Valentina Ignatyeva dead at age 77
Valentina Ignatyeva died on June 4, 2026. She was 77. Ignatyeva was a Russian actress, singer, director and theater teacher whose career began in 1970. Born in Tver on January…
Famous Dead Actors: Recent Actor Deaths and Obituaries
Over 12,000 obituaries of famous dead actors. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Zhang Jiawei dead at age 33
Zhang Jiawei died on June 4, 2026. He was a Chinese actor. Tags Actors, 04 June 2026, China, Jiawei, Zhang, June 2026, June 4
Patrick Godfrey dead at age 93
Patrick Godfrey, an English actor known for Maurice, The Count of Monte Cristo and Doctor Who, died on June 4, 2026, at the age of 93. Born Patrick Lindesay Archibald…
Angela Morant dead at age 84
Angela Morant, the British actress known for roles in I, Claudius, Brookside and Dixon of Dock Green, died on June 3, 2026. Born on January 15, 1941, in Warwickshire, England,…
Axel Schreiber dead at age 49
Axel Schreiber died on June 3, 2026, at the age of 49. The German actor and voice actor was known for work in film and television, including Berlin by the…
David Baron dead at age 93
David Baron, an English actor known for Doctor Who, The Avengers and The Reptile, died on June 3, 2026. He was 93. Born in Birmingham on April 7, 1933, Baron…
James Handy dead at age 81
James Handy, an American actor best known for roles in Top Gun: Maverick, Arachnophobia and Jumanji, died on June 3, 2026. He was 81. Born in New York City on…
Chung King-fai dead at age 89
Chung King-fai, a Hong Kong actor known for Black Mask, My Family and Welcome to the House, died on June 3, 2026, at age 89. Born on March 23, 1937,…
Seham Galal dead at age 54
Seham Galal, an Egyptian actress, died on June 2, 2026, at the age of 54. Born in Cairo on January 7, 1972, she began her career in television commercials before…
Daniel Costelle dead at age 90
Daniel Costelle, the French documentarist and film director behind the "Apocalypse" series on World War II and World War I, died on June 2, 2026. He was 90. Born in…
Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi dead at age 65, Burmese film director, poet and political prisoner
Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi, a Burmese film director, poet and political prisoner, died on June 2, 2026. He was 65. Born in 1961, he was also known as a…
Nina Marushina dead at age 91
Nina Marushina died on June 2, 2026. She was a Russian actress known for her work in film and television, including Day by Day. Her death was reported by the…
Seham Jalal dead at age 54
Seham Jalal died on June 2, 2026. She was an Egyptian actress. Tags Actors, 02 June 2026, Egypt, Jalal, Seham, June 2, June 2026
Giacomo Piperno dead at age 90
Giacomo Piperno died June 1, 2026. He was an actor. Tags Actors, 01 June 2026, Giacomo, Italy, Piperno, Rome, June 1, June 2026
Knut Husebø dead at age 80
Knut Husebø, a Norwegian visual artist and actor, died on June 1, 2026, at the age of 80. Born in Stavanger on May 10, 1946, he built a long career…
Wei Zongwan dead at age 87
Wei Zongwan, the Chinese actor known for San Mao Joins the Army and Romance of the Three Kingdoms, died on June 1, 2026, in Shanghai. He was 87. Born in…
Larisa Zhukovskaya dead at age 88
Larisa Zhukovskaya died on June 1, 2026. She was a Russian actress known for her work in War and Peace, Anna Karenina and The Black Monk. Tags Actors, 01 June…
Robert Kya-Hill dead at age 95
Robert Kya-Hill, the American actor born Robert Hill on December 4, 1930, died on May 31, 2026, at age 95. He also worked as a director, playwright, musician, composer and…
Suman Kalyanpur dead at age 89
Suman Kalyanpur, the Indian playback singer known for songs in Bidesiya, Laagi Nahi Chhute Ram and Vidhana Naach Nachawe, died on May 31, 2026. She was 89. Born Suman Hemmadi…
Josefina Molina dead at age 89, Spanish film director, screenwriter and television producer
