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(Top) 1 Highest-grossing films 1.1 Box office records 2 Events 3 Awards 4 1998 films 4.1 By country/region 4.2 By genre/medium 5 Births 6 Deaths 7 Film debuts 8 References 9 External links

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In 1998 there were many significant films which were released, including Shakespeare in Love, Saving Private Ryan, Armageddon, American History X, The Truman Show, Primary Colors, Rushmore, Rush Hour, There's Something About Mary, The Big Lebowski, and Terrence Malick's directorial return in The Thin Red Line.

Highest-grossing films

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The top 10 films released in 1998 by worldwide gross are as follows:^[1]

Highest-grossing films of 1998
Rank	Title	Distributor	Worldwide gross
1	Armageddon	Buena Vista	$553,709,788
2	Saving Private Ryan	DreamWorks / Paramount	$481,840,909
3	Godzilla	Sony Pictures / TriStar	$379,014,294
4	There's Something About Mary	20th Century Fox	$369,884,651
5	A Bug's Life	Buena Vista	$363,398,565
6	Deep Impact	Paramount / DreamWorks	$349,464,664
7	Mulan	Buena Vista	$304,320,254
8	Dr. Dolittle	20th Century Fox	$294,456,605
9	Shakespeare in Love	Miramax / Universal	$289,317,794
10	Lethal Weapon 4	Warner Bros.	$285,444,603

Box office records

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Saving Private Ryan grossed $482 million worldwide, becoming the highest grossing World War II film until it was surpassed by Dunkirk (2017). However, adjusting for 2017 monetary inflation, Saving Private Ryan grossed $718 million.
Blade became the top-grossing film based on a Marvel Comics character, grossing $131.2 million worldwide at the time of its release.
The Star Trek franchise became the seventh film franchise to gross $1 billion with the release of Star Trek: Insurrection.^[2]

Events

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March 1 – Titanic becomes the first film to gross over $1 billion at the worldwide box office. Twenty days later, the film won eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
May 8 and July 1 – 1998 saw the release of two dueling science-fiction disaster films about asteroids, Armageddon and Deep Impact which both became box office success, with Armageddon becoming the most popular out of the two and was also the highest-grossing film of 1998 worldwide.
July 24 – Saving Private Ryan, directed by Steven Spielberg, was released and received critical acclaim leading it to be the top grossing domestic film of 1998. Saving Private Ryan won five Academy Awards including Best Director, the film was lauded as an influential landmark in the war and action film genres, primarily due to its use of desaturated colors, hand-held cameras, and tight angles.
August 21 – Blade, based on the character of the same name, grossed over $131.2 million worldwide. It's success would help stage future film adaptations of Marvel Comics.
September 19 – Antz, DreamWorks' first animated feature film, that premiered at the 23rd Toronto International Film Festival.
December 25, Filmmaker Terrence Malick, returned after a twenty-year hiatus with The Thin Red Line.

Awards

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Category/Organization	56th Golden Globe Awards January 24, 1999		4th Critics Choice Awards January 1999	Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards	71st Academy Awards March 21, 1999	52nd BAFTA Awards April 11, 1999
Category/Organization	Drama	Musical or Comedy	4th Critics Choice Awards January 1999		71st Academy Awards March 21, 1999	52nd BAFTA Awards April 11, 1999
Best Film	Saving Private Ryan	Shakespeare in Love	Saving Private Ryan		Shakespeare in Love
Best Director	Steven Spielberg Saving Private Ryan					Peter Weir The Truman Show
Best Actor	Jim Carrey The Truman Show	Michael Caine Little Voice	Ian McKellen Gods and Monsters Apt Pupil	Roberto Benigni Life Is Beautiful
Best Actress	Cate Blanchett Elizabeth	Gwyneth Paltrow Shakespeare in Love	Cate Blanchett Elizabeth	Gwyneth Paltrow Shakespeare in Love		Cate Blanchett Elizabeth
Best Supporting Actor	Ed Harris The Truman Show		Billy Bob Thornton A Simple Plan	Robert Duvall A Civil Action	James Coburn Affliction	Geoffrey Rush Shakespeare in Love
Best Supporting Actress	Lynn Redgrave Gods and Monsters		Kathy Bates Primary Colors Joan Allen Pleasantville	Kathy Bates Primary Colors	Judi Dench Shakespeare in Love
Best Screenplay, Adapted	Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard Shakespeare in Love		Scott B. Smith A Simple Plan	Scott Frank Out of Sight	Bill Condon Gods and Monsters	Elaine May Primary Colors
Best Screenplay, Original	Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard Shakespeare in Love		Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard Shakespeare in Love			Andrew Niccol The Truman Show
Best Animated Film	—	—	A Bug's Life / The Prince of Egypt (TIE)	—	—	—
Best Original Score	The Truman Show Burkhard Dallwitz and Philip Glass		Saving Private Ryan John Williams	N/A	Life Is Beautiful Nicola Piovani	Elizabeth David Hirschfelder
Best Original Song	"The Prayer" Quest for Camelot		"When You Believe" The Prince of Egypt	N/A	"When You Believe" The Prince of Egypt	N/A
Best Foreign Language Film	Central Station		Life Is Beautiful	N/A	Life Is Beautiful	Central Station

