Famous Dead Actors: Recent Actor Deaths and Obituaries
Over 12,000 obituaries of famous dead actors. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Navnindra Behl Indian actress
Navnindra Behl, an Indian theatre and television director, writer and actor, died on March 16, 2026, at age 76. Born in Delhi on October 30, 1949, she began stage acting…
Kiki Shepard American television host dead at age 74
Kiki Shepard, the American television host best known as co-host of Showtime at the Apollo, died on March 16, 2026. Born Chiquita Renee Shepard on July 15, 1951, in Tyler,…
Slava Racheva Bulgarian actress and puppeteer dead at age 87
Slava Racheva, a Bulgarian actress and puppeteer, died on March 16, 2026. Born in Sofia on April 23, 1938, she studied drama acting at the Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for…
Aleksandra Kurczab-Pomianowska Polish actress and translator dead at age 85
Aleksandra Kurczab-Pomianowska, a Polish actress and translator, died on March 16, 2026. Born in Lviv on May 7, 1940, she was the daughter of writer Jan Kurczab and Janina née…
Jamie Blanks Australian film director and composer dead at age 54
Jamie Blanks, the Australian film director and composer behind Urban Legend and Valentine, died on March 16, 2026, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Born in Melbourne on November 29, 1971, Blanks…
Cinzia Oscar
Italian singer and stage actressDied on Sunday March 15th 2026
Matt Clark Actor dead at age 89
Matt Clark, an American actor best known for his roles in Western films, died on March 15, 2026, at age 89. Born in Washington, D.C., on November 25, 1936, he…
Attila Lőte Actor dead at age 91
Attila Lőte, a Hungarian actor, died on March 15, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Szeged on June 13, 1934, he worked in film, stage and television from…
Madhu Malhotra Indian actress
Madhu Malhotra, an Indian actress, died on March 15, 2026, at the age of 72. She was best remembered for her appearance as a gypsy woman in the song "Lambi…
Bruno Salomone French actor dead at age 55
Bruno Salomone, a French actor and comedian, died on March 15, 2026, at the age of 55 following a long illness. Active in film, television and dubbing from 2001 to…
Bjørn Nilsen Norwegian poet, journalist and television producer dead at age 91
Bjørn Nilsen, a Norwegian poet, journalist and television producer, died on March 15, 2026. He was born in Strinda, now Trondheim, on December 27, 1934, the son of Eilif Asbjørn…
Yukie Maeda
Japanese voice actressDied on Sunday March 15th 2026
Fatma Sarhan Egyptian singer dead at age 98
Fatma Sarhan, an Egyptian singer and actress, died on March 14, 2026, at the age of 97. Born in Basyoun in 1928, she began singing on the radio in the…
Phil Woolas Television producer dead at age 66
Phil Woolas, a British politician, died on March 14, 2026, at the age of 66. A member of the Labour Party, he served as Member of Parliament for Oldham East…
Lyudmila Arinina Actress dead at age 99
Lyudmila Arinina, the Russian actress, died on March 14, 2026, at the age of 99. Born Lyudmila Mikhailovna Arinina on November 8, 1926, in Sinodskoye Village, Saratov Oblast, she graduated…
Gemma Cuervo Actress dead at age 91
Gemma Cuervo, a Spanish television, film and theatre actress, died on March 14, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Barcelona on July 22, 1934, she worked from 1956…
Aleksandr Karin
Russian actor and stuntman (Peter the Great)Died on Friday March 13th 2026
Eili Sild Actress dead at age 83
Eili Sild, an Estonian stage, film, television and radio actress, died on March 13, 2026. Born in Tallinn on October 26, 1942, she began her career on the theatre stage…
John Alford British actor
John Alford, the British actor best known for playing Robbie Wright in the BBC series Grange Hill, died on March 13, 2026, aged 54. Born John James Shannon in Glasgow,…
Enrica Bonaccorti Italian television presenter and actress
