Deaths: April 11

1. Rodney Harvey

Actor | My Own Private Idaho

Rodney Harvey was born on July 31, 1967 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for My Own Private Idaho (1991), Twin Peaks (1990) and The Outsiders (1990). He died on April 11, 1998 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

2. Aldo Kaiser

Actor | Estación terminal

Aldo Kaiser was born on July 3, 1927 in San Guillermo, Santa Fe, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Estación terminal (1980), Rebelde con causa (1961) and Los que verán a Dios (1963). He died on April 11, 2019 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

3. Alfredo Alcón

Actor | Martín Fierro

Alfredo Alcón was born on March 3, 1930 in Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Martín Fierro (1968), A Bully in 1900 (1960) and Los inocentes (1963). He died on April 11, 2014 in Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina.

4. Angela Scoular

Actress | On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Angela Scoular was born on November 8, 1945 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Casino Royale (1967) and You Rang, M'Lord? (1988). She was married to Leslie Phillips. She died on April 11, 2011 in Maida Vale, London, England, UK.

5. Antonia Herrero

Actress | Embrujo de amor

Antonia Herrero was born on November 27, 1897 in Spain. She was an actress, known for Embrujo de amor (1971), A sangre fría (1947) and La dama duende (1945). She died on May 3, 1978 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

6. Antonio Ferres

Writer | Una hija más

Antonio Ferres was born on March 1, 1924 in Madrid, Spain. He was a writer, known for Una hija más (1991) and Negro sobre blanco (1997). He died on April 11, 2020 in Madrid, Spain.

7. Bo Christensen

Producer | Babettes gæstebud

Bo Christensen was born on August 24, 1937 in Frederiksberg, Denmark. He was a producer and production manager, known for Babette's Feast (1987), Miraklet i Valby (1989) and Ved vejen (1988). He died on April 11, 2020 in Denmark.

8. Bradley Hollibaugh

Actor | Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

Bradley Hollibaugh was born on November 23, 1966. He was an actor, known for Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! (2007), The Big Bang (2010) and Finding Bliss (2009). He died on April 11, 2021 in Idaho, USA.

9. Bruce M. Fischer

Actor | Escape from Alcatraz

Bruce M. Fischer was born on March 20, 1936 in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Escape from Alcatraz (1979), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) and Wizards and Warriors (1983). He died on April 11, 2018.

10. Carlos Schlieper

Director | Las campanas de Teresa

Carlos Schlieper was born on September 23, 1902 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Carlos was a director and writer, known for Las campanas de Teresa (1957), Mañana me suicido (1942) and Mi mujer está loca (1952). Carlos died on April 11, 1957 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

11. Carmen Stanescu

Actress | Premiera

Carmen Stanescu was a famous Romanian film and theater actress.She was born on July 29, 1925 in Bucuresti, Romania. She graduated from Royal Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Art in 1948.In 1958, she plays first role in the movie Doi vecini.Other notable roles in films :Badaranii (1960) ,...

12. Carol Locatell

Actress | Friday the 13th: A New Beginning

Carol Locatell was born on December 13, 1940 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She was an actress, known for Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985), Coffy (1973) and The Family Stone (2005). She was married to Gregory Prestopino. She died on April 11, 2023 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.

13. Cathy O'Donnell

Actress | The Best Years of Our Lives

Born and raised in Alabama as Ann Steely, O'Donnell attended high school and college in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, then worked as a stenographer to finance a trip to Hollywood, where she was spotted by a talent scout, leading to her being signed to a contract by producer Samuel Goldwyn.

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14. Charlotte Henry

Actress | Babes in Toyland

Charlotte acted on stage from the age of five. At thirteen, she made her Broadway debut in 'Courage' (1928), two year later reprising her role for the screen version. Paramount wanted to cast an unknown actress in the title role of Alice in Wonderland (1933) and picked Charlotte from 7000 ...

