Death year 1981 celebrities
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Arthur Joseph O’Connell (29 March 1908 Manhattan, New York – 18 May 1981 Woodland Hills, California) was an American stage and film actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for both Picnic (1955) and Anatomy of a Murd
Dorothy Louise Walton, CM, née McKenzie (7 August 1909 – 17 October 1981) was a Canadian badminton player who is the only Canadian ever to win the All England Open Badminton Championships, winning the Women Singles in 1939.
Biography by Hans J. WollsteinA dignified-looking young character actor, Lynton Brent began his career on the stage, appearing in plays such as The Student Prince, Paid in Full, and as Laertes in Hamlet before entering films in 1930. Handsome enough
Harold Bennett (17 September 1899 – 15 September 1981) was an English actor best remembered for having played ‘Young Mr. Grace’ in the 1970s British sitcom Are You Being Served?.
Blake Butler (born John David Blake Butler in Barrow in Furness, Lancashire) was a British actor best known for his regular role as Mr. Wainwright during the first three series of Last of the Summer Wine between 1973 and 1976. In addition, Butler mad
Virginia Kellogg (December 3, 1907 – April 8, 1981) was a film writer whose scripts for White Heat (1949) and Caged (1950) were nominated for Oscars.
Charlotte “Lotte” Reiniger (2 June 1899 – 19 June 1981) was a German film director and the foremost pioneer of silhouette animation, anticipating Walt Disney by over ten years. Reiniger made over 40 films over her career, all using her invention. H
Sometimes regarded as Asia`s first female head of state, although her title of Honorary President of the People`s Republic of China was purely ceremonial
Rudolf Prack (2 August 1905 – 2 December 1981) was an Austrian film actor.
Nahed Sherif (Arabic: ناهد شريف), also romanised as Nahied Sherif, (1 January 1942 – 7 April 1981) was an Egyptian actress who came to prominence in Egyptian and Lebanese films of the 1960s and 1970s.
John M. “Red” Pollard (October 27, 1909 – March 7, 1981) was a Canadian thoroughbred horse racing jockey. A founding member of the Jockeys’ Guild in 1940, Pollard rode at racetracks in the United States and is best known for riding Seabiscuit.