Deaths: June 11

1. Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist and civil rights activist. She is best known for originating the role of "Ruth Younger" in the stage and film versions of A Raisin in the Sun (1961).

She also starred in The Jackie Robinson Story (1950), Cat People (1982), ...

2. Amalia Mendoza

Soundtrack | Los laureles

Amalia Mendoza was born on July 10, 1923 in Huetamo de Núñez, Michoacan, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Los laureles (1961), Fiesta en el corazón (1958) and ¿Dónde estás, corazón? (1961). She was married to Octavio De la Vega. She died on June 11, 2001 in ...

3. Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Actor | Stalker

The famous Russian actor was discovered by Andrei Tarkovsky. He was looking for an actor to play the part of Andrei Rublev for his second full-length film and accidentally found the completely unknown Solonitsyn in Chelyabinsk. He worked there as an amateur actor. After Andrei Rublev, he played ...

4. Ann Rutherford

Actress | Gone with the Wind

Ann Rutherford was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The daughter of a former Metropolitan Opera singer, John Rutherford, and her actress mother, Lillian Mansfield, was destined for show business.

Not long after her birth, her family moved to California, where she made her stage debut in ...

5. Bernard Bresslaw

Actor | Krull

A RADA scholar who was spotted by Laurence Olivier, Bernard Bresslaw got professional security from the "Carry On" films but was typecast (as TV's The Army Game (1957) had done earlier). He was beginning to extend himself through stage work when, in 1993, just before a performance in "The Taming Of...

6. Bonaldo Giaiotti

Soundtrack | The Briefcase

Bonaldo Giaiotti was born on December 25, 1932 in Ziracco, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Briefcase (2011), The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977) and Mefistofele (1987). He was married to Alice Weinberger. He died on June 11, 2018 in Milan, Italy.

7. Brigitte Helm

Actress | Metropolis

Born in Berlin, Germany. After her role in Metropolis (1927) she made a string of movies in which she almost always had the starring role, easily making the transition to sound films. Her last film was An Ideal Spouse (1935) which was released in 1935. She died on June 11th 1996 of heart failure in...

8. Bruce Watson

Actor | Star Trek

Bruce Watson was born on July 27, 1940 in Bronxville, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Star Trek (1966), The Swinging Barmaids (1975) and Mission: Impossible (1966). He died on June 11, 2009 in Los Lunas, New Mexico, USA.

9. Catherine Cookson

Writer | Jacqueline

Catherine Cookson was born on June 27, 1906 in Tyne Dock, South Shields, England, UK. She was a writer, known for Jacqueline (1956), Colour Blind (1998) and Rooney (1958). She was married to Tom Cookson. She died on June 11, 1998 in London, England, UK.

10. Christina Grimmie

Soundtrack | The Matchbreaker

Christina Grimmie was an American actress, singer, song writer, and YouTube sensation. Grimmie is known as 'zeldaxlove64' on YouTube. Grimmie gained recognition after posting covers of popular songs on YouTube. She also placed 2nd Runner up on The Voice. On June 10, 2016, Grimmie was shot three ...

11. Dan Vadis

Actor | High Plains Drifter

Dan Vadis was born on January 3, 1938 in Shanghai, China. He was an actor, known for High Plains Drifter (1973), Every Which Way But Loose (1978) and The Ten Gladiators (1963). He was married to Sharon Jessup. He died on June 11, 1987 in Lancaster, California, USA.

12. DeForest Kelley

Actor | Star Trek

Jackson DeForest Kelley was born in Toccoa, Georgia, to Clora (Casey) and Ernest David Kelley.

He graduated from high school at age 16 and went on to sing at the Baptist church where his father was a minister. At age 17, he made his first trip outside the state to visit an uncle in Long Beach, ...

13. Doreen Andrew

Actress | Doctors

Doreen Andrew was born on October 1, 1923 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Doctors (2000), Whatever Love Means (2005) and Nice Town (1992). She was married to Kenneth Keeling. She died on June 11, 2017.

14. Elizabeth Lawrence

Actress | The Crucible

Elizabeth Lawrence was born on September 6, 1922 in Huntington, West Virginia, USA. She was an actress, known for The Crucible (1996), Unbreakable (2000) and All My Children (1970). She was married to Arthur Marion Payne III and John 'Jack' Sears. She died on June 11, 2000 in the USA.

15. Frank Silvera

Actor | Killer's Kiss

He was a highly successful black actor/director in the 1950s and 1960s who - because of his light-skinned appearance - transcended race and ethnicity in his performances. In motion pictures, Frank Silvera was cast as black, Latino, Polynesian and "white"/racially indeterminate (due to black + white...

