Film

Actors, directors and the people behind the camera, remembered for the films that stayed with us. 81 people are remembered here. Light a candle, read their story, and add a memory of your own.

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  Michel Paulin

  1933 – 2026 · Actor

  Narrator of Les Mystérieuses Cités d'or; French voice of Chinatown's Jake Gittes.

  87 candles · 4 tributes
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  Bruce Davis

  1943 – 2026 · Film executive

  Academy executive who guarded Oscar for 22 years and wrote how the statue got its name.

  84 candles · 4 tributes
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  Andrea Eastman

  1940 – 2026 · Casting director (Paramount head of casting)

  Godfather casting pioneer and ICM trailblazer who spent her later years rescuing horses and dogs.

  84 candles · 5 tributes
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  Serhat Kılıç

  1975 – 2026 · Actor (theatre

  Turkish stage and screen actor of Winter Sleep and Seksenler's Ergun Plak; teacher and showman.

  80 candles · 6 tributes
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  Christy Knowings

  1980 – 2026 · American actress

  All That scene-stealer whose Brenda Stone and Whateverrr energy still makes 90s kids laugh.

  77 candles · 6 tributes
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  Vincent Pastore

  1946 – 2026 · Actor

  Bronx-born Big Pussy of The Sopranos: tough on screen, kind-hearted brother off it.

  76 candles · 5 tributes
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  Georgina Lightning

  1963 – 2026 · First Nations (Samson Cree / Maskwacis Plains Cree) film director

  Samson Cree filmmaker who made media that matters and opened the feature door for Indigenous women directors.

  75 candles · 5 tributes
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  David Worth

  1940 – 2026 · Cinematographer

  Eye behind Bloodsport and the director of Kickboxer; Eastwood DP who taught indie grit to a new generation.

  73 candles · 7 tributes
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  Erni Mangold

  1927 – 2026 · Actress (stage

  Austrian stage and screen force who made blunt truth and late-career brilliance her trademark.

  71 candles · 8 tributes
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  Mark Rydell

  1929 – 2026 · Film director

  Actor's director who drew Oscars from Fonda and Hepburn and whispered greatness into Midler.

  69 candles · 8 tributes
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  Sally Kirkland

  1941 – 2025 · Actress

  Oscar-nominated force of nature who turned grit, glamour and Anna into lasting indie legend.

  68 candles · 9 tributes
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  Jeremy Thomas

  1949 – 2026 · Film producer

  Independent producer of The Last Emperor, Sexy Beast and Crash, who backed daring directors across more than 80 films.

  67 candles · 7 tributes
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  Francesc Garrido

  1969 – 2026 · Actor (stage

  Essential Catalan actor of stage and screen, magnetic and discreet, aged 56.

  67 candles · 9 tributes
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  Sowcar Janaki

  1931 – 2026 · Actress

  Seven decades, four languages, nearly 400 films: the actress who kept South Indian screens honest.

  66 candles · 4 tributes
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  Andreas Hoppe

  1960 – 2026 · Actor (theatre

  Ciao Kopper: heart on the right side.

  65 candles · 6 tributes
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  Taiwo "Ogogo" Hassan

  1959 – 2026 · Actor

  Ogogo: mechanic-turned Yoruba cinema king who chanted, acted, and carried Owo Blow to Netflix.

  60 candles · 8 tributes
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  David Fair

  1952 – 2026 · Musician

  He lived a beautiful life of love, kindness, and creativity.

  59 candles · 4 tributes
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  Chuck Russell

  1952 – 2026 · Film director

  Genre director who remade Freddy, the Blob, and The Mask into career-launching pop cinema.

  55 candles · 10 tributes
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  Lee Yong-joo

  1982 – 2026 · Actor and former fashion model

  Model-turned actor who made Korea laugh as Blue Tower's lovable rookie soldier.

  50 candles · 8 tributes
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  Samuel Monroe Jr.

  1973 – 2026 · Actor

  Unforgettable face of 1990s Black cinema whose grit on screen never erased the kindness friends remembered off it.

  46 candles · 8 tributes
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  Harold P. Freeman

  1933 – 2026 · Surgical oncologist

  Father of patient navigation who proved poverty, not destiny, decides who survives cancer.

  46 candles · 7 tributes
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  Elio Zamuto

  1941 – 2026 · Actor

  Italian Magnum: voice of Selleck, Creed, and the poliziottesco.

  44 candles · 5 tributes
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  Mike McFarland

  1970 – 2026 · Voice actor

  Funimation pioneer who gave English life to Master Roshi, Buggy, and a generation of anime dubs.

  39 candles · 7 tributes
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  Husky Kihal

  1961 – 2026 · Actor (cinema

  Henri Fournier of Astrid et Raphaelle, who made the morgue human.

  37 candles · 9 tributes
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  Robin Morgan

  1941 – 2026 · Poet

  Poet and Sisterhood editor who made radical feminism audible, global, and impossible to ignore.

  33 candles · 10 tributes
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  Richard O'Sullivan

  1944 – 2026 · Actor

  Master of effortless charm who brought warmth and wit into millions of British living rooms.

  0 candles · 0 tributes
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  Chen Kuan-tai

  1945 – 2026 · Martial arts actor

  Shaw Brothers hard man whose real kung fu made Ma Yongzhen immortal.

  0 candles · 0 tributes
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  Tony Gatlif

  1948 – 2026 · Film director

  He filmed music, exile and freedom until the road ran out. Latcho drom.

  0 candles · 0 tributes
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  Lau Siu-ming

  1931 – 2026 · Dancer

  Ming Sir: Europe-trained dance pioneer and Ghost Story tree demon who taught Hong Kong how to move and act.

  0 candles · 0 tributes
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  Jean-Paul Rappeneau

  1932 – 2026 · Film director

  He made French cinema gallop: Cyrano, screwball grace, and the art of the fugue.

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  Carla Jeffery

  1993 – 2026 · Actor best known as Bree in Disney’s Zombies franchise

  The Seabrook cheerleader who made friendship look easy - and taught a generation that joy could be a craft.

  0 candles · 0 tributes
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  Gracindo Junior

  1943 – 2026 · Actor

  Globo pioneer and Casarão heir who kept Brazilian stages and screens honest for six decades.

  0 candles · 0 tributes
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  Victor Miller

  1940 – 2026 · Screenwriter

  He wrote the original Friday the 13th, then spent decades making daytime drama and reclaiming his words.

  0 candles · 0 tributes