5 August 1961 – Janet McTeer, 65, English actress Oscar nominated Tumbleweeds * Albert Nobbs Portrait of a Marriage (1990 as Vita Sackville West) The Governor * A Doll's House (Tony Award) Songcatcher * Into the Storm * Damages * Jessica Jones * Sorry for Your Loss * MobLand * Harry Potter (2026-)
5 August 1911 – 1969 Robert Taylor, 57, US actor, cellist, #WW2 aviator. Magnificent Obsession (1935) Camille * A Yank at Oxford * Waterloo Bridge * Johnny Eager * The Bribe * Quo Vadis * Ivanhoe * Knights of the Round Table * Quentin Durward * The Detectives (TV) * Return of the Gunfighter (1967)
5 August 1906 – 1998 Joan Hickson, 92, English actress. Appointment With Death (Stage 1946) Seven Days to Noon * The Man Who Never Was * Carry On Nurse/Constable * Murder She Said (with Margaret Rutherford) A Day in the Death of Joe Egg * Bedroom Farce (Tony Award) * Miss Marple TV series (1984-92)
5 August 1887 – 1972 Reginald Owen, 85, English-US actor. Queen Christina (1933) Anna Karenina * A Tale of Two Cities * Mrs Miniver * Random Harvest * The Canterville Ghost * National Velvet * Cluny Brown * Challenge to Lassie * The Thrill of It All * Mary Poppins * Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
4 August 1962 – Marilyn Monroe, 36, US actress, singer, dancer. She died between 8:30-10:30 pm. Found the next day, naked in bed covered by a sheet, her hand clamped to the telephone. Cause of death massive barbiturate overdose, accidental death ruled out. youtu.be/FwpRi0TljjA?si=ikP52R0_JGPmxZAL
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4 August 1955 – Billy Bob Thornton, 71, US actor, filmmaker. The Outsiders (1990) One False Move (+ writer) Tombstone * Sling Blade (Oscar Screenplay, OscarNom actor) Primary Colors * A Simple Plan (OscarNom) The Man Who Wasn't There * Bandits * Alamo * Bad Santa * Fargo * Goliath * Landman (2024-)
“Palestinians lack almost all basic rights, including the right to vote and protest, face constant violence in occupied West Bank and #Gaza and demolition of their homes.” (August 2023) The Jerusalem Fund educating #USA supporting #Palestine 🇵🇸 #Spain 🇪🇸 #Israel thejerusalemfund.org/2023/08/the-...
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3 August 1950 – John Landis, 76, US filmmaker Kentucky Fried Movie (1977) Animal House * Blues Brothers * American Werewolf in London * Michael Jackson's Thriller * Trading Places * Three Amigos * Coming to America * Innocent Blood * Beverly Hills Cop III * Blues Brothers 2000 * Burke & Hare (2010)
3 August 1940 – Martin Sheen, (b. Ramón Estévez), 86, US actor. The Subject Was Roses (1968) * Catch-22 * Badlands * The Execution of Private Slovik * Sweet Hostage * Apocalypse Now * Gandhi * Kennedy * Wall Street * The West Wing * The Departed * Bobby * Spider Man * Grace and Frankie (2015-22)
3 August 1926 – 2013 Rona Anderson, 86, Scottish actress. Gordon Jackson (m. 1951 his death 1990) Sleeping Car to Trieste (1948) * Floodtide * Torment * Home to Danger * Scrooge * Whispering Smith Hits London * Noose for a Lady * Little Red Monkey * Soho Incident * Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
3 August 1923 – 1977 Jean Hagen, 54, US actress. Born Yesterday (Broadway 1946) * Adam's Rib (1949) Asphalt Jungle * Side Street * Singin' in the Rain (OscarNom) Make Room for Daddy * The Big Knife * Spring Réunion * The Shaggy Dog * Sunrise at Campobello * Panic in Year Zero * Dead Ringer (1964)
3 August 1921 – 1972 Marilyn Maxwell, 50, US actress, singer. #WW2 USO tours with Bob Hope. Between Two Women (1945) * Race Street * Champion * Outside the Wall * The Lemon Drop Kid * New York Confidential * Rock-A-Bye Baby * Critic's Choice * Stage to Thunder Rock * Arizona Bushwhackers (1968)
3 August 1904 – 1983 Dolores del Río, 78, Mexican actress Resurrection (1927) Loves of Carmen * Ramona (1927) * Evangeline (1929) Bird of Paradise * Flying Down to Rio * Madame Du Barry * Las Abandonadas * María Candelaria * The Fugitive * Flaming Star * Cheyenne Autumn * Children of Sanchez (1978)
2 August 1964 – Mary-Louise Parker, 62, US actress Prelude to a Kiss (Broadway 1990) Grand Canyon * Fried Green Tomatoes * The Client * Bullets Over Broadway * Portrait of a Lady * Proof * The West Wing * Angels in America * Weeds * Robber Bride * Proof 2001 and The Sound Inside (2022 Tony Awards)