Enrica Bonaccorti, the Italian television presenter, actress and song lyricist known for Non è la Rai and Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key, died…
Peeter Simm Estonian film director
Peeter Simm died on March 12, 2026. He was an Estonian film director. Peeter Simm (24 February 1953 – 12 March 2026) was an Estonian film director. Tags Actors, 12…
Harimurali Indian actor
Harimurali, an Indian Malayalam actor, died on March 12, 2026. Born in 1998 in Annoor, Payyannur, in Kerala’s Kannur district, he began acting as a child and appeared in Rasikan…
David Sage Actor dead at age 85
David Sage, an American actor known for The Birdcage, Campus Cops and Highway to Heaven, died on March 12, 2026, at age 85. Born David Rohan Sage in Syracuse, New…
Asim Bukhari Pakistani actor dead at age 76
Asim Bukhari, a Pakistani television and film actor, died on March 12, 2026, at the age of 76. Bukhari began his acting career with Pakistan Television in 1965 and appeared…
Kiril Pop Hristov Actor dead at age 58
Kiril Pop Hristov, the Macedonian film, television and theatre actor best known for playing Ćoro in the 2005 film Bal-Can-Can, died on March 11, 2026. Nicknamed “Kili,” he appeared in…
Wendy Playfair Actress dead at age 99
Wendy Playfair, the Australian actress best known for her role in Prisoner, died on March 11, 2026, aged 99. Born in Woollahra, New South Wales, on August 28, 1926, she…
Judy Pace Actress dead at age 83
Judy Pace, the American actress known for her roles on Peyton Place and The Young Lawyers, died on March 11, 2026, at age 83. Born Judy Lenteen Pace in Los…
Giorgos Panousopoulos Greek director
Giorgos Panousopoulos, the Greek cinematographer, film director and screenwriter known for Mania, died on March 10, 2026. He was 84. Born in Kifissia, German-occupied Greece, on February 3, 1942, Panousopoulos…
IJf Blokker Dutch actor
IJf Blokker, a Dutch actor, musician and television presenter, died on March 10, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in Den Helder on September 2, 1930, he began his…
Thakkali Srinivasan Director dead at age -1
Thakkali Srinivasan, an Indian film director, musician and producer known for Tamil films, died on March 10, 2026. He was 72. Born in 1953 or 1954, he worked on films…
Tamal Roy Chowdhury Indian actor
Tamal Roy Chowdhury, an Indian actor from West Bengal, died on March 9, 2026, at the age of 80 after cardiac arrest at his residence in South Kolkata while asleep.…
Sam Scarber American actor and football player dead at age 76
Sam Scarber, an American actor and former football player, died on March 8, 2026, at age 76. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 24, 1949, he played fullback in…
Blake Emmons Canadian country singer and television host
Blake Emmons, a Canadian country singer and television host, died on March 8, 2026, at age 81. Born Bruce MacKenzie in Toronto and raised in Prince George, British Columbia, he…
Mantana Morakul Thai singer and actress dead at age 102
Mantana Morakul, the Thai singer and actress known as Mantana Keartiwongs, died on March 8, 2026, at the age of 102. Born on March 30, 1923, she was the first…
Ekaterina Vedunova Russian actress dead at age 45
Ekaterina Vedunova, a Russian theatre and film actress known for her work in "Sklifosovsky," died on March 7, 2026. Vedunova, whose full name was Ekaterina Viktorovna Vedunova, was born on…
Jamie Dunn Agro dead at age 75
Jamie Dunn, the Australian puppeteer, television and radio personality, and voice artist known for performing Agro, died on March 7, 2026. He began his entertainment career as a drummer and…
Christos Valavanidis Greek actor
Christos Valavanidis, a Greek actor and poet, died on March 6, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Athens in 1944, he graduated from the National Theatre Drama School…
Jennifer Runyon Actress dead at age 65
