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15 People Died On February 17


Charles Hill Mailes

(Actor)

Charles Hill Mailes
Born on May 25, 1870 in Halifax, Canada
Died on Feb 17, 1937 in Los Angeles, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Under Two Flags, Treasure Island, The Mark of Zorro, The Stolen Loaf and Near to Earth

Mikhail Rasumny

(Actor)

Mikhail Razumnyy
Born on May 13, 1890 in Odessa, Russia
Died on Feb 17, 1956 in Woodland Hills, CA
Fan Favorite Films: For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Shanghai Gesture, Anna and the King of Siam, Road to Morocco and Pirates of Monterey

Tala Birell

(Actress)

Natalie Bierl
Born on Sep 10, 1907 in Bucharest, Romania
Died on Feb 17, 1958 in Landstuhl i.d. Pfalz, Germany
Fan Favorite Films: The Purple Heart, Crime and Punishment, Bringing up Baby, Mrs. Parkington and As Good as Marrie

Kathryn Adams

(Actress)

Ethalinda Colson
Born on May 25, 1893 in St. Louis, MO
Died on Feb 17, 1959 in Hollywood, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Hellzapoppin', Saboteur, If I Had My Way, Nice girl and That's Right - You're Wrong

Nita Naldi

(Actress)

Mary Nonna Dooley
Born on Nov 13, 1894 in New York City, NY
Died on Feb 17, 1961 in New York City, NY
Fan Favorite Films: Blood and Sand, Experience, The Mountain Eagle, The Pleasure Garden and The Ten Commandments

Donald Wolfit

(Actor)

Donald Wolfit
Born on Apr 20, 1902 in Newark-on-Trent, England
Died on Feb 17, 1968 in London, England
Fan Favorite Films: The Angry Hills, A Prize of Gold, Room at the Top, Lawrence of Arabia and Becket

George Marshall

(Director)

Born on Dec 29, 1891 in Chicago, IL
Died on Feb 17, 1975 in Los Angeles, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Their First Mistake, Destry Rides Again, The Ghost Breakers, Scared Stiff and Towed in a Hole

William Gargan

(Actor)

William Dennis Gargan
Born on Jul 17, 1905 in Brooklyn, NY
Died on Feb 17, 1979 in in flight, unknown
Fan Favorite Films: Rain, The Bells of St. Mary's, You're a Sweetheart, Broadway Serenade and The Crowd Roars

Paul Stewart

(Actor)

Paul Sternberg
Born on Mar 13, 1908 in New York City, NY
Died on Feb 17, 1986 in Los Angeles, CA
Fan Favorite Films: The Other Side of the Wind, Opening Night, The Day of the Locust, Bite the Bullet and The Pilot

Verree Teasdale

(Actress)

Verree Teasdale
Born on Mar 15, 1903 in Spokane, WA
Died on Feb 17, 1987 in Culver City, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Skyscraper Souls, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Madame Du Barry, Turnabout and Topper Takes a Trip

Erik Rhodes

(Actor)

Ernest Sharpe
Born on Feb 10, 1906 in El Reno, Indian Territory
Died on Feb 17, 1990 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Fan Favorite Films: The Gay Divorcee, Top Hat, Woman Chases Man, One Rainy Afternoon and Dramatic School

Dan O'Herlihy

(Actor)

Dan O'Herlihy
Born on May 01, 1919 in Wexford, Ireland
Died on Feb 17, 2005 in Malibu, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Macbeth, Imitation of Life, A Terrible Beauty, Invasion U.S.A. and The Virgin Quee

Peter V. Herald

(Producer)

Peter V. Herald
Born on Dec 20, 1920 in Berlin, Germany
Died on Feb 17, 2007 in Los Angeles, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Miracle of the White Stallions,

Kathryn Grayson

(Actress)

Zelma Kathryn Elisabeth Hedrick
Born on Feb 09, 1922 in Winston-Salem, NC
Died on Feb 17, 2010 in Los Angeles, CA
Fan Favorite Films: That Midnight Kiss, The Toast of New Orleans, Kiss Me, Kate, Thousands Cheer and Anchors Aweigh

Stella Stevens

(Actress)

Estelle Caro Eggleston
Born on Oct 01, 1938 in Yazoo City, MS
Died on Feb 17, 2023 in Los Angeles, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Girls! Girls! Girls!, Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows, Advance to the Rear, The Silencers and Too Late Blues


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