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30 People Died In 1955


Clyde Bruckman

(Director)

Clyde Bruckman
Born on Sep 20, 1894 in San Bernardino, CA
Died on Jan 04, 1955 in Hollywood, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Battle of the Century, Putting Pants on Philip, The General, Call of the Cuckoo and Cowboys Cry for It

Ona Munson

(Actress)

Owena Wolcott
Born on Jun 16, 1903 in Portland, OR
Died on Feb 11, 1955 in New York City, NY
Fan Favorite Films: Dakota, The Shanghai Gesture, Gone with the Wind, Five Star Final and The Red House

S.Z. Sakall

(Actor)

Jacob Gero
Born on Feb 02, 1883 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Died on Feb 12, 1955 in Los Angeles, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Ball of Fire, Casablanca, Never Say Goodbye, Shine On, Harvest Moon and Yankee Doodle Dandy

Tom Dugan

(Actor)

Thomas J. Dugan
Born on Jan 01, 1889 in Dublin, Ireland
Died on Mar 07, 1955 in Redlands, CA
Fan Favorite Films: I Live My Life, The Galloping Ghost, They All Kissed the Bride, Barbary Coast Gent and Four Daughters

Olaf Hytten

(Actor)

Olaf Hytten
Born on Mar 03, 1888 in Glasgow, Scotland
Died on Mar 11, 1955 in Los Angeles, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Lloyd's of London, The Scarlet Claw, A Feather in Her Hat, The Invisible Man's Revenge and The Good Earth

Muriel Aked

(Actress)

Muriel Aked
Born on Nov 09, 1887 in Bingley, England
Died on Mar 21, 1955 in Settle, England
Fan Favorite Films: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Cottage to Let, The Good Companions, Kipps and Friday the Thirteenth

Theda Bara

(Actress)

Theodosia Burr Goodman
Born on Jul 29, 1885 in Avondale, OH
Died on Apr 07, 1955 in Los Angeles, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Her Double Life, Heart and Soul, The Two Orphans, 45 Minutes from Hollywood and Madame Mystery

Charles Goldner

(Actor)

Charles Goldner
Born on Dec 07, 1900 in Vienna, Austria
Died on Apr 15, 1955 in London, UK
Fan Favorite Films: The End of the Affair, The Master of Ballantrae, Flame and the Flesh, I'll Get You for This and The Rocking Horse Winner

Constance Collier

(Actress)

Laura Constance Hardie
Born on Jan 22, 1878 in Windsor, England
Died on Apr 25, 1955 in New York City, NY
Fan Favorite Films: Wee Willie Winkie, Little Lord Fauntleroy, A Damsel in Distress, The Dark Corner and Stage Door

Robert Kent

(Actor)

Douglas Blackley Jr.
Born on Dec 03, 1908 in Hartford, CT
Died on May 04, 1955 in Los Angeles, CA
Fan Favorite Films: A Chump at Oxford, Northern Pursuit, The Great Locomotive Chase, Gung Ho! and The Country Girl

Walter Hampden

(Actor)

Walter Hampden Dougherty
Born on Jun 30, 1879 in Brooklyn, NY
Died on Jun 11, 1955 in Los Angeles, CA
Fan Favorite Films: The Prodigal, All About Eve, Reap the Wild Wind, 5 Fingers and Northwest Mounted Police

Wilson Benge

(Actor)

George F. Benge
Born on Mar 01, 1875 in London, England
Died on Jul 01, 1955 in Hollywood, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Pride and Prejudice, Queen Kelly, A Feather in Her Hat, A Woman's Vengeance and Guest Wife

Eddie Borden

(Actor)

Eddie Borden
Born on May 01, 1888 in Deer Lodge, TN
Died on Jul 01, 1955 in Hollywood, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Show Business, Broadway Melody of 1938, Way Out West, A Guy Named Joe and State Fair

Perce Pearce

(Producer)

Percival C. Pearce
Born on Sep 07, 1899 in Waukegan, IL
Died on Jul 04, 1955 in London, England
Fan Favorite Films: Song of the South, The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men, Treasure Island (1950),

Paul McAllister

(Actor)

Paul McAllister
Born on Jun 30, 1875 in Brooklyn, NY
Died on Jul 08, 1955 in Santa Monica, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Mary of Scotland, Sorrell and Son, The Winning of Barbara Worth, The Prisoner of Shark Island and Judge Priest

