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653 memorials and biographies

Walter Brennan

Walter Brennan

18941974

American actor known for his distinctive voice and character roles, winning three Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor

Robert Ludlum

Robert Ludlum

19272001

American novelist and screenwriter best known as the creator of Jason Bourne, whose thrilling stories sold hundreds of millions of copies worldwide

James Avery

James Avery

19452013

American actor best known for his role as Philip Banks in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and as the voice of Shredder

Dorothy Malone

Dorothy Malone

19242018

American actress known for her Academy Award-winning performance in Written on the Wind and her starring role in Peyton Place

Michel Legrand

Michel Legrand

19322019

French film composer and jazz pianist known for scores like The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and the Oscar-winning song 'The Windmills of Your Mind'

François-André Danican Philidor

François-André Danican Philidor

17261795

French composer and chess master who defined modern chess strategy and shaped the early development of opéra comique.

Michel Piccoli

Michel Piccoli

19252020

French actor known for his extraordinary versatility across a 70-year career, working with acclaimed directors from Buñuel to Godard, and celebrated for his unique and enduring presence

Marcel Achard

Marcel Achard

18991974

French playwright and screenwriter known for his popular sentimental comedies that brought laughter and wistful melancholy to the stage

Jacques Tati

Jacques Tati

19071982

French mime, actor, and director celebrated for his silent, observational comedies featuring Monsieur Hulot

Alain Robbe-Grillet

Alain Robbe-Grillet

19222008

French author and film director known for his innovative Nouveau Roman novels and experimental films

Claude Jade

Claude Jade

19482006

French actress known for her roles in François Truffaut's films and her international career, dubbed "French cinema’s little sweetheart"

Roger Vadim

Roger Vadim

19282000

French filmmaker who launched Brigitte Bardot with And God Created Woman and directed Jane Fonda in Barbarella

Claude Chabrol

Claude Chabrol

19302010

French New Wave director known for his psychologically astute thrillers often depicting the darker side of bourgeois life with a signature detached observation

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Joe Alaskey

19522016

American actor and comedian known for voicing iconic Warner Bros. characters like Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, as well as Grandpa Lou Pickles on Rugrats

Veronica Lake

Veronica Lake

19221973

American actress known for her iconic peek-a-boo hairstyle and femme fatale roles in 1940s film noir

Roy Scheider

Roy Scheider

19322008

American actor celebrated for his grounded realism in films like *Jaws* and *All That Jazz*, bringing humanity to everyday heroes

Buffalo Bill

Buffalo Bill

18461917

American frontiersman and showman who founded Buffalo Bill's Wild West, a spectacle that popularized the image of the American Old West

Count Basie

Count Basie

19041984

American jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer known for the Count Basie Orchestra and shaping the swing era with his minimalist piano and driving rhythm section

Erich von Stroheim

Erich von Stroheim

18851957

Austrian-American director and actor known for his uncompromising vision in silent films like Greed and his later roles, including Max von Mayerling in Sunset Boulevard

Art Carney

Art Carney

19182003

American actor and comedian best known as Ed Norton on The Honeymooners and an Academy Award winner for Harry and Tonto

John Barrymore

John Barrymore

18821942

American actor, known as 'the Great Profile,' who captivated audiences on stage and screen from Hamlet to Grand Hotel

Blake Edwards

Blake Edwards

19222010

American filmmaker known for directing iconic comedies like the Pink Panther series and Breakfast at Tiffany's, as well as powerful dramas

Jackie Gleason

Jackie Gleason

19161987

American comedian, actor, and composer known as 'The Great One' for his iconic characters and successful music career

Howard Hawks

Howard Hawks

18961977

American film director, producer, and screenwriter known for his versatile genre mastery and the creation of the 'Hawksian woman'