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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  Robert Carradine

  1954 – 2026 · Actor

  Revenge of the Nerds' Lewis and Lizzie McGuire's dad, a Carradine who loved his family, music and fast cars.

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  Rob Reiner

  1947 – 2025 · Actor

  Meathead, filmmaker and activist. He gave us Spinal Tap, The Princess Bride and When Harry Met Sally, and fought for children and equal rights.

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  Peter Medak

  1937 – 2026 · Film and television director

  Hungarian born director of The Ruling Class and The Changeling.

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  Günter Ederer

  1941 – 2026 · Economics journalist

  A reporter who travelled the world to explain how nations create and keep their prosperity.

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  Belraj Kalarickal

  † 2026 · Malayalam film and web series director (Kaapi Squad)

  Malayalam filmmaker who brought Kaapi Squad to life and left us two days after its premiere.

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  Gary Waddell

  1952 – 2026 · Actor

  The King is actually dead. A street kid from Carlton who became one of Australia's most electrifying character actors.

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  Nihat Ziyalan

  1936 – 2026 · Poet

  Yeşilçam's gentle bad guy, who left the screen for poetry and kept Turkish alive in Sydney.

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  Pierre Lindstedt

  1943 – 2026 · Actor

  Arvid of The Emigrants and the gentle ghost of Greveholm.

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  Cho Chul-hyun

  1959 – 2026 · Film director

  Translator, producer and writer of Korean historical films who directed The King's Letters.

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  Nana Patekar

  1951 – 2026 · Actor

  He learned acting from hunger, and gave his fame back to the farmers of Maharashtra.

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  Peng Yu

  1934 – 2026 · Actress (stage

  Harbin stage veteran who became China's beloved screen mother, Chen Jiuxiang of A Family in Dongbei.

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  Mary Louise Weller

  1946 – 2026 · Actress

  Mandy Pepperidge of Animal House; Ford model, Jean Naté face, and lifelong horsewoman.

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  Philippa Baker

  † 2026 · Actress

  Australian radio and Number 96 actress who gave Roma Lubinski a lasting comic warmth.

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  Arthur Cantrill

  1938 – 2026 · Experimental filmmaker

  Australian experimental filmmaker and composer who, with Corinne Cantrill, remade cinema as projected light, sound, and landscape.

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  Sylvia Spring

  1942 – 2026 · Feminist filmmaker

  First woman to produce and direct a Canadian English-language feature; MediaWatch founder who reshaped CRTC sex-role policy

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  Izuru Narushima

  1961 – 2026 · Film director and screenwriter

  Director of Rebirth and Solomon's Perjury, who filmed ordinary lives with patience and kindness.

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  Daveigh Chase

  1990 – 2026 · Actress and voice actress

  The voice of Lilo and the girl from The Ring. A gifted child who gave the world characters it will never forget.

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  Bharathiraja

  1941 – 2026 · Film director

  Pioneer of rural Tamil cinema, Padma Shri director known as Iyakkunar Imayam.

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  Jennifer Runyon

  1960 – 2026 · Actress

  Ghostbusters and Charles in Charge actress, A Very Brady Christmas's Cindy, and a teacher who helped kids find their voices.

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  Béla Tarr

  1955 – 2026 · Film director

  Hungarian master of slow cinema who made time itself visible in Sátántangó and The Turin Horse.

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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.

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  Tony Gatlif

  1948 – 2026 · Film director

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

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  Chen Kuan-tai

  1945 – 2026 · Martial arts actor

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

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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.

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  Gracindo Junior

  1943 – 2026 · Actor

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

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  Carla Jeffery

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

  Seabrook's Bree, whose joy and courage made friendship look easy.

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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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  Victor Miller

  1940 – 2026 · Screenwriter

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

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