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25 People Died In 1981


George Schaefer

(Producer)

George Schaefer
Born on Nov 05, 1888 in Brooklyn, NY
Died on Aug 08, 1981 in unknown, unknown
Fan Favorite Films: Citizen Kane, Journey into Fear, The Magnificent Ambersons,

Jessie Matthews

(Actress)

Jessie Margaret Matthews
Born on Mar 11, 1907 in London, England
Died on Aug 19, 1981 in Eastcote, England
Fan Favorite Films: Strauss' Great Waltz, The Good Companions, Friday the Thirteenth, Tom thumb and First a Girl

Eddie Byrne

(Actor)

Eddie Byrne
Born on Jan 31, 1911 in Birmingham, England
Died on Aug 21, 1981 in Dublin, Ireland
Fan Favorite Films: Abandon Ship, The Mark, Zarak, Twist of Fate and Man in the Sky

Vera-Ellen

(Actress)

Vera Ellen Westmeier Rohe
Born on Feb 16, 1921 in Norwood, OH
Died on Aug 30, 1981 in Los Angeles, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Three Little Words, On the Town, The Belle of New York, White Christmas and Love Happy

Ann Harding

(Actress)

Dorothy Walton Gatley
Born on Aug 07, 1901 in Fort Sam Houston, TX
Died on Sep 01, 1981 in Sherman Oaks, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Peter Ibbetson, Two Weeks with Love, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, East Lynne and The Unknown M

Frank McHugh

(Actor)

Francis Curray McHugh
Born on May 23, 1898 in Homestead, Pennsylvania
Died on Sep 11, 1981 in Greenwich, CT
Fan Favorite Films: Millie, Four Daughters, Manpower, The Roaring Twenties and The Strange Love of Molly Louvai

Sara Haden

(Actress)

Sarah Haden
Born on Nov 17, 1899 in Galveston, TX
Died on Sep 15, 1981 in Woodland Hills, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Somewhere I'll Find You, Bad Bascomb, A Life of Her Own, Our Vines Have Tender Grapes and The Bishop's Wife

Chief Dan George

(Actor)

Tes-wah-no
Born on Jul 24, 1899 in North Vancouver, Canada
Died on Sep 23, 1981 in North Vancouver, Canada
Fan Favorite Films: Little Big Man, Harry and Tonto, Cancel My Reservation,

Patsy Kelly

(Actress)

Bridget Sarah Veronica Rose Kelly
Born on Jan 12, 1910 in Brooklyn, NY
Died on Sep 24, 1981 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles
Fan Favorite Films: The Cowboy and the Lady, The Naked Kiss, Rosemary's Baby, Pick A Star and Thanks A Millio

Robert Montgomery

(Actor)

Henry Montgomery Jr.
Born on May 21, 1904 in Beacon, NY
Died on Sep 27, 1981 in New York City, NY
Fan Favorite Films: Ride the Pink Horse, Untamed, The Sins of the Children, Riptide and They Were Expendable

Dorothy Dare

(Actress)

Dorothy Herskind
Born on Aug 06, 1911 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died on Oct 04, 1981 in Orange County, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Gold Diggers of 1935, Front Page Woman, The Yanks Are Coming, The St. Louis Kid and Maybe It's Love

Gloria Grahame

(Actress)

Gloria Hallward
Born on Nov 28, 1923 in Los Angeles, CA
Died on Oct 05, 1981 in New York City, NY
Fan Favorite Films: Man on a Tightrope, It's a Wonderful Life, Naked Alibi, The Big Heat and Oklahoma!

Nils Asther

(Actor)

Nils Anton Alfhild Asther
Born on Jan 17, 1897 in Hellerup, Denmark
Died on Oct 13, 1981 in Stockholm, Sweden
Fan Favorite Films: Our Dancing Daughters, The Bitter Tea of General Yen, Sorrell and Son, The Hour Before the Dawn and Night Monster

John Warburton

(Actor)

John Warburton
Born on Jun 18, 1899 in Maghull, Liverpool
Died on Oct 27, 1981 in Sherman Oaks, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Saratoga Trunk, From the Terrace, Nothing But Trouble, The Sisters and The White Cliffs of Dover

Enid Markey

(Actress)

Enid Virginia Markey
Born on Feb 22, 1894 in Dillon, CO
Died on Nov 15, 1981 in Bay Shore, NY
Fan Favorite Films: Tarzan of the Apes, The Naked City, The Romance of Tarzan, The Battle of Gettysburg and The Boston Strangler

William Holden

(Actor)

William Franklin Beedle Jr.
Born on Apr 17, 1918 in O'Fallon, IL
Died on Nov 16, 1981 in Santa Monica, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Dance, Fools, Dance, The Turning Point, Force of Arms, The Proud and Profane and Sunset Boulevar

Morgan Conway

(Actor)

Sydney Conway
Born on Mar 16, 1903 in Newark, NJ
Died on Nov 16, 1981 in Livingston, NJ
Fan Favorite Films: Brother Orchid, Jack London, Sinners in Paradise, Dick Tracy vs. Cueball and Wings Of The Navy

Harry von Zell

(Actor)

Harry von Zell
Born on Jul 11, 1906 in Indianapolis, IN
Died on Nov 21, 1981 in Woodland Hills, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm, It's in the Bag, Till the End of Time, Son of Paleface and I Can Get It for You Wholesale

Jack Albertson

(Actor)

Harold Albertson
Born on Jun 16, 1907 in Malden, MA
Died on Nov 25, 1981 in Hollywood Hills, CA
Fan Favorite Films: The Subject Was Roses, Kissin' Cousins, Period of Adjustment, Miracle on 34th Street and The Eddy Duchin Story

Lotte Lenya

(Actress)

Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer
Born on Oct 18, 1898 in Vienna-Penzing, Austria-Hungary. [now Austria]
Died on Nov 27, 1981 in New York City, NY
Fan Favorite Films: From Russia with Love, The Appointment, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, The Threepenny Opera and The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone

Natalie Wood

(Actress)

Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko
Born on Jul 20, 1938 in San Francisco, CA
Died on Nov 29, 1981 in Santa Catalina Island, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Marjorie Morningstar, Kings Go Forth, Love with the Proper Stranger, Miracle on 34th Street and Splendor in the Grass

Robert H. Harris

(Actor)

Robert H. Hurwitz
Born on Jul 15, 1911 in New York City, NY
Died on Nov 30, 1981 in Los Angeles, CA
Fan Favorite Films: America, America, The Naked City, The George Raft Story, Peyton Place and The Invisible Boy

Charles Barton

(Director)

Charles Barton
Born on May 25, 1902 in San Francisco, CA
Died on Dec 05, 1981 in Burbank, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair, Jam Session, Swingin' Along and Beautiful But Broke

Lawrence Edward Watkin

(Producer)

Lawrence Edward Watkin
Born on Dec 09, 1901 in unknown, NY
Died on Dec 16, 1981 in San Joaquin County, CA
Fan Favorite Films: The Great Locomotive Chase,

Allan Dwan

(Director)

Joseph Aloysius Dwan
Born on Apr 03, 1885 in Toronto, Canada
Died on Dec 28, 1981 in Woodland Hills, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Cattle Queen of Montana, The Iron Mask, Young People, Hold Back the Night and 15 Maiden Lane

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