15. Clorindo Testa

Self | Buenos Aires Bicentenario

Clorindo Testa was born on December 10, 1923 in Benevento, Campania, Italy. He died on April 11, 2013 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

16. Corín Tellado

Writer | Tengo que abandonarte

Corín Tellado was born on April 25, 1927 in Viavélez, Asturias, Spain. She was a writer, known for Tengo que abandonarte (1969), Notre mariage (1984) and Así aprendí a quererte (1969). She was married to Domingo Egusquizaga. She died on April 11, 2009 in Gijón, Asturias, Spain.

17. Darrell Zwerling

Actor | Grease

Darrell Zwerling was born on September 9, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Grease (1978), Chinatown (1974) and And Justice for All (1979). He died on April 11, 2014 in Hollywood, California, USA.

18. Delphi Lawrence

Actress | The Man Who Could Cheat Death

Delphi Lawrence was born on March 23, 1932 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959), The Man Who Finally Died (1959) and The Avengers (1961). She died on April 11, 2002 in Northport, Long Island, New York, USA.

19. Dina

Composer | Telhados de Vidro

Dina was born on June 18, 1956 in Carregal do Sal, Portugal. She was a composer, known for Telhados de Vidro (1993), Sonhos Traídos (2002) and Filha do Mar (2001). She died on April 11, 2019 in Lisbon, Portugal.

20. Dolores Del Río

Actress | Las abandonadas

Dolores del Rio was the one of the first Mexican movie stars with international appeal and who had meteoric career in the 1920s/1930s Hollywood. Del Rio came from an aristocratic family in Durango. In the Mexican revolution of 1916, however, the family lost everything and emigrated to Mexico City, ...

21. Dorothy Mengering

Self | Late Show with David Letterman

Dorothy Mengering was born on July 18, 1921 in Linton, Indiana, USA. She was married to Hans Mengering and Harry Joseph (Joe) Letterman. She died on April 11, 2017 in Carmel, Indiana, USA.

22. Ernesto Baffa

Self | Café de los maestros

Ernesto Baffa was born on August 20, 1932 in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. He died on April 11, 2016 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

23. Ernst Ziegler

Actor | Something for Everyone

Ernst Ziegler was born on April 16, 1894 in Weilerbach, Palatinate, Bavaria [now Rhineland-Palatinate], Germany. He was an actor, known for Something for Everyone (1970), The Naked Countess (1971) and Josefine M. (1970). He died on April 11, 1974 in Berlin, Germany.

24. Giannetto De Rossi

Make_up_department | Dune

Giannetto De Rossi was born on August 8, 1941 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is known for Dune (1984), High Tension (2003) and Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar (1999). He was married to Mirella De Rossi. He died on April 11, 2021 in Rome, Italy.

25. Gustavo Rodríguez

Writer | No se aceptan devoluciones

Gustavo Rodríguez was a writer and assistant director, known for Instructions Not Included (2013), The Kingdom of Ultimate Power (2005) and Vecinos (2005). He died on April 11, 2020 in Mexico City, Mexico.

26. Harry Secombe

Actor | Oliver!

Harry Secombe was one of Britain's best loved comic entertainers. Born in Swansea, South Wales he began singing as a child in local church choirs. His first job was as a clerk although he had considered a career in opera. During World War Two he served in the Army in North Africa and Italy. He met ...

27. Hélène Chatelain

Director | Goulag

Hélène Chatelain was born on December 28, 1935 in Brussels, Belgium. She was a director and actress, known for Goulag (2000), La Jetée (1962) and Néstor Makhno, paysan d'Ukraine (1996). She died on April 11, 2020 in Paris, France.

28. Ian Cognito

Actor | Ghetto Safari

Cognito was born Paul Barbieri in Barnet, London in 1958 to an Italian father, Aldo Barbieri, a fish and chip shop owner, and a mother of Irish descent, Lillian (nee Sadd), who was a bookkeeper. Raised in Walthamstow,, he worked on building sites and later was employed at British Airways before ...

29. Ian MacDonald

Actor | High Noon

Ian MacDonald was born on June 28, 1914 in Great Falls, Montana, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for High Noon (1952), Apache (1954) and The Silver Star (1955). He was married to Shirley Ray Kannegaard and Julia Edith King. He died on April 11, 1978 in Bozeman, Montana, USA.

