MortalCaso 1,630 Posted May 20, 2022 On 15/03/2021 at 17:44, Ulitzer95 said: --snip 1920: --snip 6) Hilda Bernard (IMDb) actress – Argentine, acting until a few years ago, alive and well it would seem ---snip Died April 20th, 2022 age 101. IMDb/Wiki have been updated 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,381 Posted May 20, 2022 28 minutes ago, MortalCaso said: This is someone I am very interested in. If we can figure out a way to lock down his bio in concrete, it would be thrilling. Especially as English wiki has him alive at 102 + being born in 1920... It would be good if we could find sources of his death. There is no chance he is still alive. If it, would be known 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,654 Posted May 20, 2022 I've updated Hilda Bernard. I don't want to take John Bartha off until something more concrete emerges. I'm convinced he's dead but birth and death years seem to vary greatly. It would be super useful if IMDb stated their sources, but alas... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,381 Posted May 21, 2022 On 03/03/2022 at 17:40, Gisooo said: Does anyone have access in Italian ancestry? Elena Fiore (Wiki) - Italian actress born 1928 today aged 93, appeared in numerous films of Lina Wertmuller, one of them is The Seduction of Mimi On a Facebook post, one of her relatives said that she is dead. She was so funny on Lina's film especially here. Her real name was Eleonora Esposito and according to some post on FB she may died after 2010 Elena Fiore died on September 26, 1999 at 71, updated on her Italian Wiki page Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,381 Posted May 21, 2022 Mirella Avalle died on September 5, 2012 in Villanuova sul Clisi, Italy, updated on English Wikipedia Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,381 Posted May 21, 2022 On 15/03/2021 at 23:44, Ulitzer95 said: 26) Kerima (IMDb) actress – A mysterious one indeed. Promotional material says she was Algerian, but she was from France. Married to Bond director Guy Hamilton. His Telegraph obituary from 2016 originally stated that she survived him. It was later amended to say that she predeceased him. They lived in Majorca together, so to get a definite answer someone will likely have to get in touch with the registry there. I don't have any concrete evidence, some obit say she survived her husband and other not. Another unsourced edit was made that she died on November 14, 2016 in Beziers, France, seven months after her husband death. True, false idk. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whoismakoto 328 Posted May 22, 2022 Can anyone help me with this? Cynthia Ford, former wife of Glenn Ford, actress, and sister of fellow actress Sandra McCabe, she was born Cynthia McCabe apparently listed as deceased at ancestry.com under the name Cynthia Louise (McCabe) Hayward , and died in Millwaukee WI. Could not find any date or confirmation. Was born 21. Apr. 1948 in San Diego Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,654 Posted May 22, 2022 26 minutes ago, whoismakoto said: Can anyone help me with this? Cynthia Ford, former wife of Glenn Ford, actress, and sister of fellow actress Sandra McCabe, she was born Cynthia McCabe apparently listed as deceased at ancestry.com under the name Cynthia Louise (McCabe) Hayward , and died in Millwaukee WI. Could not find any date or confirmation. Was born 21. Apr. 1948 in San Diego Remarried in 1986 to Peter J Gould. She kept the "Ford" part and became "Cynthia F. Gould" it would seem. Died in Milwaukee around July 2014. Her obituary isn't online but there's a record of it existing here. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,381 Posted May 22, 2022 There is an section on IMDb for actors titled "Born 1917-1937 still among us" There are some obscures names there who seems to be alive over 90 like, Is this accurate and those person are still with us? Sarita Vara (IMDb) born 1924 aged 97 Eunice Christopher (IMDb) born 1924 aged 97 Ray Hasting (IMDb) born 1924 Casper Ross (IMDb) born 1925 and many more Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,381 Posted June 1, 2022 Vera Norman (Wiki) another French classic film and stage actress Her DOB is 1927 or 1924, there no death notice on matchID Could she be still alive at 95 or 98? