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15 People Died On February 17


Charles Hill Mailes

(Actor)

Birthname: 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)

Birthname: 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)

Birthname: 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)

Birthname: 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)

Birthname: 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)

Birthname: 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)

Birthname:
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)

Birthname: 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)

Birthname: 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)

Birthname: 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)

Birthname: 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)

Birthname: 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)

Birthname: 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)

Birthname: 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)

Birthname: 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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