Deaths: March 28

1. Paul O'Grady

Paul James O'Grady was born on 14 June 1955 in Birkenhead, England. He attended St Anselm's Christian Brothers School. After his graduation, he worked as a clerk in a magistrate's court.

During that time he met a woman named Diane Jansen with whom he had a brief affair. Their daughter, Sharyn, was ...

2. Barbara Rütting

Actress | Die Spur führt nach Berlin

Barbara Rütting was born Waltraut Irmgard Goltz in Wietstock (Brandenburg), the daughter of teachers. She grew up and went to school in Berlin and Luckenwalde in Brandenburg. After matriculating, she moved to Denmark where she sought employment and worked variously as a maid, as a librarian and as ...

3. Barrie Youngfellow

Actress | It's a Living

Barrie Youngfellow was born on October 22, 1946 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for It's a Living (1980), The Scarlett O'Hara War (1980) and The Streets of San Francisco (1972). She was married to Sam Freed and Michael Mund Youngfellow. She died on March 28, 2022 in Woodstock, ...

4. Bek Nelson

Actress | Bell Book and Candle

Bek Nelson was born on May 8, 1927 in Goin, Tennessee, USA. She was an actress, known for Bell Book and Candle (1958), Lawman (1958) and Burke's Law (1963). She was married to Don Gordon. She died on March 28, 2015 in Watsonville, California, USA.

5. Bill Saluga

Actor | The Great Buck Howard

One of those actors whom everyone has seen but no one knows his name, Bill Saluga, of the Ace Trucking Company comedy troupe, was seen all over television in the seventies and early eighties as an obnoxious little fellow named "Raymond J. Johnson, Jr." When addressed as "Johnson" though, he would ...

6. Caleb Scofield

Soundtrack | Old Man Gloom: Here Is a Gift for You

Caleb Scofield was born on October 6, 1978 in Concord, New Hampshire, USA. He died on March 28, 2018 in Bedford, New Hampshire, USA.

7. Chato Galante

Self | El año decisivo

8. Christine Kaufmann

Actress | Taras Bulba

Born in Austria to a French mother and a German father, young Christine Kaufmann conquered the hearts of post-war German movie audiences in movies like Der schweigende Engel (1954), Ein Herz schlägt für Erika (1956) and, most famously, Rosen-Resli (1954). Discovered at the tender age of ...

9. Claire Griswold

Actress | The Investigators

Claire Griswold was born on October 30, 1936 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. She was an actress, known for The Investigators (1961), Studio One (1948) and The Twilight Zone (1959). She was married to Sydney Pollack. She died on March 28, 2011 in West Hollywood, California, USA.

10. Clare Foley

Actress | Janie

Clare Foley was born on May 3, 1934 in Galesburg, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Janie (1944) and Janie Gets Married (1946). She was married to David Lewis West and Jackson Ellis Lewis. She died on March 28, 1974 in Arlington, Virginia, USA.

11. Clint Jung

Actor | Jobs

Clint Jung is a Los Angeles based actor with over a hundred television and film credits in both drama and comedy. A versatile actor, he's played roles ranging from detectives, doctors and dads to lawyers, judges, mob bosses and everything in between. He can be seen playing Michael Chen on FX's ...

12. Damir Salimov

Director | Oblava na odichavshikh sobak

Damir Salimov was born on July 19, 1937 in Samarkand, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Samarqand, Uzbekistan]. He was a director and writer, known for Oblava na odichavshikh sobak (1990), The Mischievous Boy (1978) and Leningradtsy, deti moi... (1981). He died on March 28, 2019 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

13. David Schramm

Actor | Wings

A Kentucky native, Schramm attended Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky and majored in English while also becoming intensely involved in theater. At the urging of his college acting teacher, he applied for and won a four-year graduate scholarship to Juilliard's newly formed drama...

14. Dick Haymes

Actor | State Fair

Arguably one of the best crooners of the 20th century, Dick Haymes was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on September 13, 1918, to an English father and Irish-born mother of English descent. Brought to the U.S. as an infant, Dick inherited his vocal gift from his mother who had made ends meet during ...