1998 films

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By country/region

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By genre/medium

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Births

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January 1 - Lara Robinson, Australian actress
January 4
- Coco Jones, American actress/singer
- Liza Soberano, Filipino actress
January 5 – Marie Iitoyo, Japanese model and actress
January 9
- Kerris Dorsey, American actress and singer
- Brent Rivera, American actor and Youtuber
January 12
- Nathan Gamble, American actor
- Ally Ioannides, American actress
January 15 - Ben Levi Ross, American actor and singer
January 16 - Curran Walters, American actor
January 18 – Shin Ye-eun, South Korean actress
January 22 - Joe Serafini, American actor
January 23 – Rachel Crow, American actress/singer and comedian
January 24 – Ada-Nicole Sanger, American actress
January 26 – Moonbin, South Korean singer and actor (d. 2023)
January 27 - Devin Druid, American actor
January 28 – Ariel Winter, American actress
February 2 - Nina Bloomgarden, American actress
February 6
- Jay Lycurgo, British actor
- Aviva Mongillo, Canadian actress and singer
February 9 - Isabella Gomez, American actress
February 10 - Ayesha Madon, Australian actress
February 11
- Olivia Scott Welch, American actress
- Lauren Tsai, American actress, visual artist, and model
February 15 – Zachary Gordon, American actor
February 16 - Lizze Broadway, American actress
February 17
- Fernanda Urdapilleta, Mexican actress
- Kayla Cromer, American actress
February 21 - Ella-Rae Smith, English actress and model
February 22 - Sophie Wilde, Australian actress
February 26 - Keyla Monterroso Mejia, American actress and comedian
March 3 – Jayson Tatum, American Basketball Player
March 5 - Micah Fowler, American actor
March 6 - Odessa Young, Australian actress
March 11 – Valentina Herszage, Brazilian actress
March 13 - Jack Harlow, American rapper, singer, and actor
March 18 - Abigail Cowen, American actress
March 19 – Caylee Cowan, American actress
March 22 – Paola Andino, Puerto Rican-American actress
March 24 – Christopher Briney, American actor
March 25
- Ryan Simpkins, American actor
- Rhianne Barreto, British actress
- Jessica Reynolds, Irish actress
March 26 - Emily Tosta, Dominican actress
March 29 - Alex Neustaedter, American actor
April 3 - Paris Jackson, American model, actress, and musician
April 6
- Peyton List, American actress
- Spencer List, American actor
April 9
- Elle Fanning, American actress
- Lil Woods, British actress
April 10 - Ruby Jerins, American actress
April 12 - Larry Saperstein, American actor
April 16 - Jordana Beatty, Australian actress
April 20 - Felix Mallard, Australian actor
April 24
- Ryan Newman, American actress
- Alli Simpson, Australian actress and singer
April 27 - Froy Gutierrez, American actor
April 29 - Ella Hunt, English actress
April 30 – Olivia DeJonge, Australian actress
May 1 – Grayson Russell, American actor
May 3 - Highdee Kuan, American actress
May 4
- Temara Melek, American actress
- Taylar Hender, American actress
May 5 - Chelsea Clark, Canadian actress
May 7 - MrBeast, American Youtuber
May 8 - Corey Mylchreest, English actor
May 15 - Anjelika Washington, American actress
May 23 – Ramona Young, American actress
May 24 – Daisy Edgar-Jones, English actress
May 29 – Shealeigh, American singer
June 13 - Zayne Emory, American actor
June 10 - Ana Yi Puig, American actress
June 11 – Charlie Tahan, American actor
June 14 - Brianne Tju, American actress
June 15 – Rachel Covey, American actress
