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==Deaths== <!-- This section is in the article 1979 in "film", people that are television actors, television directors or something like that but did not have any part of a film don't belong here. Those belong to the "Notable Deaths" section in "1979 in television" --> {| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="0" |- style="background:#dae3e7; text-align:center;" | '''Month''' || '''Date''' || '''Name''' || '''Age''' || '''Country''' || '''Profession''' || '''Notable films''' |- valign="top" | rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''January''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Jack Soo]] || style="text-align:center;"| 61 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Flower Drum Song (film)|Flower Drum Song]]''| ''[[The Oscar (film)|The Oscar]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Peter Butterworth]] || style="text-align:center;"| 63|| style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, writer || {{hlist|''[[Oliver! (film)|Oliver!]]''| ''[[The First Great Train Robbery]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Ted Cassidy]] || style="text-align:center;"| 46 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]''| ''[[Mackenna's Gold]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Cyril J. Mockridge]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Composer || {{hlist|''[[Desk Set]]''| ''[[The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Dick Crockett]] || style="text-align:center;"| 63 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Stuntman, Actor || {{hlist|''[[Dirty Harry]]''| ''[[Spartacus (film)|Spartacus]]''}} |- | rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''February''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Jean Renoir]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director, writer, actor || {{hlist|''[[The Rules of the Game]]''| ''[[La Grande Illusion]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Louise Allbritton]] || style="text-align:center;"| 58 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Pittsburgh (1942 film)|Pittsburgh]]''| ''[[Sitting Pretty (1948 film)|Sitting Pretty]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[William Gargan]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Bells of St. Mary's]]''| ''[[Cheers for Miss Bishop]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Leigh Jason]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Out of the Blue (1947 film)|Out of the Blue]]''| ''[[The Mad Miss Manton]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Jane Hylton]] || style="text-align:center;"| 51 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[It Started in Paradise]]''| ''[[Circus of Horrors]]''}} |- | rowspan=8 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''March''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[Dolores Costello]] || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Magnificent Ambersons (film)|The Magnificent Ambersons]]''| ''[[Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936 film)|Little Lord Fauntleroy]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Edith Craig]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[After the Thin Man]]''| ''[[Broadway Bill]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[John Robinson (English actor)|John Robinson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]''| ''[[The Longest Day (film)|The Longest Day]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''9'' || [[Barbara Mullen]] || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Jeannie (film)|Jeannie]]''| ''[[Thunder Rock (film)|Thunder Rock]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[John Tate (actor)|John Tate]] || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || ''[[Invasion (1965 film)|Invasion]]'' |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Bomba Tzur]] || style="text-align:center;"| 50 || style="text-align:center;"| Israel || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Blaumilch Canal]]''| ''[[Dalia and the Sailors]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Ben Lyon]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, writer || {{hlist|''[[Hell's Angels (film)|Hell's Angels]]''| ''[[Night Nurse (1931 film)|Night Nurse]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Yvonne Mitchell]] || style="text-align:center;"| 63 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Woman in a Dressing Gown]]''| ''[[Johnny Nobody]]''}} |- | rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''April''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[Edgar Buchanan]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Shane (film)|Shane]]''| ''[[Wichita (1955 film)|Wichita]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[Norman Tokar]] || style="text-align:center;"| 59 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Follow Me, Boys!]]''| ''[[The Happiest Millionaire]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || [[Nino Rota]] || style="text-align:center;"| 67 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Composer || {{hlist|''[[The Godfather]]''| ''[[The Leopard (1963 film)|The Leopard]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[John Carroll (actor)|John Carroll]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Go West (1940 film)|Go West]]''| ''[[Flying Tigers (film)|Flying Tigers]]''}} |- | rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''May''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[Rosemary La Planche]] || style="text-align:center;"| 55 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Angels' Alley]]''| ''[[Jack Armstrong (serial)|Jack Armstrong]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''8'' || [[Victor Saville]] || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Producer, director || {{hlist|''[[Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939 film)|Goodbye, Mr. Chips]]''| ''[[Kim (1950 film)|Kim]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || [[Beatrice Campbell]] || style="text-align:center;"| 56 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Last Holiday (1950 film)|Last Holiday]]''| ''[[The Master of Ballantrae (1953 film)|The Master of Ballantrae]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Joan Chandler]] || style="text-align:center;"| 55 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Humoresque (1946 film)|Humoresque]]''| ''[[Rope (film)|Rope]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[George Brent]] || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Jezebel (1938 film)|Jezebel]]''| ''[[42nd Street (film)|42nd Street]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''29'' || [[Mary Pickford]] || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, producer, writer || {{hlist|''[[Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925 film)|Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ]]''| ''[[Coquette (film)|Coquette]]'' }} |- | rowspan=10 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''June''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[Jack Mulhall]] || style="text-align:center;"| 91 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Social Buccaneer (1923 film)|The Social Buccaneer]]''| ''[[The Three Musketeers (1933 serial)|The Three Musketeers]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Larisa Shepitko]] || style="text-align:center;"| 41 || style="text-align:center;"| Soviet Union || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Wings (1966 film)|Wings]]''| ''[[The Ascent (1977 film)|The Ascent]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Jim Hutton]] || style="text-align:center;"| 45 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Walk, Don't Run (film)|Walk, Don't Run]]''| ''[[Who's Minding the Mint?]