Maggie Smith, Grande Dame of Stage and Screen, Dies at 89

THE NEW YORK TIMES: She earned an extraordinary array of awards, from Oscars to Emmys to Tonys, but could still go almost everywhere unrecognized. Then came “Downton Abbey.”

As Violet Crawley, the acid-tongued dowager countess on “Downton Abbey,” Ms. Smith was the show’s breakout star from the beginning. | Nick Briggs/PBS, via Associated Press
Maggie Smith, one of the finest British stage and screen actors of her generation, whose award-winning roles ranged from a freethinking Scottish schoolteacher in “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” to the acid-tongued dowager countess on “Downton Abbey,” died on Friday in London. She was 89.

Her death, in a hospital, was announced by her family in a statement issued by a publicist. The statement gave no cause of death. » | Anita Gates and Robert Berkvist | Friday, September 27, 2024

Clint Eastwood's Partner Christina Sandera Dies

BBC: Christina Sandera, the partner of Oscar-winning actor and director Clint Eastwood, has died at the age of 61.

Eastwood, 94, confirmed her death in a statement to BBC News, adding: “Christina was a lovely, caring woman, and an important part of my life."

He added that he would "miss her very much".

The pair are reported to have been together for ten years. Sandera's cause of death was not revealed. » | Noor Nanji, Culture reporter | Saturday, July 20, 2024

Shannen Doherty, ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ Star, Dies at 53

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Ms. Doherty, who also had roles in the TV series “Charmed” and the comedy-thriller “Heathers,” had continued to work after a breast cancer diagnosis.

Shannen Doherty, the raven-haired actress known for playing headstrong characters in the 1990s television dramas “Beverly Hills, 90210” and “Charmed,” and who had tried in recent years to shed her rebellious reputation, died on Saturday at her home in Malibu, Calif. She was 53.

The cause was cancer, her publicist, Leslie Sloane, said in an emailed statement.

Ms. Doherty learned she had breast cancer in February 2015 and had been open about her struggle with it in the years since. In the summer of 2016, she shaved her head as a group of friends stood by, and in 2017, she announced that the cancer was in remission. It returned in 2020, and in June 2023, Ms. Doherty announced that the cancer had spread to her brain. In November, she said it had spread to her bones. » | Katie Rogers | Sunday, July 14, 2024

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David McCallum, Heartthrob Spy of ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.,’ Dies at 90

THE NEW YORK TIMES: An experienced character actor, he found fame in the 1960s as the enigmatic Illya Kuryakin, and again in the 2000s as an eccentric medical examiner on “N.C.I.S.”

David McCallum as Illya Kuryakin on “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” His part was originally meant to be small, but he soon became a fixture of the series — and, somewhat to his annoyance, a sex symbol. | NBC
David McCallum, the Scottish-born actor who became a surprise sensation as the enigmatic Russian spy Illya Kuryakin on “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” in the 1960s and found television stardom again almost 40 years later on the hit series “N.C.I.S.,” died on Monday in New York. He was 90.

“N.C.I.S.” announced his death in a post on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. The announcement did not include any further information. » | Leslie Kaufman | Monday, Deptember 25, 2023

Jane Birkin est morte à l’âge de 76 ans

LE PARISIEN : La chanteuse avait récemment annulé des concerts pour des raisons de santé. Jane Birkin reste l’Anglaise préférée des Français, indissociable de Serge Gainsbourg dont elle fut la muse et l’ambassadrice.

Jane Birkin est décédée à l’âge de 76 ans. Selon nos informations, elle a été retrouvée sans vie à son domicile parisien ce dimanche[.], à 11 heures par sa femme de vie. La chanteuse avait récemment annulé des concerts pour des raisons de santé. « J’ai toujours été une grande optimiste, et je me rends compte qu’il me faut encore un peu de temps pour être de nouveau capable sur scène et avec vous », écrivait-elle dans un communiqué en mai annonçant les annulations. » | Par Jean-Michel Décugis | dimanche 16 juillet 2023

Singer and actress Jane Birkin dead at 76: The singer and actress Jane Birkin has died at the age of 76, according to French media. »

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Gina Lollobrigida, Italian Star of the 1950s and 60s, Dies Aged 95

THE GUARDIAN: Actor, photojournalist and sex symbol was best known for appearances in films such as Beat the Devil, Solomon and Sheba and Buona Sera, Mrs Campbell

Gina Lollobrigida as Esmeralda in the 1956 film of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext /Allied Artists
Gina Lollobrigida, the Italian actor once called “the most beautiful woman in the world”, has died at the age of 95 Corriere della Sera reported the news, saying she had been “hospitalised for some time”.

Through the 1950s and 60s, Lollobrigida was one of the world’s most desired performers and starred in a large number of European and American films opposite many of Hollywood’s leading men of the day.

Born in 1927 in Subiaco, in the mountains east of Rome, she was the daughter of a furniture maker. In her teenage years she did some modelling and entered beauty contests, and in 1947 placed third in the Miss Italia pageant. On her entry form for that competition, she wrote that she had a talent for acting but that she wanted to do something serious with her skills. » | Alan Evans | Monday, January 16, 2023

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L’actrice italienne Gina Lollobrigida est morte : Coqueluche des paparazzi, héroïne de roman-photo au début de sa carrière, elle a accédé ensuite aux premiers rôles auprès des plus grands metteurs en scène et joué avec Gérard Philipe, Burt Lancaster, Yul Brynner. Elle est morte le 16 janvier, à l’âge de 95 ans. »

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Klarer Kopf, wildes Temperament: Zu ihrer Zeit brauchte man für wahre Berühmtheit so viel Schönheit wie Talent. An diesem Montag ist Gina Lollobrigida, die selbstbewusste, große Filmdiva, im Alter von 95 Jahren gestorben. »