June 16 - Lauren Taylor, American actress
June 19
- Suzu Hirose, Japanese actress
- Atticus Shaffer, American actor
June 24
- Coy Stewart, American actor and rapper
- Matt Friend, American actor and comedian
June 27 – Sistine Stallone, American actress and model
July 1 - Chloe Bailey, American singer and actress
July 3 - Sara Waisglass, Canadian actress
July 7 – Dylan Sprayberry, American actor
July 8
- Maya Hawke, American actress
- Jaden Smith, American actor
July 9 – Robert Capron, American actor
July 10
- Angus Cloud, American actor (d. 2023)
- Haley Pullos, American actress
July 13 - Cynthy Wu, American actress
July 22 – Madison Pettis, American actress
July 23 - Helena Howard, American actress
July 24
- Bindi Irwin, Australian actress
- Cailee Spaeny, American actress
July 27 – Myles Erlick, Canadian actor and singer
July 28 – Sasha Meneghel, Brazilian actress
July 29 - Jessica Lord, English actress
July 31 – Rico Rodriguez, American actor
August 1 – Khamani Griffin, American actor
August 2 - Joe Seo, American actor
August 3 – Cozi Zuehlsdorff, American actress and singer
August 5 – Mimi Keene, English actress
August 6 – Forrest Goodluck, American actor
August 12 – Rudy Pankow, American actor
August 18 - Mallori Johnson, American actress
August 21 – Jade Chynoweth, American actress
August 25 – China Anne McClain, American actress and singer
September 1
- Fin Argus, American actor and musician
- Fern Deacon, English actress
September 2 – Choi Ye-bin, South Korean actress
September 4 - Ainsley Seiger, American actress
September 5 – Helena Barlow, English actress
September 8
- Emma Laird, Scottish actress
- Sierra Capri, American actress
September 13 - Nell Williams, English actress
September 16 – Belissa Escobedo, American actress
September 19 - Phia Saban, English actress
October 1
- Isabella Amara, American actress and singer
- Danika Yarosh, American actress
October 6 - Matt Cornett, American actor
October 7 – Josh Levi, American actor and singer
October 10 - Cameron Gellman, American actor
October 11 - Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, English actress
October 14 - Ariela Barer, American actress
October 17 – Erin Kellyman, English actress
October 18 - Emily Robinson, American actress
October 19
- Katie Douglas, Canadian actress
- Sidney Flanigan, American actress
October 23
- Amandla Stenberg, American actress
- Jake Siciliano, American actor
October 26 - Samantha Isler, American actress
October 28 – Nolan Gould, American actor
November 2 - Josh Wiggins, American actor
November 4
- Meadow Walker, American actress
- Darcy Rose Byrnes, American and Irish actress
November 7 – Octavio Ocaña, Mexican actor (died 2021)
November 13
- Gattlin Griffith, American actor
- Jaquel Spivey, American actor
November 17 - Kara Hayward, American actress
November 23 – Bradley Steven Perry, American actor
November 24 - Peyton Meyer, American actor
November 29 - Lovie Simone, American actress
December 2
- Amber Montana, American actress
- Celeste O'Connor, Kenyan-born American actor
- Annalise Basso, American actress
December 8
- Owen Teague, American actor
- Tanner Buchanan, American actor
December 15 – Chandler Canterbury, American former child actor
December 16 - Kiara Muhammad, American actress
December 17 - Jasmine Armfield, English actress
December 23 – G Hannelius, American actress and singer
December 27 - Briar Nolet, Canadian actress
December 28 - Jared Gilman, American actor
December 29
- Paris Berelc, American actress
- Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, American actor
December 31 - Hunter Schafer, American actress