Jennifer Runyon, an American actress known for her role on Charles in Charge, died on March 6, 2026. She made her feature-film debut in the slasher film To All a…
Antonio Marsina Actor dead at age 80
Antonio Marsina, the Italian actor, died on March 6, 2026, in Nardò, Italy, at the age of 80. Born in Nardò on January 12, 1946, he worked as an actor…
Hazel Ellerby
English actress (Coronation StreetDied on Thursday March 5th 2026
Yonehiko Kitagawa Voice actor dead at age 94
Yonehiko Kitagawa, a Japanese voice actor known for work on Kinnikuman, Tiger Mask and Sally the Witch, died on March 5, 2026, of pneumonia. He was 94. Born Kunihiko Takeda…
Corey Parker American actor
Corey Parker, an American actor and acting coach, died on March 5, 2026, in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 60. Born in New York City on July 8, 1965, he committed…
Bob Rosenfarb American television producer and writer
Bob Rosenfarb, an American television producer and writer known for Step by Step, died on March 5, 2026. He was 74. Born Robert Martin Rosenfarb on September 16, 1951, in…
Jānis Streičs Latvian film director
Jānis Streičs, a Latvian film director and screenwriter, died on March 5, 2026, at the age of 89. Born in Preiļi, Latvia, he was also an artist. His 1991 comedy…
Sandy Wernick American film and television producer
Sandy Wernick, an American film and television producer, died on March 5, 2026. Born Sanford Wernick on March 22, 1939, in the Bronx, New York, he was a graduate of…
Jane Lapotaire Actress dead at age 81
Jane Lapotaire, the English actress, died on March 5, 2026, aged 81. Born Jane Elizabeth Marie Burgess in Ipswich, Suffolk, on December 26, 1944, she was from Suffolk and worked…
Carlos Saboga
Portuguese film director and screenwriterDied on Wednesday March 4th 2026
Vijay Crishna Indian actor
Vijay Mohan Crishna, an Indian actor, died on March 4, 2026. Crishna, who was from Shimla, began his acting career on a Delhi stage in the 1960s and moved to…
Ana Luisa Peluffo Actress dead at age 96
Ana Luisa Peluffo, a Mexican actress, died on March 4, 2026, at the age of 96. Born Ana Luisa de Jesús Quintana Paz Peluffo in Querétaro in 1929, she worked…
Anis Djaad Algerian film director dead at age 51
Anis Djaad, an Algerian film director, screenwriter and writer, died on March 4, 2026, at the age of 51. Born in Algiers on April 29, 1974, he grew up in…
Soli Philander Soli Philander dead at age 65
Soli Philander, a South African actor, comedian, director, television presenter and radio personality, died on March 4, 2026, aged 65. Born Silamour Philander on January 19, 1961, in Elsie's River…
Mouta Penda Comedian dead at age -1
Mouta Penda, a Cameroonian comedian, died on March 4, 2026, following a long illness. He was primarily known for uploading videos of his comedy sketches to social media and appeared…
Robert Hinkle American stuntman and actor, fall dead at age 95
Robert Hinkle, an American stuntman and actor known for his work on "Bronco Buster" and appearances in "Hud" and "Gunsmoke," died on March 3, 2026. Also known as Texas Bob,…
Masako Ikeda Japanese voice actress dead at age 87
Masako Ikeda, a Japanese voice actress and narrator, died on March 3, 2026, in Tokyo at the age of 87. Born in Tokyo on January 1, 1939, she worked from…
Lyle Conway public figure dies
Lyle Conway, an American actor, puppeteer and designer, died on March 3, 2026. He was known for his work with Jim Henson on "The Dark Crystal" (1982) and for creating…
Ted Emery Australian television director
Ted Emery, an Australian film and television director and producer, died on March 3, 2026. Born in 1947, he served in the Royal Australian Navy during the Vietnam War before…
Friedhelm Ptok
German actorDied on Tuesday March 3rd 2026
Bernard Launois French film director dead at age 95
Bernard Launois, a French film director, screenwriter and actor known for Devil Story, died on March 2, 2026. Born in Mézières, France, on April 8, 1930, he studied pharmacology for…