30. J. Geils

Soundtrack | Hancock

J. Geils was born on February 20, 1946 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Hancock (2008), Frontline (1983) and The J. Geils Band: Freeze Frame (1982). He died on April 11, 2017 in Groton, Massachusetts, USA.

31. James Brown

Actor | Going My Way

James Brown was born March 22, 1920 in the small town of Desdemona, Eastland County, Texas. He graduated from The Desdemona School (grades 1-12), which was built in 1922 (it closed in 1969). Very athletic, Brown became a tennis pro before there was any money in it. He entered films in 1941. Clearly...

32. Jeff Donnell

Actress | In a Lonely Place

A reliable featured player and occasional co-star, actress Jeff Donnell was born Jean Marie Donnell in a boys' reformatory in South Windham, Maine in 1921, the younger of schoolteacher Mildred and penologist Howard's two daughters. She took piano and dance lessons during her childhood in Maryland; ...

33. Jesse Winchester

Soundtrack | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Jesse Winchester was born on May 17, 1944 in Bossier City, Louisiana, USA. He was a composer, known for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), The Wire (2002) and The Weather Girls: Well-A-Wiggy (1985). He was married to Leslie, Cindy and Cindy Winchester. He died on April 11, 2014 in ...

34. Jim McManus

Actor | Pride

Jim McManus was born on May 19, 1940 in Bristol, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Pride (2014), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) and Easy Virtue (2008). He died on April 11, 2023.

35. Joe Dominguez

Actor | Fighting Fate

Joe Dominguez was born on March 19, 1894 in Chihuahua, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Fighting Fate (1921), The Fast Express (1924) and Wolves of the North (1924). He died on April 11, 1970 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

36. John Bennett

Actor | Watership Down

The lean, rather emaciated-looking John Bennett studied acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. After years in repertory theatre, he made his feature debut in 1960, and, thereafter, appeared regularly on British screens. He was prone to perform in diverse ethnic guises, often ...

37. Jonathan Winters

Actor | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Jonathan Harshman Winters III was born on November 11, 1925 in Dayton, Ohio. His father, Jonathan Harshman Winters II, was a banker who became an alcoholic after being crushed in the Great Depression. His parents divorced in 1932. Jonathan and his mother then moved to Springfield to live with his ...

38. Joseph Siravo

Actor | Carlito's Way

Joseph Siravo was born on March 11, 1955 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Carlito's Way (1993), Maid in Manhattan (2002) and WiseGirls (2002). He died on April 11, 2021 in the USA.

39. Julio Alemán

Actor | El tunco Maclovio

Julio Alemán was born on November 29, 1933 in Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico. He was an actor and producer, known for El tunco Maclovio (1970), The Green Wall (1969) and Rocambole contra las mujeres arpías (1967). He was married to Esperanza de la Paz Gotes Martínez. He died on April 11, 2012 in...

40. June Pointer

Soundtrack | The Nutty Professor

June Antoinette Pointer was born on November 30, 1953 in Oakland, California to Reverend Elton Pointer and his wife Sarah. She was the youngest member of the hugely popular and successful soul/R&B group The Pointer Sisters. June attended Edison Elementary School, Elmhurst Junior High, and ...

41. Karen Dawisha

Self | Panorama

Karen Dawisha was born on December 2, 1949 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. She was married to Adeed Dawisha. She died on April 11, 2018 in Oxford, Ohio, USA.

42. Kent Taylor

Actor | I'm Still Alive

Born Louis William Weiss on May 11, 1907, Kent Taylor was a modestly popular "B" actor of the 1930's and 1940's. The tall, dark and handsome leading man who sported rugged looks, a slick, pencil-thin mustache and solid physique, was star material with the potential and durability of Clark Gable and ...

43. Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Actor | Back to School

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. was born on November 11, 1922 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Back to School (1986), Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) and General Electric Theater (1953). He was married to Jill Krementz and Jane Marie Cox. He died on April 11, 2007 in New York City, ...

