Lucisano dead at age 98
Fulvio Lucisano, the Italian film producer behind Night of the Sharks, Notte prima degli esami and Many Kisses Later, died on August 18, 2026, aged 98. Born in Rome on…
Laura Cardoso has died at age 98
Laura Cardoso, the Brazilian actress whose career spanned cinema, theater and television, died on August 18, 2026, aged 98. Born Laurinda de Jesus Cardoso in São Paulo on September 13,…
Abdelaziz Guerda has died at age 79
Abdelaziz Guerda, the Algerian actor and stage director, died on August 17, 2026, aged 79. Born on December 2, 1946, in the Casbah of Algiers, he built a career in…
Andreas Hoppe dies at age 66
Andreas Hoppe, the German actor best known for roles in Alaska.de and Black Forest, died on August 17, 2026, aged 66. Born in West Berlin on June 1, 1960, he…
Nicolas Altmayer dies at 61
Nicolas Altmayer, a French film producer, died on August 17, 2026, at age 61 in a car crash. Born on September 8, 1962, he worked in partnership with his brother…
Sofia Södergård dies at 39
Sofia Södergård, a Swedish dancer, choreographer, drag performer and actor, died on August 17, 2026, aged 39. Born Hanna Sofia Charlotta Södergård Treichl in Selångers församling in Sundsvall, she trained…
Raja Sen death at age 70
Raja Sen, the Indian film director known for Damu and Desh, died on August 16, 2026, aged 70. Born in Kolkata on November 10, 1955, he built a career as…
Hayden Panettiere obituary: died at age 36
Hayden Panettiere, the American actress known for roles in Heroes and Nashville, died on August 16, 2026, aged 36. Born Hayden Lesley Panettiere in Palisades, New York, she began appearing…
Peggy Webber dies at age 100
Peggy Webber, an American actress known for work in Dragnet, Macbeth and The Smurfs, died on August 15, 2026, aged 100. Born in Laredo, Texas, on September 15, 1925, she…
Milena Zupančič dies at age 79
Milena Zupančič, the Slovenian actress, died on August 15, 2026, aged 79. Born in Jesenice in 1946, she began her career in 1970 and became one of Slovenia’s best-known stage…
Jan Frycz dead at age 72
Jan Frycz, the Polish actor whose stage, film and television career spanned nearly five decades, died on August 15, 2026, aged 72. Born in Kraków on May 15, 1954, he…
Alex Mukulu passed away at age 72
Alex Mukulu, the Ugandan playwright, died on August 15, 2026, aged 72. Born in Misebe in Ssingo County, Buganda, in 1954, he studied at Kololo Secondary School before going on…
Joanna Rawik obituary: died at age 92
Joanna Rawik, the Polish singer, actress, and journalist, died on August 15, 2026, aged 92. Born Joanna Szamota in Chernivtsi on January 31, 1934, she later used the names Gronkowska…
Mark Rydell has died at age 97
Mark Rydell, the American film director behind On Golden Pond, The Rose and The River, died on August 14, 2026, aged 97. Born Mortimer H. Rydell in New York City…
Örjan Ramberg passed away at age 78
Örjan Ramberg, the Swedish actor known for his work on stage and screen, died on August 14, 2026, aged 78. Born Ralf Örjan Valter Ramberg in Örgryte, Gothenburg, he began…
Brian Holguin obituary: died at age 62
Brian Holguin, an American cartoonist and comic book writer, died on August 14, 2026, aged 62. He was known for his work on Aria and Todd McFarlane's Spawn, and also…
Deirdre McSharry died at age 94
Deirdre McSharry, the British magazine editor who died on August 14, 2026, aged 94, worked across print journalism for decades and was associated with several leading titles. She began her…
Death of Johnny Young at age 79
Johnny Young, the Dutch-born Australian singer, songwriter and producer known for his work on Young Talent Time, died on August 14, 2026, aged 79. Born Johnny Benjamin Arthur de Jong…
Carla Tatò died at age 79
Carla Tatò, the Italian actress known for films including Slap the Monster on Page One, We Want the Colonels and The Five Days, died on August 14, 2026, aged 79.…
Obituary: Jana Hádková, dead at age 74
Jana Hádková, a Czech director, documentarian and dramaturg at Czech Television, died on August 13, 2026, at the age of 74. Born in Prague on April 4, 1952, she worked…
