Notable Deaths 2020: Stage and Screen
Remembering Chadwick Boseman, Kirk Douglas, Olivia de Havilland, Jerry Stiller, Diana Rigg, Regis Philbin, Carl Reiner and many others who died this year.
Buck Henry, 89
Quirky writer and actor
Edd Byrnes, 86
One of TV's first teenage heartthrobs
Terry Jones, 77
Monty Python founder
Margo Lion, 75
Producer of "Hairspray"
Harriet Frank Jr., 96
Writer of challenging screenplays
Jack Burns, 86
Comic force on camera
Monique Van Vooren, 92
Actress with a diverse résumé
Lucy Jarvis, 102
Groundbreaking producer in television and theater
Kirk Douglas, 103
Star of Hollywood’s golden age
Kevin Conway, 77
"Elephant Man" actor
Orson Bean, 91
Free-spirited actor
Robert Conrad, 84
Star of TV's "The Wild West"
Paula Kelly, 77
“Sweet Charity” dancer
Dyanne Thorne, 83
Star of scandalous "Ilsa" films
Zoe Caldwell, 86
Winner of four Tony Awards
Kellye Nakahara, 73
Memorable Nurse on "M*A*S*H"
Esther Scott, 66
"Boyz N the Hood" actress
Tobi Tobias, 81
Critic for New York and Dance magazines
Lynn Cohen, 86
Magda on "Sex and the City"
Diana Serra Cary, 101
"Baby Peggy" of silent films
James Lipton, 93
Host of "Inside the Actors Studio"
Joyce Gordon, 90
Broke the glasses ceiling on TV
Max von Sydow, 90
Star of "Seventh Seal" and "Exorcist"
Mart Crowley, 84
"Boys in the Band" playwright
Stuart Whitman, 92
Leading man on big and small screens
Lyle Waggoner, 84
TV star as actor and announcer
Maggie Griffin, 99
Kathy’s mother and a ‘D-list’ celebrity
Suzy Delair, 102
French star of movies and music halls
Terrence McNally, 81
Tony-winning playwright of gay life
David Schramm, 73
Blustery comic foil in TV's "Wings"
Honor Blackman, 94
Memorable James Bond adversary
James Drury, 85
Taciturn star of "The Virginian"
Louis Johnson, 90
Genre-crossing dancer and choreographer
Bruce Baillie, 88
Avant-garde filmmaker
Craig Gilbert, 94
Created groundbreaking "American Family"
Brian Dennehy, 81
Tony Award-winning actor
Nobuhiko Obayashi, 82
Unpredictable Japanese director
Shirley Knight, 83
Tony- and Emmy-winning actress
Jean Erdman, 104
Dancer moved by myth
Roy Horn, 75
Half of Siegfried & Roy
Jerry Stiller, 92
Comedian with enduring appeal
Fred Willard, 86
Emmy-winning comic
Lynn Shelton, 54
Director of intimate comic dramas
Michel Piccoli, 94
French actor
Ken Osmond, 76
Eddie Haskell on “Leave It to Beaver"
Rene Buch, 94
Force in Spanish-language repertory theater
Larry Kramer, 84
Playwright and outspoken AIDS activist
Ian Holm, 88
Malleable actor who played Lear and a hobbit
Joel Schumacher, 80
Director of "St. Elmo’s Fire"
Linda Cristal, 89
Star of “The High Chaparral"
Carl Reiner, 98
Master of comedy
Hugh Downs, 99
A television fixture for decades
Nick Cordero, 41
Broadway actor
Kelly Preston, 57
"Jerry Maguire" star
Zizi Jeanmaire, 96
French star of ballet, cabaret and film
Regis Philbin, 88
TV’s enduring Everyman
Olivia de Havilland, 104
Star of "Gone With the Wind"
John Saxon, 83
Star of "Enter the Dragon"
Alan Parker, 76
Versatile film director
Wilford Brimley, 85
"Cocoon" star and Quaker Oats pitchman
Eric Bentley, 103
Critic who preferred Brecht to Broadway
Ben Cross, 72
Star of "Chariots of Fire"
Chadwick Boseman, 43
"Black Panther" star
Diana Rigg, 82
Emma Peel of "The Avengers"
Kevin Dobson, 77
TV actor known for portraying a lawyer and detective
Michael Lonsdale, 89
Actor known for playing a Bond villain
Murray Schisgal, 93
Playwright and screenwriter
Conchatta Ferrell, 77
Memorable maid on "Two and a Half Men"
Tom Kennedy, 93
Genial journeyman of TV game shows
Herbert Kretzmer, 95
Lyricist for "Les Misérables"
Rhonda Fleming, 97
Movie star made for technicolor
Clark Middleton, 63
Actor with a cause
Anthony Chisholm, 77
Actor acclaimed in August Wilson roles
Marge Champion, 101
Dancer, actor and choreographer
James Randi, 92
Magician who debunked paranormal claims
Ming Cho Lee, 90
Fabled set designer
Sean Connery, 90
Actor who embodied James Bond
Norm Crosby, 93
Comedian known as the master of malaprop
Alex Trebek, 80
Longtime host of "Jeopardy!"
David Toole, 56
Disabled dancer with grace in his hands
Rosanna Carteri, 89
Soprano who retired at her peak
Aldo Tambellini, 90
Avant-garde filmmaker and video artist
Aileen Passloff, 89
Dancer, choreographer and teacher
Soumitra Chatterjee, 85
Globally acclaimed Indian film star
Nelly Kaplan, 89
Directed films that explored female strength
Dena Dietrich, 91
Found TV fame as Mother Nature
Betty Jones, 94
Founding member of Limón Troupe
Pamela Tiffin, 78
Movie star who shone brightly but briefly
David L. Lander, 73
Squiggy on ‘Laverne & Shirley'
Natalie Desselle, 53
Comedic heart of ‘BAPS’ and ‘Eve’
Sarah Leland, 79
Ballerina of passion and abandon
Othella Dallas, 95
Keeper of Katherine Dunham’s flame
Carol Sutton, 76
Actress devoted to New Orleans
Ann Reinking, 71
Dancer, choreographer and Fosse muse
Kim Ki-duk, 59
Award-winning South Korean filmmaker
Barbara Windsor, 83
Beloved British TV and film star
Catie Lazarus, 44
Comedian with a lot of questions
Rebecca Luker, 59
Broadway star for three decades