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MortalCaso 1,630 Posted June 11, 2022 On 10/12/2021 at 12:00, arghton said: Updated for the deaths of Elliot Lawrence, Donald Pippin and Michael Nesmith. Elliot Lawrence died on July 2nd at 96, Donald Pippin died as the last living recipient of the Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director five days later on July 7th at the age of 95. On 21/04/2021 at 15:34, arghton said: ---snip Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director (1948-1964) Living recipients: 1962 - Elliot Lawrence (1925-2021) 1963 - Donald Pippin (1925-2021) --snip @arghton Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe you have the wrong Donald Pippin. (Wiki) Donald Pippin, a well known opera director, died July 7th 2021 at age 95. (Wiki) Donald Pippin, a Tony award winner listed above, died June 9th 2022 at age 95. This QO further proves it Easy mistake to make! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edm88 72 Posted June 18, 2022 On 03/05/2021 at 18:59, edm88 said: I've begun to look at Roark and he is an odd one. Los Angeles/Hollywood newspaper clippings state he was "from the East", a "medical student from Chicago", and a member of the 11th Airborne Division in WWII, but I haven't been able to find anything with those clues yet. I'm wondering if "Roark" was a stage name. The 1926 DOB comes from the US Public Records Index under a Robert R Roark living in Beverly Hills to the 1990s, but no connection to that person being an actor, and I haven't yet been able to track that person's origins. @Ulitzer95 Well, after much frustration I've finally been able to solve Robert Roark, and have confirmed that his birth name was George Isaacs Abt, and perhaps surprisingly, the 19 Oct 1926 date of birth is indeed correct. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Dr. William Leon Abt, an optometrist, and his wife, Cybelle Sachnoff, an opera singer originally from Kiev, Ukraine. This perfectly matches up with a 1954 newspaper clipping from Memphis - see below - which states that the actor Robert Roark was the son of a doctor, though they named him as Dr. William Roark of Chicago. There are also countless newspaper references that state he was from Chicago and attended the Universir of Illinois for a short time as well as Kentucky Military Institute, so this seems to line up. This biographical directory entry of American Jews for Cybelle Abt confirms her sons's stage name (screenshot below), as do census, birth and marriage records, as well as his WWII Draft card. Robert Roark later was the president of a film production company, Brigadier Films, alongside his partner Roger S. (Rick) Markle; his mother, Cybelle Abt was listed as secretary-treasurer here (screenshot below). He married Anita M Guile in 1974; Robert Roark and Anita M Roark seem to have had an address still listed in Beverly Hills, California in the mid-late 2000s, so he could very well still be alive. Definitely one of the tougher ones here! Will keep looking into William Glover. I did find a decent amount of identifying clues (names of his wife and children, approximate timeframes where he lived) as well as activity up to at least 1977, but am still spinning my tires in place. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grimgrass 514 Posted June 20, 2022 This is a very obscure one, but maybe someone can help me with this: English actress Kathleen Helme (IMDB). She looks quite old on her appearances in Corrie and Emmerdale during 1960s and 1970s, which is why I assumed she died decades ago. However, there is this tweet from 2020, posted by an antique seller who is claiming to sell stuff from her estate, which suggest she might've died only a few years back. Find a Will has a Kathleen Mary Helme who died on 30 December 2019. Could this be the same person? There is no birth date on IMDB, which makes research quite difficult. Searching FreeBMD, the closest match seems to be a Kathleen M Helme born in Q2/1921. Only other info I have is that she graduated from RADA in 1948 and that she appeared in a radio play called The Linden Tree in 1997. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edm88 72 Posted June 21, 2022 On 09/12/2021 at 08:20, Gisooo said: What about British actress Annabel Maule, she is marked as having no evidence for her being alive for years, is she alive or not??? (Wiki) @Ulitzer95 Seems to have still been living circa 2010. Appears that she later settled in Nairobi, Kenya, as that is where both of her parents also moved (they died in Mombasa and are buried there). Would not be surprised is she died off the radar sometime in the last two decades, though. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edm88 72 Posted June 21, 2022 16 hours ago, Grimgrass said: This is a very obscure one, but maybe someone can help me with this: English actress Kathleen Helme (IMDB). She looks quite old on her appearances in Corrie and Emmerdale during 1960s and 1970s, which is why I assumed she died decades ago. However, there is this tweet from 2020, posted by an antique seller who is claiming to sell stuff from her estate, which suggest she might've died only a few years back. Find a Will has a Kathleen Mary Helme who died on 30 December 2019. Could this be the same person? There is no birth date on IMDB, which makes research quite difficult. Searching FreeBMD, the closest match seems to be a Kathleen M Helme born in Q2/1921. Only other info I have is that she graduated from RADA in 1948 and that she appeared in a radio play called The Linden Tree in 1997. Here is the GRO reference for Kathleen Mary Helme, died 30 Dec 2019, appears to likely be the same person. HELME, KATHLEEN MARY 1921 GRO Reference: DOR Q1/2020 in BRIGHTON AND HOVE (452-1A) Entry Number 520084911 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whoismakoto 328 Posted June 21, 2022 Does anyone know if Carole Gray (Wiki) is still alive? Could she be living in South Africa, Zimbabwe or in UK? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,381 Posted June 21, 2022 4 hours ago, whoismakoto said: Does anyone know if Carole Gray (Wiki) is still alive? Could she be living in South Africa, Zimbabwe or in UK? As far as I read, she has returned to South Africa some time ago and I hope like Annabel Maule she did not die off the radar. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted June 22, 2022 11 hours ago, whoismakoto said: Does anyone know if Carole Gray (Wiki) is still alive? Could she be living in South Africa, Zimbabwe or in UK? Carole Gray is on my Facebook friends list. None of the above. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,654 Posted June 24, 2022 Notable mentions in (Spring–Summer) issue of Equity magazine Ginni Barlow (IMDb) c. 1937–2022 / Gladys in 68 episodes of Take the High Road June Brown OBE (wiki) 1927–2022 / Dot Cotton in EastEnders; DL hit Denise Bryer (wiki) 1928–2021 / Gerry Anderson voice actress; once married to Nicholas Parsons (1923–2020) Harriet Buchan (IMDb) 19??–202? / Played Taggart's wife, Jean, from 1985 to 1995 Diana Calderwood (IMDb) 1927–202? / Supporting actress; wife of actor Raymond Young (1918–2011) Wyn Calvin MBE (wiki) 1925–2022 / Welsh comedian and pantomime dame Geoffrey Chater (wiki) 1921–2021 / Crime drama series regular; poet Sir Jeremy Child, 3rd Baronet (wiki) 1944–2022 / A Fish Called Wanda, Wimbledon, Darkest Hour Stephen Critchlow (wiki) 1966–2021 / theatre and radio regular Angela Crow (wiki) 1935–2022 / Doreen Lostock in Coronation Street, from 1961 to 1963 Rowland Davies (IMDb) 1941–202? / Johnny English, Wives and Daughters, Persuasion Joe D'Orazio (wiki) 1922–2022 / Golden era wrestler turned referee Mark Elwes (IMDb) 1931–2021 / Department S, A Fish Called Wanda, Diamonds Are Forever Maggie Fox (IMDb) 1963–2022 / The Forsyth Saga, Coronation Street, How Do You Want Me? Sylvie Gatrill (IMDb) c. 1951–2022 / Lesley Donnelly in Brookside; Mrs. Cullen in Bread Josephine Gordon (IMDb) 1931–202? / Supporting actress on television, mainly during the 1960s Cynthia Grenville (IMDb) 1931–2021 / Maren in Doctor Who; Lady Constance in Poldark Jack Hedley (wiki) 1929–2021 / For Your Eyes Only, The New York Ripper, Colditz Roy Holder (wiki) 1946–2021 / Romeo and Juliet, Pride & Prejudice, Doctor Who, Robin Hood Bernard Holley (wiki) 1940–2021 / Doctor Who, The Tripods, Doctors Gerald Home (wiki) 1950–2021 / Various roles in Return of the Jedi Sally Ann Howes (wiki) 1930–2021 / Truly Scrumptious in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; Tony nominee Anna Karen (wiki) 1936–2022 / Olive in One The Buses; Aunt Sal in EastEnders Jo Kendall (wiki) 1940–2022 / Peggy Skilbeck in Emmerdale; I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again regular Melody Lang (IMDb) 19??–202? / Mrs Taylor in Fawlty Towers; wife of Andrew Sachs (1930–2016) Sheila Latimer (IMDb) 1923–2021 / Scottish television actress, prominent from the 1960s to the 1990s Leon Lissek (wiki) 1939–202? / Bruno in EastEnders; The Sullivans, Time Bandits **often discussed on here, a DDP miss** George Little (IMDb) 1928–2022 / Fiddler on the Roof, Evita, Poirot John Livesey (IMDb) 19??–202? / PC Stack in Z-Cars; Doctor Who Tina May (wiki) 1961–2022 / Jazz vocalist; ex-wife of jazz drummer and composer Clark Tracey (b. 1961) David McKail (IMDb) 1938–2021 / Cllr Robert Watt in High Road; Derek Munro in Taggart; Dr Mckenzie in A Touch Of Frost Clare Owen (IMDb) 19?? – 202? / Louise Borelli in Crossroads: Kings Oak; Rosemary Frazer in Coronation Street Larry Parker (IMDb) 1929–2021 / Writer and storyteller for Jackanory Brian Peck (IMDb) 1930–2021 / Coronation Street, Doctors, Last Of The Summer Wine Ron Pember (wiki) 1934–2022 / The Invisible Man, Secret Army, American Playhouse Morris Perry (wiki) 1925–2021 / Doctor Who, The Count of Monte Cristo, Midsomer Murders David Pugh (wiki) 19??