Deaths: March 26

1. Clay Adler

Actor | Make It or Break It

Clay Adler was born on August 20, 1989 in Newport Beach, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Make It or Break It (2009) and Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County (2007). He died on March 26, 2017 in Orange County, California, USA.

2. Akanksha Dubey

Actress | Mujhse Shadi Karogi

Akanksha Dubey was born on October 21, 1997 in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, India. She was an actress, known for Mujhse Shadi Karogi, Desh Mein Nikala Hoga Chand and Saajan (2021). She died on March 26, 2023 in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

3. Alessandro Alessandroni

Soundtrack | C'era una volta il West

Alessandro Alessandroni was born in Rome. He came to fame for playing the guitar and "the whistle" theme on Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars (1964) on music composed by Ennio Morricone. Alessandroni started playing at age 11. When still a teenager, he formed a band playing in several venues in ...

4. Arne Bendiksen

Soundtrack | Fritt vilt

Multi-talented actor, singer, writer and composer, a very popular entertainer in Norway for almost sixty years.

Best remembered for his participation in a song-group called "The Monn Keys". He appeared in films, Radio and TV shows, and wrote many popular songs, often promoting new and talented ...

5. Bartlett Robinson

Actor | Sleeper

Bartlett Robinson was born on December 9, 1912 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Sleeper (1973), The Fortune Cookie (1966) and The Spirit of St. Louis (1957). He was married to Margaret White Ballantine. He died on March 26, 1986 in Fallbrook, California, USA.

6. Bill Martin

Soundtrack | Last Night in Soho

Bill Martin was born on November 9, 1938 in Govan, Glasgow, Scotland. He was a composer, known for Last Night in Soho (2021), Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009) and The Snowman (2017). He was married to Jan Olley and Margaret Mag Howe . He died on March 26, 2020 in London, England, UK.

7. Bronco McLoughlin

Stunts | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Bronco McLoughlin was born on August 10, 1938 in Ashford, County Wicklow, Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Willow (1988) and Total Recall (1990). He was married to Angela Wade and Karen Bennett. He died on March 26, 2019 in Broom Lodge, Nun's Cross, ...

8. Carlos D'Agostino

Actor | Diez segundos

Carlos D'Agostino is known for Diez segundos (1949), Never Open That Door (1952) and La delatora (1955).

9. Constantin Draganescu

Actor | Invisible: The Chronicles of Benjamin Knight

Constantin Draganescu was born on September 27, 1936 in Constanta, Romania. He was an actor, known for Invisible: The Chronicles of Benjamin Knight (1993), Epicenter (2000) and Filantropica (2002). He died on March 26, 2020 in Romania.

10. Curley Neal

Self | FIREFLY: The Tay Fisher Story

Curley Neal was born on May 19, 1942 in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for FIREFLY: The Tay Fisher Story (2022), Superboy (1988) and The White Shadow (1978). He was married to Rose. He died on March 26, 2020 in Houston, Texas, USA.

11. Darlene Cates

Actress | What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Cates' acting career ignited after she appeared on an episode of Sally Jessy Raphael (1983), titled "Too Heavy to Leave Their House". Shortly after, author and screenwriter Peter Hedges proposed to her that she play Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio's morbidly obese and housebound mother in What's ...

12. Diane Sayer

Actress | Kitten with a Whip

Diane Sayer was born on February 22, 1938 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Kitten with a Whip (1964), The Strangler (1964) and Madigan (1968). She was married to Jerry Shepard. She died on March 26, 2001 in Newport Beach, California, USA.

13. Don Payne

Producer | The Simpsons

Don Payne was born on May 5, 1964 in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for The Simpsons (1989), My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006) and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007). He was married to Julie. He died on March 26, 2013 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

14. Eazy-E

Soundtrack | Harsh Times

Eric Lynn Wright, better known by his stage name Eazy-E, was an American rapper who performed solo and as a member of the group NWA Wright is affectionately called "The Godfather Of Gangsta Rap."

He was born in Compton, California. After dropping out of high school in the tenth grade, he supported ...

15. Fabrizio Frizzi

Actor | Non lasciamoci più

Fabrizio Frizzi was born on February 5, 1958 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor, known for Non lasciamoci più (1999), Soliti ignoti (2007) and Scommettiamo che...? (1991). He was married to Carlotta Mantovan and Rita Dalla Chiesa. He died on March 26, 2018 in Rome, Italy.

16. Frank Pietri

Actor | Everyone Says I Love You

Frank Pietri was born on July 6, 1934 in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He was an actor, known for Everyone Says I Love You (1996). He died on March 26, 2020 in New York City, New York, USA.

17. Fuyumi Shiraishi

Actress | Patalliro!