44. Leyora Zuberman

Actress | Vampire Blues

Leyora Zuberman was born on October 3, 1979 in Springfield, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for Vampire Blues (1999) and Downtown (1999). She died on April 11, 2023 in South Orange, New Jersey, USA.

45. Liam Dunn

Actor | What's Up, Doc?

Liam Dunn was born in New Jersey in 1916, went to regular high school and entered a small acting school where he constantly acted in plays. Dunn was considered for his first movie role in 1968, but turned it down to work on T.V. Dunn's first big break came in 1972 for his character Judge Maxwell in...

46. Margot Hartman

Actress | Do You Wanna Know a Secret?

Margot Hartman was born on August 15, 1933 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Do You Wanna Know a Secret? (2001), Descendant (2003) and Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1968). She was married to Del Tenney. She died on April 11, 2020 in Greenwich, ...

47. Marie Ney

Actress | Simba

Marie Ney was born on July 18, 1895 in Chelsea, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Simba (1955), Escape! (1930) and Witchcraft (1964). She was married to Thomas Menzies. She died on April 11, 1981 in London, England, UK.

48. Marilyn Chambers

Actress | Rabid

Marilyn Chambers was born on April 22, 1952 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Rabid (1977) and Angel of H.E.A.T. (1983). She was married to William Taylor, Jr., Chuck Traynor and Doug Chapin. She died on April 11, 2009 in Santa Clarita, California, USA.

49. Mauro Viale

Actor | Hay unos tipos abajo

Mauro Viale was born on August 28, 1947 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for There's Some Guys Downstairs (1985), Videomatch (1990) and TVP Deportes (1980). He was married to Leonor Viale. He died on April 11, 2021 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

50. Max van Weezel

Self | De fractie

Max van Weezel was born on July 9, 1951 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was married to Anet Bleich. He died on April 11, 2019 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

51. Michael Ballhaus

Cinematographer | Goodfellas

Michael Ballhaus was a German cinematographer. He worked on many American films, including Baby It's You (1983), Old Enough (1984), After Hours (1985), The Color of Money (1986), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Goodfellas (1990), Dracula (1992), The Age of Innocence (1993), Gangs of New York ...

52. Mitzi Shore

Writer | Girls of the Comedy Store

Mitzi Shore was born on July 25, 1930 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Girls of the Comedy Store (1985), Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003) and Minding the Store (2005). She was married to Sammy Shore. She died on April 11, 2018 in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, ...

53. Monkey Punch

Writer | Rupan sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro

Monkey Punch was born on May 26, 1937 in Hamanaka, Hokkaido, Japan. He was a writer, known for Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979), Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus (1995) and Lupin III: Dead or Alive (1996). He died on April 11, 2019 in Sakura, Chiba, Japan.

54. Paul Haddad

Actor | Biohazard 2

As well as voice work, Haddad did quite a lot of live stage work. He spent two years at The Stratford Fesitval in Stratford, Ontario.

Born in Birmingham, England on May 20 1963, he later attended McGill University and graduated from The National Theatre School Of Canada in 1988. He resided in ...

55. Proof

Actor | 8 Mile

Proof was born on October 2, 1973 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor and director, known for 8 Mile (2002), The Longest Yard (2005) and Bad Company (2002). He was married to Sharonda. He died on April 11, 2006 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

56. Richard Reade

Actor | Night Fifty

Richard Reade was born in 1926 in Greenwich Village, New York, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Night Fifty (2008), The Girl Who Would Be Russian (2001) and Even in My Dreams (2008). He died on April 11, 2017 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

57. Rodolfo M. Taboada

Writer | El deseo de vivir

Rodolfo M. Taboada was born on September 12, 1913. He was a writer, known for El deseo de vivir (1973), En la mitad del mundo (1964) and Candilejas (1965). He died on April 11, 1987.

58. Rolando Chávez

Actor | El morocho del Abasto: La vida de Carlos Gardel

Rolando Chávez was born on April 18, 1919 in Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina. He was an actor, known for El morocho del Abasto: La vida de Carlos Gardel (1950), Muchacho (1970) and Al sur del paralelo 42 (1955). He was married to Marta Schmidt de Cochia. He died on April 11, 1995 in Ciudad de Buenos ...

