Death year 1978 celebrities
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John Randolph Bray (August 25, 1879 – October 10, 1978) was an American animator. He produced the first animated film in color, The Debut of Thomas Cat (1920), in Brewster Color. Bray Productions produced over 500 films between 1913 and 1937, mostly
Albert Burton Boutwell (November 13, 1904 – February 3, 1978) was the 19th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama. A Democrat, Boutwell served Governor John Malcolm Patterson of the same political party, from 1959-1963.
Barry Brown (April 19, 1951 – June 25, 1978) was an American author, playwright and actor who performed on stage and in television dramas and feature films, notably as Frederick Winterbourne in Peter Bogdanovich’s Daisy Miller (1974), adapted from
Claire Adams (24 September 1898 – 25 September 1978) was a Canadian silent film actress and benefactor. She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, as the daughter of Stanley Wells Adams, a Welsh-born accountant, and his Canadian wife, Lillian Adams (née
Luigi Vannucchi (25 November 1930 – 30 August 1978) was an Italian film, stage and television actor.
Milburn James Shoffner (November 13, 1905 – January 19, 1978) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played seven years in the majors, from 1929 until 1931, then again from 1937 until 1940.
Margaret Mead (December 16, 1901 – November 15, 1978) was an American cultural anthropologist who featured frequently as an author and speaker in the mass media during the 1960s and 1970s. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Barnard College in Ne
Sylwester Kaliski (December 19, 1925 – September 16, 1978) was a Polish engineer, professor and general. He was a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN).
Hanna Ralph (25 September 1888 – 25 March 1978) was a German stage and film actress whose career began on the stage and in silent film in the 1910s and continued through the early 1950s.