Deaths

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Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	4	Mae Questel	89	US	Actress	Funny Girl National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
	5	Sonny Bono	62	US	Singer, Actor	Good Times Hairspray
	6	Walt Barnes	79	US	Actor	The Big Gundown Escape to Witch Mountain
	6	Murray Salem	47	US	Actor, Screenwriter	Kindergarten Cop The Spy Who Loved Me
	7	Jacqueline DeWit	85	US	Actress	All That Heaven Allows Little Giant
	7	Dorothy Wilson	88	US	Actress	One in a Million Scarlet River
	16	Lorenzo Mongiardino	81	Italy	Production Designer	Romeo and Juliet The Taming of the Shrew
	24	Jack Lord	77	US	Actor	Dr. No God's Little Acre
	26	Ethelreda Leopold	83	US	Actress	In the Sweet Pie and Pie G.I. Wanna Home
	28	Jim Bohan	52	US	Actor	American Graffiti Punishment Park
	30	Ferdy Mayne	81	Germany	Actor	Barry Lyndon Conan the Destroyer
February	1	Jack T. Collis	75	US	Art Director, Production Designer	Magnum Force The Last Tycoon
	2	Duilio Del Prete	59	Italy	Actor	At Long Last Love Alfredo, Alfredo
	3	Davy Kaye	81	UK	Actor	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
	5	Douglas Gamley	73	Australia	Composer, Conductor	Tron Enigma
	15	George White	86	US	Film Editor	Green Dolphin Street The Postman Always Rings Twice
	17	Felix Nelson	84	US	Actor	The Learning Tree The Ballad of Cable Hogue ^[3]
	17	Sheila Raynor	91	UK	Actor	A Clockwork Orange The Omen
	18	James Villiers	67	UK	Actor	For Your Eyes Only Repulsion
	21	John Nicolella	52	US	Director, Producer	Kull the Conqueror Easy Money
	23	Chuck Hayward	89	US	Actor, Stuntman	The Blues Brothers The Longest Yard
	24	Henny Youngman	91	UK	Comedian, Actor	History of the World, Part I Goodfellas
	26	James Algar	75	US	Director, Producer, Animator	Fantasia The African Lion
	27	J. T. Walsh	54	US	Actor	Good Morning, Vietnam A Few Good Men
March	5	Donald Woods	91	Canada	Actor	Anthony Adverse The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
	10	Lloyd Bridges	85	US	Actor	High Noon Airplane!
	17	Helen Westcott	70	US	Actress	The Gunfighter God's Little Acre
	20	Beverley Cross	66	UK	Screenwriter	Clash of the Titans Jason and the Argonauts
	25	Daniel Massey	64	UK	Actor	Star! In Which We Serve
	30	Ramsay Ames	79	US	Actress	The Mummy's Ghost The Gay Cavalier
April	1	Gene Evans	75	US	Actor	The Steel Helmet Shock Corridor
	1	Lucille Norman	76	US	Singer, Actress	Carson City Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
	3	Charles Lang	96	US	Cinematographer	Some Like It Hot The Magnificent Seven
	4	Kay Hughes	84	US	Actress	The Big Show Dick Tracy
	11	Rodney Harvey	30	US	Actor	My Own Private Idaho Guncrazy
	21	Peter Lind Hayes	82	US	Actor	The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. The Senator Was Indiscreet
	22	Marvin Worth	72	US	Producer	Malcolm X The Rose
	24	Leslie Stevens	74	US	Screenwriter, Director	The Marriage-Go-Round Incubus
	28	Jerome Bixby	75	US	Screenwriter	It! The Terror from Beyond Space Fantastic Voyage
	28	Dorothy Lovett	83	US	Actress	Meet Dr. Christian The Mantrap
	29	Mary Castle	67	US	Actress	Gunsmoke The Jailbreakers
May	2	Maidie Norman	85	US	Actress	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Halloween III: Season of the Witch
