Film

Actors, directors and the people behind the camera, remembered for the films that stayed with us. 220 people are remembered here. Light a candle, read their story, and add a memory of your own.

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  Silvia Monti

  1946 – 2026 · Actress

  An actress who lit up Italian cinema for six bright years, then chose a quieter life.

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  Vincent Dieutre

  1960 – 2026 · Film director and screenwriter

  A filmmaker who turned his own life, loves and travels into cinema.

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  James Sloyan

  1940 – 2026 · Television actor

  Character actor and the longtime voice of Lexus, remembered as one of a kind.

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  Moritz de Hadeln

  1940 – 2026 · Film festival director

  Mister Filmfestival, who opened Nyon, Locarno, Berlin and Venice to the cinema of the whole world.

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  Margaret Kerry

  1929 – 2026 · Actress

  Disney's live-action Tinker Bell who danced Neverland into being.

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  Madhu Kambikar

  1953 – 2026 · Marathi actress

  Lavani Queen of Maharashtra whose ghungroos kept folk theatre alive for four decades.

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  J. Todd Anderson

  1959 – 2026 · Storyboard artist

  The Coen brothers' longtime storyboard artist who put their films on paper first.

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  Naoki Bandō

  1957 – 2026 · Voice actor (seiyū)

  A versatile Japanese voice actor who gave life to villains, officials and elders for over four decades.

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  Marina Vlady

  1938 – 2026 · Actress

  Cannes Best Actress whose films and voice linked French cinema with Russian culture.

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  Davide Di Lernia

  1978 – 2026 · Film director

  Milan videomaker and DDLVIDEO founder who bridged radio, music and the camera.

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  Fulvio Lucisano

  1928 – 2026 · Film producer

  Rome-born producer who shaped Italian screens for seven decades, from Mario Bava to Massimo Troisi.

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  Salim Kumar

  1969 – 2026 · Actor

  He made Kerala laugh for a generation, then made it think. National Award-winning star of Malayalam cinema.

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  James Handy

  1945 – 2026 · Actor

  Vietnam veteran, pacifist and character actor who made every cop, priest and father feel real.

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  T.K. Carter

  1956 – 2026 · Actor and comedian

  Nauls in The Thing, Mike on Punky Brewster, Gary in The Corner. He brought laughter, truth and humanity to every role.

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  Barbara Barrie

  1931 – 2026 · Actress

  Cannes-winning actress who gave Breaking Away its heart, Company its Sarah and Barney Miller its home.

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  Sverre Horge

  1944 – 2026 · Actor

  The theatre technician who became Sverre Borge and made Norway laugh every Christmas.

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  Karthik Sabesh

  † 2026 · Film actor

  Tamil actor of Pattathu Yaanai and Vallavan, son of Sabesh and nephew of Deva.

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  Ryszard Lenczewski

  1948 – 2026 · Cinematographer

  Oscar-nominated Polish cinematographer of Ida who taught generations at Łódź Film School.

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  Piak Poster

  1932 – 2026 · Filmmaker

  National Artist who painted a thousand film posters and helped remake Thai cinema in 35mm.

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  Sirous Ebrahimzadeh

  1937 – 2026 · Actor

  Iranian stage and screen veteran whose voice and craft spanned six decades.

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  Mithu Mukherjee

  1955 – 2026 · Actress (Bengali and Hindi cinema)

  Bengali and Hindi star of Mouchak and Marjina Abdulla, remembered with warmth.

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  Arvo Kruusement

  1928 – 2026 · Film director

  Director of Kevade who gave Estonia its century film of childhood and home.

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  C.W. Morgan

  † 2026 · Actor

  The actor who played Hank Loomis, the father at the heart of Scream's secret.

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  Milena Zupančič

  1946 – 2026 · Theatre

  Slovenian actress, Meta of Cvetje v jeseni and a leading light of the Ljubljana Drama.

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  Örjan Ramberg

  1948 – 2026 · Actor

  A Dramaten actor for over four decades, whose stage career and its troubled end both shaped his legacy.

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  Fiorenza Marchegiani

  1953 – 2026 · Actress

  The actress who was Marta in Ricomincio da tre and a familiar face of Italian television.

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  Dominique Frot

  1957 – 2026 · French actress and theatre director

  French actress of stage and screen, from Mortelle Randonnée and Titane to Soda's unforgettable principal.

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  Pradeep Rawat

  1952 – 2026 · Actor

  Ashwatthama, Deva of Lagaan, and Ghajini Dharmatma across Indian screens.

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  Don Iwerks

  1929 – 2026 · Film technology engineer

  Disney Legend and Oscar-honoured inventor whose cameras and projectors let audiences step inside the story.

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  Mary Beth Hurt

  1946 – 2026 · Actress

  Tony-nominated actress of Interiors, Garp and Crimes of the Heart, who made every supporting role unforgettable.

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  Terence Stamp

  1938 – 2025 · Actor and author

  Billy Budd, General Zod, Bernadette. The East End boy whose stillness the camera loved for six decades.

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  Yehuda Cohen

  1958 – 2026 · Public administrator

  A lifelong public servant who ran councils across Israel and led the administration of its Chief Rabbinate.

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  Tom Skerritt

  1933 – 2026 · Actor

  Air Force veteran, Emmy winner and storyteller who anchored M*A*S*H, Alien, Top Gun and Picket Fences, then helped veterans tell their own stories.

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  Kenneth Atchity

  1944 – 2026 · Author

  Yale classicist turned Hollywood story merchant, who brought The Meg from page to screen.

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  Göksel Arsoy

  1936 – 2026 · Actor

  Yeşilçam's Golden Child, the leading man who taught a generation of filmgoers about love.

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  Singeetham Srinivasa Rao

  1931 – 2026 · Film director

  A restless South Indian filmmaker who treated every genre as one more story to try.

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  Marjoe Gortner

  1944 – 2026 · Evangelist preacher

  Child evangelist who exposed the revival business on film, then became a memorable character actor.

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  Mushtaq Khan

  1969 – 2026 · Actor and comedian (Hindi film and television)

  Bollywood supporting comic whose Ballu scene in Welcome became a lasting Hindi film classic.

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  Mark Mortimer

  1967 – 2026 · Actor

  Another World's Nick Hudson, who served, built and gave others facing cancer a way forward.

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  Shanthi Narayanasamy

  † 2026 · Film producer

  Eldest child of Sivaji Ganesan and producer behind Thangappathakkam.

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  Richard Harrison

  1936 – 2026 · Actor

  American leading man of sword-and-sandal epics, spaghetti Westerns and cult ninja films.

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  Gerrit Graham

  1949 – 2026 · Actor

  Cult character actor who made Beef unforgettable.

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  Anthony Page

  1935 – 2026 · Stage and film director

  Royal Court pioneer who won a Tony for A Doll's House and shaped Albee, Beckett and Osborne.

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  Ray MacDonald

  1977 – 2026 · Actor

  Thai screen idol and wandering traveller who never stayed in one place for long.

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  Bill Kerby

  1937 – 2026 · Screenwriter

  Maverick Hollywood screenwriter of The Rose, Hooper and Hatfields & McCoys.

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  Tedde Moore

  1947 – 2026 · Actress

  Forever the teacher: Miss Shields of A Christmas Story and a pillar of Canadian stage and screen.

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  Akbar Abdi

  1960 – 2026 · Actor and comedian

  Iran's man of a thousand faces who made a nation laugh and cry.

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  Kaylee Hottle

  2008 – 2026 · Actress

  The deaf girl who spoke to Kong in sign language, and showed deaf kids everywhere there are no limits.

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