Death of Consuelo Rodríguez Álvarez at age 84
Consuelo Rodríguez Álvarez, the Spanish-Venezuelan actress and model known professionally as Chelo Rodríguez, died on August 13, 2026, aged 84. Born in Sober, Galicia, Spain, she moved to Venezuela with…
Lucio Montanaro dead at age 75
Lucio Montanaro, the Italian actor and comedian known for work in films such as Zappatore, La liceale al mare con l'amica di papà and La dottoressa preferisce i marinai, died…
Cordula Trantow dead at age 83
Cordula Trantow, the German actress and director known for Die Brücke, Hitler and The Castle, died on August 12, 2026, aged 83. Born in Berlin on December 29, 1942, she…
Cheryl Hall dies at age 75
Cheryl Hall, the British actress best known for her work in television, died on August 12, 2026, aged 75. Born in London on July 23, 1950, she built a long…
Death of Chen Ying-git at age 72
Chen Ying-git, a Taiwanese singer and actor, died on August 12, 2026, aged 72. Known in Chinese as 陳盈潔, she was a singer of Taiwanese Hakka heritage whose recordings helped…
Obituary: Chelo Rodríguez, dead at age 84
Chelo Rodríguez, the Spanish-born Venezuelan actress and model known for her work in telenovelas, died on August 12, 2026, at age 84. Born María Consuelo Rodríguez Álvarez in Galicia, Spain,…
Ahn Pan-seok death at age 65
Ahn Pan-seok, the South Korean film and television director behind Behind the White Tower, Secret Affair and Heard It Through the Grapevine, died on August 12, 2026, aged 65, of…
Silvia Monti dies at age 80
Silvia Monti, the Italian actress who appeared in a handful of films between 1969 and 1974, died on August 12, 2026, aged 80. Born Silvia Cornacchia in Venice on January…
Mikhail Gulko obituary: died at age 95
Mikhail Gulko, the singer-songwriter known for his Russian chanson performances, died on August 12, 2026, at age 95. Born Mikhail Aleksandrovich Gulko on July 23, 1931, in Kharkiv, in the…
John Irvin dead at age 86
John Irvin, the English filmmaker behind The Dogs of War, Hamburger Hill and the BBC adaptation of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, died on August 11, 2026, aged 86. A three-time…
Fiorenza Marchegiani death at age 73
Fiorenza Marchegiani, the Italian actress known for her work in film, stage and television, died on August 11, 2026, aged 73. Born in Osimo on July 31, 1953, she began…
Christy Knowings dead at age 46
Christy Knowings, the American actress and comedian best known for her work on Nickelodeon’s sketch-comedy series "All That," died August 11, 2026, at age 46 from complications from an asthma…
Andrzej Zaborski died at age 75
Andrzej Zaborski, a Polish actor and theatre director, died on August 11, 2026, at age 75. Born in Wałbrzych on March 7, 1951, he trained at the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National…
Krishneswara Rao dead, Krishneswara Rao, Indian actor and writer
Krishneswara Rao, an Indian actor and writer known for his work in Telugu films and stage theatre, died on August 11, 2026. Born in Guntur district, he was credited as…
Len Brown dead at age 84
Len Brown, an American comic book writer and creator of Mars Attacks, died on August 11, 2026, aged 84. Born in Brooklyn on October 7, 1941, he also worked as…
Natalia Trubnikova death at age 71
Natalia Trubnikova, a Russian ballerina and actress, died on August 10, 2026, aged 71. Born in Moscow on July 17, 1955, she trained at the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts…
Borger Breeveld dies at 82
Borger Breeveld, the Surinamese actor and television director known for his work in film and broadcasting, died on August 10, 2026, aged 82. Born in Paramaribo on July 20, 1944,…
Death of Vincent Dieutre at age 65
Vincent Dieutre, the French film director and screenwriter known for Beirut Hotel, died on August 10, 2026, aged 65. Born in Le Petit-Quevilly on 25 November 1960, he built a…
Ahn Jin-soo death at age 81
Ahn Jin-soo, a South Korean actor, died on August 10, 2026, aged 81. He is identified in available biographical records as a South Korean cross-country skier, born on June 27,…
Natalia Trubnikova death at age 71