Fuyumi Shiraishi was born on October 14, 1936 in Beijing, China. She was an actress, known for Patalliro! (1982), Patalliro: The Stardust Project (1983) and Mobile Suit Gundam (1979). She died on March 26, 2019 in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.

18. George Bookasta

Actor | Hell Harbor

George Bookasta was born on July 14, 1917 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Hell Harbor (1930) and The Night Bird (1928). He died on March 26, 2014 in Saratoga Springs, New York, USA.

19. Georges Rostan

Actor | Les collègues

Georges Rostan was born on November 14, 1938 in Marseille, France. He was an actor, known for Les collègues (1999), Malaventure (1974) and Les racines du mal (1967). He died on March 26, 2020 in Marseille, France.

20. Geraldine A. Ferraro

Actress | Contact

Geraldine A. Ferraro was born on August 26, 1935 in Newburgh, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Contact (1997), Murphy Brown (1988) and Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995). She was married to John Anthony Zaccaro. She died on March 26, 2011 in Boston, Massachusetts, ...

21. Gianni Cavina

Actor | La casa dalle finestre che ridono

Gianni Cavina was born on December 9, 1940 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for The House with Laughing Windows (1976), La via degli angeli (1999) and Festival (1996). He died on March 26, 2022 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

22. Halston

Costume_department | God Told Me To

Born Roy Frowick Halston on April 23, 1932 in Des Moines, Iowa, Halston was a product of America's heartland. He led a classic Iowa childhood playing in soap box derby races, fishing, visiting farms, and the like. Halston took an interest in sewing from his mother, and from an early age he showed a...

23. Hamish Wilson

Actor | Doctor Who

Hamish Wilson was born on December 13, 1942 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Doctor Who (1963), Doctor Who: Besieged (2013) and TimeLock (2013). He was married to Diana. He died on March 26, 2020 in Rutherglen, Scotland, UK.

24. Horangel

Actor | Los doce del signo

Horangel was born on December 28, 1927 in San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Los doce del signo (1969), A la cama con Moria (1990) and Grandiosas (2002). He died on March 26, 2021 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

25. Ian Keith

Actor | The Ten Commandments

Ian Keith became a well regarded fixture on the Broadway stage during the 1920s, but from 1924 through the remainder of the decade he expanded his acting into a string of silent movies as well. To begin the next decade, he appeared in the cast of Abraham Lincoln (1930), one of the later movies of ...

26. Innocent Vareed Thekkethala

Actor | Devasuram

Innocent Vareed Thekkethala was born on March 4, 1948 in Thrissur, Kerala, India. He was an actor and producer, known for Devasuram (1993), Aavanazhi (1986) and Pranchiyettan and the Saint (2010). He was married to Alice Thekkethala. He died on March 26, 2023 in Kochi, Kerala, India.

27. Ito Curata

Costume_department | Road to the Crown: Binibining Pilipinas Primer

Ito Curata was born on November 2, 1959 in the Philippines. Ito is known for Road to the Crown: Binibining Pilipinas Primer (2011). Ito died on March 26, 2020 in Muntinlupa, Philippines.

28. Ivano Marescotti

Actor | The Talented Mr. Ripley

Ivano Marescotti was born on February 4, 1946 in Villanova di Bagnacavallo, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), King Arthur (2004) and Hannibal (2001). He was married to Erika Leonelli, ??? and Iphigenia Kanarà. He died on March 26, 2023 in Lugo, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

29. Jan Berry

Soundtrack | Blast from the Past

Jan Berry was one half of the popular 1960s "surf music" singing duo Jan & Dean, who enjoyed chart success with songs including "Surf City", "Little Old Lady from Pasadena", "Popsicle", "Dead Mans Curve", "Drag City" and "Ride the Wild Surf". Berry met future singing partner Dean Torrence at ...

30. Jan Sterling

Actress | Ace in the Hole

One of Hollywood's more talented and watchable stars on screen was sullen and thin 50s actress Jan Sterling who didn't quite reach the top echelon of stardom but certainly ensured audiences of a real good time with her sexy pout and flashy style in soaps, film noir and saucy comedy.

Jan was born ...

31. Jeff Carson

Music_department | The Greatest Showman

Jeff Carson was born on December 16, 1963 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. He is an actor and executive, known for The Greatest Showman (2017), No Way Out (1987) and Jumper (2008).

32. Jim Harrison

Writer | Wolf

Jim Harrison was born on December 11, 1937 in Grayling, Michigan, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Wolf (1994), Revenge (1990) and Legends of the Fall (1994). He was married to Linda King. He died on March 26, 2016 in Patagonia, Arizona, USA.