–202? / Burke & Hare, Armchair Cinema, The Sex Thief Ralph Riach (wiki) 1936–2022 / Braveheart, Cloud Atlas, Taggart George Rossi (wiki) 1961–2022 / Duncan Lennox in The Bill Graham Skidmore (wiki) 1938–202? / "Our Graham", the voiceover of Blind Date (1985–2002) **surprised this one is off radar** John Stahl (wiki) 1953–2022 / Rickard Karstark in Game of Thrones; Tom Kerr in High Road Pauline Tooth (IMDb) 1930–202? / Television presenter during the 1950s Gary Waldhorn (wiki) 1943–2022 / Cllr David Horton in The Vicar of Dibley; Lionel in Brush Strokes Terry Wale (IMDb) 1938–2021 / Z-Cars, High Road, Emergency-Ward 10 John Warman (IMDb) 19??–202? / The Crown, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Charles West (IMDb) 1927–202? / Julius Caesar, The Forsyte Saga, Crown Court Jennifer Wilson (wiki) 1932–2022 / Nicholas Nickleby, Doctors, Coronation Street Jeremy Young (wiki) 1934–2022 / Doctor Who, Coronation Street, EastEnders, Z-Cars Quite a few off radar names there, including at least three (Lissek, Pugh and Skidmore) who are still marked as living on Wiki. Surely obits have to come through for Lissek and "Our Graham"? For anyone who wants to read the full list, it's available here for free. 2 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,381 Posted June 24, 2022 12 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said: Jennifer Wilson (wiki) 1932–2022 / Nicholas Nickleby, Doctors, Coronation Street Delete/ Sorry for quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,904 Posted June 24, 2022 Did Jeremy Young ever obit? He was on my Scouse theme for DDP last year. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,654 Posted June 24, 2022 7 minutes ago, Handrejka said: Did Jeremy Young ever obit? He was on my Scouse theme for DDP last year. He didn't obit anywhere, other than some mentions of a couple of Doctor Who sites. You dodged a bullet on that one... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,654 Posted June 24, 2022 If anyone wants a challenge... A list of names from my Wikipedia watchlist, who have had their pages edited with a death date/year at some point but it's been reverted back because it wasn't supported by a reliable source. If anyone comes across sources for these deaths, let me know and I'll kill them off properly on Wiki b. 1914: Hans Sommer (German S.S. officer during WWII) POSSIBLY DIED 31 OCTOBER 1987 b. 1916 Alexandra Tillson Filer (American metallurgist and collector) POSSIBLY DIED 4 JANUARY 2015 James Arthur Ewing (American politician; Gov. of American Samoa) POSSIBLY DIED 1991 b. 1918 Roma Wilkinson (American songwriter) POSSIBLY DIED 2013 Yuk-Yi Yung (Chinese-born Hong Kong actress) POSSIBLY DIED 2008 b. 1919 Ken Draper (Canadian football player) POSSIBLY BORN 1918 / POSSIBLY DIED 1983 b. 1920 Amelia Abascal (Spanish-born Mexican painter and sculptor) POSSIBLY DIED 9 SEPTEMBER 1987 Fred Kohler (German-born American inventor and author) POSSIBLY DIED 7 AUGUST 2014 b. 1921 Boomie Richman (American jazz tenor saxophonist) POSSIBLY DIED 2016 Cao Keqiang (Chinese diplomat; Amb. to Syria, Sweden and France) POSSIBLY DIED 1999 Jacinto Marques (Portuguese footballer) POSSIBLY DIED 7 OCTOBER 2000 b. 1923 Ajit Chandra Chatterjee (Indian civil servant) POSSIBLY DIED 2010 Al Besselink (American golfer) POSSIBLY DIED 10 APRIL 2017 Paul Muller (Swiss actor in Italian films) POSSIBLY DIED 2 SEPTEMBER 2016 Syed Darbar Ali Shah (Pakistani civil servant) POSSIBLY DIED 20 JUNE 1996 b. 1924 Geoffrey Drayton (Barbadian novelist, poet and journalist) POSSIBLY DIED 28 AUGUST 2014 Gerald Moore (British scholar of poetry) POSSIBLY DIED 2004 José Manuel Martín (Spanish film and television actor and broadcaster) POSSIBLY DIED 12 APRIL 2006 Mel Ford (Welsh rugby league player) POSSIBLY DIED 2000 Sonny Lester (American music producer and jazz trumpeter) POSSIBLY DIED 28 APRIL 2018 b. 1926 Klara Post (Dutch Olympic gymnast) POSSIBLY DIED 12 JANUARY 2022 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grimgrass 514 Posted June 24, 2022 9 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: b. 1919 Ken Draper (Canadian football player) POSSIBLY BORN 1918 / POSSIBLY DIED 1983 There's a BillionGraves entry for a Kenneth Draper, buried to Manitoba, where he has lived according to Wiki. Birth and death year match to your info as well. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
