The Actors Compendium - All Film Index 1997

1997

1996 <-- 1997 --> 1998

EVENTS

CINEMA

August 26
Richard Edlund's Boss Film Special Effects company shutters

August 29
Netflix, DVD rental via postal service starts up

September 8
DIVX disk format introduced with a shelf life. Suported by Disney, Fox, Paramount and Dreamworks

September 26
Peacemaker the first film from Dreamworks SKG

FILMS

BIRTHS

Thomas Byrne (January 3)
Cody Simpson (January 11)
Natalia Dyer (January 13)
Owen Best (January 21)
Brennan Bailey (January 23)
Jonah Bobo (January 24)
Madeleine Madden (January 29)
Kathryn Newton (February 8)
Chloë Grace Moretz (February 10)
Lisa Vicari (February 11)
Shane Baumel (February 12)
Emma Holzer (February 23)
Isabelle Fuhrman (February 25)
Becky G. (March 2)
Suraj Partha (March 3)
Niamh Wilson (March 9)
Uriah Shelton (March 10)
Matreya Fedor (March 11)
Ciara Bravo (March 18)
Asa Butterfield (April 1)
Maisie Williams (April 15)
Alex Ferris (April 23)
Bobby Coleman (May 5)
Lana Condor (May 11)
Jordan Schmidt (May 16)
Ariel Gade (June 1)
Hunter Clary (June 11)
Max Records (June 18)
Maria Lark (June 20)
Shannon Purser (June 27)
Leo Howard (July 13)
J.D. Ironfield (July 13)
Olivia Holt (August 5)
Adam Irigoyen (August 5)
Joseph Castanon (August 19)
Holly Gibbs (August 25)
Peggy Nesbitt (September 4)
Garrett Palmer (September 27)
Aaron Refvem (October 7)
Bella Thorne (October 8)
John Bell (October 20)
Brandon Waters (October 20)
Sydney Park (October 31)
Charlie Tahan (December 5)
Taylor Hickson (December 11)
Brandon Killham (December 30)