59. Roscoe Lee Browne

Actor | The Cowboys

He was a master class in cerebral eloquence and audience command...and although his dominant playing card in the realm of acting was quite serious and stately, nobody cut a more delightfully dry edge in sitcoms than this gentleman, whose calm yet blistering put-downs often eluded his lesser victims.

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60. Sandro Panseri

Actor | Il posto

Sandro Panseri was born in 1945 in Bergamo, Lombardia, Italy. He was an actor, known for Il posto (1961), Made in Italy (1965) and Dal sabato al lunedì (1962). He was married to Marie Claire Le Masson. He died on April 11, 2023 in Milan, Lombardia, Italy.

61. Satan's Angel

Actress | Devil Girl

Satan's Angel was born on September 18, 1944 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Devil Girl (2007), Satan's Angel: Queen of the Fire Tassels (2012) and Full of Love: Escape from a Deep Freeze (2018). She died on April 11, 2019 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

62. Scott Sanderson

Self | Sunday Night Baseball

Scott Sanderson was born on July 22, 1956 in Dearborn, Michigan, USA. He was married to Cathleen Cavanaugh. He died on April 11, 2019 in Lake Forest, Illinois, USA.

63. Shin Sang-ok

Producer | Sarangbang sonnimgwa eomeoni

Shin alleged that he and his wife were kidnapped from their native South Korea in the late 1970s and held for several years in North Korea to make movies for Kim Jong Il, son of the N. Korean leader. Shin Sang-ok sought asylum in the United States in 1986 shortly before the film "Pulgasary" was ...

64. Syria Poletti

Writer | Gente conmigo

Syria Poletti was born on February 10, 1919 in Pieve di Cadore, Veneto, Italy. Syria was a writer, known for Gente conmigo (1967), Testimonios de hoy... Autores argentinos (1968) and Tinta Argentina (2008). Syria died on April 11, 1991 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

65. Ted de Corsia

Actor | The Lady from Shanghai

A big, brawny villain of many 1940s and 1950s films, Ted de Corsia was an actor in touring companies and on radio before making a memorable film debut as the killer in The Lady from Shanghai (1947). Although he occasionally played such sympathetic roles as a judge or prison warden, de Corsia's ...

66. Tita Soldán

Self | Gracias por venir, gracias por estar

Tita Soldán was born on August 23, 1914 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She died on April 11, 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

67. Toby Smith

Soundtrack | Four Brothers

Toby Smith was born on October 29, 1970 in London, England, UK. He was a composer, known for Four Brothers (2005), Jamiroquai: Too Young to Die (1993) and Jamiroquai: Canned Heat (1999). He died on April 11, 2017 in the UK.

68. Una Mary Parker

Self | Live Talk

69. Willoughby Goddard

Actor | The Last Days of Pompeii

Willoughby Goddard was born on July 4, 1926 in Bicester, Oxfordshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Last Days of Pompeii (1984), Love and Mr Lewisham (1959) and William Tell (1958). He was married to Ann Phillips. He died on April 11, 2008 in London, England, UK.

70. Wynn Handman

Let's Rock

Handman studied acting at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater in New York City. Later he was the Artistic Director of The American Place Theatre, which he co-founded with Sidney Lanier and Michael Tolan in 1963. As a director, he was instrumental in bringing to the stage the early work...

71. Yolanda Mérida

Actress | Los ricos también lloran

Yolanda Mérida was born on August 20, 1929 in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Los ricos también lloran (1979), Timeless Love (2010) and Mi hermana la Nena (1976). She died on April 11, 2012 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.

72. Zoran Simjanovic

Composer | Miris poljskog cveca

Zoran Simjanoviæ was born in Beograd in May, 1946. At the age of six he first begun to play piano, then he attended the music school "Mokranjac" and finally the Music Academy in Beograd.

Since 1961 he founded and played in some of the most recognized rock bands in Yugoslavia and abroad. He also ...