	3	Gene Raymond	89	US	Actor	Flying Down to Rio Mr. & Mrs. Smith
	9	Alice Faye	83	US	Actress, Singer	In Old Chicago Alexander's Ragtime Band
	9	Nat Perrin	93	US	Screenwriter, Director	The Great Morgan Hellzapoppin'
	11	Gene Fowler Jr.	80	US	Film Editor	It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Hang 'Em High
	14	Frank Sinatra	82	US	Singer, Actor	From Here to Eternity The Manchurian Candidate
	15	Linwood G. Dunn	93	US	Visual Effects Artist	West Side Story 2001: A Space Odyssey
	20	Wolf Mankowitz	73	UK	Screenwriter	Casino Royale A Kid for Two Farthings
	21	Douglas Fowley	86	US	Actor	Singin' in the Rain Mighty Joe Young
	22	John Derek	71	US	Actor, Director	Knock on Any Door Saturday's Hero
	28	Phil Hartman	49	US	Actor, Comedian, Screenwriter	Pee-wee's Big Adventure Jingle All the Way
June	1	Darwin Joston	60	US	Actor	Assault on Precinct 13 Eraserhead
	2	Dorothy Stickney	101	US	Actress	The Catered Affair I Never Sang for My Father
	4	Josephine Hutchinson	94	US	Actress	North by Northwest The Story of Louis Pasteur
	5	Jeanette Nolan	85	US	Actress	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance The Big Heat
	12	Theresa Merritt	73	US	Actress	Billy Madison The Wiz
	18	Charles Korvin	90	Slovakia	Actor	Berlin Express Ship of Fools
	23	Kurt Kren	69	Austria	Director	8/64: Ana – Aktion Brus 10/65: Selbstverstümmelung
	23	Maureen O'Sullivan	87	Ireland	Actress	Tarzan the Ape Man The Thin Man
	24	Henry G. Saperstein	80	US	Producer	What's Up, Tiger Lily? Mr. Magoo
July	1	Claire Kelly	64	US	Actress	The Badlanders Party Girl
	4	Gregg Burge	40	US	Actor	A Chorus Line School Daze
	6	Roy Rogers	86	US	Actor, Singer	Son of Paleface King of the Cowboys
	10	William Preston	76	US	Actor	The Fisher King Waterworld
	16	Leigh Brown	59	US	Screenwriter	A Christmas Story It Runs in the Family
	17	Joseph Maher	64	Ireland	Actor	Mars Attacks! In & Out
	19	Betty Marsden	79	UK	Actress	Night and the City The Dresser
	21	Robert Young	91	US	Actor	Crossfire That Forsyte Woman
	27	Binnie Barnes	95	UK	Actress	The Private Life of Henry VIII The Spanish Main
	28	Lenny McLean	49	UK	Actor	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels The Fifth Element
	29	Jerome Robbins	79	US	Director, Choreographer	West Side Story
	29	O. Z. Whitehead	87	US	Actor	The Lion in Winter The Grapes of Wrath
August	1	Eva Bartok	71	Hungary	Actress	The Crimson Pirate Ten Thousand Bedrooms
	7	Bob Wyman	66	US	Film Editor	Greased Lightning Logan's Run
	11	Derek Newark	65	UK	Actor	City Under the Sea Dad's Army
	15	Marc Akerstream	44	Canada	Stuntman, Actor	Needful Things Rumble in the Bronx
	16	Phil Leeds	82	US	Actor	Ghost Rosemary's Baby
	18	Persis Khambatta	49	India	Actress	Star Trek: The Motion Picture Nighthawks
	24	E. G. Marshall	84	US	Actor	12 Angry Men The Caine Mutiny
	24	Gene Page	58	US	Composer	Blacula Brewster McCloud
	26	Wade Dominguez	32	US	Actor	Dangerous Minds City of Industry
	26	Penny Edwards	70	US	Actress	Street Bandits Missing Women
September	2	Fernando Carrere	87	Mexico	Art Director	The Great Escape The Pink Panther
	6	Akira Kurosawa	88	Japan	Director, Screenwriter	Seven Samurai Rashomon
	6	Elaine Shepard	85	US	Actress	Seven Days Ashore You Can't Fool Your Wife
	8	Leonid Kinskey	95	Russia	Actor	Casablanca Duck Soup
