#BOTD 1928 – 1998 Roddy McDowall, 70, English-US actor.

He appeared in 8 UK films from Murder in the Family (1938) to You Will Remember (1941). Born in a London suburb, his family moved to the USA in 1940, during WW2. He made his Hollywood debut in Fritz Lang's Man Hunt (1941) #BOTD 1928 – 1998 Roddy McDowall, 70, English-US actor.

Just William (UK 1940) - Hollywood Fritz Lang's Man Hunt (1941) * This England * How Green Was My Valley * My Friend Flicka * Lassie Come Home * The White Cliffs of Dover * Keys of the Kingdom * Macbeth * Kidnapped (1948)

#BOTD 1893 – 1956 Sir Alexander Korda, (b. Sándor Keller), 62, (Heart Attack), Hungarian-English filmmaker.

He began his career in Hungary, then Austrian and German silent films, before moving to Hollywood in 1926-30, briefly in WW2, but became a leading figure in British film. #BOTD 1893 – 1956 Sir Alexander Korda, 62, Hungarian-English filmmaker.

Director: Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927) Lilies of Field (1930) Private Life of Henry VIII * Rise of Catherine the Great * Rembrandt * The Lion Has Wings * That Hamilton Woman * An Ideal Husband (1947)

#BOTD 1890 – 1976 Dame Agatha Christie, (b. Miller), 85, English author, playwright.

She wrote 66 novels, 14 short story collections, and world's longest-running play The Mousetrap performed W. End since 1952. Created Hercule Poirot + Miss MARPLE, and ..

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#BOTD 1890 – 1976 Dame Agatha Christie, 85, English author, playwright.

Mysterious Affair at Styles* Man in Brown Suit * Secret of Chimneys * Murder Roger Ackroyd * Seven Dials Mystery * Murder at Vicarage * Murder Orient Express * Why Didn't They Ask Evans? * Murder Three Acts

#BOTD 1923 – 1988 Bonita Granville, 65, (Cancer), US actress, producer.

Daughter of vaudevillians, she began on stage, age 3. As a child actress, her film debut Westward Passage (1932)

In, These Three (1936), she was OscarNom, age 14. She later starred Nancy Drew film series. #BOTD 1923 – 1988 Bonita Granville, 65, US actress.

Westward Passage (1932) * Anne of Green Gables * These Three (OscarNom age 14) * Plough and Stars * Nancy Drew, Detective (1938-39) * Mortal Storm * Escape * Wild Man of Borneo * People v Dr Kildare * HM Pulham Esq * Glass Key

#OTD 1996 – Gene Kelly, 83, US performer, choreographer, director. (b. 1912)

When he was 8, his mother enrolled him and his brother in dance class. "We didn't like it, were always in fights with the neighborhood boys who called us sissies. I didn't dance again until I was 15." #OTD 1996 – Gene Kelly, 83, US performer, choreographer. (b. 1912)

He was forced to leave College after the 1929 crash and Depression working to help his family. He later did pursue a career as a dancer, and dropped out of school. He made his Broadway debut as a dancer in 1938.

#OTD 1995 – Donald Pleasence, 75, English-French actor (b. 1919)

Originally a pacifist, he enlisted in 1940 after Blitz. He became a wireless-operator with Bomber Command in 60 raids over Nazi Europe. In August 1944 his plane was shot down, and he became P.O.W in Stalag Luft I. #OTD 1995 – Donald Pleasence, 75, English actor (b. 1919)

Film debut Privates Progress (1954) Black Tent * Tale of Two Cities * Look Back in Anger * Circus of Horrors * Sons and Lovers * What a Carve Up! * The Caretaker * Great Escape * Dr Crippen * Hallelujah Trail * Cul-de-sac

#OTD 1987 – Alistair MacLean, 64, (Stroke), Scottish author, screenwriter (b. 1922)

Served 1943 two Arctic Russian convoys and operations against Tirpitz. Convoy PQ 17, and Mediterranean as part of the invasion of southern France. After WW2 he gained an MA (Hons) English, 1950. #OTD 1987 – Alistair MacLean, 64, Scottish author, screenwriter (b. 1922)

His first novel was HMS Ulysses (1955), Guns of Navarone (1957) Last Frontier (1959) Fear Is Key (1961) Satan Bug (1962) Ice Station Zebra (1963) He bought 'Jamaica Inn', Bodmin Moor #Cornwall to 'retire'.