15. Dorothy Fields

Music_department | Swing Time

Dorothy Fields, daughter of vaudeville star Lew Fields (of Weber & Fields) started writing songs for Tin Pan Alley and Broadway in the 1920s, in spite of the fact, that her first Broadway show was a flop. From the 30s on she also worked for Hollywood with her partner, composer Jimmy McHugh. She won...

16. Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self | Nazi Concentration Camps

Dwight D. Eisenhower was born on Tuesday, October 14, 1890, as Dwight David Eisenhower, in Denison, Texas. He was the third of seven sons born to David Jacob Eisenhower and Ida Elizabeth Stover. Both of his parents were of German descent. Eisenhower studied at the West Point Military Academy from ...

17. Earl Scruggs

Soundtrack | Bonnie and Clyde

Earl Scruggs was born on January 6, 1924 in near Shelby, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Bonnie and Clyde (1967), The Love Guru (2008) and Penguins of Madagascar (2014). He was married to Louise Scruggs. He died on March 28, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

18. Emmett Kelly

Actor | Wind Across the Everglades

Emmett Kelly was born on December 9, 1898 in Sedan, Kansas, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Wind Across the Everglades (1958), General Electric Theater (1953) and The Greatest Show on Earth (1952). He was married to Elvira Gebhardt, Mildred Richey and Eva Mae Moore (actress). He died on ...

19. Eva Franco

Actress | De la misteriosa Buenos Aires

Eva Franco was born on June 29, 1906 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for De la misteriosa Buenos Aires (1981), Nights Without Moons and Suns (1984) and Medio millón por una mujer (1940). She died on March 28, 1999 in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

20. Françoise Rosay

Actress | La kermesse héroïque

Françoise Rosay was born on April 19, 1891 in Paris, France. She was an actress and writer, known for Carnival in Flanders (1935), The Halfway House (1944) and Le petit café (1931). She was married to Jacques Feyder. She died on March 28, 1974 in Montgeron, Essonne, France.

21. Gene Saks

Actor | Deconstructing Harry

Gene Saks was born on November 8, 1921 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Deconstructing Harry (1997), The Odd Couple (1968) and I.Q. (1994). He was married to Keren Victoria Ettlinger and Bea Arthur. He died on March 28, 2015 in East Hampton, New York, USA.

22. Gil Perkins

Actor | Batman: The Movie

A champion athlete and trackman in his native northern Australia, Gil Perkins always wanted to get into films; as a teenager he virtually ran away from home, taking a job as a deck hand on a Norwegian freighter. He eventually landed in Hollywood in the late '20s, during the era of part-silent, ...

23. Goldie Sellers

Self | The NFL on NBC

Goldie Sellers was born on January 9, 1942 in Winnsboro, Louisiana, USA. He died on March 28, 2020 in Golden, Colorado, USA.

24. Helmut Huber

Producer | Seduced and Betrayed

Helmut Huber was born on October 10, 1937 in Austria. He was a producer and writer, known for Seduced and Betrayed (1995), Wieviel Liebe braucht der Mensch (1988) and Blood on Her Hands (1998). He was married to Susan Lucci. He died on March 28, 2022 in Long Island, New York, USA.

25. Herb Ellis

Music_department | Les tricheurs

Herb Ellis was born on August 4, 1921 in Farmersville, Texas, USA. He is known for Les tricheurs (1958), Moonlighting (1985) and I Love You, Don't Touch Me! (1997). He was married to Patti Gahagan. He died on March 28, 2010 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

26. Hertha Töpper

Actress | Eugen Onegin

Hertha Töpper was born on April 19, 1924 in Graz, Styria, Austria. She was an actress, known for Eugen Onegin (1963), Eugen Onegin (1972) and Great Performances (1971). She was married to Franz Mixa. She died on March 28, 2020 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

27. Hugh McCracken

Soundtrack | Foreplay

Hugh McCracken was born on March 31, 1942 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, USA. He was a composer, known for Foreplay (1975), Long Gone (1987) and Go Ask Alice (1973). He was married to Holly McCracken and Lynne White. He died on March 28, 2013 in New York City, New York, USA.