DEATHS

Joan Rice (January 1, 66)
Harvey Ashby (January 5, 63)
Dave Morick (January 5, 62)
Lucien Guervil (January 6, 88)
Catherine Scorsese (January 6, 84)
Tom Bowman (January 8, 76)
Joan Blair (January 9, 93)
Jesse White (January 9, 80)
Sheldon Leonard (January 10, 89)
Jill Summers (January 11, 86)
Duncan Wood (January 11, 71)
Barbara Woodell (January 16, 86)
Wilmut Borell (January 19, 74)
Adriana Caselotti (January 19, 80)
James Dickey (January 19, 73)
Mel Jass (January 20, 79)
John Glyn-Jones (January 21, 87)
Ralph Reed (January 21, 65)
Polly Ann Young (January 21, 88)
David Waller (January 23, 76)
Bill Zuckert (January 23, 81)
Guy Raymond (January 26, 85)
Bill Kennedy (January 27, 88)
Richard X. Slattery (January 27, 71)
Charlita (January 28, 75)
Diana Lewis (January 28, 77)
Nicholas Mallett (January 30, 51)
Eve Lister (January 31, 83)
Chandler Cowles (February 1, 79)
Lillian Porter (February 1, 79)
Marjorie Reynolds (February 1, 79)
Norman Tang (February 3, 80)
Robert Clouse (February 4, 68)
Allan Edwall (February 7, 72)
Telford Jackson (February 7, 83)
Tony Halfpenny (February 8, 83)
Elroy Josephs (February 8, 57)
Drue Leyton (February 8, 93)
Robert Ridgely (February 8, 65)
Brian Connolly (February 10, 51)
Yvonne Gamy (February 10, 92)
Barry Evans (February 11, 53)
Don Porter (February 11, 84)
James Cossins (February 12, 63)
Bruce Ed Morrow (February 18, 56)
Frank Delfino (February 19, 86)
Jeanie Roberts (February 19, 82)
Frank Launder (February 23, 91)
Antonia Oland (February 23, 67)
Isabelle Lucas (February 24, 69)
Scott Forbes (February 25, 76)
Arthur Hewlett (February 25, 89)
David Doyle (February 26, 67)
Wende Wagner (February 26, 55)
Monty Margetts (February 27, 84)
Ann Corcoran (February 28, 73)
Ray Galvin (February 28, 79)
Dick Paxton (February 28, 78)
Margaret Vines (March 1, 90)
Joan Breslau (March 2, 70)
Carey Loftin (March 4, 83)
Betty Romaine (March 4, 89)
Mel Stevens (March 4, 87)
Jean Dréville (March 5, 90)
Rosalyn Boulter (March 6, 80)
Paul Préboist (March 8, 69)
John Halloran (March 9, 89)
Toni Treutler (March 11, 89)
Joe Bassett (March 12, 86)
Ronald Fraser (March 13, 66)
John Russell (March 13, 39)
Gail Davis (March 15, 71)
Leda Gloria (March 16, 84)
Harry Raybould (March 18, 64)
Charles Dorat (March 19, 91)
Ronnie Barron (March 20, 53)
Jean Engstrom (March 20, 76)
Robert Light (March 21, 85)
Luis Delgado (March 24, 71)
Mary Currier (March 25, 92)
Rosario Granados (March 25, 72)
Rudy Germane (March 28, 87)
Eddie Hanley
Ellen Pollock (March 29, 94)
Eddie Ryder (March 29, 74)
Mary Harper-Johns
Anthony Bushell (April 2, 92)
Annie Hayes (April 2, 50)
Mike Raven (April 4, 72)
John Royce (April 4, 76)
Court Shepard (April 4, 83)
Allen Ginsberg (April 5, 70)
Cliff Danielson (April 6, 83)
Barbara Yu Ling (April 6, 58)
William Roberts (April 9, 75)
Harvey Hall (April 11, 65)
Eric Pearce (April 12, 92)
William Martel (April 15, 80)
John Benson (April 16, 80)
Georgia Schmidt (April 18, 92)
Pamela Matheson (April 20, 41)
Henri Vilbert (April 20, 93)
Skye Bassett (April 21, 23)
Marion Charles (April 22, 51)
Thomas Carr (April 23, 89)
Denis Compton (April 23, 78)
John Lees (April 25, 55)
Pat Paulsen (April 25, 69)
John Beal (April 26, 87)
Joey Faye (April 26, 87)
Neil Robinson (April 26, 61)
Paul Wing Jew (April 27, 84)
Paul Lambert (April 27, 74)
Steve Conte (April 28, 77)
Fran Fullenwider (May 2, 51)
Hughie Green (May 3, 77)
Alvy Moore (May 4, 75)
Walter Gotell (May 5, 73)
Jorge Martínez de Hoyos (May 6, 76)
Angelo Novi (May 6, 66)
Hoke Howell (May 9, 67)