33. Jimmy Wynn

Self | 1974 National League Championship Series

Jimmy Wynn was born on March 12, 1942 in Hamilton, Ohio, USA. He was married to Rose Marie, Joanne and Ruth Mixon. He died on March 26, 2020 in Houston, Texas, USA.

34. Jo Helton

Actress | Dumb and Dumber To

Jo Helton was born on June 7, 1933 in Jackson, Tennessee, USA. She was an actress, known for Dumb and Dumber To (2014), Father Figures (2017) and The Twilight Zone (1959). She was married to John Wintker. She died on March 26, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

35. Joe Baltake

Self | Inside the Apartment

Joe Baltake has been first-string film critic for The Philadelphia Daily News and The Sacramento Bee, among other publications, and has contributed movie-related essays to The Los Angeles Times, The New York Post and US Magazine. He is also the author of two books on the actor Jack Lemmon - "The ...

36. John Mengatti

Actor | Tag: The Assassination Game

John Mengatti was born on September 21, 1954 in New York, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Tag: The Assassination Game (1982), For Love and Honor (1983) and NYPD Blue (1993). He was married to Lisa Nash-Jones. He died on March 26, 2023 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

37. John Sears

Self | Today

John Sears was born on July 3, 1940 in Syracuse, New York, USA. He was married to Carol Osborne . He died on March 26, 2020 in Miami, Florida, USA.

38. Jon Wynne Tyson

Self | Arena

39. Ken'ichi Hagiwara

Actor | Kagemusha

Ken'ichi Hagiwara was born on July 25, 1950 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (1980), Bitterness of Youth (1974) and Izakaya yurei (1994). He was married to Rika Tomita and Ayumi Ishida. He died on March 26, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan.

40. Köksal Engür

Actor | Vizontele

Köksal Engür was born on March 5, 1946 in Kars, Turkey. He was an actor, known for Vizontele (2001), Sen Kimsin? (2012) and Korkuyorum Anne (2004). He died on March 26, 2023 in Istanbul, Turkey.

41. Ludwig van Beethoven

Soundtrack | Elysium

Beethoven was the child of a Flamian musician family and became a member of the electoral orchestra of Bonn in 1783. In 1787 he studied at Mozart's in Vienna and in 1792 he moved all to Vienna becoming a student of Joseph Haydn. The Vienna High Society loved him as a piano player as well as as ...

42. Luigi Roni

Actor | Aïda

Luigi Roni was born on February 22, 1942 in Vergemoli, Tuscany, Italy. He was an actor, known for Aïda (1977), The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006) and La Traviata (2005). He died on March 26, 2020 in Lucca, Tuscany, Italy.

43. María Kodama

Self | Borges para millones

María Kodama was born on March 10, 1937 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was married to Jorge Luis Borges. She died on March 26, 2023 in Vicente López, Argentina.

44. María Teresa de Borbón Parma

Self | Los unos y los otros

45. Morten Lindberg

Writer | Clemens Show

Morten Lindberg was born on September 23, 1965 in Munkebo, Fyn, Denmark. He was an actor and writer, known for Clemens Show (2000), The Hideaway (1991) and Spektrum (1994). He was married to Herminia Mabunda. He died on March 26, 2019 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

46. Menggie Cobarrubias

Actor | Jaguar

Menggie Cobarrubias was born on August 10, 1953 in Manila, Philippines. He was an actor, known for Jaguar (1979), Mauban: Ang resiko (2014) and Impostor (2010). He died on March 26, 2020 in Alabang, Muntinlupa City, Philippines.

47. Michael Sorkin

Self | Deconstructivist Architects

Michael Sorkin was born on August 2, 1948 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was married to Joan K Copjec. He died on March 26, 2020 in New York City, New York, USA.

48. Michel Hidalgo

Actor | Goal

Michel Hidalgo was born on March 22, 1933 in Leffrinckoucke, Nord, France. He was an actor, known for Goal (1992), Le grand échiquier (1972) and Marsiho (Journal du FID 2004) (Carnet Filmé: 3 juillet 2004 au 5 juillet 2004) (2004). He died on March 26, 2020 in Marseille, ...

49. Miguel Abuelo

Soundtrack | Un amor en tiempos de selfies

Miguel Abuelo is known for Un amor en tiempos de selfies (2014), Miguel Abuelo et Nada, el documental (2018) and Mercedes Sosa: Cantora, an Intimate Journey (2009). He died on March 26, 1988 in Munro, Vicente López, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

50. Misa Uehara

Actress | Kakushi-toride no san-akunin

The very brief acting career of Misa Uehara might've never been were it not for the stubbornness of the man who directed her in her screen debut. When it came time to cast the role of Princess Yukihime for Akira Kurosawa's samurai adventure picture The Hidden Fortress (1958), hundreds of ...