28. Hugh O'Connor

Actor | In the Heat of the Night

Hugh was born in Rome, Italy, and adopted by actor Carroll O'Connor and his wife, Nancy. At the age of 16, Hugh was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease, but conquered it with the help of chemotherapy. It was around this time that Hugh started taking drugs. He worked as a courier on the set of his ...

29. Jack Hoxie

Actor | Looking for Trouble

American cowboy star of silent films, Jack Hoxie was raised in the Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) and in Idaho, learning riding and roping at an early age. He became a popular and successful rodeo star, winning national championships. In 1914, after touring the U.S. in a Wild West show, he came to...

30. James Noble

Actor | 1776

The son of a Dallas wholesale coal dealer, Noble spent much of his youth attending pool halls and movie houses. He retained his expertise with a pool cue throughout his life, while his stronger interest in acting (fueled by movies) manifested itself in local stage productions and drama studies at ...

31. Jan Howard

Soundtrack | The Devil All the Time

Jan Howard was born on March 13, 1929 in West Plains, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for The Devil All the Time (2020), The Tale (2018) and Changing Hearts (2002). She was married to Maurice Acree Jr, Harlan Howard, Lowell Smith and Mearle Wood. She died on March 28, 2020 in Gallatin, ...

32. Janine Sutto

Actress | Le père Chopin

Janine Sutto is one of Canada's most celebrated and respected actresses. In a career spanning over 70 years, she has played hundreds of roles on stage, radio and television. She has appeared at major theatres across Canada in productions ranging from classics by Molière and Shakespeare to works by ...

33. Jim Thorpe

Actor | Trailin' West

Jim Thorpe is an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. Thorpe became the first Native American to win a gold medal for the United States. Considered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports, he won Olympic gold medals in the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon, and played American ...

34. John Callahan

Actor | All My Children

John Callahan was born on December 23, 1953 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for All My Children (1970), eCupid (2011) and Dinocroc vs. Supergator (2010). He was married to Eva LaRue and Linda Freeman. He died on March 28, 2020 in Rancho Mirage, California, USA.

35. Jon Skolmen

Actor | Den ofrivillige golfaren

Jon Skolmen was born on November 1, 1940 in Oslo, Norway. He was an actor and writer, known for Den ofrivillige golfaren (1991), Sällskapsresan eller Finns det svenskt kaffe på grisfesten (1980) and Fortuna (1993). He was married to Kirsti Elisabeth Halvorsen. He died on March 28, 2019 ...

36. Jonathan Baumbach

Actor | Kicking and Screaming

Jonathan Baumbach was born on July 5, 1933 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Kicking and Screaming (1995) and Mr. Jealousy (1997). He was married to Georgia Brown, Ellie Berkman, Naomi Miller and Annette Grant. He died on March 28, 2019 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, ...

37. Jorge Preloran

Director | Luther Metke a los 94

Jorge Preloran was born on May 28, 1933 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Luther Metke at 94 (1980), Claudia y yo (1966) and Mi tía Nora (1983). He was married to Mabel Prelorán. He died on March 28, 2009 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

38. Judith Rawlins

Actress | 77 Sunset Strip

Judith Rawlins was born on June 24, 1936 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. She was an actress, known for 77 Sunset Strip (1958), 20,000 Eyes (1961) and Bat Masterson (1958). She was married to Vic Damone and David Rawlins. She died on March 28, 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

39. June Havoc

Actress | Gentleman's Agreement

Musical theater devotees will undoubtedly know that the song "Let Me Entertain You" was from the classic musical "Gypsy", the born-in-a-trunk story of resilient kid troopers Gypsy Rose Lee and June Havoc who were mercilessly pushed into vaudeville careers by an unbearably headstrong mother. While ...

40. Kai-Chi Liu

Actor | Mou gaan dou II

Kai-Chi Liu was born on April 7, 1954 in Hong Kong, British Crown Colony. He was an actor and writer, known for Infernal Affairs II (2003), Beast Stalker (2008) and New Police Story (2004). He was married to Man-Yee Chan. He died on March 28, 2021 in Sha Tin, Hong Kong.