Patrick Dewolf French film director and screenwriter dead at age 75
Patrick Dewolf, the French film director and screenwriter, died in Invalid Date at the age of 75. Born in Paris on 3 June 1950, he was nominated for a César…
Nikolay Kolyada Russian playwright dead at age 68
Nikolay Kolyada, a Russian playwright, theatre director, actor and teacher, died on March 2, 2026. He was 68. Born on December 4, 1957, in Presnogor'kovka in the Kostanay Region of…
Jacopo Camagni Italian illustrator and comics artist dead at age 48
Jacopo Camagni, an Italian illustrator and comics artist, died on March 2, 2026. He was born in Bologna on December 21, 1977, and began working in the comic book industry…
Andrew Gunn Film producer dead at age 58
Andrew Gunn, a Canadian film producer, died on March 2, 2026, at the age of 58. Born in Toronto, Ontario, on July 15, 1967, he founded Gunn Films in 2001…
Bob Power American record producer and music engineer dead at age 74
Bob Power, an American record producer and music engineer, died on March 1, 2026, at age 73. Born Robert Power in Chicago on April 5, 1952, he was also an…
Kenith Trodd British television producer dead at age 90
Kenith Trodd, a British film and television producer best known for his association with playwright Dennis Potter, died on March 1, 2026, aged 90. Born Kenneth George Trodd on May…
Annabel Schofield Welsh-born American model and actress dead at age 62
Annabel Schofield, a Welsh-born American model, actress and producer, died on February 28, 2026, at age 62. Born in Llanelli in 1963, she began modeling at 16 after moving to…
Lorraine Bayly The Man From Snowy River as Rosemary Hume, The Sullivans as Grace Sullivan, Carson&#…
Lorraine Bayly, the Australian actress best known for her role in The Sullivans, died on February 28, 2026, aged 89. Born in Booligal, New South Wales, on January 16, 1937,…
Dennis Carvalho Brazilian director and actor dead at age 78
Dennis Carvalho, a Brazilian director, actor and voice actor, died on February 28, 2026, in Rio de Janeiro, at the age of 78. Born Dennis de Carvalho on September 27,…
Slava Tsukerman Russian film director dead at age 86
Slava Tsukerman, a Russian film director, screenwriter and producer, died on February 28, 2026. Born Vladislav Markovich Tsukerman in Moscow in the Soviet Union, he was of Jewish origin and…
Carmen Ochoa
Mexican television director and producer (El Chavo del 8Died on Friday February 27th 2026
Kaiti Voutsakis
Egyptian-born Greek actress and belly dancerDied on Friday February 27th 2026
Tatjana Wood German-born American comic book colourist
Tatjana Wood, a German-born American comic book colorist and artist, died on February 27, 2026. Born Tatjana Amalie Weintraub in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany, on March 2, 1926, she worked in…
Bobby J. Brown Actor dead at age 62
Bobby J. Brown, an American actor known for his work on The Wire and We Own This City, died on February 26, 2026, at age 62. He was born and…
Pepito Rodriguez Actor dead at age 83
Pepito Rodriguez, a Filipino actor, died on February 26, 2026, at age 83. Born Jose Maria Moreno Rodriguez on October 18, 1942, he began his acting career in 1962 and…
Ahmed Nimal Maldivian actor dead at age 62
Ahmed Nimal, a Maldivian actor, director, editor, writer and producer, died on February 26, 2026, at the age of 62. Born on January 13, 1963, in the Sultanate of the…
Rob Grant Novelist, screenwriter, television producer dead at age -1
Rob Grant, the British comedy writer and television producer who co-created the Red Dwarf comedy franchise, died on February 25, 2026, aged 70. Born Robert Grant in Salford on September…
Zhani Ziçishti Albanian actor dead at age 85
Zhani Ziçishti, an Albanian actor of stage, film and television, died on February 25, 2026, at the age of 85. He was born in Korçë on May 31, 1940, and…
