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==Deaths== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%;" |- style="background:#dae3e7; text-align:center;" ! Month !! Date !! Name !! Age !! Country !! Profession !! Notable films |- | rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''January''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || [[Katharine Alexander]] || style="text-align:center;| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Enchanted April (1935 film)|Enchanted April]]''| ''[[John Loves Mary]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || [[Richard Boone]] || style="text-align:center;"| 63 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Tall T]]''| ''[[Hombre (film)|Hombre]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Beulah Bondi]] || style="text-align:center;"| 91 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]''| ''[[Mr. Smith Goes to Washington]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Isobel Elsom]] || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[My Fair Lady (film)|My Fair Lady]]''| ''[[The Unseen (1945 film)|The Unseen]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Bernard Lee]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]''| ''[[Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Allyn Joslyn]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Jazz Singer (1952 film)|The Jazz Singer]]''| ''[[Heaven Can Wait (1943 film)|Heaven Can Wait]]''}} |- | rowspan=10 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''February''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[Wanda Hendrix]] || style="text-align:center;"| 52 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Prince of Foxes (film)|Prince of Foxes]]''| ''[[Captain Carey, U.S.A.]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Louise Lorraine]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Adventures of Tarzan]]''| ''[[Near the Rainbow's End]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[Mario Camerini]] || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Ulysses (1954 film)|Ulysses]]''| ''[[Like the Leaves]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Ketti Frings]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Come Back, Little Sheba (1952 film)|Come Back, Little Sheba]]''| ''[[Foxfire (1955 film)|Foxfire]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Jean Dixon]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[My Man Godfrey]]''| ''[[Holiday (1938 film)|Holiday]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Bernard B. Brown]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Sound Engineer, Composer || {{hlist|''[[The Wolf Man (1941 film)|The Wolf Man]]''| ''[[Shadow of a Doubt]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Ron Grainer]] || style="text-align:center;"| 58 || style="text-align:center;"| Australia || style="text-align:center;"| Composer || {{hlist|''[[The Mouse on the Moon]]''| ''[[To Sir, with Love]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Curtis Bernhardt]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[A Stolen Life (1946 film)|A Stolen Life]]''| ''[[Possessed (1947 film)|Possessed]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Virginia Huston]] || style="text-align:center;"| 55 || style="text-align:center;" | US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Out of the Past]]''| ''[[Tarzan's Peril]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Robert L. Wolfe]] || style="text-align:center;"| 52 || style="text-align:center;" | US || style="text-align:center;"| Film Editor || {{hlist|''[[All the President's Men (film)|All the President's Men]]''| ''[[On Golden Pond (1981 film)|On Golden Pond]]''}} |- | rowspan=8 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''March''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[Torin Thatcher]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Houdini (1953 film)|Houdini]]''| ''[[Witness for the Prosecution (1957 film)|Witness for the Prosecution]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[Brenda de Banzie]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Hobson's Choice (1954 film)|Hobson's Choice]]''| ''[[The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film)|The Man Who Knew Too Much]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[Yip Harburg|E.Y. Harburg]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Lyricist || {{hlist|''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''| ''[[Gay Purr-ee]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''14'' || [[Eleanor Perry]] || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[David and Lisa]]''| ''[[Diary of a Mad Housewife]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[RenΓ© Clair]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[It Happened Tomorrow]]''| ''[[I Married a Witch]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Dorothy Dwan]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Kid Speed]]''| ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1925 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[Oliver A. Unger]] || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer || {{hlist|''[[Force 10 from Navarone (film)|Force 10 from Navarone]]''| ''[[Sandy the Seal]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''31'' || [[Hank Henry]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Pal Joey (film)|Pal Joey]]''| ''[[Robin and the 7 Hoods]]''}} |- | rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''April''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''7'' || [[Norman Taurog]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Skippy (film)|Skippy]]''| ''[[Boys Town (film)|Boys Town]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''14'' || [[Sergio Amidei]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Shoeshine (film)|Shoeshine]]''| ''[[Paisan]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Madge Evans]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Pennies from Heaven (1936 film)|Pennies from Heaven]]''| ''[[Army Girl]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Jim Davis (actor)|Jim Davis]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Big Sky (film)|The Big Sky]]''| ''[[The Maverick Queen]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Herb Voland]] || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Another Nice Mess]]''| ''[[With Six You Get Eggroll]]''}} |- | rowspan=8 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''May''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[Marlin Skiles]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Composer, Musical Director || {{hlist|''[[Gilda (film)|Gilda]]''| ''[[Tonight and Every Night]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''9'' || [[Margaret Lindsay]] || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The