gone too soon - female stars who died aged 17 to 41 years

1. Kara Hamilton

Kara Hamilton was born on July 31, 1975 in Annapolis, Maryland, USA. She was an actress, known for Just Like Heaven (2005), The Last Request (2006) and The Awakened (2012). She was married to Matthew Novotny. She died on July 3, 2017 in Tiburon, California, USA.

2. Lea De Mae

Actress | Angel X

Lea De Mae was born on December 26, 1976 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress. She died on December 9, 2004 in Prague, Czech Republic.

Andrea Absolonová (“Lea de Mae”) – 1976 – 2004 (age 27) – actress and adult model – brain tumour – Czech

3. Abigail Adams

Actress | Copacabana

Abigail Adams was born Margaret Thomas Adams on January 11, 1922. During her freshman year at the University of North Carolina she was discovered by modeling agent Harry Conover. She dropped out of school and moved to New York City to be a model. She made her film debut in the 1942 comedy Moonlight...

Margaret Thomas Adams (“Abigail Adams”) – 1922 – 1955 (age 33) – actress – suicide – American

4. Aarti Agarwal

Costume_designer | Hivade Me Fute Laadu

Aarti Agarwal is known for Hivade Me Fute Laadu (2016).

Aarthi Agarwal – 1984 – 2015 (age 31) – actress – botched operation – Indian

5. Anny Ahlers

Actress | Die Marquise von Pompadour

Anny Ahlers was born December 21, 1907 in Germany. Operetta singer, she began her career at the age of 4 in the circus. She later took up singing and dancing. Her first appearance was at the Volksoper in Hamburg. From there, as an operetta diva she moved down to Krefeldand Breslau. In 1928 Eric ...

Anny Ahlers – 1907 – 1933 (age 25) – actress – suicide – German

6. Asmahan

Actress | Gharam wa intiqam

A very talented singer with a beautiful voice. She starred in two films, the first, Intisar al-chabab (1941), was with her older brother 'Farid Al Atrach' and the second Gharam wa intiqam (1944). Asmahane died in a car accident while filming 'Gharam wa intiqam', it is rumoured, through the war ...

Amal Al-Atrash (“Asamahan”) – 1917 – 1944 (age 26) – singer and actress – car accident – Syrian

7. Viridiana Alatriste

Actress | La seducción

Viridiana Alatriste was born on January 17, 1963 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Seduction (1981), La combi asesina (1982) and Mañana es primavera (1982). She died on October 25, 1982 in Mexico City, Mexico.

Viridiana Alatriste Pinal – 1963 – 1982 (age 19) – actress – car accident – Mexican

8. Alissa Alban

Actress | Hope Floats

Alissa Alban was born on May 22, 1963 in Houston, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for Hope Floats (1998), Simple Men (1992) and Pendulum (2001). She was married to Peter Baquet and Richard Stephen McCurdy. She died on March 23, 2001.

Alissa Alban – 1963 – 2001 (age 37) – actress – brain tumour – American

9. Gia Allemand

Actress | Ghost Trek: The Kinsey Report

Gia Allemand was born on December 20, 1983 in Howard Beach, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Ghost Trek: The Kinsey Report (2011), Ghost Trek: Goomba Body Snatchers Mortuary Lockdown (2013) and Bachelor Pad (2010). She died on August 14, 2013 in New Orleans, ...

Gia Marie Allemand – 1983 – 2013 (age 29) – actress – suicide – American

10. María José Alvarado

Self | X-O da dinero

María José Alvarado was born on July 19, 1995 in Santa Bárbara, Honduras. She died on November 13, 2014 in Cablotales, Honduras.

María José Alvarado Muñoz- 1995 – 2014 (age 19) – model – homicide – Honduran

11. Bridgette Andersen

Actress | Savannah Smiles

Bridgette Andersen was born on July 11, 1975 to Frank Glass and Teresa Andersen in Inglewood, California and grew up in Malibu. She always considered it good luck to have her birthday read as 7-11 rather than as July 11th. She would always kiss the first two fingers on her right hand and then touch...

Marriah Bridget Andersen („Bridgette Andersen”) – 1975 – 1997 (age 21) – actress – drug overdose - American

12. Annie Anderson

Actress | Furia à Bahia pour OSS 117

Annie Anderson was born on March 20, 1940 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for OSS 117: Mission for a Killer (1965), Le Bossu (1959) and The Miracle of the Wolves (1961). She died on March 5, 1970 in Paris, France.