16. Gabriele Grunewald

Actress | Tracktown

Gabriele Grunewald was born on June 25, 1986 in Perham, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress, known for Tracktown (2016). She was married to Justin Grunewald. She died on June 11, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

17. Herbert Anderson

Actor | Battleground

Herbert Anderson was born on March 30, 1917 in Oakland, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Battleground (1949), The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941) and Dennis the Menace (1959). He was married to Mary Virginia Palmer. He died on June 11, 1994 in Palm Springs, California, USA.

18. John Wayne

Actor | True Grit

John Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison in Iowa, to Mary Alberta (Brown) and Clyde Leonard Morrison, a pharmacist. He was of English, Scottish, Ulster-Scots, and Irish ancestry.

Clyde developed a lung condition that required him to move his family from Iowa to the warmer climate of southern ...

19. Juan José Saer

Writer | Les trottoirs de Saturne

Born in Argentina. In 1968, he moved to France, where he has worked as a lecturer of literature. Novels : Nadie Nada Nunca (1980), El Entenado (1988) and Lo Imborrrable (1993). Stories : La Mayor (1976)

20. Lew Gallo

Producer | I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

Lew graduated from Ithaca College in 1951 and was a member of Delta Kappa fraternity. He attended graduate school at Columbia University from 1954-1955. He received Ithaca College's Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously in 2001. He founded the golf tournament for the Entertainment Industry ...

21. Lon McCallister

Actor | The Red House

Boyish Lon McCallister started his career as a teenage bit actor in such wholesome, folksy tales as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) and Judge Hardy's Children (1938). As an adult, he found the strength of his career riding on that same homespun sentiment.

Lon McCallister was born Herbert Alonzo ...

22. Mala Powers

Actress | Cyrano de Bergerac

The daughter of a United Press executive, Mala Powers attended the Max Reinhardt Junior Workshop as a kid and fell in love with acting the first time she set foot on a stage. She made her film debut in Universal's 1942 Tough As They Come (1942) before actress Helene Thimig (Max Reinhardt's wife) ...

23. Maruja Montes

Actress | Estrellas de Buenos Aires

Maruja Montes was born on March 24, 1930 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. She was an actress, known for Estrellas de Buenos Aires (1956), La potranca (1960) and Bacará (1955). She was married to Césari, Mario. She died on June 11, 1993 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

24. Nathan Cook

Actor | National Lampoon's Vacation

Nathan Cook was born on April 9, 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Vacation (1983), Hotel (1983) and The White Shadow (1978). He died on June 11, 1988 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

25. Norma Bessouet

Tales from the Darkside

Norma Bessouet is known for Tales from the Darkside (1983). She died on June 11, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

26. Ornette Coleman

Soundtrack | Naked Lunch

Saxophonist and composer, educated at the School of Jazz in Lenox, Massachusetts. He worked in a Fort Worth carnival, and toured with groups. A leader in progressive jazz, he appeared in many concerts and made many recordings. He retired for two years to study, and then resumed his professional ...

27. Oscar Furlong

Self | En cuerpo y alma

Oscar Furlong was born on October 22, 1927 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died on June 11, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

28. Patricia Donahue

Actress | The Wide World of Mystery

Patricia Donahue was born on March 6, 1925 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Wide World of Mystery (1973), Thriller (1973) and Department S (1969). She was married to Euan Lloyd, Sam Donahue and George Gerald Homer Hogan. She died on June 11, 2012 in the USA.

29. Ralph Morgan

Actor | Strange Interlude

Ralph Morgan was born on July 6, 1883 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Strange Interlude (1932), Rasputin and the Empress (1932) and The Power and the Glory (1933). He was married to Grace Arnold. He died on June 11, 1956 in New York City, New York, USA.

30. Ray Sharkey

Actor | The Idolmaker

Ray Sharkey was born on November 14, 1952 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Idolmaker (1980), Wiseguy (1987) and Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989). He was married to Carole Graham and Rebecca Wood. He died on June 11, 1993 in New York City, New York, ...

31. Robert Clarke

Actor | The Hideous Sun Demon

A movie-crazy kid in his native Oklahoma City, Robert Clarke decided at an early age that he wanted to be an actor, but nevertheless suffered from stage fright in his first school productions. He acted in University of Oklahoma radio plays and on stage at the University of Wisconsin before hitching...

32. Robert E. Howard

Writer | Conan the Barbarian

Robert E. Howard created Conan the Barbarian in a series of short stories and novels in the 1930's. Born in Peaster, Texas, he was raised in Cross Plains. His fiction was carried in pulp magazines of the time such as Weird Tales, and H.P. Lovecraft was a friend and admirer of his. He committed ...

33. Robert Sorrells

Actor | Fletch

Robert Sorrells was born on June 29, 1930 in Dallas, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Fletch (1985), Ensign O'Toole (1962) and The Phyllis Diller Show (1966). He died on June 11, 2019 in Vacaville, California, USA.