House of the Seven Gables (film)|The House of the Seven Gables]]''| ''[[Jezebel (1938 film)|Jezebel]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Hugo Friedhofer]] || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Composer || {{hlist|''[[The Best Years of Our Lives]]''| ''[[An Affair to Remember]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Richard Hale]] || style="text-align:center;"| 88 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Friendly Persuasion (1956 film)|Friendly Persuasion]]''| ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird (film)|To Kill a Mockingbird]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Arthur O'Connell]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Anatomy of a Murder]]''| ''[[Picnic (1955 film)|Picnic]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Boris Sagal]] || style="text-align:center;"| 57 || style="text-align:center;"| Ukraine || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[The Omega Man]]''| ''[[Girl Happy]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[George Jessel (actor)|George Jessel]] || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Producer || {{hlist|''[[Beau James]]''| ''[[Nightmare Alley (1947 film)|Nightmare Alley]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Henry Blanke]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer || {{hlist|''[[The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (film)|The Treasure of the Sierra Madre]]''| ''[[The Nun's Story (film)|The Nun's Story]]''}} |- | rowspan=9 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''June''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[Miguel Contreras Torres|Miguel Torres]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| Mexico || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[The Mad Empress]]''| ''[[Pancho Villa Returns]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''9'' || [[Russell Hayden]] || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Trail of the Mounties]]''| ''[[Seven Were Saved]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || [[Jenny Maxwell]] || style="text-align:center;"| 39 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Blue Hawaii]]''| ''[[Take Her, She's Mine]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Eleanor Hunt]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Blue Steel (1934 film)|Blue Steel]]''| ''[[Yellow Cargo]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Evalyn Knapp]] || style="text-align:center;| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Perils of Pauline (1933 serial)|The Perils of Pauline]]''| ''[[His Private Secretary]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Lou Forbes]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Composer || {{hlist|''[[Intermezzo (1939 film)|Intermezzo]]''| ''[[Brewster's Millions (1945 film)|Brewster's Millions]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Alfred Santell]] || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1932 film)|Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm]]''| ''[[Internes Can't Take Money]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Lola Lane]] || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Four Daughters (1938 film)|Four Daughters]]''| ''[[Hollywood Hotel (film)|Hollywood Hotel]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Zarah Leander]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| Sweden || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Blue Fox (1938 film)|The Blue Fox]]''| ''[[Back Then (film)|Back Then]]''}} |- | rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''July''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[George Voskovec]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| Czech Republic || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[12 Angry Men (1957 film)|12 Angry Men]]''| ''[[The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (film)|The Spy Who Came in from the Cold]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Edward Killy]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[West of the Pecos (1945 film)|West of the Pecos]]''| ''[[Wagon Train (film)|Wagon Train]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[Ross Martin]] || style="text-align:center;"| 61 || style="text-align:center;"| Poland || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Great Race]]''| ''[[Experiment in Terror]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''7'' || [[Keefe Brasselle]] || style="text-align:center;"| 58 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Eddie Cantor Story]]''| ''[[A Place in the Sun (1951 film)|A Place in the Sun]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''20'' || [[Dale Hennesy]] || style="text-align:center;"| 54 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Production Designer, Art Director || {{hlist|''[[Fantastic Voyage]]''| ''[[Annie (1982 film)|Annie]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Gerardo de Leon]] || style="text-align:center;"| 67 || style="text-align:center;"| Philippines || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Moises Padilla Story]]''| ''[[Fe, Esperanza, Caridad]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[William Wyler]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Producer || {{hlist|''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]''| ''[[Roman Holiday]]''}} |- | rowspan=8 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''August''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[Paddy Chayefsky]] || style="text-align:center;"| 58 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Network (1976 film)|Network]]''| ''[[Marty (film)|Marty]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[Melvyn Douglas]] || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Being There]]''| ''[[Hud (1963 film)|Hud]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Shirley Grey]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Texas Cyclone (film)|Texas Cyclone]]''| ''[[Girl in Danger]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Robert Krasker]] || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| Australia || style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer || {{hlist|''[[The Third Man]]''| ''[[El Cid (film)|El Cid]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Anita Loos]] || style="text-align:center;"| 93 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[The Women (1939 film)|The Women]]''| ''[[I Married an Angel (film)|I Married an Angel]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Jessie Matthews]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Singer || {{hlist|''[[There Goes the Bride (1932 film)|There Goes the Bride]]''| ''[[It's Love Again]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Eddie Byrne]] || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| Ireland || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]''| ''[[Island of Terror]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || [[Vera-Ellen]] || style="text-align:center;"| 60 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Dancer || {{hlist|''[[White Christmas (film)|White Christmas]]''| ''[[On the Town (film)|On the Town]]''}} |- | rowspan=8 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''September''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[Ann Harding]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Holiday (1930 film)|Holiday]]''| ''[[It Happened on Fifth Avenue]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[Maria Palmer]] || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| Austria || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Lady on a Train]]''| ''[[The Web (film)|The Web]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Frank McHugh]] || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Going My Way]]''| ''[[Manpower (1941 film)|Manpower]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Sara Haden]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Shop Around the Corner]]''| ''[[The Bishop's Wife]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Harry Warren]] || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Composer || {{hlist|''[[42nd Street (film)|42nd Street]]''| ''[[Hello, Frisco, Hello]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Chief Dan George]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Little Big Man (film)|Little Big Man]]''| ''[[The Outlaw Josey Wales]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Patsy Kelly]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Cowboy and the Lady (1938 film)|The Cowboy and the Lady]]''| ''[[Rosemary's Baby (film)|Rosemary's Baby]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[Robert Montgomery (actor)|Robert Montgomery]] || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director || {{hlist|''[[Here Comes Mr. Jordan]]''| ''[[Night Must Fall (1937 film)|Night Must Fall]]''}} |- | rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''October''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[Dorothy Dare]] || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Clothes and the Woman]]''| ''[[High Hat (1937 film)|High Hat]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[Gloria Grahame]] || style="text-align:center;"| 54 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[In a Lonely Place]]''| ''[[The Bad and the Beautiful]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Frank de Kova]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]]''| ''[[The Mechanic (1972 film)|The Mechanic]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Nils Asther]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| Denmark || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Bitter Tea of General Yen]]''| ''[[Bluebeard (1944 film)|Bluebeard]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Edith Head]] || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Costume Designer || {{hlist|''[[Roman Holiday]]''| ''[[The Sting]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Glenn Anders]] || style="text-align:center;"| 92 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Lady from Shanghai]]''| ''[[M (1951 film)|M]]''}} |- | rowspan=10 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''November''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Ghislain Cloquet]] || style="text-align:center;"| 57 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer || {{hlist|''[[Tess (1979 film)|Tess]]''| ''[[The Young Girls of Rochefort]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[Jean Eustache]] || style="text-align:center;"| 42 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[The Mother and the Whore]]''| ''[[My Little Loves]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[William Holden]] || style="text-align:center;"| 63 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Stalag 17]]''| ''[[Sunset Boulevard (film)|Sunset Boulevard]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Morgan Conway]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Dick Tracy (1945 film)|Dick Tracy]]''| ''[[Jack London (film)|Jack London]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Ejner Federspiel]] || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| Denmark || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Ordet]]''| ''[[Story of Barbara]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Harry von Zell]] || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Saxon Charm]]''| ''[[Son of Paleface]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Jack Albertson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Subject Was Roses (film)|The Subject Was Roses]]''| ''[[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[Lotte Lenya]] || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| Austria || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[From Russia with Love (film)|From Russia with Love]]''| ''[[The Threepenny Opera (film)|The Threepenny Opera]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''29'' || [[Natalie Wood]] || style="text-align:center;"| 43 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[West Side Story (1961 film)|West Side Story]]''| ''[[Rebel Without a Cause]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || [[Robert H. Harris]] || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[How to Make a Monster (1958 film)|How to Make a Monster]]''| ''[[Valley of the Dolls (film)|Valley of the Dolls]]''}} |- | rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''December''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[Charles Barton (director)|Charles Barton]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Africa Screams]]''| ''[[The Shaggy Dog (1959 film)|The Shaggy Dog]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Karl Struss]] || style="text-align:center;"| 95 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer || {{hlist|''[[Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans]]''| ''[[The Great Dictator]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Ada Kramm]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| Norway || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The White God]]''| ''[[Arven (1979 film)|Arven]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[Hoagy Carmichael]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Composer || {{hlist|''[[To Have and Have Not (film)|To Have and Have Not]]''| ''[[The Best Years of Our Lives]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Allan Dwan]] || style="text-align:center;"| 96 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Sands of Iwo Jima]]''| ''[[Heidi (1937 film)|Heidi]]''}} |}
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