In memoriam: actors and TV figures we lost in 1952

Remembering 18 people from the world of film and television who died in 1952, most recent first, with the work they are best known for.

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Reikichi Kawamura

22 Dec 1952 · aged 55

Acting

Maire O'Neill

2 Nov 1952 · aged 66

Acting

Henry Edwards

2 Nov 1952 · aged 70

Directing

Hattie McDaniel

26 Oct 1952 · aged 59

Acting

Susan Peters

23 Oct 1952 · aged 31

Acting

Thérèse Reignier

16 Oct 1952 · aged 61

Acting

Gertrude Lawrence

6 Sep 1952 · aged 54

Acting

Józef Węgrzyn

4 Sep 1952 · aged 68

Acting

Ralph Byrd

18 Aug 1952 · aged 43

Acting

J. Farrell MacDonald

2 Aug 1952 · aged 77

Acting

Edward Ellis

26 Jul 1952 · aged 81

Acting

Richard Rober

26 May 1952 · aged 42

Acting

John Garfield

21 May 1952 · aged 39

Acting

Leslie Banks

21 Apr 1952 · aged 61

Acting

J.P. McGowan

26 Mar 1952 · aged 72

Acting

Polly Moran

24 Jan 1952 · aged 68

Acting

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Percy Walsh

19 Jan 1952 · aged 63

Acting

Dick Curtis

3 Jan 1952 · aged 49

Acting