51. Neil Landon

Self | Five O'Clock Club

52. Nodar Mgaloblishvili

Actor | Chudesa v Reshetove

Nodar Mgaloblishvili was born on July 15, 1931 in Tiflis, Georgian SSR, TSFSR, USSR [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]. He was an actor, known for Chudesa v Reshetove (2004), Yoxlama (2007) and Glakhis naambobi (1961). He died on March 26, 2019 in Tbilisi, Georgia.

53. Noël Coward

Writer | In Which We Serve

Noel Coward virtually invented the concept of Englishness for the 20th century. An astounding polymath - dramatist, actor, writer, composer, lyricist, painter, and wit -- he was defined by his Englishness as much as he defined it. He was indeed the first Brit pop star, the first ambassador of "cool...

54. Ole Holmquist

Music_department | Warum Männer nicht zuhören und Frauen schlecht einparken

Ole Holmquist was born on November 15, 1936 in Skellefteå, Västerbottens län, Sweden. He is known for Warum Männer nicht zuhören und Frauen schlecht einparken (2007). He was married to Ann Ekholm. He died on March 26, 2020 in Sweden.

55. Oscar Ichazo

Writer | Psychocalisthenics

Oscar Ichazo was born in 1931 in Bolivia. He was a writer, known for Psychocalisthenics (1988). He died on March 26, 2020 in Kihei, Maui, Hawaii, USA.

56. Patricia Ellis

Actress | Block-Heads

Patricia Ellis called herself "the Queen of B pictures at Warner Brothers". With only three years of theatrical experience in New York under her belt, she started in films in 1932. Alongside other ladies considered to have potential (such as Ginger Rogers and Mary Carlisle), Patricia was selected ...

57. Peter van Bueren

Self | Parradox

Peter van Bueren was born on March 19, 1942 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He died on March 26, 2020 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

58. Roger Charlery

Soundtrack | Grosse Pointe Blank

Roger Charlery was born on February 21, 1963 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. He was an actor and composer, known for Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and Weird Science (1985). He died on March 26, 2019 in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

59. Raymond Chandler

Writer | Double Indemnity

An American novelist, writer of crime fiction featuring the private detective Philip Marlowe, Raymond (Thornton) Chandler was born in Chicago of an American father and an Anglo-Irish mother. He moved to England when his parents divorced. He attended Dulwich College and studied languages in France ...

60. Ron Faber

Actor | The Exorcist

Ron Faber was born on February 16, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for The Exorcist (1973), Soup for One (1982) and Navy Seals (1990). He died on March 26, 2023.

61. Ron Prather

Actor | Venom

Ron Prather was born on November 29, 1948 in Anderson, South Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Venom (2018), The Accountant (2016) and Surface (2005). He died on March 26, 2022 in Royston, Georgia, USA.

62. Sam Kydd

Actor | Island of Terror

Sam was a very well known, un-sung, British Actor from 1946 to his death in 1982. He was originally born in Northern Ireland but came over to London England as a boy with his mother and her brothers, setting up home in Bayswater, then Shepherd's Bush, then Chiswick. He was sent to Dunstable school....

63. Sarah Bernhardt

Actress | La dame aux camélias

This celebrated star of the French stage had a sporadic love-hate affair with early cinema. After her film debut in Le duel d'Hamlet (1900) she declared she detested the medium; yet she consented to appear in another film, La Tosca (1909). Upon seeing the results, she reportedly recoiled in horror,...

64. Sethu

Actor | Sakka Podu Podu Raja

Sethu was an actor, known for Sakka Podu Podu Raja (2017), 50/50 (2019) and Vaaliba Raja (2016). He was married to Umayal. He died on March 25, 2020 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

65. Tristram Coffin

Actor | King of the Rocket Men

Tristram Coffin was born in a Utah mining community, grew up in Salt Lake City, and started acting while in high school. He later continued acting with traveling stock companies. Having earned a degree in speech at the University of Washington, he worked as a news analyst and sportscaster until a ...

66. Walter Abel

Actor | 13 Rue Madeleine

A familiar character face in movies and television, Walter Abel was a dedicated stage actor who had studied at the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York before moving on to a progression of stage work that culminated in his first appearance on Broadway in the original play "...

67. Yojiro Harada

Actor | Dele

Yojiro Harada was born on August 6, 1972 in Yokohama, Japan. He was an actor, known for Dele (2018), World Wide Tribe (2009) and Miami Ink (2005). He was married to Bridgette Harada and Bonnie Minkus. He died on March 26, 2019 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.