Chantal Marguerite Andersson (“Annie Andersson”) – 1939 – 1970 (age 29) – actress – suicide – French

13. Thaís de Andrade

Actress | Pai Herói

Thaís de Andrade was born on April 26, 1958 in São Paulo, Brazil. She was an actress, known for Pai Herói (1979), Olhai os Lírios do Campo (1980) and Locomotivas (1977). She was married to Claudio Marzo. She died on April 27, 1996 in São Paulo, Brazil.

Thaís Helena Andrade Pereira dos Santos – 1957 – 1996 (age 38) – actress – cancer – Brazilian

14. Oksana Aplekaeva

Self | Dom 2

Oksana Aplekaeva was born on June 12, 1977 in Ufa, Bashkir ASSR, RSFSR, USSR [now Bashkortostan, Russia]. She died on September 1, 2008 in Moscow, Russia.

Oksana Aplekaeva – 1977 – 2008 (age 31) – Big Brother star – homicide – Russian

15. Shauna Grant

Actress | Virginia

Shauna Grant was born on May 30, 1963 in Farmington, Michigan, USA. She was an actress. She died on March 21, 1984 in Palm Springs, California, USA.

Colleen Marie Applegate (“Shauna Grant”) – 1963 – 1984 (age 20) – pornographic actress – suicide – American

16. Arabella Arbenz

Actress | Un alma pura

Arabella Arbenz was born in 1940 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. She was an actress, known for Un alma pura (1965) and Tajimara (1965). She died on October 5, 1965 in Bogota, Colombia.

Arabella Árbenz Vilanova – 1940 – 1965 (age 25) – model and actress – suicide – Guatemalan (daughter of toppled president Jacobo Árbenz)

17. Mimi Forsythe

Actress | Sensations of 1945

Mimi Forsythe was born on December 13, 1921 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Sensations of 1945 (1944) and Three Russian Girls (1943). She was married to James Parnell Turner, Warren Leslie McCanless and Benedict Bogeaus. She died on August 17, 1952 in Hollywood, California,...

Marie G. Armstrong (“Mimi Forsythe”) – 1921 – 1952 (age 30) – actress – suicide – American

18. Bianca Red Arrow

Actress | Cross Wars

Bianca Red Arrow was born on June 30, 1998 in Matthews, North Carolina, USA. She was an actress, known for Cross Wars (2017), Mr and Mrs Adams' Lovely Bed & Breakfast (2013) and The Six (2011). She died on November 6, 2017 in Redondo Beach, California, USA.

Bianca Celide Red Arrow – 1988 – 2017 (age 19) – actress – unknown – American

19. Ashleigh Aston Moore

Actress | Now and Then

Ashleigh Aston Moore was born as Ashley MacMillan (first stage name Ashley Rogers) on September 30, 1981. Her parents were Maryanna Aston Moore, an interior designer, and Dennis MacMillan, who wasn't around for much of her life. She grew up in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. Her first acting ...

Ashleigh Aston Moore – 1981 – 2007 (age 26) – actress – drug overdoses – American

20. Ann Atmar

Actress | Everglades!

Ann Atmar was born on March 10, 1939 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for Everglades! (1961), A Cold Wind in August (1961) and Street-Fighter (1959). She died on October 14, 1966 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.

Dorothy Ann Atmar – 1939 – 1966 (age 27) – actress – suicide – American

21. Jung Ayul

Actress | 60-sai no rabu retâ

Jung Ayul was born on February 3, 1987 in Gyeongsangbuk-do, Pohang City, South Korea. She was an actress, known for 60-sai no rabu retâ (2009). She died on June 12, 2012 in Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea.

Jung Ayul – 1987 – 2012 (age 25) – actress – suicide – South Korean

22. Viveka Babajee

Actress | Yeh Kaisi Mohabbat

Viveka Babajee was born on May 27, 1973 in Port Louis, Mauritius. She was an actress, known for Yeh Kaisi Mohabbat (2002), Haaye Meri Billo (2002) and Miss Universe Pageant (1994). She died on June 25, 2010 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Viveka Babajee – 1973 – 2010 (age 37) – actress and model – suicide – Mauritian

23. Zorka Janu

Actress | Cekanky

Zorka Janu was born on July 9, 1921 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Cekanky (1940), Ohnivé léto (1939) and Minulost Jany Kosinové (1940). She died on March 24, 1946 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].

