In memoriam: actors and TV figures we lost in 1977

Remembering 128 people from the world of film and television who died in 1977, most recent first, with the work they are best known for.

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Nora Marlowe

31 Dec 1977 · aged 62

Acting

Charlotte Greenwood

28 Dec 1977 · aged 87

Acting

Minoru Takada

27 Dec 1977 · aged 78

Acting

Carla Rust

27 Dec 1977 · aged 69

Acting

Charlie Chaplin

25 Dec 1977 · aged 88

Acting

Yevhen Bondarenko

22 Dec 1977 · aged 72

Acting

Hugo Laur

20 Dec 1977 · aged 84

Acting

Jacques Tourneur

19 Dec 1977 · aged 73

Directing

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Albert D'Arno

19 Dec 1977 · aged 72

Acting

Cyril Ritchard

18 Dec 1977 · aged 80

Acting

Barbara Mitchell

9 Dec 1977 · aged 48

Acting

Ursula Herwig

5 Dec 1977 · aged 42

Acting

Leila Hyams

4 Dec 1977 · aged 72

Acting

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Nick George

2 Dec 1977 · aged 67

Writing

Yūko Mochizuki

1 Dec 1977 · aged 60

Acting

Trevor Bardette

28 Nov 1977 · aged 75

Acting

John L. McClellan

28 Nov 1977 · aged 81

Acting

Richard Carlson

26 Nov 1977 · aged 65

Acting

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Teddi King

18 Nov 1977 · aged 48

Acting

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Chieh Yuen

16 Nov 1977 · aged 32

Acting

Maria Zanoli

15 Nov 1977 · aged 81

Acting

Kate Drain Lawson

14 Nov 1977 · aged 83

Acting

Pascual García Peña

10 Nov 1977 · aged 67

Acting

Tasos Giannopoulos

8 Nov 1977 · aged 46

Acting

René Goscinny

5 Nov 1977 · aged 51

Writing

Guy Lombardo

5 Nov 1977 · aged 75

Acting

Elisabeth Flickenschildt

26 Oct 1977 · aged 72

Acting

Aleksandr Khvylia

17 Oct 1977 · aged 72

Acting

Ralph Truman

15 Oct 1977 · aged 77

Acting

Bing Crosby

14 Oct 1977 · aged 74

Acting

Helen Gibson

10 Oct 1977 · aged 85

Acting

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Ronny Pearlman

8 Oct 1977 · aged 35

Writing

Tay Garnett

3 Oct 1977 · aged 83

Directing

Heinrich Gretler

30 Sep 1977 · aged 79

Acting

Willis Bouchey

27 Sep 1977 · aged 70

Acting

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Lucie Faure

25 Sep 1977 · aged 69

Writing

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Mitchell Rhein

23 Sep 1977 · aged 77

Acting

Maria Callas

16 Sep 1977 · aged 53

Acting

Sandra Mozarowsky

14 Sep 1977 · aged 18

Acting

Rick Vallin

31 Aug 1977 · aged 57

Acting

Joseph Mell

31 Aug 1977 · aged 62

Acting

Jean Hagen

29 Aug 1977 · aged 54

Acting

George Merritt

27 Aug 1977 · aged 86

Acting

Yelizaveta Uvarova

24 Aug 1977 · aged 74

Acting

Sebastian Cabot

22 Aug 1977 · aged 59

Acting

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Alex Segal

22 Aug 1977 · aged 62

Directing

Eddy Waller

20 Aug 1977 · aged 88

Acting

Groucho Marx

19 Aug 1977 · aged 86

Acting

Peter Dyneley

19 Aug 1977 · aged 56

Acting

Alfred Rasser

18 Aug 1977 · aged 70

Acting

Elvis Presley

16 Aug 1977 · aged 42

Acting

John Howard Lawson

11 Aug 1977 · aged 82

Writing

Vince Barnett

10 Aug 1977 · aged 75

Acting

Edward Chapman

9 Aug 1977 · aged 75

Acting

Zero Mostel

8 Aug 1977 · aged 62

Acting

Charles Carson

5 Aug 1977 · aged 91

Acting

Erik Chitty

22 Jul 1977 · aged 70

Acting

Eugene Deckers

13 Jul 1977 · aged 63

Acting

Ted Stanhope

10 Jul 1977 · aged 75

Acting

Jacques Duhamel

8 Jul 1977 · aged 52

Acting

Vladimir Nabokov

2 Jul 1977 · aged 78

Writing

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Lillie Hayward

29 Jun 1977 · aged 85

Writing

Geraldine Brooks

19 Jun 1977 · aged 51

Acting

Jacqueline Audry

19 Jun 1977 · aged 68

