Josefina Molina dies at age 89
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…
Famous Dead Actors: Recent Actor Deaths and Obituaries
Over 12,000 obituaries of famous dead actors. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
John Basinger passes away 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
Sanda Țăranu dead at age 87
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 died 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…
Lau Shun obituary: died 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
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 died 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 death 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…
Obituary: An Yunwu, dead at age 78
An Yunwu died on May 28, 2026. He was a Chinese Peking opera actor. Born on January 1, 1948, An was known for his work as a performer in Chinese…
Obituary: 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…
Death of Anik Dutta 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 obituary: died 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 passed away 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 died 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 died at age 59
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…
Obituary: 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 has died 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…
Zeudi Araya, died aged 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 dies 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 dies at 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…
Jordi Amorós has died 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…
Lucienne Hamon has died 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, died aged 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 has died 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,…
Brian Large dies at 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 passes away 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…
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 passed away 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, died aged 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,…
Obituary: 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…
Jacqui Chan has died at age 91
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…
Péter Scherer, died aged 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 has died 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…
Sally Head death 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 passes away 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…
Tom Kane passes away at age 64
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 passed away 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.…
K. Rajan dies at 85
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 has died at age 76
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 passes away 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…
Death of Jill Curzon 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, died aged 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…
Obituary: 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…
Alan Rothwell obituary: died 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,…
Obituary: 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, died aged 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…
Krzysztof Piesiewicz passed away 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…
Claudine Longet dies at 84
Claudine Longet, a French-American singer and actress, died on May 14, 2026, at age 84. Born Claudine Georgette Longet in Paris on January 29, 1942, she was active from 1963…
Obituary: 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 has died at age 47
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 death 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 died 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
Death of Kamal Zarara 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
Rex Reed passes away 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 dies at 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, died aged 62
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 dies at 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 passed away 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 death at age 72
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, died aged 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 dies at 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.…
Ataur Rahman 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.…
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 obituary: died at age 40
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,…
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
David Burke dies 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…
Günther Maria Halmer, died aged 83
Günther Maria Halmer, a German actor, died on May 10, 2026, at the age of 83, according to reports that said he died of cancer. Born in Rosenheim, Germany, on…
J. J. Barrie obituary: died at age 92
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 death 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…
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 has died at age 93
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…
Death of Dennis Rush at age 74
Dennis Rush died on May 14, 2026. Dennis Rush, 74, American actor (Man of a Thousand Faces). (death announced on this date) Tags Actors, 14 May 2026, America, Dennis, Rush,…
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 has died 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 obituary: died 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 died 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…
Tore Ryen passed away at age 79
Tore Ryen, a Norwegian television producer and writer known for Mot i brøstet, died on May 8, 2026, at the age of 79. Born on December 30, 1946, he was…
Nabyl Lahlou, died aged 81
Nabyl Lahlou, a Moroccan filmmaker and playwright, died on May 7, 2026. He was 81. Born in 1945 in Fes, Morocco, Lahlou was also a theater director, author and actor.…
Joni Lamb dead at age 65
Joni Lamb, the American Christian broadcaster who co-founded and led Daystar Television Network, died on May 7, 2026, of complications from a spinal injury. She was 65. Born Joni Trammell…
Michael Pennington dies at age 82
Michael Pennington, the English actor, director and writer who co-founded the English Shakespeare Company, died on May 10, 2026, aged 82. Born in Cambridge on June 7, 1943, he was…
Ted Turner died at age 87
Ted Turner, the American media proprietor who founded CNN, WTBS and TNT, died on May 6, 2026, at age 87. Born Robert Edward Turner III on November 19, 1938, in…
Kenji Ohba death at age 71
Kenji Ohba, a Japanese actor and stuntman, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 71. Born Kenji Takahashi in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan, he was known professionally as…
Jake Hall dies at 35
Jake Hall, the British actor, model and reality television star known for The Only Way is Essex, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 35. His death was…
Yevhen Syvokin death at age 88
Yevhen Syvokin, a Ukrainian film director, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Kyiv on May 7, 1937, he was a Soviet and Ukrainian director…
R. B. Choudary passed away at age 77
R. B. Choudary, an Indian film producer, died on May 5, 2026, in a traffic collision. He was the founder of the production company Super Good Films and worked in…
Crystal R. Emery passes away at age 65
Crystal R. Emery, an American film director and producer known for The Deadliest Disease in America, died on May 5, 2026. She was an American filmmaker, playwright and theatre director,…
Santhosh K. Nayar, died aged 68
Santhosh K. Nayar, an Indian actor, died on May 5, 2026, in a traffic collision. He appeared in Malayalam cinema and acted in more than 100 films between 1982 and…
Jonathan Tiersten dies at 60
Jonathan Tiersten, an American actor known for Sleepaway Camp, died on May 5, 2026, at age 60. Tiersten portrayed Ricky Thomas in the 1983 cult film Sleepaway Camp and later…
Yevgeny Sivokon died at age 88
Yevgeny Sivokon, a Ukrainian film director, died on May 5, 2026. He was 88. Born in Kyiv on May 7, 1937, he worked as a director of animated films in…
Jalil Hamid dies at 69
Jalil Hamid died on May 4, 2026. He was a Malaysian actor, singer and producer, known for Buli. Tags Actors, Musicians, 04 May 2026, Hamid, Jalil, Malaysia, Pisces, May 2026,…
Gary Lydon death at age 61
Gary Lydon, an Irish actor, died on May 3, 2026, at the age of 61. He was known for his roles in The Banshees of Inisherin, The Clinic and Pure…
Hany Shaker dead at age 73
Hany Shaker, the Egyptian singer, actor and composer, died on May 3, 2026, at age 73. Born Hany Abdel Aziz Shaker in Cairo on December 21, 1952, he began his…
Cândido Mota, died aged 82
Cândido Mota died on May 3, 2026. He was a Portuguese radio announcer, television presenter, and actor. His death was announced without further details. Tags Actors, Journalists, 03 May 2026,…
Claire Maurier died at age 97
Claire Maurier, the French actress known for La Cage aux Folles, Amélie and A Bad Son, died on May 3, 2026, at the age of 97. Born Odette-Michelle-Suzanne Agramon in…
Linda Kuk has died at age 71
Linda Kuk died May 2, 2026. She was a film producer. Tags Actors, 02 May 2026, Cancer, Kuk, Linda, May 2, May 2026
Donald Sidney-Fryer dies at age 91
Donald Sidney-Fryer, an American poet, critic and literary historian, died on May 2, 2026, at age 91. He was also a ballet historian and performer, and his work spanned poetry,…
Soheir Zaki obituary: died at age 81
Soheir Zaki, the Egyptian belly dancer and actress known for her work in "Cairo 30," died on May 2, 2026. She was 81. Born Suheir Zaki Abdullah in Mansoura, Egypt,…