41. Lorenzo Semple Jr.

Writer | Three Days of the Condor

Lorenzo Semple Jr. was born on March 27, 1923 in New Rochelle, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Three Days of the Condor (1975), Flash Gordon (1980) and Never Say Never Again (1983). He was married to Joyce Miller and Ann Somers. He died on March 28, 2014 in Brentwood, California, USA.

42. Manuel García Ferré

Writer | Corazón, las alegrías de Pantriste

Manuel García Ferré was born in 1929 in Almería, Almería, Andalucía, Spain. He was a writer and producer, known for Corazón, las alegrías de Pantriste (2000), Las aventuras de Hijitus (1967) and Manuelita (1999). He died on March 28, 2013 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

43. Marc Chagall

Art_department | The Metropolitan Opera: Centennial Gala

Marc Chagall was a Russian-Jewish artist and writer in Yiddish who moved to France and developed his highly original style by blending elements of traditional Jewish culture with cutting-edge innovations in modern art.

He was born Moishe Segal (Russified: Marc Zakharovich Shagalov) on July 7, 1887, ...

44. Marvin J. Chomsky

Director | Holocaust

Marvin J. Chomsky was born on May 23, 1929 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Holocaust (1978), Billionaire Boys Club (1987) and Peter the Great (1986). He died on March 28, 2022 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

45. Matthew Faber

Actor | Welcome to the Dollhouse

Matthew Faber was born on January 31, 1973 in Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and cinematographer, known for Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995), Palindromes (2004) and Natural Born Killers (1994). He died on March 28, 2020 in Van Nuys, California, USA.

46. Maurice Jarre

Composer | Lawrence of Arabia

Unlike many musicians who started to learn music while still in their childhood, Maurice Jarre was already late in his teens when he discovered music and decided to make a career in that field. Against his father's will, he enrolled at Conservatoire de Paris where he studied percussions, ...

47. Maury Laws

Music_department | Rogue One

Maury Laws was born on December 6, 1923 in Hurdle Mills, Person County, North Carolina, USA. He was a composer, known for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), Batman & Robin (1997) and The Daydreamer (1966). He was married to Karen Krumm. He died on March 28, 2019 in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA.

48. Nicolás Brizuela

Self | Mercedes Sosa: como un pájaro libre

Nicolás Brizuela was born on December 23, 1949 in La Rioja, Argentina. He died on March 28, 2020 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

49. Oleg Anofriev

Actor | Posle dozhdichka, v chetverg

Oleg Anofriev was born on July 20, 1930 in Gelendzhik, North Caucasus Krai, RSFSR, USSR [now Krasnodar Krai, Russia]. He was an actor and director, known for After the Rain, on Thursday (1986), Byt vlyublyonnym (1992) and Tam, na nevedomykh dorozhkakh... (1983). He was married to Otlivshchikova ...

50. Patrick Troughton

Actor | The Omen

Patrick Troughton was born in Mill Hill, London and was educated at Mill Hill School. He trained as an actor at the Embassy School of Acting in the UK and at Leighton Rollin's Studio for for Actors at Long Island, New York in the USA. During World War II he served in the Royal Navy and after the ...

51. Peter Ustinov

Actor | Spartacus

Peter Ustinov was a two-time Academy Award-winning film actor, director, writer, journalist and raconteur. He wrote and directed many acclaimed stage plays and led numerous international theatrical productions.

He was born Peter Alexander Freiherr von Ustinow on April 16, 1921 in Swiss Cottage, ...

52. Raquel Pankowsky

Actress | Cadenas de amargura

Raquel Pankowsky was born on July 10, 1952 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Cadenas de amargura (1991), Un gancho al corazón (2008) and Vecinos (2005). She died on March 28, 2022 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.

53. Richard Arlen

Actor | Island of Lost Souls

During World War I, Richard Arlen served in the Royal Canadian Flying Corps as a pilot, but he never saw combat. After the war he drifted round and eventually wound up in Los Angeles, where he got a job as a motorcycle messenger at a film laboratory. When he crashed into the gates of Paramount ...

54. Richard Griffiths

Actor | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

The avuncular star character actor Richard Griffiths grew up in a council flat in less than prosperous conditions, the son of deaf and volatile parents in a dysfunctional family setting. According to an article in the Telegraph newspaper, his father Thomas was a steelworker 'who fought in pubs for ...