Carmen Miranda

(Actress)

Maria do Carmo Miranda Da Cunha
Born on Feb 09, 1909 in Marco de Canavezes, Portugal
Died on Aug 05, 1955 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
Fan Favorite Films: That Night in Rio, Four Jills in a Jeep, Copacabana, Nancy Goes to Rio and Week-End in Hav

Lemuel Ayers

(Director)

Lemuel Ayers
Born on Jan 22, 1915 in New York City, NY
Died on Aug 14, 1955 in New York City, NY
Fan Favorite Films: Ziegfeld Follies,

Reginald Tate

(Actor)

Reginald Tate
Born on Dec 13, 1896 in Garforth, Leeds
Died on Aug 23, 1955 in Putney, London
Fan Favorite Films: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The Man Behind the Mask, So Well Remembered, The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men and The Way Ahe

Philip Loeb

(Actor)

Philip Loeb
Born on Mar 28, 1892 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died on Sep 01, 1955 in New York City, NY
Fan Favorite Films: Room Service, A Double Life, Sweethearts,

Robert Riskin

(Producer)

Robert Riskin
Born on Mar 30, 1897 in New York City, NY
Died on Sep 20, 1955 in Beverly Hills, CA
Fan Favorite Films: The Real Glory, They Shall Have Music, Magic Town,

James Dean

(Actor)

James Byron Dean
Born on Feb 08, 1931 in Marion, IN
Died on Sep 30, 1955 in Cholame, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Giant, Deadline - U.S.A., East of Eden, Fixed Bayonets! and Rebel Without a Cause

Michael Chekhov

(Actor)

Mikhail Aleksandrovich Chekhov
Born on Aug 29, 1891 in St. Petersburg, Russia
Died on Sep 30, 1955 in Beverly Hills, CA
Fan Favorite Films: In Our Time, Spellbound, Invitation, Rhapsody and Song of Russi

O.B. Clarence

(Actor)

Oliver Burchett Clarence
Born on Mar 25, 1870 in London, England
Died on Oct 02, 1955 in Hove, England
Fan Favorite Films: Pygmalion, Jamaica Inn, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Return to Yesterday and Perfect Understanding

Barton Hepburn

(Actor)

Barton Hepburn
Born on Feb 28, 1906 in Minneapolis, MN
Died on Oct 09, 1955 in Hollywood, CA
Fan Favorite Films: A Walk in the Sun, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Dynamite, Johnny One-Eye and Hi Diddle Diddle

John Hodiak

(Actor)

John Hodiak
Born on Apr 16, 1914 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Died on Oct 19, 1955 in Hollywood, CA
Fan Favorite Films: The Miniver Story, Two Smart People, Maisie Goes to Reno, A Stranger in Town and Battlegrou

Marjorie Wood

(Actress)

Born on Sep 05, 1882 in London, England
Died on Nov 09, 1955 in Hollywood, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Pride and Prejudice, A Life of Her Own, The More the Merrier, That Wonderful Urge and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Tom Powers

(Actor)

Tom Powers
Born on Jul 07, 1890 in Owensboro, KY
Died on Nov 09, 1955 in Hollywood, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Diplomatic Courier, Double Indemnity, The Tall Target, The Blue Dahlia and Angel and the Badm

Lloyd Bacon

(Director)

Lloyd Francis Bacon
Born on Dec 04, 1889 in San Jose, CA
Died on Nov 15, 1955 in Burbank, CA
Fan Favorite Films: The Frogmen, Say It with Songs, Silver Queen, Footsteps in the Dark and Cowboy from Brookly

Shemp Howard

(Actor)

Samuel Horwitz
Born on Mar 11, 1895 in Brooklyn , NY
Died on Nov 22, 1955 in Hollywood, CA
Fan Favorite Films: A Snitch in Time, Fiddlers Three, All Gummed Up, Bubble Trouble and Blunder Boys

William Nigh

(Director)

Emil Kreuske
Born on Oct 12, 1881 in Berlin, WI
Died on Nov 27, 1955 in Burbank, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Mutiny in the Big House, Black Dragons, Desert Nights, Mr. Wise Guy and A Bride for Henry

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