Natalia Trubnikova, the Russian ballerina and actress known for her appearances in 31 June, The Twelve Chairs and Formula of Love, died on August 10, 2026, aged 71. She was…
Death of Ben Jones at age 84
Ben Jones, the American politician and actor best known for playing Cooter Davenport on The Dukes of Hazzard and serving in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1989 to 1993,…
Reggie Bannister dies at 80
Reggie Bannister, the American actor best known for playing Reggie in the Phantasm film series, died on August 9, 2026, aged 80, of complications from dementia and Parkinson's disease. Born…
Amy Lasten died at age 72
Amy Lasten, an Aruban actress, drama teacher and theater director, died on August 8, 2026, aged 72. Known in full as Imy Josephine Cecile Lasten, she spent more than four…
Obituary: Dominique Frot, dead at age 68
Dominique Frot, a French actress known for Enigma, Peut-être and Titane, died on August 7, 2026, aged 68. Born in Rochefort, France, she trained at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art…
Peter Faber, died aged 82
Peter Faber, the German-born Dutch actor known for roles in films including A Bridge Too Far, Soldier of Orange and Max Havelaar, died on August 7, 2026, aged 82. Born…
Death of Keiko Kishi at age 93
Keiko Kishi, the Japanese actress known for films including The Makioka Sisters, Snow Country and The Rendezvous, died on August 7, 2026, aged 93. Born in Yokohama on August 11,…
Boris Conunov dies at 79
Boris Conunov, a Moldovan director and screenwriter, died on August 7, 2026, aged 79. Born in Tashkent on May 24, 1947, he was identified in Russian-language sources as a Soviet…
Catherine Dasté dead at age 96
Catherine Dasté, the French stage actress and director, died on August 6, 2026, aged 96. Born in Beaune on October 6, 1929, she was the daughter of actor Jean Dasté…
Death of Marjolein Sligte at age 71
Marjolein Sligte, a Dutch actress known for films including De Boezemvriend, A Month Later and Honneponnetje, died on August 6, 2026, aged 71. Born in Amsterdam on October 15, 1954,…
Francesco Guccini passes away at age 86
Francesco Guccini, the Italian singer-songwriter known for songs such as "Auschwitz," died on August 6, 2026, aged 86. Born in Modena on June 14, 1940, he became one of Italy’s…
Obituary: Tedde Moore, dead at age 79
Tedde Moore, the Canadian actress who also worked as a script editor, creative consultant and acting instructor, died on August 5, 2026, aged 79. Born Dorothea Mavor Moore in Toronto…
Gloria Carlin died at age 84
Gloria Carlin, a Canadian actress known for The Hanoi Hilton, died on August 5, 2026, at age 84. Carlin’s screen work included the 1987 war drama, and she is identified…
Jean Lodge, died aged 99
Jean Lodge, the British actress known for Death of an Angel, Brandy for the Parson and Glad Tidings, died on August 5, 2026, aged 99. Born Jean Margaret Lodge in…
Ardak Amirkulov obituary: died at age 70
Ardak Amirkulov, the Kazakh film director known for "The Fall of Otrar," died on August 5, 2026, aged 70. Born Ardak Zhamansaryuly Amirkulov on December 10, 1955, in Talas District,…
Pradeep Rawat dead at age 74
Pradeep Rawat, the Indian actor known for villainous roles in films such as Sye and Naayak, died on August 4, 2026, aged 74. Born in Jabalpur on January 21, 1952,…
Peter Gill died at age 86
Peter Gill, the Welsh theatre director, playwright and actor, died on August 4, 2026, aged 86. Born in Cardiff on 7 September 1939, he was educated at St Illtyd's College…
Nils Eklund passed away at age 99
Nils Eklund, the Swedish actor known for films including Peter-No-Tail, Doctor Glas and Amorosa (1986), died on August 4, 2026, aged 99. Born Nils Ernst Gustaf Eklund on January 17,…
Jon Cypher passed away at age 94
Jon Cypher, the American actor known for his work in "Hill Street Blues," "Major Dad" and "Masters of the Universe," died on August 3, 2026, aged 94. He was best…
Diding Boneng, died aged 78
Diding Boneng, the Indonesian actor and comedian known for roles in KKN di Desa Penari, Catatan Si Boy and Dancing Village: The Curse Begins, died on August 3, 2026, aged…
