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30 People Died In 1981
Katharine Alexander
(Actress)
Katharine Alexander
Born on Sep 22, 1898 in Fort Smith, AR
Died on Jan 10, 1981 in Tryon, NC Fan Favorite Films: That Certain Woman, The Girl from 10th Avenue, Cardinal Richelieu, Dance, Girl, Dance and The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Died on Jan 10, 1981 in Tryon, NC Fan Favorite Films: That Certain Woman, The Girl from 10th Avenue, Cardinal Richelieu, Dance, Girl, Dance and The Barretts of Wimpole Street
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Richard Boone
(Actor)
Richard Allen Boone
Born on Jun 18, 1917 in Los Angeles, CA
Died on Jan 10, 1981 in St. Augustine, FL Fan Favorite Films: Pony Soldier, The Robe, Man on a Tightrope, Man Without a Star and Red Skies of Mont
Died on Jan 10, 1981 in St. Augustine, FL Fan Favorite Films: Pony Soldier, The Robe, Man on a Tightrope, Man Without a Star and Red Skies of Mont
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Beulah Bondi
(Actress)
Beulah Bondy
Born on May 03, 1888 in Chicago, IL
Died on Jan 11, 1981 in Woodland Hills, CA Fan Favorite Films: The Sisters, The Shepherd of the Hills, It's a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and Sister Kenny
Died on Jan 11, 1981 in Woodland Hills, CA Fan Favorite Films: The Sisters, The Shepherd of the Hills, It's a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and Sister Kenny
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Isobel Elsom
(Actress)
Isobel Jeannette Reed
Born on Mar 16, 1893 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Died on Jan 12, 1981 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles Fan Favorite Films: You Were Never Lovelier, The White Cliffs of Dover, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The Secret Garden and Monsieur Verdoux
Died on Jan 12, 1981 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles Fan Favorite Films: You Were Never Lovelier, The White Cliffs of Dover, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The Secret Garden and Monsieur Verdoux
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Bernard Lee
(Actor)
John Bernard Lee
Born on Jan 10, 1908 in London, England
Died on Jan 16, 1981 in London, England Fan Favorite Films: From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, The Third Man and Thunderball
Died on Jan 16, 1981 in London, England Fan Favorite Films: From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, The Third Man and Thunderball
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Harry Wagstaff Gribble
(Director)
Harry Wagstaff Graham Gribble
Born on Mar 27, 1896 in Seven Oaks, England
Died on Jan 28, 1981 in New York City, NY Fan Favorite Films: Madame Racketeer,
Died on Jan 28, 1981 in New York City, NY Fan Favorite Films: Madame Racketeer,
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Jean Dixon
(Actress)
Jean Dixon
Born on Jul 14, 1896 in Waterbury, CT
Died on Feb 12, 1981 in New York City, NY Fan Favorite Films: My Man Godfrey, Holiday, Sadie McKee, The Kiss Before the Mirror and The Lady Lies
Died on Feb 12, 1981 in New York City, NY Fan Favorite Films: My Man Godfrey, Holiday, Sadie McKee, The Kiss Before the Mirror and The Lady Lies
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Virginia Huston
(Actress)
Virginia Huston
Born on Apr 24, 1925 in Wisner, NE
Died on Feb 28, 1981 in Santa Monica, CA Fan Favorite Films: Tarzan's Peril, Knock on Wood, Flamingo Road, Nocturne and Out of the Past
Died on Feb 28, 1981 in Santa Monica, CA Fan Favorite Films: Tarzan's Peril, Knock on Wood, Flamingo Road, Nocturne and Out of the Past
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Torin Thatcher
(Actor)
Torin Herbert Erskine Thatcher
Born on Jan 15, 1905 in Bombay, British India (now Mumbai)
Died on Mar 04, 1981 in Thousand Oaks, CA Fan Favorite Films: The Crimson Pirate, The Robe, The Girl Was Young, Affair in Trinidad and The Black Rose
Died on Mar 04, 1981 in Thousand Oaks, CA Fan Favorite Films: The Crimson Pirate, The Robe, The Girl Was Young, Affair in Trinidad and The Black Rose
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Brenda De Banzie
(Actress)
Brenda De Banzie
Born on Jul 28, 1909 in Manchester, England
Died on Mar 05, 1981 in Haywards Heath, England Fan Favorite Films: Hobson's Choice, The Pink Panther, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Flame in the Streets and The Mark
Died on Mar 05, 1981 in Haywards Heath, England Fan Favorite Films: Hobson's Choice, The Pink Panther, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Flame in the Streets and The Mark
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Norman Taurog
(Director)
Norman Rae Taurog
Born on Feb 23, 1899 in Chicago, IL
Died on Apr 07, 1981 in Rancho Mirage, CA Fan Favorite Films: That Midnight Kiss, Live a Little, Love a Little, Presenting Lily Mars, The Birds and the Bees and Girls! Girls! Girls!