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[Jack Haley]] || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''| ''[[Alexander's Ragtime Band (film)|Alexander's Ragtime Band]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[John Wayne]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, producer, director || {{hlist|''[[The Searchers]]''| ''[[Red River (1948 film)|Red River]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Henry Berman]] || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Editor, Producer || {{hlist|''[[Swing Time (film)|Swing Time]]''| ''[[Grand Prix (1966 film)|Grand Prix]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''14'' || [[David Butler (director)|David Butler]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Road to Morocco]]''| ''[[Calamity Jane (film)|Calamity Jane]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Nicholas Ray]] || style="text-align:center;"| 67 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director, writer, actor || {{hlist|''[[Rebel Without a Cause]]''| ''[[In a Lonely Place]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Nick Grinde]] || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Million Dollar Legs (1939 film)|Million Dollar Legs]]''| ''[[The Man They Could Not Hang]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Julian Orchard]] || style="text-align:center;"| 49 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, writer || {{hlist|''[[Revenge of the Pink Panther]]''| ''[[The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother]]''}} |- | rowspan=11 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''July''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Larisa Shepitko]] || style="text-align:center;"| 41 || style="text-align:center;"| USSR || style="text-align:center;"| Director, writer, actress || {{hlist|''[[The Ascent (1977 film)|The Ascent]]''| ''[[Farewell (1983 film)|Farewell]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''8'' || [[Michael Wilding (actor)|Michael Wilding]] || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, producer || {{hlist|''[[Stage Fright (1950 film)|Stage Fright]]''| ''[[Waterloo (1970 film)|Waterloo]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''13'' || [[Corinne Griffith]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Divine Lady]]''| ''[[Back Pay (1930 film)|Back Pay]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Kathleen Case]] || style="text-align:center;"| 45 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Human Desire]]''| ''[[Running Wild (1955 film)|Running Wild]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Eric Pohlmann]] || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Third Man]]''| ''[[From Russia with Love (film)|From Russia with Love]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Virginia Brissac]] || style="text-align:center;"| 96 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Dressed to Kill (1941 film)|Dressed to Kill]]''| ''[[Rebel Without a Cause]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[Ettore Manni]] || style="text-align:center;"| 52 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[City of Women]]''| ''[[Le Amiche]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[Shirley Mason (actress)|Shirley Mason]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Anne Against the World]]''| ''[[So This Is Love? (film)|So This Is Love?]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[George Seaton]] || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[The Country Girl (1954 film)|The Country Girl]]''| ''[[Airport (1970 film)|Airport]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Frederick Stafford]] || style="text-align:center;"| 51 || style="text-align:center;"| Czechoslovakia || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Topaz (1969 film)|Topaz]]''| ''[[Dirty Heroes]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''31'' || [[Beatrix Lehmann]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || ''[[The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (film)|The Spy Who Came in from the Cold]]'' |- | rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''August''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''??'' || [[Betty Henderson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The 39 Steps (1959 film)|The 39 Steps]]''| ''[[The Maggie]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[Kurt Kasznar]] || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| Austria || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Kiss Me Kate (film)|Kiss Me Kate]]''| ''[[Lili (1953 film)|Lili]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''7'' || [[List of Philippine films before 1940 |Vicente Salumbides]] || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| Philippines || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director || {{hlist|''[[Ibong Adarna]]''| ''[[Florante at Laura]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || [[Dick Foran]] || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Petrified Forest]]''| ''[[Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942 film)|Ride 'Em Cowboy]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Vivian Vance]] || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Great Race]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Stuart Heisler]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Tulsa (film)|Tulsa]]''| ''[[I Died a Thousand Times]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || [[Jean Seberg]] || style="text-align:center;"| 40 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Breathless (1960 film)|Breathless]]''| ''[[Airport (1970 film)|Airport]]''}} |- | rowspan=10 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''September''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[Doris Kenyon]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Alexander Hamilton (film)|Alexander Hamilton]]'' | ''[[The Road to Singapore]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Felix Aylmer]] || style="text-align:center;"| 90 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Becket (1964 film)|Becket]]''| ''[[Hamlet (1948 film)|Hamlet]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Les Clark]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Animator || {{hlist|''[[Fantasia (1940 film)|Fantasia]]''| ''[[One Hundred and One Dalmatians]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Jocelyne LaGarde]] || style="text-align:center;"| 54 || style="text-align:center;"| Tahiti || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || ''[[Hawaii (1966 film)|Hawaii]]'' |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Willis Goldbeck]] || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Young Dr. Kildare]]''| ''[[The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Frederick Piper]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The 39 Steps (1935 film)|The 39 Steps]]''| ''[[The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film)|The Man Who Knew Too