2 August 1945 – Joanna Cassidy, (b. Caskey), 81, US actress. The Outfit (1973) Bank Shot * The Late Show * Blade Runner * Under Fire * Buffalo Bill * Who Framed Roger Rabbit * The Tommyknockers * Six Feet Under * Boston Legal * Body of Proof * Odd Mom Out * Call Me Fitz * L Word Generation Q (2022)
2 August 1932 – 2013 Peter O'Toole, 81, British-Irish actor. Honorary Oscar (2002) Most Actor Oscar nominations without a win. 8 Oscar nominations: Lawrence of Arabia (1962) * Becket * The Lion in Winter * Goodbye, Mr. Chips * The Ruling Class * The Stunt Man * My Favorite Year * Venus (2006)
2 August 1915 – 1990 Gary Merrill, 74, US actor. Bette Davis (m. 1950-60) Winged Victory (1944) Twelve O'Clock High (1949) Where the Sidewalk Ends * All About Eve * Another Man's Poison * Decision Before Dawn * Mysterious Island * A Girl Named Tamiko * Clambake * The Incident * The Seekers (1979)
2 August 1911 – 1979 Ann Dvorak, (McKim), 68, US actress Scarface (1932) * Strange Love of Molly Louvain * Love Is a Racket * Three on a Match * G Men * Blind Alley * #WW2 Britain, Ambulance Driver * Flame of the Barbary Coast * The Long Night * Return of Jesse James * Secret of Convict Lake (1951)
2 August 1905 – 1993 Myrna Loy, 88, US actress. Film debut 1925. Love Me Tonight (1932) * Vanity Fair (Becky Sharp) * Manhattan Melodrama * The Thin Man (1934-44) * The Great Ziegfeld * The Best Years of Our Lives * Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House * Cheaper by the Dozen * Lonelyhearts (1958)
2 August 1900 – 1941 Helen Morgan, (b. Riggin), 41, (Liver Disease), US singer, actress. Renowned 'Torch' singer Chicago club scene in prohibition 1920s. Julie LaVerne in original Broadway Show Boat 1927, part-talkie 1929 film, 1932 Broadway revival and 1936 film with Irene Dunne and Paul Robeson.
2 August 1899 – 1995 Charles Bennett, 95, English screenwriter. #Hitchcock films Blackmail (1929 + play) The Man Who Knew Too Much * 39 Steps * Sabotage * Secret Agent * Young and Innocent (Bennett moved to Hollywood in 1937) Foreign Correspondent * Saboteur (1942) The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Richard Griffiths #BOTD (1947-2013, aged 65) Uncle Monty Withnail and I (1987) Vernon Dursley Harry Potter (2001–11) Dr. Albert S. Meinheimer/Earl Hacker in Naked Gun 2½: Smell of Fear (1991) Sleepy Hollow (1999) The History Boys (2006 Tony Award) Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
31 July 1939 France Nuyen, (b. France Nguyễn Vân Nga), 87, French-US actress, model, counsellor. South Pacific (1958) The Joy Luck Club (1993) She also originated the title role in the original Broadway production of The World of Suzie Wong (1958) With Laurence Harvey in A Girl Named Tamiko (1962)
BOTD 1956 Michael Biehn totally memorable as the infamous Johnny Ringo in the classic Tombstone (1993)
"King Herod, the heretic, in Jesus Christ Superstar is traditionally played as a flashy, and jaded ruler, sings the jazzy, sarcastic "King Herod's Song" to mock Jesus when the 'King of the Jews' is sent to him by Pontius Pilate. The role is famous for being flamboyantly camp." #BoyGeorge Last Dance
1 August 1933 – 2009 Dom DeLuise, 75, US actor, singer, author. Fail Safe (1964) Glass Bottom Boat * Blazing Saddles * Silent Movie * The Cheap Detective * Fatso * Smokey and the Bandit * History of the World I * Cannonball Run * Spaceballs + An American Tail (voice) Robin Hood Men in Tights (1993)
1 August 1914 – 2002 J. Lee Thompson, 88, English-Canadian filmmaker. Yield to Night (1956) * Woman in a Dressing Gown * Ice Cold in Alex * Tiger Bay * North West Frontier * Guns of Navarone (OscarNom) * Cape Fear * Conquest of/Battle for the Planet of Apes * Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)
31 July 1974 – Emilia Fox, 52, English actress. Rebecca (1997) * The Pianist * Republic of Love * Silent Witness * Keeping Mum * Merlin * Cashback * Flashbacks of a Fool * Dorian Gray * Ways to Live Forever * A Thousand Kisses Deep * Delicious * The Trial of Christine Keeler (2019-20)
31 July 1951 – Evonne Goolagong Cawley, 75, Australian tennis player. Her first tennis dress was made by her mother from a bed sheet, her shoes painted white. The first Indigenous Australian to win a singles grand slam. Australian Open (1974-77) French Open (1971) Wimbledon (1971, 1980)