Died on Apr 07, 1981 in Rancho Mirage, CA Fan Favorite Films: That Midnight Kiss, Live a Little, Love a Little, Presenting Lily Mars, The Birds and the Bees and Girls! Girls! Girls!
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Jim Davis
(Actor)
Marlin Davis
Born on Aug 26, 1909 in Edgerton, MO
Died on Apr 26, 1981 in Northridge, CA Fan Favorite Films: Timberjack, The Magnificent Seven, The Big Sky, The Restless Breed and The Bottom of the Bottle
Died on Apr 26, 1981 in Northridge, CA Fan Favorite Films: Timberjack, The Magnificent Seven, The Big Sky, The Restless Breed and The Bottom of the Bottle
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Barry Jones
(Actor)
Barry Jones
Born on Mar 06, 1893 in Guernsey, UK
Died on May 01, 1981 in Guernsey, UK Fan Favorite Films: Return to Paradise, Demetrius and the Gladiators, War and Peace (1956), Saint Joan and Number Seventee
Died on May 01, 1981 in Guernsey, UK Fan Favorite Films: Return to Paradise, Demetrius and the Gladiators, War and Peace (1956), Saint Joan and Number Seventee
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Margaret Lindsay
(Actress)
Margaret Kies
Born on Sep 19, 1910 in Dubuque, IA
Died on May 09, 1981 in Los Angeles, CA Fan Favorite Films: Bordertown, Scarlet Street, The Spoilers, Dangerous and Jezebel
Died on May 09, 1981 in Los Angeles, CA Fan Favorite Films: Bordertown, Scarlet Street, The Spoilers, Dangerous and Jezebel
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Arthur O'Connell
(Actor)
Arthur O'Connell
Born on Mar 29, 1908 in New York City, NY
Died on May 18, 1981 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles Fan Favorite Films: Kissin' Cousins, Cimarron, Force of Evil, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao and Fantastic Voyage
Died on May 18, 1981 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles Fan Favorite Films: Kissin' Cousins, Cimarron, Force of Evil, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao and Fantastic Voyage
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George Jessel
(Actor)
George E. Jessel
Born on Apr 03, 1898 in Bronx, NY
Died on May 23, 1981 in Los Angeles, CA Fan Favorite Films: Show Business, Beau James, Four Jills in a Jeep, The I Don't Care Girl and Stage Door Cantee
Died on May 23, 1981 in Los Angeles, CA Fan Favorite Films: Show Business, Beau James, Four Jills in a Jeep, The I Don't Care Girl and Stage Door Cantee
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Henry Blanke
(Producer)
Henry Blanke
Born on Dec 30, 1901 in Steglitz, Germany
Died on May 28, 1981 in Los Angeles, CA Fan Favorite Films: Bureau of Missing Persons, The Girl from 10th Avenue, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Maltese Falcon and Four Daughters
Died on May 28, 1981 in Los Angeles, CA Fan Favorite Films: Bureau of Missing Persons, The Girl from 10th Avenue, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Maltese Falcon and Four Daughters
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Reiko Sato
(Actress)
Reiko Sato
Born on Dec 19, 1931 in Los Angeles County, CA
Died on May 28, 1981 in Los Angeles, CA Fan Favorite Films: Kismet, House of Bamboo, Flower Drum Song, Woman on the Run and Hell to Eternity
Died on May 28, 1981 in Los Angeles, CA Fan Favorite Films: Kismet, House of Bamboo, Flower Drum Song, Woman on the Run and Hell to Eternity
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Philo McCullough
(Actor)
Philo McCullough
Born on Jun 16, 1893 in San Bernardino, CA
Died on Jun 05, 1981 in Burbank, CA Fan Favorite Films: The Plainsman, The Lawless Nineties, The Spoilers, Klondike Annie and Les Miserables
Died on Jun 05, 1981 in Burbank, CA Fan Favorite Films: The Plainsman, The Lawless Nineties, The Spoilers, Klondike Annie and Les Miserables
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Martin Garralaga
(Actor)
Norman Garralaag
Born on Nov 10, 1894 in Barcelona, Spain
Died on Jun 12, 1981 in Woodland Hills, CA Fan Favorite Films: For Whom the Bell Tolls, Rogues' Regiment, Jolson Sings Again, Fun in Acapulco and The Left Handed Gu
Died on Jun 12, 1981 in Woodland Hills, CA Fan Favorite Films: For Whom the Bell Tolls, Rogues' Regiment, Jolson Sings Again, Fun in Acapulco and The Left Handed Gu
