Vale – Andrew Lesnie
Absolutely gutted today. Andrew Lesnie, the Oscar winning Australian cinematographer best known for his work on Peter Jackson’s Middle-Earth saga, and local success Babe, has passed away. Mr Lesnie...
View ArticleVale – Ellen Albertini Dow
American actress Ellen Albertini Dow, best known for her role in Adam Sandler’s The Wedding Singer as “the rapping granny”, has passed away. Ms Dow, who began her showbiz career in 1985, was born in...
View ArticleVale – Anna Meara
American actress Anna Meara, the wife of legendary comic Jerry Still and the mother to Ben, has passed away. Anna Meara became well known through her association with Jerry Stiller, as the comedic...
View ArticleVale – Julie Harris
Academy Award and BAFTA winning costume designer Julie Harris has passed away. Ms Harris began her costuming career in 1947, with Holiday Camp, before going on to enjoy a successful career in both the...
View ArticleVale – Betsy Palmer
American actress, and one of the stars of the original Friday The 13th, Betsy Palmer, has passed away. Ms Palmer’s first acting job came in 1951, as part of a 15-minute soap series entitled Miss Susan....
View ArticleVale – Katherine Chappell
Visual effects editor Katherine “Kate” Chappell, who had worked on films such as Godzilla and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, died this week. Ms Chappell’s death made headlines this week, after she...
View ArticleVale – Mary Ellen Trainor
American actress Mary Ellen Trainor, who appeared as the mother in The Goonies, as well as a police psychologist in the Lethal Weapon franchise, passed away last month. Ms Trainor passed away on May...
View ArticleVale – Sir Christopher Lee
Acclaimed horror actor, and face of Tolkien’s Saruman, Christopher Lee, has passed away. Christopher Lee had the kind of career most actors could only dream of. One of the most recognizable faces in...
View ArticleVale – Ron Moody
Ron Moody, the actor best known for his performance of Fagin in the feature film Oliver, has passed away. Mr Moody was an accomplished stage actor in Britain when he created the role of Fagin in the...
View ArticleVale – Jack Rollins
Hollywood film producer Jack Rollins, who worked with director Woody Allen, has passed away. Mr Rollins left the US Army following World War II, and used connections made through a stint in India to...
View ArticleVale – James Horner
James Horner, the Academy Award winning film composer best known for his work on Aliens, Titanic, Braveheart and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, has been killed in a plane crash. Mr Horner was a...
View ArticleVale – Dick van Patten
Veteran American actor and businessman, Dick van Patten, has passed away. Mr van Patten was best known for his television role in drama series Eight Is Enough, which ran between 1977 and 1981, but...
View ArticleVale – Diana Douglas
American actress Diana Douglas, who appeared in Planes Trains And Automobiles, has passed away. Born Diana Love Dill, Ms Douglas began her career playing bit-parts in films such as Keeper of The Flame...
View ArticleVale – Amanda Peterson
American actress, and star of teen favorite 1987’s Can’t Buy me Love, Amanda Peterson has passed away. Ms Peterson’s first film role came as an extra in the musical film Annie, in 1982. Following...
View ArticleVale – Jerry Weintraub
Emmy-winning Hollywood producer Jerry Weintraub has passed away. Before he began producing films, Mr Weintraub was a noted music promoter, working with the likes of John Denver, Elvis Presley, Frank...
View ArticleVale – Irwin Keyes
American actor Irwin Keyes, best known as dim-witted bodyguard on The Jeffersons, has passed away. Irwin Keyes appeared in a number of film and television productions following a small role in 1979’s...
View ArticleVale – Omar Sharif
Egyptian born actor, Omar Sharif, has passed away. Omar Sharif began his acting career in 1954, in roles within his native Egypt’s film industry. His first film was Shaytan al-Sahra (Devil Of The...
View ArticleVale – Roger Rees
Welsh born actor and director, Roger Rees, has passed away. If the face looks familiar, but the name does not, it’s hardly surprising to film fans. To me, he was that “oh, it’s that guy” kinda actor,...
View ArticleVale – M. S. Viswanathan
Legendary Indian composer, Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan, has passed away. Known as MS Viswanathan, or colloquially as MSV, Mr Viswanathan is a hugely prolific composer and film scorer who worked...
View ArticleVale – D’Army Bailey
US Circuit Court Judge and film actor, D’Army Bailey, has passed away. D’Army Bailey was born in 1941, and grew up during the civil rights movement in the United States – he founded the National Civil...
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