Josefina Molina, the Spanish film director, screenwriter and television producer, died on May 30, 2026. She was 89. Born in Córdoba, Spain, on November 14, 1936, Molina became one of…
Kelly Curtis dead at age 69
Kelly Curtis, an American actress known for her role in The Devil's Daughter, died on May 30, 2026. Born Kelly Lee Curtis on June 17, 1956, in Santa Monica, California,…
John Basinger dead at age 92
John Basinger died on May 29, 2026. He was an American actor. Tags Actors, 29 May 2026, America, Basinger, John, Taurus, May 2026, May 29
Lau Shun dead at age 87
Lau Shun died on May 29, 2026. He was a Hong Kong actor. Tags Actors, 29 May 2026, Aries, Lau, Shun, May 2026, May 29
Sanda Țăranu dead at age 87, Romanian actress, journalist, radio and television announcer
Sanda Țăranu died on May 29, 2026. She was a Romanian actress, journalist, translator, and radio and television announcer. Tags Actors, Journalists, 29 May 2026, Romania, Sanda, May 2026, May…
Geoff Keating dead at age 88
Geoff Keating, the British musician best known for his work with the vocal group The Master Singers, died on May 29, 2026, at the age of 88. He was part…
Ellen Weston dead at age 87
Ellen Weston died on May 28, 2026. She was an American actress and television writer. Weston’s work spanned both acting and writing for television, and her career also included published…
Jan Hraběta dead at age 86
Jan Hraběta died on May 28, 2026, at the age of 86. He was a Czech actor, according to the announcement of his death. No further details were immediately given.…
S. Sathyendra dead at age 64
S. Sathyendra, an Indian actor and film director, died on May 28, 2026. He was 64. Known also as an actor in Tamil and Kannada cinema, he began his screen…
Owain Rhys Davies dead at age 44
Owain Rhys Davies, a Welsh actor, died on May 27, 2026, at the age of 44. Born in Cardiff on February 20, 1982, he worked across film, stage and television…
Anik Dutta dead at age 66
Anik Dutta, the Indian film director behind Bhooter Bhabishyat, Ashchorjyo Prodeep and Meghnad Badh Rahasya, died on May 27, 2026, after a fall. He was a Bengali filmmaker whose directorial…
Klaus Emmerich dead at age 82
Klaus Emmerich, a German film director and screenwriter known for The First Polka and Trokadero, died on May 27, 2026. He was 82. Born in Freital on August 10, 1943,…
William Smithers dead at age 98
William Smithers, the actor best known for recurring roles on "Peyton Place" and "Dallas," died on May 26, 2026. Born Marion Wilkinson Smithers Jr. on July 10, 1927, in Richmond,…
Howard Storm dead at age 94
Howard Storm, an American actor and director known for work on "Take the Money and Run," "Once Bitten" and "Mork & Mindy," died on May 26, 2026. He was 94.…
Yoshihiro Nishimura dead at age 59, Mutant Girls Squad, Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl), cirrho…
Yoshihiro Nishimura, a Japanese film director, screenwriter and special effects artist, died on May 25, 2026. He was 59. Born on April 1, 1967, in Taitō-ku, Nishimura worked predominantly in…
Pierre Deny dead at age 69
Pierre Deny, the French actor known for his role in Emily in Paris, died on May 25, 2026, from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He was 69. Deny trained at…
Robin Hurlstone dead at age 68
Robin Hurlstone, a British actor and art dealer known for roles in Fantastic Mr. Fox and The Grand Budapest Hotel, died on May 25, 2026, aged 68. Born Robin Alastair…
Jordi Amorós dead at age 82
Jordi Amorós, the Spanish cartoonist and animator known for satirical comics and pioneering work in adult animation, died on May 24, 2026. He was 82. Born Jordi Amorós i Ballester…
Zeudi Araya dead at age 75
Zeudi Araya, the Eritrean actress and film producer known for Mr. Robinson, Hearts and Armour and The Sinner, died on May 24, 2026, at the age of 75. Born on…