Natalya Klimova Russian actress
Natalya Klimova, a Russian actress, died on February 25, 2026. Born Natalya Ivanovna Klimova in Moscow on February 27, 1938, she graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School in 1963…
Irina Shevchuk Russian actress
Irina Shevchuk, a Russian actress, died on February 24, 2026. Born in Murmansk on October 6, 1951, she graduated from VGIK in 1972 and then worked at the Dovzhenko Film…
Maria O’Brien American actress and acting coach dead at age 75
Maria O'Brien, an American actress and acting coach, died on February 24, 2026, at age 75. Born in Los Angeles on August 14, 1950, she was the daughter of actors…
Oliver “Power” Grant Wu-Tang Clan dead at age 52
Oliver "Power" Grant, an American entrepreneur and producer associated with the Wu-Tang Clan, died on February 24, 2026, at age 55. Grant was a close associate of the hip-hop group…
Lauren Chapin Television actress dead at age 80
Lauren Chapin, the American actress best known for playing Kathy Anderson, nicknamed "Kitten," on Father Knows Best, died on February 24, 2026. She was 80. Chapin appeared in 196 episodes…
Robert Carradine Actor dead at age 71
Robert Carradine, an American actor known for starring as Lewis Skolnick in the Revenge of the Nerds films and Sam McGuire in the Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire, died on…
Gary Dontzig American television producer
Gary Dontzig, an American television producer, screenwriter and actor, died on February 23, 2026, at age 79. He worked as a writer and producer on television programs including "Murphy Brown,"…
Monti Rock III American singer
Monti Rock III, the American singer known for "Get Dancin'," died on February 23, 2026, at age 86. Born Joseph Moses Montanez Jr. on May 29, 1939, in New York…
Sondra Lee American actress
Sondra Lee, an American actress, dancer and teacher known for her Broadway work, died on February 23, 2026. Born Sondra Lee Gash in Newark, New Jersey, on September 30, 1928,…
Ali Tutal 75-76 dead at age 75
Ali Tutal, a Turkish actor, died on February 22, 2026, at the age of 75-76. Born in Diyarbakır in June 1950, he began his career in advertising before starting his…
Birgitta Andersson Swedish actress dead at age 92
Birgitta Andersson, the Swedish actress and comedian, died on February 22, 2026, at the age of 92. Born Ulla Birgitta Helena Andersson in Mariestad on April 20, 1933, she worked…
Amnat Sonimsat Actor dead at age 92
Amnat Sonimsat, a Thai politician, died on February 22, 2026, at the age of 92. An independent, he served in the National Legislative Assembly from 1991 to 1992 and in…
Maxi Shield Australian drag queen dead at age 51
Maxi Shield, the Australian drag performer known professionally as Maxi Shield, died on February 21, 2026, at the age of 51. Born Kristopher Elliot in Ballina, New South Wales, on…
Willie Colón American salsa musician and actor
Willie Colón, an American salsa musician and actor, died on February 21, 2026. Born William Anthony Colón Román on April 28, 1950, he began his career as a trombonist and…
Mirosław Krawczyk Polish actor dead at age 72
Mirosław Krawczyk, a Polish actor, died on February 21, 2026. Born in Olkusz on December 7, 1953, he appeared in feature films including Franciszek Buła’s The Sinful Life (1980), Anna…
Raymond Bouchard Actor dead at age 80
Raymond Bouchard, a Canadian film, television and stage actor, died on February 21, 2026, at the age of 80. Born in Lévis, Quebec, on March 7, 1945, he was best…
Angela Luce Italian actress
Angela Luce, the Italian actress and singer known professionally as Angela Luce, died on February 20, 2026, in Naples, Italy, at the age of 87. Born Angela Savino in Naples…
Nikolai Komyagin Russian singer dead at age 39
Nikolai Komyagin, the Russian singer best known as the vocalist of the experimental band Shortparis, died on February 20, 2026. He was 39. Born in Novokuznetsk on January 31, 1987,…