Steve Holland (May 10, 72)
Silvano Tranquili (May 10, 71)
Silvano Tranquilli (May 10, 71)
Genine Graham (May 11, 70)
Catherine McLeod (May 11, 75)
Howard Morton (May 11, 71)
Thelma Carpenter (May 14, 75)
Theresa Allen (May 18, 88)
Bridgette Andersen (May 18, 21)
Donald Curtis (May 22, 82)
Renzo Montagnani (May 22, 66)
Dorothy Gulliver (May 23, 88)
Frances E. Nealy (May 23, 78)
Edward Mulhare (May 24, 74)
David Rollins (May 25, 89)
Walter Janovitz (May 27, 84)
Kei Thin Chung (May 28, 72)
Ruth Hilliard (May 28, 80)
George Fenneman (May 29, 77)
Arlette Balkis (May 31, 86)
Rosemary Bertrand (June 1, 76)
Ruth Brady (June 3, 77)
Magda Gabor (June 6, 81)
André Dalibert (June 7, 89)
Hans Gaugler (June 10, 84)
Richard Jaeckel (June 14, 70)
Michael O'Herlihy
Michael O'Herlihy (June 16, 69)
Lawrence T. Wrentz (June 16, 43)
Olga Georges-Picot (June 19, 53)
Armando Brancia (June 20, 79)
Don Henderson (June 22, 65)
Rosina Lawrence (June 23, 84)
Brian Keith (June 24, 75)
Rusdi Lane (June 26, 60)
George Harrison Marks (June 27, 70)
Rita Morley (June 28, 69)
Irvin Berwick (June 29, 82)
William Hickey (June 29, 68)
Robert Mitchum (July 1, 79)
James Stewart (July 2, 89)
Alan Fordney (July 7, 78)
Royston Tickner (July 7, 74)
Carol Forman (July 9, 79)
Patrick Hawley (July 11, 76)
Peter Cranwell (July 13, 71)
Rosamund Greenwood (July 15, 90)
Hugh Martin (July 16, 63)
William Reynolds (July 16, 87)
David Fresco (July 18, 87)
Pepe Callahan (July 19, 67)
Linda Stirling (July 20, 75)
Peter Virgo (July 21, 83)
Kenneth Anspach (July 22, 87)
Sondra Rodgers (July 22, 94)
Andrea Domburg (July 23, 74)
David Warbeck (July 23, 55)
Brian Glover (July 24, 63)
Frank Andrew Parker (July 24, 81)
Bill Shine (July 24, 85)
Peter Ashmore (July 26, 81)
Jeane Wood (July 26, 87)
Isabel Dean (July 27, 79)
Juney Ellis (July 27, 88)
Kenneth Forbes (July 27, 76)
Rosalie Crutchley (July 28, 77)
Graham Curnow (July 29, 67)
Oliver Osterberg (July 29, 73)
William S. Burroughs (August 2, 83)
Fela Kuti (August 2, 58)
Jim Haffey (August 4, 44)
Art Hern (August 4, 90)
Luise King (August 4, 83)
Don Steele (August 5, 61)
Volker Prechtel (August 7, 55)
William Abney (August 9, 76)
Gabriel Cattand (August 9, 73)
Joanne Tree (August 9, 73)
Luciano Bonanni (August 11, 70)
Nina Borget (August 12, 87)
Houseley Stevenson Jr. (August 13, 83)
Margot Guilford (August 15, 83)
Alf Malland (August 16, 80)
Robin Wentworth (August 16, 82)
Peter Noble (August 17, 80)
Don Knight (August 18, 64)
Jeep Swenson (August 18, 40)
Cathleen Cordell (August 19, 82)
Bill Mitchell (August 20, 62)
Ibrahim Seck (August 20, 58)
Ruth Storey (August 23, 84)
Werner Abrolat (August 24, 73)
Stanley Grover (August 24, 71)
Mark Harris (August 26, 82)
Sally Blane (August 27, 87)
Logan Field (August 28, 75)
Eve Smith (August 28, 91)
Will Hare (August 31, 81)
Iain Anders (September 5, 64)
Eddie Little Sky (September 5, 71)
Elisabeth Brooks (September 7, 46)
Donald Journeaux (September 7, 87)
Alex MacIntosh (September 7, 71)
Helen Shaw (September 8, 100)
Burgess Meredith (September 9, 89)
George Schaefer (September 10, 76)
Leonard Maguire (September 12, 73)
Georges Guétary (September 13, 82)
Delos V. Smith Jr. (September 13, 91)
Robert Cawdron (September 14, 75)
Charles McDaniel (September 15, 67)
Trixy Scales (September 15, 83)
Terence Cooper (September 16, 64)
Helen Jepson (September 16, 92)
Brian Hall (September 17, 59)
Red Skelton (September 17, 84)
Jimmy Witherspoon
Kathryn Keeton (September 19, 58)
Jack May (September 19, 75)
Bud Townsend (September 19, 75)