#OTD 1969 – Boris Karloff, (b. William Pratt), 81, English actor (b. 1887)

Film debut: Lightning Raider (1919) * Unholy Night (1929) Criminal Code * Frankenstein * Scarface (1932) Old Dark House * The Mummy * The Ghoul * Lost Patrol * The Black Cat (1934) * Bride of Frankenstein #OTD 1969 – Boris Karloff, 81, English actor (b. 1887)

The Raven * Son of Frankenstein * Tower of London * British Intelligence * House of Frankenstein * The Body Snatcher * Lured * Dick Tracy meets Gruesome * The Strange Door * Colonel March of Scotland Yard (TV series 1954-55)

#BOTD 1901 – 1960 Clark Gable, 59, (Heart Attack), US actor.

White Man (1924) * Painted Desert (1931 first credit) * Dance, Fools, Dance (1931 lead) * Night Nurse * Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) * Red Dust * No Man of Her Own (1932 only film with Carol Lombard) * Dancing Lady #BOTD 1901 – 1960 Clark Gable, 59, US actor.

It Happened One Night * Manhattan Melodrama * Call of the Wild * Mutiny on Bounty * Wife v Secretary * San Francisco * Parnell * Saratoga (1937 Jean Harlow's last film) * Test Pilot * Idiot's Delight * Gone with Wind * Strange Cargo

#BOTD 1894 – 1973 John Ford, (b. Feeney), 79, US filmmaker.

His father was born in County Galway in 1854. His mother, Barbara Curran, was born in the Aran Islands. The Feeneys emigrated to America in 1872, and John was born in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, one of eleven children. #BOTD 1894 – 1973 John Ford, 79, US filmmaker.

He began his career after moving to California in 1914, following his older brother Francis a vaudeville and silent film actor,. Francis eventually created his own production company for Universal and John became an assistant.

#BOTD 1929 – 2010 Jean Simmons, 80, English-US actress.

Great Expectations (1946) * Black Narcissus * Hamlet (Oscar Nom) * So Long at the Fair * Trio * Angel Face * Young Bess * The Robe * The Actress * Beautiful but Dangerous * The Egyptian * Désirée * Footsteps in the Fog #BOTD 1929 – 2010 Jean Simmons, 80, English-US actress.

Guys and Dolls * This Could Be the Night * The Big Country * Home Before Dark * Elmer Gantry * Spartacus * Rough Night in Jericho * Happy Ending * TV's Thorn Birds * How to Make an American Quilt * Shadows in the Sun (2009)

#BOTD 1902 – 1968 #TallulahBankhead, 66, US actress.

A stage actress on Broadway and London, she made few films. Who Loved Him Best? (1918) * When Men Betray * Thirty a Week * The Trap (1919) * His House in Order (1928) Tarnished Lady * My Sin * The Cheat * Thunder Below (1932) #BOTD 1902 – 1968 Tallulah Bankhead, 66, US actress.

Devil and the Deep (1932) * Faithless (1932) * Hollywood on Parade (1933) * Stage Door Canteen (1943) * #Hitchcock Lifeboat (1944) * Royal Scandal (1945) * Fanatic (Die! Die! My Darling!) (1965) * The Daydreamer (1966 voice)

#OTD 2015 – Lizabeth Scott, (b. Emma Matzo), 92, US actress (b. 1922)

She began as a Broadway stage actor, once understudy to #TalullahBankhead Films: You Came Along (1945) * The Strange Love of Martha Ivers * Dead Reckoning * Desert Fury * Variety Girl * I Walk Alone * Pitfall #OTD 2015 – Lizabeth Scott, 92, US actress (b. 1922)

Too Late for Tears * Easy Living * Paid in Full * Dark City * The Company She Keeps * Two of a Kind * The Racket * Red Mountain * A Stolen Face * Scared Stiff * Bad for Each Other * The Silver Lodge (1954) * The Weapon (UK)

#BOTD 1928 – 2017 Jeanne Moreau, 89, French actress.

She made her film debut in 1949, later starring in Louis Malle's Elevator to Gallows (1958) Antonioni's La Notte (1961) Truffaut's Jules et Jim (1962), The Bride Wore Black (1968), and, #OrsonWelles Chimes at Midnight (1965) #BOTD 1928 – 2017 Jeanne Moreau, 89, French actress.

A Femme Fatale recruits a lover to murder her rich husband in his office, and make it look like suicide. He does the deed but has to return to retrieve evidence he accidentally left."