Zora Babková (“Zorka Janů“) – 1921 – 1946 (age 24) – actress – suicide (sister was mistress of German propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels) – Czech

24. Karen Lancaume

Actress | Baise-moi

Born Karen Bach outside of Lyons, France, Karen Lancaume came from a wealthy family. The bi-racial beauty (French father, Moroccan mother) married at 17 while she was attending college. Even though her husband was a disc jockey and she worked weekends at a nightclub to make ends meet, the couple ...

Karen Bach (“Karen Lancaume”) – 1972 – 2005 (age 32) – pornographic actress – suicide– French

25. Lynn Baggett

Actress | D.O.A.

Tall, regal, sultry, flame-haired (later blonde) Lynn Baggett is better remembered for her turbulent, unhappy private life than for her "B" level acting roles. Born Ruth Baggett in Wichita Falls, Texas, on May 10, 1923, her father, David L., was in the oil business and her mother, the former Ruth ...

Ruth Baggett (“Lynn Baggett”) – 1923 – 1960 (age 36) – actress – suicide – American

26. Noelle Balfour

The Rite

Noelle Balfour was born on December 11, 1984 in Reno, Nevada, USA. She was an actress and casting director, known for The Rite (2011), Exit Strategy (2012) and Banking on Love (2008). She died on October 11, 2017 in Escondido, California, USA.

Noëlle Marie Balfour – 1984 – 2017 (age 32) – actress – car accident – American

27. Suzan Ball

Actress | City Beneath the Sea

Suzan Ball, a second cousin of Lucille Ball, was born on March 3, 1934, in Jamestown, New York. She came to Hollywood with her family in 1941. She sang with the Mel Baker Orchestra from 1948-1953. Her first part in Hollywood was as a harem girl in Aladdin and His Lamp (1952) at Monogram. She got an ...

Susan Ball (“Suzan Ball”) – 1934 – 1955 (age 21) – actress – cancer – American

28. Qandeel Baloch

Fouzia Azeem (“Qandeel Baloch”) – 1990 – 2016 (aged 26) – activist, singer and model – homicide – Pakistani

29. Pratyusha Banerjee

Actress | Balika Vadhu

Pratyusha Banerjee was born on August 10, 1991 in Jamshedpur, Bihar, India. She was an actress, known for Child Bride (2008), Comedy Classes (2014) and Gulmohar Grand (2015). She died on April 1, 2016 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Pratyusha Banerjee – 1991 – 2016 (age 24) – actress – suicide (homicide?) – Indian

30. Stella Baranovskaya

Actress | Vnuk Gagarina

Stella Baranovskaya was born on July 26, 1987. She was an actress, known for Vnuk Gagarina (2007). She died on September 4, 2017 in Moscow, Russia.

Stella Stanislavovna Baranovskaya – 1987 – 2017 (age 30) – actress – cancer – Russian

31. Bhargavi

Actress | Sapthagiri LLB

Bhargavi is known for Sapthagiri LLB (2017), Crazy Uncles (2021) and Devadasu (2006).

Bhargavi – 1983 – 2008 (age 25) – actress – homicide – Indian

32. Silvana Armenulic

Actress | Ljubav na seoski nacin

Silvana Bajraktarevic, known professionally as Silvana Armenulic, was a Yugoslav singer-songwriter and actress and one of the most prominent commercial folk music and traditional sevdalinka singers in Yugoslavia. She is called the "Queen of Sevdalinka". Her life was cut short when she died in a car...

Zilha Barjaktarević (“Silvana Armenulić“) – 1939 – 1976 (age 37) – actress and singer – car accident – Bosnian (former Yugoslavia)

33. Diana Barrymore

Actress | Between Us Girls

"Too Much, Too Soon" was the story of Diana's life, and the title of her autobiography. Her father was stage and screen legend John Barrymore and her mother was Blanche Oelrichs (who wrote under the masculine pseudonym Michael Strange), who had just divorced Mr. Thomas and had 2 children (Leonard ...