Much]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Catherine Lacey]] || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Lady Vanishes (1938 film)|The Lady Vanishes]]''| ''[[The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[John Cromwell (director)|John Cromwell]] || style="text-align:center;"| 91 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Of Human Bondage (1934 film)|Of Human Bondage]]''| ''[[The Enchanted Cottage (1945 film)|The Enchanted Cottage]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Arthur Hunnicutt]] || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Tall T]]''| ''[[El Dorado (1966 film)|El Dorado]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[Gracie Fields]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, singer || {{hlist|''[[Sally in Our Alley (1931 film)|Sally in Our Alley]]''| ''[[Holy Matrimony (1943 film)|Holy Matrimony]]''}} |- | rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''October''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[Dorothy Arzner]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Craig's Wife (1936 film)|Craig's Wife]]''| ''[[Dance, Girl, Dance]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[Dorothy Peterson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[That Hagen Girl]]''| ''[[Payment Deferred (film)|Payment Deferred]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Celia Lovsky]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;" | Austria || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Foxfire (1955 film)|Foxfire]]''| ''[[I Mobster]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[John Stuart (actor)|John Stuart]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]''| ''[[Village of the Damned (1960 film)|Village of the Damned]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| 25 || [[Fernando Soler]] || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| Mexico || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist| ''[[Papacito lindo]]''| ''[[ El gran calavera]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || Graham Ashley || style="text-align:center;"| 52 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope]]''| ''[[Hennessy (film)|Hennessy]]''}} |- | rowspan=11 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''November''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[Saro Urzì]] || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Godfather]]''| ''[[Beat the Devil (film)|Beat the Devil]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[Amedeo Nazzari]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Il bandito]]''| ''[[The Jester's Supper]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''8'' || [[Sydney Tafler]] || style="text-align:center;"| 63 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]''| ''[[Alfie (1966 film)|Alfie]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Dimitri Tiomkin]] || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| Russia || style="text-align:center;"| Composer || {{hlist|''[[High Noon]]''| ''[[The High and the Mighty (film)|The High and the Mighty]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''20'' || [[Michael Darbyshire]] || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, writer || {{hlist|''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (film)|Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]''| ''[[The Slipper and the Rose]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Paul Wexler (actor)|Paul Wexler]] || style="text-align:center;"| 50 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake]]''| ''[[Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[George Froeschel]] || style="text-align:center;"| 88 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Mrs. Miniver]]''| ''[[Scaramouche (1952 film)|Scaramouche]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Merle Oberon]] || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| India || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, producer || {{hlist|''[[Wuthering Heights (1939 film)|Wuthering Heights]]''| ''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934 film)|The Scarlet Pimpernel]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| 30 || [[Barbara von Annenkoff]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| Germany|| style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Wood Love]]''| ''[[Derby (1926 film)|Derby]]'' }} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || [[Joyce Grenfell]] || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Americanization of Emily]]''| ''[[Blue Murder at St Trinian's]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || [[Zeppo Marx]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;" | US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, director || {{hlist|''[[Duck Soup (1933 film)|Duck Soup]]''| ''[[Monkey Business (1931 film)|Monkey Business]]''}} |- | rowspan=11 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''December''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[Jesse Pearson (actor)|Jesse Pearson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 49 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || ''[[Bye Bye Birdie (1963 film)|Bye Bye Birdie]]'' |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[Lesley Selander]] || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Blackmail (1947 film)|Blackmail]]''| ''[[Flight to Mars (film)|Flight to Mars]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''9'' || [[James Neilson (director)|James Neilson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[The Moon-Spinners]]''| ''[[Bon Voyage! (1962 film)|Bon Voyage!]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || [[Ann Dvorak]] || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Scarface (1932 film)|Scarface]]''| ''[[Three on a Match]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Claire Carleton]] || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Girl from Havana]]'' | ''[[Gildersleeve on Broadway]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Jon Hall (actor)|Jon Hall]] || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, director || {{hlist|''[[The Hurricane (1937 film)|The Hurricane]]''| ''[[Kit Carson (1940 film)|Kit Carson]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[George Pollock (director)|George Pollock]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Murder, She Said]]''| ''[[Ten Little Indians (1965 film)|Ten Little Indians]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Ernest B. Schoedsack]] || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director, cinematographer, producer || {{hlist|''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]''| ''[[The Most Dangerous Game (film)|The Most Dangerous Game]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Michael Collins (English actor)|Michael Collins]] || style="text-align:center;"| 57 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]''| ''[[The Battle of the River Plate (film)|The Battle of the River Plate]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Lee Bowman]] || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Love Affair (1939 film)|Love Affair]]''| ''[[Cover Girl (film)|Cover Girl]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Joan Blondell]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Grease (film)|Grease]]''| ''[[The Public Enemy]]''}} |- |}
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