34. Roman Klosowski

Actor | Cien

Roman Klosowski was born on February 14, 1929 in Biala Podlaska, Lubelskie, Poland. He was an actor and writer, known for Cien (1956), Jeszcze nie wieczór (2008) and Gangsterzy i filantropi (1963). He was married to Krystyna Klosowska. He died on June 11, 2018 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland.

35. Ron Moody

Actor | Oliver!

Equipped with a crooked, leering smirk and devilish gleam in his eye, actor Ron Moody will be most assuredly remembered for one signature role, despite the fact that the talented comedian had much, much more to offer. Carol Channing may have had her Dolly Levi and Yul Brynner his King of Siam, but ...

36. Ron Randell

Actor | King of Kings

The son of an accountant and the youngest of three boys, Ronald Egan Randell (pronounced Randall, not Ran-DELL) was born in Sydney on October 8, 1918, and began his six-decade-long career as a young teen on radio for the Australian Broadcasting Commission. He promptly moved to the stage and made ...

37. Rosalie Sorrels

Self | Caffe Lena

Rosalie Sorrels was born on June 24, 1933 in Boise, Idaho, USA. She was married to Jim Sorrels. She died on June 11, 2017 in Reno, Nevada, USA.

38. Rumen Petkov

Director | Jenitba

Rumen Petkov is a cartoon and animation artist and director. He graduated from Sofia Art School in 1967 and in Bulgarian Studies from the University of Sofia in 1977. Animator, artist and director at Sofia Animation Film Studio. Since 1989 he lives in the US. He has received Grand Prix at the ...

39. Teófilo Stevenson

Self | Split Decision: The Story of Guillermo Rigondeaux

Teófilo Stevenson was born on March 29, 1952 in Delicias-Puerto Madre, Cuba. He was married to Fraymaris. He died on June 11, 2012 in Havana, Cuba.

40. Thomas Cullinan

Writer | The Beguiled

Thomas Cullinan was born on November 4, 1919 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was a writer, known for The Beguiled (2017), The Beguiled (1971) and Lux Video Theatre (1950). He was married to Helen. He died on June 11, 1995 in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA.

41. Valeria Valeri

Actress | Antonio e Cleopatra

Valeria Valeri was born on December 8, 1921 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She was an actress, known for Antony and Cleopatra (1965), Il borghese gentiluomo (1959) and Il giornalino di Gian Burrasca (1964). She died on June 11, 2019 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

42. Velvel Pasternak

The Frisco Kid

Velvel Pasternak was born on October 1, 1933 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is known for The Frisco Kid (1979), A Life Apart: Hasidism in America (1997) and Love Lust Faith & Sex +Hope!: in New York City (2017). He was married to Goldie Garber. He died on June 11, 2019 in Oceanside, Long ...

43. Vladimir Tikhonov

Actor | Put v 'Saturn'

Vladimir Tikhonov was born on February 29, 1948 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Put v 'Saturn' (1967), A Ballad of Love (1966) and Dva dnya trevogi (1974). He was married to Natalya Egorova and Natalya Varley. He died in 1990 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now...

44. Wallace Ford

Actor | Freaks

A stocky, friendly-faced character actor, Ford was born Samuel Jones in England, where the brutality of his childhood rivaled anything that Charles Dickens ever dreamed up. He lived for a while in an orphanage after being separated from his parents. While still young, he was sent to a Toronto ...

45. Walter Hampden

Actor | Sabrina

Walter Hampden was one of the great American stage actors and the only performer, aside from Maurice Evans, to play Hamlet three times on Broadway in the post-World War I-era. Born Walter Hampden Dougherty on June 30, 1879, in Brooklyn, New York, he learned his craft in London, where he made his ...

46. William Marshall

Actor | Blacula

Dynamic African American leading man and characters actor William Marshall trained in Grand Opera, Broadway and Shakespeare. In films from the 50s and 60s including: Lydia Bailey (1952), Something of Value (1957), To Trap a Spy (1964) and finally known for being in The Boston Strangler (1968) with ...

47. Yûzô Kawashima

Director | Gan no tera

Yûzô Kawashima was born on February 4, 1918 in Tanabu, Aomori, Japan [now Mutsu, Aomori, Japan]. He was a director and writer, known for The Temple of Wild Geese (1962), Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate (1957) and The Balloon (1956). He died on June 11, 1963 in Tokyo, Japan.

48. Yvette Horner

Actress | Maurice Bejart's Nutcracker

Yvette Horner was born on September 22, 1922 in Tarbes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France. She was an actress, known for Maurice Bejart's Nutcracker (2000), Charité biz'ness (1998) and Tour De France 1953 (1953). She was married to René Droesch. She died on June 11, 2018 in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine,...