Diana Blanche Barrymore Blythe – 1921 – 1960 (age 38) – actress – drug overdoses – American

34. Skye Bassett

Actress | Dangerous Minds

Skye Bassett was born on June 10, 1973 in New York, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Dangerous Minds (1995), Sister Act (1992) and Law & Order (1990). She died on April 21, 1997 in New York City, New York, USA.

Skye Bassett – 1973 – 1997 (age 23) – actress – disease – American

35. Maple Batalia

Actress | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

Born near Mumbai, 19-year-old Maple Batalia was an aspiring actress and attending Simon Fraser University in Surrey (B.C. Canada) when she was shot and killed as she walked to her car in the parkade at SFU Surrey Campus. She had previously graduated from Enver Creek Secondary and was hoping to be a...

Maple Batalia – 1992 – 2011 (age 19) – actress – homicide - Canadian-Indian

36. Athena Baumeister

Actress | Seventy-Nine

Athena Baumeister was born on September 2, 1997 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Seventy-Nine (2013), Monster & Me (2013) and Hollywood Halloween (2011). She died on April 14, 2014 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Athena Baumeister – 1997 – 2014 (age 16) – actress – drug overdoses – American

37. Ena Begovic

Actress | Treca zena

Ena Begovic was a prominent Croatian film actress. She is regarded as one of the best and most beautiful actresses in former Yugoslavia. Begovic began acting early, making her first screen appearance at the age of 18 through a small part in Occupation in 26 Pictures (1978), a 1978 film directed by ...

Ena Begovic – 1960 – 2000 (age 40) – actress – car accident – Croatian (sister of actress Mia Begovic)

38. Madhubala

Actress | Mughal-E-Azam

Arguably the most beautiful artiste to ever grace the Indian screen, Madhubala rose from humble beginnings to become the most captivating star India has ever produced. Madhubala was born Mumtaz Jehan Begum on Valentine's Day 1933, in a poor, conservative family of Pathan Muslims in Delhi, a part of...

Mumtaz Jehan Begum (“Madhubālā“) – 1933 – 1969 (age 36) – actress – prolonged illness of heart – Indian

39. Wilhelmina Cooper

Self | The Mike Douglas Show

Wilhelmina Cooper was born on May 1, 1939 in Culemborg, Gelderland, Netherlands. She died on March 1, 1980 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA.

Gertrude Behmenburg (“Wilhelmina Cooper”) – 1940 – 1980 (age 40) – model – lung cancer – Dutch-American

40. Yurizan Beltran

Actress | Training Day: A XXX Parody

Buxom and shapely brunette knockout Yurizan Beltran was born on November 2, 1986 in Long Beach, California. Of Mexican descent, Beltran was raised by a single mother in Long Beach, attended college in Los Angeles, California; and worked as a waitress at a Hooters restaurant prior to her involvement...

Yurizan Beltran (“Yuri Luv”) – 1986 – 2017 (age 31) – pornographic actress – drug overdose – American

41. Mélodie Berenfeld

Actress | Marie Antoinette

Mélodie Berenfeld was born on January 7, 1981 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France. She was an actress, known for Marie Antoinette (2006), The Affair of the Necklace (2001) and Affaires familiales (2000). She died on February 27, 2007 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France.

Mélodie Berenfeld – 1981 – 2007 (age 26) – actress – train accident – French

42. Sylvia Lopez

Actress | Il figlio del corsaro rosso

Sylvia Lopez was born on November 10, 1933 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Son of the Red Corsair (1959), Hercules Unchained (1959) and Tabarin (1958). She was married to Francis Lopez. She died on November 20, 1959 in Paris, France.

Tatjana Bernt (“Silvia Lopez”) – 1933 – 1959 (age 26) – actress – cancer – Austrian

43. Divya Bharti

Actress | Assembly Rowdy

Divya was born on February 25, 1974 to Meeta and Om Prakash Bharti.

Opting for acting, she quit college, & landed a role in 'Bobbili Raja' (Telegu) in 1990 at just 16 years of age. This movie became a hit, and was dubbed into Hindi and released as 'Raampur Ka Raja'.

Divya made her debut in Bollywood ...