Beverly Afaglo dead at age 42
Beverly Afaglo, a Ghanaian actress, died on May 24, 2026. She was 42. Afaglo was known for her work in The Game, A Northern Affair and Sidechic Gang. She was…
Linda Masarira dead at age 43
Linda Masarira, a Zimbabwean politician and human rights activist, died on May 24, 2026, at the age of 43. She was known for her work in human rights activism and…
Brian Large dead at age 87
Brian Large, the English opera director, died on May 23, 2026, at the age of 87. He was known as one of the leading television directors specializing in opera and…
Dame Jools Topp dead at age 68
Dame Jools Topp, the New Zealand musician and comedian known as one half of the Topp Twins, died on May 23, 2026, aged 68. A performer active from 1975 to…
Lucienne Hamon dead at age 95
Lucienne Hamon, a French actress known for her roles in The Lovers, Ho! and Birgitt Haas Must Be Killed, died on May 23, 2026, at the age of 95. Hamon…
Birçe Hasko dead at age 84
Birçe Hasko died on May 23, 2026. He was an Albanian actor known for Përrallë nga e kaluara, The Man with the Cannon and Slogans. News of his death was…
Thérèse Liotard dead at age 80
Thérèse Liotard, a French actress known for Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une copine, My Father's Glory and My Mother's Castle, died on May 23, 2026. Born in Lille, Nord,…
Charles Cioffi dead at age 90
Charles Cioffi, an American actor known for Get Christie Love!, Shaft and Klute, died on May 22, 2026. He was 90. Born in New York City on October 31, 1935,…
Grizz Chapman dead at age 52
Grizz Chapman, an American actor best known for his recurring role on NBC’s "30 Rock," died on May 22, 2026. He was 52. Born Grizzwald Chapman in Brooklyn, New York,…
Peter Helm dead at age 84
Peter Helm, the Canadian-American actor known for Inside Daisy Clover, The Andromeda Strain and The Longest Day, died on May 21, 2026. Born Peter John Helm Jr. on December 22,…
Jeffrey Lane dead at age 71
Jeffrey Lane, an American television writer and playwright, died on May 20, 2026, at age 71. He wrote for the television series Ryan's Hope and Mad About You, and was…
Péter Scherer dead at age 64
Péter Scherer, a Hungarian actor, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 64. Born in Ajka on November 16, 1961, he studied at the Budapest University of Technology…
George Eastman dead at age 83
George Eastman, an Italian actor and screenwriter, died on May 20, 2026, at the age of 83. Born Luigi Montefiori in Genoa in 1942, he was known for his acting…
Jacqui Chan dead at age 91, Trinidadian actress, dancer and singer
Jacqui Chan, a Trinidadian actress, dancer and singer, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 91. Born Jacqueline Chan in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on July…
Tom Kane dead at age 64, American voice actor, complications from a stroke
Tom Kane, an American voice actor known for work in The Powerpuff Girls, Star Wars and The Wild Thornberrys, died May 18, 2026, of complications from a stroke. He was…
Roberto Malenotti dead at age 86
Roberto Malenotti died on May 18, 2026. He was 86. The Italian filmmaker was born in Pisa on June 6, 1939. Malenotti worked as a film director, screenwriter and producer.…
Sally Head dead at age 79
Sally Head, the British television producer behind Cracker, Prime Suspect and Jeeves and Wooster, died on May 18, 2026, of cancer. She was 79. Head began her career as a…
Caitlin O’Heaney dead at age 73
Caitlin O'Heaney, the American actress best known for her lead role in the television adventure series "Tales of the Gold Monkey," died on May 18, 2026, at age 73. Born…
K. Rajan dead at age 85, Indian film producer and director, suicide by jumping
K. Rajan, an Indian film producer and director, died on May 17, 2026, at the age of 85 after suicide by jumping. He worked on Tamil films and began his…