	11	Dane Clark	86	US	Actor	Whiplash Destination Tokyo
	19	Patricia Hayes	88	UK	Actress	A Fish Called Wanda Willow
	21	Clara Calamai	89	Italy	Actress	Deep Red Ossessione
	22	John Garrie	75	UK	Actor	if.... The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
	30	Marius Goring	86	UK	Actor	Ill Met by Moonlight The Moonraker
	30	Stephen Pearlman	63	US	Actor	Pi Die Hard with a Vengeance
October	2	Gene Autry	91	US	Actor, Singer	The Singing Cowboy The Phantom Empire
	3	George Davis	84	US	Art Director	The Robe All About Eve
	3	Roddy McDowall	70	UK	Actor	Planet of the Apes The Poseidon Adventure
	8	Gigi Reder	70	Italy	Actor	Fantozzi Who Is Afraid Of Dracula?
	11	Richard Denning	84	US	Actor	An Affair to Remember Creature from the Black Lagoon
	17	Joan Hickson	92	UK	Actress	Clockwise Theatre of Blood
	22	Eric Ambler	89	UK	Screenwriter	A Night to Remember Topkapi
	23	Christopher Gable	58	UK	Actor	The Boy Friend The Lair of the White Worm
	24	Dennis Ayling	81	UK	Visual Effects Artist	Alien
	26	Rick Dior	51	US	Sound Engineer	Apollo 13 Juice
	27	Rosamund John	85	UK	Actress	When the Bough Breaks Green for Danger
	28	James Goldman	71	US	Screenwriter	The Lion in Winter They Might Be Giants
November	2	Tommy Duggan	89	UK	Actor	The Omen Superman II
	3	Martha O'Driscoll	76	US	Actress	House of Dracula Wagon Train
	4	Vincent Winter	50	UK	Actor, Production Manager	The Kidnappers Superman
	5	Momoko Kōchi	66	Japan	Actress	Godzilla The Mysterians
	8	Jean Marais	84	France	Actor, Director	Julietta White Nights
	9	Ursula Reit	84	Germany	Actress	Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
	13	Valerie Hobson	81	UK	Actress	Kind Hearts and Coronets Great Expectations
	17	Dick O'Neill	70	US	Actor	The Taking of Pelham One Two Three The Jerk
	17	Esther Rolle	78	US	Actress	Driving Miss Daisy Rosewood
	19	Alan J. Pakula	70	US	Director, Producer, Screenwriter	All the President's Men To Kill a Mockingbird
	22	Nicky Blair	72	US	Actor	The Godfather Part III Rocky V
	25	Enrico Sabbatini	66	Italy	Costume Designer	Seven Years in Tibet The Mission
	25	Flip Wilson	64	US	Comedian, Actor	Skatetown, USA The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
	30	Ruth Clifford	98	US	Actress	The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln The Amazing Woman
December	1	Freddie Young	96	UK	Cinematographer	Lawrence of Arabia Doctor Zhivago
	7	John Addison	78	UK	Composer	A Bridge Too Far Tom Jones
	8	John Veitch	78	US	Producer, Executive	Bram Stoker's Dracula Fly Away Home
	13	Lew Grade	91	UK	Producer	The Dark Crystal Sophie's Choice
	13	Ariadna Welter	68	Mexico	Actress	The Devil's Hand The Boxer
	14	Norman Fell	74	US	Actor	Bullitt It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
	17	John Robert Lloyd	78	US	Production Designer	Midnight Cowboy Clue
	20	Irene Hervey	89	US	Actress	Play Misty for Me Cactus Flower
	21	Roger Avon	84	UK	Actor	Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. Curse of the Crimson Altar
	23	David Manners	98	Canada	Actor	Dracula The Mummy
	25	Richard Paul	58	US	Actor	The People vs. Larry Flynt Eating Raoul
	26	Hurd Hatfield	81	US	Actor	The Picture of Dorian Gray The Boston Strangler
	28	William Frankfather	54	US	Actor	Death Becomes Her Foul Play
	29	Don Taylor	81	US	Actor, Director	Stalag 17 Father of the Bride