Divya Om Prakash Bharti – 1974 – 1993 (age 19) – actress – suicide (homicide?) – Indian

44. Derya Arbas

Actress | Beyaz Bisiklet

Derya Arbas was born on June 17, 1968 in Santa Monica, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Beyaz Bisiklet (1986), Bitmeyen Sevda (1986) and The Night, Angel and Our Children (1994). She was married to Nihat Polat. She died on October 22, 2003 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.

Derya Zerrin Berti ("Derya Arbaş") – 1968 – 2003 (age 35) – actress – heart insufficiency – Turkish

45. Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy

Self | The Kennedys: The Curse of Power

Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy was born on January 7, 1966 in White Plains, New York, USA. She was married to John Kennedy Jr.. She died on July 16, 1999 in Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Martha's Vineyard.

Carolyn Jeanne Bessette-Kennedy – 1966 – 1999 (age 33) – publicist and wife of John F. Kennedy Jr. – accident (plane crash) – American

46. Brenda Benet

Actress | Walking Tall

Brenda Benet, born Brenda Ann Nelson in Los Angeles, California, on August 14, 1945, was a classic example of the modern-day Hollywood tragedy. As a television actress with good dramatic scope, she managed to piece together a wide and impressive portfolio of guest shots in a career spanning just ...

Brenda Ann Benet – 1945 – 1982 (age 36) – actress – suicide – American

47. Lyric Marie Benson

Actress | Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Lyric Marie Benson was born on September 20, 1980 in Overland Park, Kansas, USA. She was an actress, known for Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) and Chappelle's Show (2003). She died on April 25, 2003 in Soho, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

Lyric Marie Benson – 1980 – 2003 (age 22) – actress – homicide – American

48. Brittany Murphy

Actress | Clueless

Brittany Murphy was born Brittany Anne Bertolotti on November 10, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia, to Sharon Kathleen Murphy and Angelo Joseph Bertolotti. Her father's ancestry is Italian, and her mother is of Irish and Slovak descent. Her father moved the family back to Edison, New Jersey as a native New...

Brittany Anne Bertolotti (“Brittany Murphy”) – 1977 – 2009 (age 32) – actress (“Clueless”) – drug overdoses – American

49. Federica Gori

Actress | The Witch and the Bitch

Federica Gori was born on August 6, 1969 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She was an actress. She died on February 7, 2008 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Maria Federica Besesti (“Lollipop” or “Federica Gori”) – 1970 – 2008 (age 38) – pornographic actress and TV personality – heart attack – Italian

50. Gilda

Music_department | Sos mi vida

Gilda was born on October 11, 1961 in Villa Devoto, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is known for Sos mi vida (2006), El resultado del amor (2007) and Muñeca brava (1998). She was married to Raúl Magnín and Carlos Giménez. She died on September 7, 1996.

Miriam Alejandra Bianchi Scioli (“Gilda”) – 1961 – 1996 (age 34) – singer – car accident – Argentine

51. Laurie Bird

Actress | Two-Lane Blacktop

Laurie Bird was a cute and charming actress who appeared in only three pictures during her regrettably short-lived career. Bird was born on September 26, 1953 in Long Island, New York. Laurie was working as a model when she was chosen by director Monte Hellman, from nearly 500 women, to portray "...

Laurie Bird – 1953 – 1979 (age 25) – actress – suicide – American

52. Andrea Albani

Actress | El pico

Andrea Albani was born on October 13, 1960 in Catalonia, Spain. She was an actress and writer, known for El pico (1983), Mad Foxes (1981) and La desnuda chica del relax (1981). She died on January 18, 1994 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Eulalia Espinet Borràs („Andrea Albani“) – 1960 – 1994 (age 33) – actress – acute meningoencephalitis – Spanish

53. Sally-Anne Bowman

Sally-Anne Bowman was born on September 11, 1987 in Surrey, England, UK. She died on September 25, 2005 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK.

Sally Anne Bowman – 1987 – 2005 (age 18) – singer and model – homicide – British

54. Cheyenne Brando

Cheyenne Brando was a Tahitian model and the daughter of Marlon Brando by his third wife Tarita Teriipaia, a former Tahitian actress whom he met while filming Mutiny on the Bounty in 1962.

Cheyenne was raised in the island of Tahiti, south of Papeete. Her parents divorced in 1972.

As a child, ...

