Born: 18th January 1911 Died: 3rd March 1987 (aged 76) David Daniel Kaminsky was born in Brooklyn; the third son of Jacob and Clara, Ukranian-Jewish immigrants who had settled there two years before his birth (he was their only son to be born in the USA). A born entertainer who never graduated from High School, …
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Heath Ledger (1979-2008)
Born: 4th April 1979 Died: 22nd January 2008 (aged 28) This is a Neighbours or Home and Away question and having watched one of them from day one I can tell you quite categorically that he definitely wasn’t in Neighbours – Heath Andrew Ledger was a Home and Away boy at the age of 18! …
Richard Pryor (1940-2005)
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 1st December 1940 Died: 10th December 2005 (65 years) Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor III was born and raised in Illinois. His mother was a prostitute and his father was a bartender, boxer and World War II veteran. His mother abandoned him when he was a child and …
Sir Norman Wisdom (1915-2010)
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 4th February 1915 Died: 4th October 2010 (aged 95) As you will know my main modus operandi for these things is to look at an actors top five worldwide box office films and then talk about my favourite film of theirs. Unfortunately, as I have found out, that’s …
Dame Margaret Rutherford (1892-1972)
Born: 11th May 1892 Died: 22nd May 1972 (aged 80) As you will know my main modus operandi for these things is to look at an actors top five worldwide box office films and then talk about my favourite film of theirs. Unfortunately, as I have found out, that’s not always possible, I don’t know …
Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-2014)
Born: 23rd July 1967 Died: 2nd February 2014 (aged 46) Son of a lawyer and judge and a Xerox employee, New York born Philip Seymour Hoffman excelled in supporting roles playing eccentrics and bullies but also took on several major roles including the portrayal of Truman Capote, in Capote, for which he won his only …
Debbie Reynolds (1932-2016)
Born: 1st April 1932 Died: 28th December 2016 (aged 84) Mary Frances ‘Debbie’ Reynolds was an acting, singing, dancing powerhouse who started her screen career at the age of 16 alongside Bette Davis (although she was uncredited in this role). She went on to star with the likes of Fred Astaire and Lana Turner before …
Carrie Fisher (1956-2016)
Born: 21st October 1956 Died: 27th December 2016 (aged 60) Born the daughter of a singer and actress it was no surprise Carrie Frances Fisher entered into show business at a young age. Age 16 she sang alongside her mother in the hit Broadway revival of Irene, but this Broadway experience interfered with her education …
Gene Wilder (1933-2016)
Born: 11th June 1933 Died: 29th August 2016 (83 years) Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman) studied acting from the age of 13 and his first stage appearance was at the age of 15 in Romeo and Juliet. After graduating from the University of Iowa he was accepted at the Bristol Old Vic, where he learnt …
Anton Yelchin (1989-2016)
Born: 11th March 1989 Died: 19th June 2016 (27 years) Anton Viktorovich Yelchin was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now St Petersburg, Russia) and was raised in America from six months. His parents were figure skaters for the Leningrad Ice Ballet in Russia and became ice skating coaches upon their move to America …