Paula Alí has died at age 88
Paula Alí, the Cuban actress known for films including Letters from the Park, The Elephant and the Bicycle and The Waiting List, died on August 3, 2026, aged 88. Born…
Grace Chang has died at age 93
Grace Chang, the Hong Kong actress and singer known for films including "Soldier of Fortune" and "The Wild, Wild Rose," died on August 3, 2026, aged 93. Born in Nanjing…
Jimmy Cricket obituary: died at age 80
Jimmy Cricket, the Irish comedian born James Mulgrew, died on August 3, 2026, aged 80. Born in Cookstown in 1945, he came to prominence in the 1970s and went on…
Kayo Sumi death at age 94
Kayo Sumi, a Japanese actress, died on August 3, 2026, aged 94. No additional biographical details were provided in the available record, and the notice supplied for this name is…
Romeo Jalosjos Sr. dies at age 85
Romeo Jalosjos Sr., a Filipino politician and businessman who served in the House of Representatives from 1995 to 2002, died on August 2, 2026, aged 85. Known also as Romeo…
Vincent Pastore dies at 80
Vincent Pastore, the American actor best known for playing Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero on HBO’s The Sopranos, died on August 1, 2026, aged 80. Born in New York City on…
Death of Natalia Dontcheva at age 57
Natalia Dontcheva, the Bulgarian actress known for her roles in Lady J, Sashinka and A Man and His Dog, died on August 1, 2026, at age 57. Born in Sofia…
Can Kolukısa dead at age 92
Can Kolukısa, a Turkish actor known for roles in Züğürt Ağa, King of the Doormen and Selamsız Bandosu, died on August 1, 2026, aged 92. Born in Eskişehir on May…
Ryotaro Shimizu passes away at age 37
Ryotaro Shimizu, a Japanese actor and impressionist, died on August 1, 2026, at age 37. Born in Tokyo on August 15, 1988, he began his career in 2006 after enrolling…
František Laurin passes away at age 91
František Laurin, the Czech theatre and film director, teacher and director emeritus of the Prague Vinohrady Theater, died on July 31, 2026, at age 91. Born in Prague on November…
Dragiša Milojković died at age 55
Dragiša Milojković, a Serbian film and television actor, died on July 31, 2026, aged 55. Born in Jagodina in 1971, he studied acting in Novi Sad in the class of…
Vicki Wickham died at age 87
Vicki Wickham, the English talent manager and television producer known for her work on Ready Steady Go!, died on July 31, 2026, aged 87. Born in England in 1939, she…
Scott Hylands death at age 83
Scott Hylands, a Canadian actor known for work on screen and stage, died on July 31, 2026, aged 83. Born Scott Hylands Douglas in Vancouver, he began his career in…
Beto Cabrera died at age 92
Beto Cabrera, the Argentine comedian and actor known professionally as Beto Cabrera, died on July 30, 2026, aged 92. Born Alberto Pedro Cabrera in Buenos Aires on November 24, 1933,…
Iga Cembrzyńska obituary: died at age 87
Iga Cembrzyńska, the Polish actress known for films including The Saragossa Manuscript, Salto and Hydrozagadka, died on July 30, 2026, aged 87. Born Maria Elżbieta Cembrzyńska in Radom on July…
Obituary: Manolo Solo, dead at age 62
Manolo Solo, the Spanish actor known for The Fury of a Patient Man, The Good Boss and Close Your Eyes, died on July 30, 2026, aged 62. Born Manuel Jesús…
Obituary: Khalid Nizami, dead at age 78
Khalid Nizami, the Pakistani comedian actor and music composer known for comic roles in television dramas such as Ankahi, died on July 29, 2026, aged 78. He was identified with…
Suneil Anand passed away at age 70
Suneil Anand, an Indian actor and film director, died on July 28, 2026, at age 70. Best known for his work in films including Anand Aur Anand and Main Tere…
Kavinsky dies at age 50
Kavinsky, the French musician and DJ best known for the songs “Nightcall” and “Odd Look,” died on July 28, 2026, aged 50. Born Vincent Belorgey in Paris in 1975, he…
Pavala Syamala obituary: died at age 75
Pavala Syamala, an actress from Andhra Pradesh, died on July 28, 2026, aged 75. An Indian performer, she built a career in Telugu cinema and was known for supporting roles…