Tarita Cheyenne Brando – 1970 – 1995 (age 25) – model – suicide – American/French (Tahitian -> daughter of famous actor Marlon Brando)

55. Patti Brill

Actress | Live Wires

Patti Brill was born on March 8, 1923 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Live Wires (1946), Music in Manhattan (1944) and Sing Your Way Home (1945). She was married to Perry Rigsby Osborne, Max Egbert Albright, Hugo Edward Fredlund and Red Knight. She died on January ...

Patricia Brilhante ("Patti Brill") – 1923 – 1963 (age 39) – actress – cancer – American

56. Gladys Brockwell

Actress | Lights of New York

The daughter of actress Billie Brockwell, Brockwell first appeared on the stage at the age of three. She made her screen debut in Philadelphia for the Lubin Company in 1913, later working with D.W. Griffith. Joining Fox Studios, Brockwell was one of the busiest actresses in town and easily made the...

Gladys Lindeman ("Gladys Brockwell") – 1894 – 1929 (age 34) – actress – car accident – American

57. Diem Brown

Director | Hollywood Hangover

Diem Brown was a hostess, actress and producer, known for The Challenge (1998), Hollywood Hangover (2008) and E! True Hollywood Story (1996).

Best-known for battling ovarian cancer twice on national television, Diem has become a correspondent for patients on The Doctors (2008), Dr. Drew on Call (...

Danielle Michelle "Diem" Brown (“Diem Brown”) – 1980 – 2014 (age 34) – television personality, philanthropist, and entertainment reporter – cancer – American

58. Nicole Brown Simpson

Self | Infamous Crime Scenes: OJ

Nicole Brown Simpson was born on May 19, 1959 in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. She was an actress, known for Infamous Crime Scenes: OJ. She was married to O.J. Simpson. She died on June 12, 1994 in Brentwood, California, USA.

Nicole Brown Baur (“Nicole Brown Simpson”) – waitress and actress – 1959 – 1994 (age 35) – homicide – American (wife of O. J. Simpson)

59. Saax Bradbury

Actress | The Turning Point

The daughter of Sara Elizabeth Baxter and Edwin Harry Bradbury, Sara Alexander Bradbury was born in New Bern, North Carolina. She is known for her role in the movie The Turning Point (1977) and Appointment with Destiny (1971). Tragically, she died in a plane crash in Arizona just one month after ...

Sara Bradbury (“Saax Bradbury”) – 1943 – 1976 (age 33) – actress – plane crash – American

60. Elisa Bridges

Actress | Skippy

Tiny (5'0") but slim, sexy, and adorable brunette knockout Elisa Rebeca Bridges was born on May 24, 1973, in Miami, Florida, and raised in Houston, Texas. Her father worked as an architect for oil companies and her mother was a travel agent. She had an older brother and a younger sister. Elisa ...

Elisa Rebeca Bridges – 1973 – 2002 (age 28) – adult film actress and model – drug overdoses – American

61. Susana Brunetti

Actress | Las píldoras

Susana Brunetti was born on October 25, 1941 in Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina. She was an actress, known for Las píldoras (1972), El caradura y la millonaria (1971) and La fin del mundo (1963). She died on June 20, 1974 in Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina.

Susana Brunetti – 1941 – 1974 (age 32) – actress – cancer – Argentine

62. Helen Burgess

Actress | King of Gamblers

Young and full of promise, Paramount contract player Helen Burgess possessed a lovely, sweet-faced quality, but made only four films during her lifetime. Born April 26, 1916, the rather demure Portland, Oregon beauty was given an auspicious debut in Cecil B. DeMille's epic bio-western The Plainsman...

Helen Margarite Burgess – 1916 – 1937 (age 20) – actress – pneumonia – American

63. Meena Kumari

Actress | Kaajal

The Empress of Indian Cinema!

A Sweetheart of 1950s, & The Undisputed Goddess of 1960s Bollywood, Meena Kumari bestrode the movies like few women in history have!

Combing enchanting grace, amazingly heart-melting expression, & consistently solid progressive content base, this Giant of Cinema will ...