Directing

Holger Löwenadler

18 Jun 1977 · aged 73

Acting

Robert Middleton

14 Jun 1977 · aged 66

Acting

Alan Reed

14 Jun 1977 · aged 69

Acting

Stephen Boyd

2 Jun 1977 · aged 45

Acting

William Castle

1 Jun 1977 · aged 63

Directing

Lajos Básti

1 Jun 1977 · aged 65

Acting

Jim Boles

26 May 1977 · aged 63

Acting

Jūshirō Konoe

24 May 1977 · aged 61

Acting

Dorothy Christy

21 May 1977 · aged 70

Acting

Charlotte Knight

16 May 1977 · aged 83

Acting

Joan Crawford

10 May 1977 · aged 71

Acting

Aleksandr Litvinov

6 May 1977 · aged 78

Directing

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Hiroshi Chō

5 May 1977 · aged 54

Acting

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Maureen Pryor

5 May 1977 · aged 54

Acting

Renaud Mary

5 May 1977 · aged 58

Acting

Dimitris Bislanis

1 May 1977 · aged 44

Acting

Ricardo Cortez

28 Apr 1977 · aged 76

Acting

Anthony Coburn

28 Apr 1977 · aged 49

Writing

Stanley Adams

27 Apr 1977 · aged 62

Acting

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Félix Monclova

15 Apr 1977 · aged 41

Acting

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Patricia Kerry

14 Apr 1977 · aged 60

Acting

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Jacques Prévert

11 Apr 1977 · aged 77

Writing

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Frank Milan

8 Apr 1977 · aged 71

Acting

Ursula Grabley

6 Apr 1977 · aged 68

Acting

Walter McGinn

31 Mar 1977 · aged 40

Acting

Luis Peña

29 Mar 1977 · aged 58

Acting

Diana Hyland

27 Mar 1977 · aged 41

Acting

Joëlle Bernard

23 Mar 1977 · aged 48

Acting

Kinuyo Tanaka

21 Mar 1977 · aged 67

Acting

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Antonino Rocca

15 Mar 1977 · aged 55

Acting

Shan Mao

14 Mar 1977

Acting

George Eldredge

12 Mar 1977 · aged 78

Acting

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Bernardine Flynn

10 Mar 1977 · aged 73

Acting

Henry Hull

8 Mar 1977 · aged 86

Acting

Percy Marmont

3 Mar 1977 · aged 93

Acting

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

28 Feb 1977 · aged 71

Acting

Allison Hayes

27 Feb 1977 · aged 46

Acting

Atsushi Watanabe

27 Feb 1977 · aged 78

Acting

Patricia Haines

25 Feb 1977 · aged 45

Acting

Edith Barrett

22 Feb 1977 · aged 70

Acting

Anthony Nicholls

22 Feb 1977 · aged 74

Acting

Andy Devine

18 Feb 1977 · aged 71

Acting

Eitarō Shindō

18 Feb 1977 · aged 77

Acting

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Robert M. Luck

11 Feb 1977 · aged 58

Acting

Olinda Bozán

8 Feb 1977 · aged 82

Acting

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Richard St. John

5 Feb 1977

Acting

Freddie Prinze

29 Jan 1977 · aged 22

Acting

Burt Mustin

28 Jan 1977 · aged 92

Acting

Margaret Hayes

26 Jan 1977 · aged 63

Acting

Donald Kerr

25 Jan 1977 · aged 85

Acting

Dale Van Sickel

25 Jan 1977 · aged 69

Acting

Carl-Gunnar Wingård

20 Jan 1977 · aged 82

Acting

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Carl Zuckmayer

18 Jan 1977 · aged 80

Writing

Leif Panduro

16 Jan 1977 · aged 53

Writing

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Werner Twardy

16 Jan 1977 · aged 50

Sound

Peter Finch

14 Jan 1977 · aged 60

Acting

Henri Langlois

13 Jan 1977 · aged 62

Acting

Henri-Georges Clouzot

12 Jan 1977 · aged 69

Writing

Niall MacGinnis

6 Jan 1977 · aged 63

Acting

Onslow Stevens

5 Jan 1977 · aged 74

Acting

Tom Gries

3 Jan 1977 · aged 54

Directing

Erroll Garner

2 Jan 1977 · aged 53

Acting

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Georg A. Profé

1 Jan 1977 · aged 68

Acting

Johannes Buzalski

1 Jan 1977 · aged 58

Acting