Roy Pattison (September 20, 70)
Ingegerd Ericsson (September 21, 81)
Jennifer Holt (September 21, 76)
Maurice Kaufmann (September 21, 70)
Richard Whiting (September 23, 93)
Paul Bernard (September 25, 68)
Martin Kingsley (September 30, 71)
Mary Munday
John Ashley (October 3, 62)
Verna Hillie (October 3, 83)
Jarl Kulle (October 3, 70)
Sheila McGibbon (October 4, 76)
Andrew Keir (October 5, 71)
Debbie Linden (October 5, 36)
Brian Pillman (October 5, 35)
Adrienne Hill (October 6, 60)
Carmelo Manto (October 6, 66)
Henryk Bista (October 8, 63)
Roger Creed (October 8, 82)
Arch Johnson (October 9, 75)
Stella Bonheur (October 10, 92)
Paul Brandenburg (October 11, 53)
John Denver (October 12, 53)
Ian Stuart Black (October 13, 82)
Joyce Compton (October 13, 90)
Hy Averback
Hy Averback (October 14, 76)
Jacqueline Delubac (October 14, 90)
Franca Dominici (October 14, 90)
Barbara Slater (October 14, 76)
John Hudkins (October 15, 79)
Noel Ferrier (October 16, 66)
Robert Hartley (October 16, 81)
Audra Lindley (October 16, 79)
Ben Welden (October 17, 96)
Claudia Drake (October 19, 79)
Harold French (October 19, 100)
Ron Tarr (October 20, 60)
John Beach (October 23, 93)
Michael Balfour (October 24, 79)
Don Messick (October 24, 71)
Tina Lattanzi (October 25, 99)
Samuel Fuller (October 30, 85)
Tadeusz Janczar (October 31, 71)
Bernie Hern (November 2, 81)
Louise Campbell (November 5, 86)
William Watson (November 5, 59)
Dean Casper (November 7, 79)
Rafael Hernandez (November 7, 69)
Brad Morrow (November 7, 55)
Ching-Ying Lam (November 8, 44)
Fred Libby (November 8, 82)
Michael Ward (November 8, 88)
Ave Ninchi (November 10, 82)
William Alland (November 11, 81)
Sid Kane (November 12, 86)
Stubby Kaye (November 14, 79)
Warren Douglas (November 15, 86)
Jean-Marie Proslier (November 15, 69)
David Toguri (November 15, 64)
Paul Pepper (November 16, 68)
George Petrie (November 16, 85)
Roma Woodnutt (November 17, 72)
Alfred Roome (November 19, 88)
Jack Purvis (November 21, 60)
Michael Hutchence (November 22, 37)
Joanna Moore (November 22, 63)
Tom Palmer (November 22, 85)
Robert Lewis (November 23, 88)
Daniel Rigney (November 24, 31)
Charles Hallahan (November 25, 54)
Abby Lewis (November 27, 87)
Nello Pazzafini (November 27, 63)
Georges Marchal (November 28, 77)
Ada Leonard (November 29, 82)
Glyn Dearman (November 30, 57)
Francoise Prevost (November 30, 67)
Douglas Storm (November 30, 85)
Stéphane Grappelli (December 1, 89)
Romo Gorrara (December 4, 65)
Richard Vernon (December 4, 72)
Brent Chalem (December 9, 22)
Tamara Geva (December 9, 90)
Manning Wilson (December 9, 79)
Eve McVeagh (December 10, 78)
Gayle Kellogg (December 13, 76)
Marion Bell (December 14, 78)
Sally Marr (December 14, 90)
Edward Walsh (December 15, 69)
Leon Eagles (December 16, 65)
Richard Warwick (December 16, 52)
Chris Farley (December 18, 33)
Michael Alldredge (December 19, 56)
David Bradley (December 19, 77)
Roger Barkley (December 21, 61)
Paula Stone (December 23, 85)
Ivan Beavis (December 24, 71)
Jacques Fabbri (December 24, 72)
James Komack (December 24, 73)
Toshirô Mifune (December 24, 77)
Max Slaten
Denver Pyle (December 25, 77)
Vanda Greville (December 26, 89)
Paul Bertoya
Diana Rayworth (December 28, 54)
Billie Dove (December 31, 94)
Sandy McPeak (December 31, 61)
Ken Olfson (December 31, 60)

EVENTS

CINEMA

FILMS

Australia

Canada

China

CzechRepublic

Eire

France

Germany

Israel

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Norway

Phillipines

Portugal

Russia

Spain

Sweden

UK

USA

BIRTHS

DEATHS