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15 People Died On December 31


Bodil Rosing

(Actress)

Bodil Hammerich
Born on Dec 27, 1877 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Died on Dec 31, 1941 in Hollywood, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Sunrise, Peter Ibbetson, Grand Hotel, Libeled Lady and You Can't Take It With You

Johnny Arthur

(Actor)

John Lennox Arthur Williams
Born on May 20, 1883 in Scottdale, PA
Died on Dec 31, 1951 in Woodland Hills, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Crime and Punishment, The Ex-Mrs. Bradford, You Can't Take It With You, Dames and Pick A Star

Baldwin Cooke

(Actor)

Baldwin Gardiner Cooke
Born on Mar 10, 1888 in New York City, NY
Died on Dec 31, 1953 in Los Angeles, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Of Mice and Men, Sons of the Desert, After the Thin Man, Babes in Toyland and Chickens Come Home

Gertrude Michael

(Actress)

Lillian Gertrude Michael
Born on Jun 01, 1911 in Talladega, AL
Died on Dec 31, 1964 in Beverly Hills, CA
Fan Favorite Films: The Mask of Fu Manchu, That Wonderful Urge, Caged, I'm No Angel and A Bedtime Story

Lucien Hubbard

(Producer)

Lucien Hubbard
Born on Dec 22, 1888 in Fort Thomas, KY
Died on Dec 31, 1971 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
Fan Favorite Films: Employees' Entrance, So Big!, The Wolf Song, Operator 13 and The Mayor of Hell

Raoul Walsh

(Director)

Albert Edward Walsh
Born on Mar 11, 1887 in New York City, NY
Died on Dec 31, 1980 in Simi Valley, CA
Fan Favorite Films: The Thief of Bagdad, Klondike Annie, Background to Danger, College Swing and Manpower

Sam Spiegel

(Producer)

Sam Spiegel
Born on Nov 11, 1901 in Jaroslau, Galicia
Died on Dec 31, 1985 in St. Martin, Carribbean
Fan Favorite Films: The African Queen, Lawrence of Arabia, On the Waterfront, The Stranger and The Bridge on the River Kwai

Ricky Nelson

(Actor)

Eric Hilliard Nelson
Born on May 08, 1940 in Teaneck, NJ
Died on Dec 31, 1985 in De Kalb, TX
Fan Favorite Films: Rio Bravo, The Over-the-Hill Gang, The Story of Three Loves, La Classe américaine and Here Come the Nelsons

Woody Strode

(Actor)

Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode
Born on Jul 25, 1914 in Los Angeles, CA
Died on Dec 31, 1994 in Glendora, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Once Upon a Time in the West, Shalako, Sundown, Demetrius and the Gladiators and Stagecoach

Wesley Addy

(Actor)

Robert Wesley Addy
Born on Aug 04, 1913 in Omaha, NE
Died on Dec 31, 1996 in Danbury, CT
Fan Favorite Films: Seconds, Kiss Me Deadly, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Mister Buddwing and Ten Seconds to Hell

Billie Dove

(Actress)

Lillian Bohny
Born on May 14, 1903 in New York City, NY
Died on Dec 31, 1997 in Woodland Hills, CA
Fan Favorite Films: The Black Pirate, The Love Mart, Blondie of the Follies, The Fighting Heart and Diamond He

Eileen Heckart

(Actress)

Anna Eileen Heckart
Born on Mar 29, 1919 in Columbus, OH
Died on Dec 31, 2001 in Norwalk, CT
Fan Favorite Films: Heller In Pink Tights, Up the Down Staircase, Somebody Up There Likes Me, No Way to Treat a Lady and My Six Loves

David Swift

(Director)

David Swift
Born on Jul 27, 1919 in Minneapolis, MN
Died on Dec 31, 2001 in Santa Monica, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Pollyanna, The Parent Trap, Good Neighbor Sam, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and The Interns

William Christopher

(Actor)

William Christopher
Born on Oct 20, 1932 in Evanston, IL
Died on Dec 31, 2016 in Pasadena, CA
Fan Favorite Films: The Fortune Cookie, The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell, With Six You Get Eggroll, The Shakiest Gun in the West and Hearts of the West

Betty White

(Actress)

Betty Marion White
Born on Jan 17, 1922 in Oak Park, IL
Died on Dec 31, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Advise & Consent, Ponyo, Dennis the Menace Strikes Again, Whispers: An Elephant's Tale and Chance of a Lifetime


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