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George Walsh
(Actor)
George Walsh
Born on Mar 16, 1889 in New York City, NY
Died on Jun 13, 1981 in Pomona, CA Fan Favorite Films: Klondike Annie, Distant Drums, The Bowery, Me and My Gal and Belle of the Nineties
Died on Jun 13, 1981 in Pomona, CA Fan Favorite Films: Klondike Annie, Distant Drums, The Bowery, Me and My Gal and Belle of the Nineties
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Alfred Santell
(Director)
Alfred Allen Santell
Born on Sep 14, 1895 in San Francisco, CA
Died on Jun 19, 1981 in Salinas, CA Fan Favorite Films: A Feather in Her Hat, Beloved Rogues, Jack London, Winterset and Internes Can't Take Money
Died on Jun 19, 1981 in Salinas, CA Fan Favorite Films: A Feather in Her Hat, Beloved Rogues, Jack London, Winterset and Internes Can't Take Money
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Lola Lane
(Actress)
Dorothy Mullican
Born on May 21, 1906 in Macy, IN
Died on Jun 22, 1981 in Santa Barbara, CA Fan Favorite Films: Four Daughters, Daughters Courageous, Fox Movietone Follies of 1929, Marked Woman and Hollywood Hotel
Died on Jun 22, 1981 in Santa Barbara, CA Fan Favorite Films: Four Daughters, Daughters Courageous, Fox Movietone Follies of 1929, Marked Woman and Hollywood Hotel
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George Voskovec
(Actor)
Jir? Wachsmann
Born on Jun 19, 1905 in S?zava, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
Died on Jul 01, 1981 in Pearblossom, CA Fan Favorite Films: 12 Angry Men, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Affair in Trinidad, Mister Buddwing and Anything Can Happe
Died on Jul 01, 1981 in Pearblossom, CA Fan Favorite Films: 12 Angry Men, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Affair in Trinidad, Mister Buddwing and Anything Can Happe
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Edmund Grainger
(Producer)
James Edmund Grainger
Born on Oct 01, 1906 in New York City, NY
Died on Jul 06, 1981 in Beverly Hills, CA Fan Favorite Films: Cimarron, Green Mansions, Never So Few, Love Before Breakfast and Flying Tigers
Died on Jul 06, 1981 in Beverly Hills, CA Fan Favorite Films: Cimarron, Green Mansions, Never So Few, Love Before Breakfast and Flying Tigers
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Elmer C. Rhoden
(Producer)
Elmer C. Rhoden
Born on May 15, 1893 in ,
Died on Jul 14, 1981 in Kansas City, Missouri Fan Favorite Films:
Died on Jul 14, 1981 in Kansas City, Missouri Fan Favorite Films:
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William Wyler
(Director)
Wilhelm Weiller
Born on Jul 01, 1902 in Mülhausen, Alsace
Died on Jul 27, 1981 in Los Angeles, CA Fan Favorite Films: The Desperate Hours, Wuthering Heights, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Heiress and The Cowboy and the Lady
Died on Jul 27, 1981 in Los Angeles, CA Fan Favorite Films: The Desperate Hours, Wuthering Heights, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Heiress and The Cowboy and the Lady
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Paddy Chayefsky
(Producer)
Sidney Aaron Chayefsky
Born on Jan 29, 1923 in The Bronx, NY
Died on Aug 01, 1981 in New York City, NY Fan Favorite Films: Marty, The Bachelor Party,
Died on Aug 01, 1981 in New York City, NY Fan Favorite Films: Marty, The Bachelor Party,
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Melvyn Douglas
(Actor)
Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg
Born on Apr 05, 1901 in Macon, GA
Died on Aug 04, 1981 in New York City, NY Fan Favorite Films: The Shining Hour, Hud, They All Kissed the Bride, Theodora Goes Wild and Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Died on Aug 04, 1981 in New York City, NY Fan Favorite Films: The Shining Hour, Hud, They All Kissed the Bride, Theodora Goes Wild and Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
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Lazar Wechsler
(Producer)
Lazar Wechsler
Born on Jul 28, 1896 in Piotrk?w, Poland
Died on Aug 08, 1981 in Zurich, Switzerland Fan Favorite Films: The Search,
Died on Aug 08, 1981 in Zurich, Switzerland Fan Favorite Films: The Search,
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