55. Robert Gallinowski

Actor | Tatort

Robert Gallinowski was born on October 3, 1969 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Noch ein Seufzer und es wird Nacht (2015) and Einmal Bulle, immer Bulle (2004). He was married to Dagmar Manzel. He died on March 28, 2023 in Berlin, Germany.

56. Robert J. Wilke

Actor | The Magnificent Seven

Prolific American character actor of primarily villainous roles. The son of German parents, Cincinnati feed-store manager August Wilke and his wife Rose, Robert Joseph Wilke grew up in Cincinnati. He worked as a lifeguard at a Miami, Florida, hotel, where he made contacts in the film business. He ...

57. Ryuichi Sakamoto

Composer | The Last Emperor

Ryuichi Sakamoto was born on January 17, 1952 in Tokyo, Japan. He was a composer and actor, known for The Last Emperor (1987), The Revenant (2015) and Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983). He was married to Akiko Yano. He died on March 28, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan.

58. Salvador Vives

Actor | Estudio 1

Salvador Vives was born on March 5, 1943 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was an actor, known for Estudio 1 (1965), La tía de Carlos en minifalda (1967) and Gay Club (1981). He died on March 28, 2020 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

59. Sergei Rachmaninoff

Soundtrack | Superhero Movie

Sergei Rachmaninoff (also spelled Rachmaninov) was a legendary Russian-American composer and pianist who fled Russia after the Communist revolution of 1917, and became one of the highest paid concert stars of his time, and one of the most influential pianists of the 20th century.

He was born Sergei ...

60. Daniel T. 'Sweetie' Boothe

Actor | To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar

Daniel T. 'Sweetie' Boothe was born in 1966 in the USA. He was an actor, known for To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995), Starrbooty (2007) and No Exit (2006). He died on March 28, 2017 in New York City, New York, USA.

Sweetie

61. Virginia Gilmore

Actress | Close-Up

Virginia Gilmore's father was a British army officer who retired to California. Educated at a convent in Hollywood, she made her stage debut at 15 with a San Francisco theater company and at 20 made her first movie for Samuel Goldwyn. Although her career started out well, she was soon relegated to ...

62. Virginia Woolf

Writer | Orlando

London-born Virginia Woolf came from a wealthy family and, unlike her brothers, received her education at home, an unusual step for the times. Her parents had both had children from previous marriages, so she grew up with a variety of siblings, stepbrothers and stepsisters. Her father was a ...

63. Waldo de los Ríos

Composer | Curro Jiménez

Pianist, composer, conductor and arranger born in Buenos Aires in 1934. He was formed at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música, studied with Alberto Ginastera and Teodoro Fuchs and gave from his very early years an avant-garde spirit to his performances. He composed music for films, including the ...

64. Wenche Foss

Actress | Vildanden

Wenche Foss was born on December 5, 1917 in Oslo, Norway. She was an actress and writer, known for Vildanden (1963), Flåklypa Grand Prix (2000) and I Am Dina (2002). She was married to Thomas Stang and Alf Scott-Hansen, Jr.. She died on March 28, 2011 in Oslo, Norway.

65. William Helmreich

Self | Kinderblock 66: Return to Buchenwald

William Helmreich was born on August 25, 1945 in Zürich, Kanton Zürich, Switzerland. He was married to Helaine. He died on March 28, 2020 in Great Neck, New York, USA.

66. William MacPherson

William MacPherson was born on March 16, 1933 in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, USA. He was married to Elizabeth Mosher. He died on March 28, 2017 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

67. William Prochnau

Writer | Proof of Life

William Prochnau was born on August 9, 1937 in Everett, Washington, USA. He was a writer, known for Proof of Life (2000) and By Dawn's Early Light (1990). He was married to Laura Parker and Lani Gruger. He died on March 28, 2018 in Washington, USA.

68. William Wolf

Actor | Semi-Tough

William Wolf was born on December 4, 1925 in Bound Brook, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Semi-Tough (1977) and The Steve Allen Show (1968). He was married to Lillian Kramer. He died on March 28, 2020 in New York, New York, USA.