Louis Malle's Elevator to Gallows (1958)

#BOTD 1898 – 1987 Randolph Scott, 89, US actor.

Born to a wealthy Southern family, privately educated, he served in WW1, age 19-21, from 1917-19, and used his experience and training in his acting career. He appeared in many film genres, but of his films, over 60 were Westerns. #BOTD 1898 – 1987 Randolph Scott, 89, US actor.

After WW1, his ambition as pro footballer was dashed by a back injury. He tried various jobs, but in 1927 went to LA, armed with his father's letter of introduction to Howard Hughes, which got him a part in Sharp Shooters (1928).

#BOTD 1940 – 2017 Sir John Hurt, 77, English actor. Harry Potter's Garrick Ollivander

A Man for All Seasons* Before Winter Comes * 10 Rillington Place * Naked Civil Servant * I, Claudius * Mr Forbush and Penguins * Midnight Express (OscarNom) * Alien * Elephant Man (OscarNom) #BOTD 1940 – 2017 Sir John Hurt, 77, English actor. Harry Potter's Garrick Ollivander

The Night Crossing * The Plague Dogs * Osterman Weekend * Champion * The Hit * Nineteen Eighty-four * White Mischief * Scandal * The Field * King Ralph * Rob Roy * Love and Death on Long Island

#BOTD 1932 – Piper Laurie, (b. Rosetta Jacobs), 90, US actress

Born to poor Polish/Russian Jewish immigrants for periods of her childhood her parents placed her, and her sister in a children's home, although later, her mother did pay for elocution lessons, to combat her shyness. #BOTD 1932 – Piper Laurie, 90, US actress

In 1949 she signed a contract with Universal Pictures, and made her film debut in Louisa (1950) * Francis Goes to the Races (a film series) * Has Anybody Seen My Gal? * Ain't Misbehavin' * Until They Sail * The Hustler (1961 OscarNom)

#OTD 2002 – Peggy Lee, (b. Norma Egstrom), 81, US jazz singer songwriter. (b. 1920)

The Jazz Singer (1952) * Pete Kelly's Blues (OscarNom) * Johnny Guitar (singer, and co-wrote music with Victor Young) * Lady and the Tramp (voice 1955, co-wrote all songs with Sonny Burke) #OTD 2002 – Peggy Lee, 81, US jazz singer songwriter. (b. 1920)

🎶 Blues in the Night * Why Don't You Do Right? * Baubles, Bangles, & Beads * Siamese Cat Song * He's a Tramp * Fever * I'm a Woman (W. O. M. A. N) * Is That All There Is? * The Folks that Live on the Hill 🎶

#OTD 1986 – Cary Grant, (b. Archibald Leach), 82, English-US actor (b. 1904)

Blonde Venus (1932) * She Done Him Wrong * Sylvia Scarlett * Topper * The Awful Truth * Bringing Up Baby * Only Angels Have Wings * My Favorite Wife * The Philadelphia Story * Penny Serenade (OscarNom) #OTD 1986 – Cary Grant, 82, English-US actor (b. 1904)

Talk of the Town * Suspicion * Arsenic + Old Lace * None But the Lonely Heart (OscarNom) * Notorious * Bishops Wife * I Was A Male War Bride * Monkey Business * To Catch a Thief * North by Northwest * Charade * Father Goose

#GloriaGrahame

"An ambitious actor, Lester Blane, previously rejected as 'not handsome' enough for the lead in a new play by millionaire Myra Hudson, he 'accidentally' meets her on a train for San Francisco, and sweeps her off her feet. Smitten by his charms, she marries him." #GloriaGrahame

"After their marriage, quite unintentionally, Myra records a conversation between Lester and his lover Irene, as they plot to murder her because Lester thinks her new will leaves him nothing. They have only a weekend to kill her, before her new will is notarised."

#BOTD 1943 – Randy Newman, 78, US singer, composer, pianist.

Mama Told Me Not to Come * I Think It's Going to Rain Today, two of his many great songs. Son of Irving Newman, nephew of Alfred, the most OscarNom family, with a total of 95 nominations, in various music categories. #BOTD 1943 – Randy Newman, US singer, composer, pianist.

"I've Been Wrong Before * I Don't Want To Hear Anymore * Mama Told Me Not to Come * Sail Away * You Can Leave Your Hat On * Short People * It's a Jungle Out There * We Belong Together" (Oscar)