Dennis Locorriere dead at age 76, American singer and guitarist, kidney disease
Dennis Locorriere, the American singer and guitarist best known for his work with Dr. Hook, died on May 16, 2026, of kidney disease. He was 76. Born Dennis Michael Locorriere…
International Journal of Comic Art dead at age 90
International Journal of Comic Art, the American comics scholar who founded the International Journal of Comics Art, died on May 16, 2026. John A. Lent established the biannual journal in…
André Laliberté dead at age 79
André Laliberté, a Canadian marionette puppeteer, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of 79. From Quebec, he was best known as the cofounder and longtime artistic director of…
Jill Curzon dead at age 87
Jill Curzon, an English actress, died on May 15, 2026. Born in 1938, she was best known for her film and television work in the 1960s, including Daleks' Invasion Earth…
Angelica Domröse dead at age 85
Angelica Domröse, the German actress known for Love's Confusion, The Adventures of Werner Holt and The Legend of Paul and Paula, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of…
Jean Harlez dead at age 101
Jean Harlez, the Belgian film director, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of 101. Born in Erquelinnes, Belgium, on December 31, 1924, he worked as a filmmaker from…
Krzysztof Piesiewicz dead at age 80
Krzysztof Piesiewicz, a Polish lawyer, screenwriter and politician, died on May 14, 2026, at age 80. Born in Warsaw on October 25, 1945, he studied law at Warsaw University and…
Alan Rothwell dead at age 89
Alan Rothwell, the English actor and television presenter known for Coronation Street, Brookside and Heartbeat, died on May 14, 2026, aged 89. Born in Oldham, Lancashire, on 9 February 1937,…
Nikolay Tsaturyan dead at age 81
Nikolay Tsaturyan, the Armenian theatre director, died on May 14, 2026, in Yerevan. Born in Yerevan on January 8, 1945, Tsaturyan was also an actor and playwright and was named…
Takahiro Fujiwara dead at age 43
Takahiro Fujiwara died on May 14, 2026. He was a Japanese voice actor known for his work on My Hero Academia, Berserk, and Captain Earth. His death was reported in…
Ed Finlan dead at age 78
Ed Finlan died on May 13, 2026. He was a Filipino actor and television director. Tags Actors, 13 May 2026, Ed, Finlan, Philippines, May 13, May 2026
Dileep Raj dead at age 47, Indian actor, heart attack
Dileep Raj, an Indian actor, died on May 13, 2026, of a heart attack. He was 47. Known for his work in Kannada cinema and television, he appeared in films…
Luna Jordan dead at age 25
Luna Jordan, a German actress, died on May 13, 2026. Tags Actors, 13 May 2026, Germany, Jordan, Luna, May 13, May 2026
Kamel Zerara dead at age 59
Kamel Zerara died on May 13, 2026. He was an Algerian actor. Kamel Zerara, 59, Algerian actor. Tags Actors, 13 May 2026, Kamel, Zerara, 2026-05-13, May 13, May 2026
Kamal Zarara dead at age 59
Kamal Zarara died on May 13, 2026. He was an Algerian actor. Tags Actors, 13 May 2026, Kamal, Zarara, May 13, May 2026
Ataur Rahman Bangladeshi actor dead at age 84
Ataur Rahman, a Bangladeshi stage and television actor, died on May 12, 2026. He was 84. Rahman was also a director and writer, and was known by the sobriquet Monchosharothi.…
Rex Reed dead at age 87
Rex Reed, an American film critic and journalist, died on May 12, 2026, at age 87. Born Rex Taylor Reed on Oct. 2, 1938, in Fort Worth, Texas, he was…
Bassek Ba Kobhio dead at age 69
Bassek Ba Kobhio, a Cameroonian writer and filmmaker, died on May 12, 2026, at age 69. Born in Nindjé, French Cameroon, in 1957, he worked as a film director, producer,…
Al Gregg dead at age 62, English musician, actor and screenwriter
Al Gregg, the English musician, actor and screenwriter best known for his work with punk band The Wall and appearances in ScreenPlay and Doctor Who, died on May 12, 2026,…
