Director and writer Edward Parone, who was a mentor to many of the promising young playwrights in 1960s New York, including Edward Albee and LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka), died at his home in N…
Actor Abe Vigoda, best known for his roles as mobster Tessio in "The Godfather" and as Detective Sgt. Fish in TV's "Barney Miller" and a spinoff series in which he starred, has died. He was …
British actor Brian Bedford died on Wednesday, after a two-year battle with cancer, in Santa Barbara, Calif. He was 80. Bedford, known most recently for his stint as Lady Bracknell in …
Thom Thomas, a writer for stage, TV and film, succumbed to acute leukemia on Wednesday in Los Angeles. He was 80. Thomas had recently co-written, with Iris Rainer Dart, the book for “B…
The Rob Reiner-directed, William Goldman-scripted film adaptation of Stephen King’s novel “Misery” premiered 25 years ago today (read the original Variety review here). Kat…
James Prideaux, a prolific playwright and television writer, died on Wednesday, November 18, in West Hills, California, as a result of a major stroke. He was 87. Early in his career, Prideau…
Theatrical producer Don Gregory died of a stroke at his home in Boca Raton, Florida, on November 5. He was 80. Gregory most recently produced the 2014 Broadway revival of "Harvey" starri…
Barbara Andreadis, nee Hamilton, founder of the the Andreadis Talent Agency, died Friday, Oct. 30, in New York City. She was 81. She spent 30 years helping other actors achieve their dreams …
Leon Bibb, a folk singer, Tony-nominated Broadway performer and civil rights activist, died on Friday in Vancouver. He was 93. Bibb appeared on Broadway a number of times, making his debut a…
Barbara Meek, a veteran member of the Trinity Square Repertory Company in Providence, R.I., and an actress on television, died unexpectedly in Providence on October 3, 2015. She was 81. Meek…
Oscar- and Tony-nominated character actor and folk singer Theodore Bikel, who originated the role of Captain von Trapp in "The Sound of Music" on Broadway and starred in "Fiddler on the Roof…
John Leonard Colenback, an actor best known for his role as the debonair Dr. Dan Stewart on “As the World Turns” (1966-73 and 1976-79), died May 12 in West Hollywood, Calif. He w…
Anne Meara, the Emmy- and Tony-nominated comedian long paired personally and professionally with Jerry Stiller and the mother of actor-director Ben Stiller, died Saturday, her husband and so…
Singer-guitarist B.B. King, the "King of the Blues" who helped define his genre's electrified postwar sound and became the music's best-known international ambassador, has died. He was 89. H…
John Simes, a longtime Hollywood agency and studio publicist whose clients over the years included Debbie Reynolds, Rosemary Clooney, the Harlem Globetrotters, Dustin Hoffman, Sammy Davis Jr…
Stage and screen director Gene Saks, who helmed many Neil Simon plays on Broadway and won Tonys for the Cy Coleman-Michael Stewart musical "I Love My Wife" plus Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoi…
Joy Silver died at home in Scarborough, N.Y. on October 24, 2014, after a long battle with Alzheimer's. She was 89. Under the stage name Joy Saunders, she made her Broadway debut in the cont…
Geoffrey Holder, a dancer, choreographer, an actor (famously in the James Bond film “Live and Let Die”) and a two-time Tony winner for “The Wiz” who was famous for hi…
Raunchy, gravelly-voiced and self-deprecating comedian Joan Rivers, who rose from Greenwich Village standup to occasional host of “The Tonight Show” and star of TV’s “…
Lauren Bacall, the sultry blonde siren who became an overnight star via a memorable film debut at age 19 opposite Humphrey Bogart in Howard Hawks' "To Have and Have Not," died Tuesd…
George Morrison, an acting teacher and director who trained, worked with, and inspired great actors including Gene Hackman, Edie Falco, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Klugman, Sandy Dennis, Judy Colli…
Tony- and Emmy-winning actor Eli Wallach, a major proponent of "the Method" style of acting best known for his starring role in Elia Kazan's film "Baby Doll" and for his role as villain Tuco…
Mitchell Jason, who appeared onstage, in films and on TV, died in Doylestown, Penn., on March 11. He was 92. Jason studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute, acted in numerous Br…
Walter Roy Beery, an actor who appeared in numerous television shows but whose first love was the theater, died at his home in Sherman Oaks, Calif., on April 6 from complications of lymphoma…
Mickey Rooney, the pint-sized actor who was one of MGM's giant box office attractions in the late '30s and early '40s, has died, sources confirm. He was 93. As adept at comedy as drama and a…