Jack Taylor dead at age 99
Jack Taylor, an American actor known for roles in Succubus, Conan the Barbarian and The Ninth Gate, died on May 12, 2026, at age 99. Born George Brown Randall in…
Stanisława Celińska dead at age 79
Stanisława Celińska, a Polish actress and voice actress, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Warsaw on April 29, 1947, she debuted in theatre in…
Barry W. Blaustein dead at age 72, American screenwriter and film director, pancreatic cancer
Barry W. Blaustein, an American screenwriter and film director, died on May 12, 2026, of pancreatic cancer. He was 72. Blaustein was best known for writing on Saturday Night Live…
Donald Gibb dead at age 71
Donald Gibb, an American actor known for Revenge of the Nerds, Bloodsport and 1st & Ten, died on May 12, 2026, at age 71. Gibb, whose full name was Donald…
Alexander Held dead at age 67
Alexander Held, a German actor known for roles in Der Untergang, Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage and Der Baader Meinhof Komplex, died on May 12, 2026, at age 67.…
Vasile Zgardan Moldovan actor dies
Vasile Zgardan, a Moldovan actor, died on May 11, 2026. Vasile Zgardan, Moldovan actor. Tags Actors, 11 May 2026, Moldova, Vasile, Zgardan, 2026-05-11, May 11, May 2026
Viorel Zgardan Moldovan actor dies
Viorel Zgardan died on May 11, 2026. He was a Moldovan actor. Viorel Zgardan, Moldovan actor. Tags Actors, 11 May 2026, Moldova, Viorel, Zgardan, 2026-05-11, May 11, May 2026
Alexx Ekubo dead at age 40, Nigerian actor, kidney cancer
Alexx Ekubo, a Nigerian actor, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 40. He was known for his roles in Weekend Getaway, Lagos Cougars and The Bling Lagosians.…
Abdul Rahman Abu Zahra dead at age 92
Abdul Rahman Abu Zahra died on May 11, 2026. He was an Egyptian actor. Abdul Rahman Abu Zahra [ar], 92, Egyptian actor. Tags Actors, 11 May 2026, Abdul, Egypt, Zahra,…
Rosemarie Bergmans dead at age 82
Rosemarie Bergmans died on May 10, 2026. She was a Belgian actress known for Pauline and Paulette. Bergmans’ work was identified with that film, and her death was noted in…
John Barbour dead at age 93, Canadian actor, comedian, and television presenter
John Barbour, a Canadian actor, comedian and television presenter, died on May 10, 2026, at the age of 93. Born Jonathan Barbour in Toronto, Ontario, on April 24, 1933, he…
David Burke dead at age 91
David Burke, the English actor known for his roles in "Sherlock Holmes," "Reilly, Ace of Spies" and "The Love School," died on May 14, 2026, aged 91. Born in Liverpool…
J. J. Barrie dead at age 92, Canadian singer, songwriter and comedian
J. J. Barrie, a Canadian singer, songwriter and comedian known for “No Charge,” died on May 10, 2026, at age 92. Born Barry Jackson Authors in Oshawa, Ontario, on July…
Anja Breien Norwegian film director dead at age 85
Anja Breien, a Norwegian film director and screenwriter, died on May 10, 2026, at the age of 85. She was among the leading figures in the Norwegian film industry and…
Ioan Isaiu dead at age 56
Ioan Isaiu, a Romanian actor, died on May 9, 2026, of a heart attack. Born in Hunedoara on August 25, 1969, he trained at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj, where he…
Jennifer Harmon American actress dead at age 82
Jennifer Harmon, an American actress known for her work in How to Survive a Marriage and One Life to Live, died on May 9, 2026, at age 82. Born in…
Vadim Alexandrov Russian actor, head injury from a fall dead at age 88
Vadim Alexandrov died on May 8, 2026, after a head injury from a fall. He was a Russian actor known for Kin-dza-dza!, The Woman who Sings, and We Are from…
Abdelwahab Doukkali dead at age 85
Abdelwahab Doukkali, a Moroccan composer and performer, died on May 8, 2026, at the age of 85. Born in Fes on Jan. 2, 1941, he was one of 13 children…