Mahjabeen Bux (“Meena Kumari”) – 1932 – 1972 (age 38) – actress – liver cirrhosis – Indian

64. Ashley Callie

Actress | Isidingo

Ashley Callie was born on December 30, 1976 in Johannesburg, South Africa. She was an actress, known for Isidingo (1998), The Uninvited Guest (1995) and Homeland (1996). She died on February 15, 2008 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Ashley Callie – 1976 – 2008 (age 31) – actress – car accident – South African

65. Adriana Campos

Actress | Te Voy a Enseñar a Querer

Adriana Campos was born on February 27, 1979 in Chaparral, Tolima, Colombia. She was an actress, known for Learning to Love (2004), Beautiful But Unlucky (2009) and Tempo final (2007). She was married to Carlos Rincon. She died on November 3, 2015 in Peñalisa, Salgar, Antioquia, Colombia.

Adriana Campos – 1979 – 2015 (age 36) – actress – car accident – Colombian

66. Fanny Cano

Actress | Yesenia

Fanny Cano was born on February 28, 1944 in Huetamo, Michoacan, Mexico. She was an actress and producer, known for Yesenia (1970), Rubi (1968) and Frente al destino (1964). She was married to Sergio Luis Cano. She died on December 7, 1983 in Madrid, Spain.

Fanny Cano Damián -1944 – 1983 (age 39) – actress – plane crash – Mexican

67. Feri Cansel

Actress | Son Söz Benim

Feri Cansel was born on June 7, 1944 in Nicosia, Cyprus. She was an actress, known for Son Söz Benim (1970), Yilan soyu (1969) and Jilet Kazim (1971). She was married to ???. She died on September 2, 1983 in Izmir, Turkey.

Feriha Cansel (“Feri Cansel”) – 1944 – 1983 (age 39) – actress – homicide – Turkish-Cypriot

68. Gia Carangi

Actress | Blondie: Atomic

Gia Carangi was born on January 29, 1960 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Blondie: Atomic (1980). She died on November 18, 1986 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Gia Marie Carangi – 1960 – 1986 (age 26) – model – HIV/AIDS – American

69. Susan Peters

Actress | Random Harvest

War-era MGM had a lovely, luminous star in the making with Susan Peters. She possessed a creative talent and innate sensitivity that would surely have reigned as a leading Hollywood player for years to come had not a tragic and cruel twist of fate taken everything away from her.

She was born Suzanne...

Suzanne Carnahan (“Susan Peters”) – 1921 – 1952 (age 31) – actress – suicide – American

70. Karen Carpenter

Soundtrack | Paul Williams: Still Alive

Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Karen Carpenter moved with her family to Downey, California, in 1963. Karen's older brother, Richard Carpenter, decided to put together an instrumental trio with him on the piano, Karen on the drums and their friend Wes Jacobs on the bass and tuba. In a battle of the...

Karen Anne Carpenter – 1950 – 1983 (age 32) – singer – heart failure – American

71. Leslie Carter

Soundtrack | Shrek

Leslie Barbara Carter was born on June 6, 1986, in Tampa, Florida, into the family of Robert Gene Carter (aka Robert Carter) and his wife Jane Elizabeth Carter (née Spaulding) and become the third of their five children. Her parents were divorced in 2003 after more than 20 years of marriage. Leslie...

Leslie Barbara Carter – 1986 – 2012 (age 25) – actress – accidental prescription drug overdoses – American

72. Eva Cassidy

Soundtrack | Love Actually

Eva Marie Cassidy was born on 2nd February, 1963 in Washington Hospital Center in the United States to Barbara and Hugh Cassidy. Eva grew up with her siblings, Anette, Margaret and Dan, in Bowie, Maryland. The Cassidy family was very musical. From an early age, Eva could master harmonies and first ...

Eva Marie Cassidy – 1963 – 1996 (age 33) – singer – cancer – American

73. Tamara Castro

Tamara Castro was born on December 4, 1972 in Ensenada, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She died on December 8, 2006 in Humberto Primo, Santa Fe, Argentina.

María Tamara Castro – 1972 – 2006 (age 34) – singer – car accident – Argentine

74. Sita Chan

Actress | Dang ngo oi nei

Sita Chan was an actress, known for Dang ngo oi nei (2012) and Lan Kwai Fong 2 (2012). She died on April 17, 2013 in Hoi Po Road, Kong Kong, China.

Sita Chan – 1987 – 2013 (age 26) – actress and singer – car accident – Chinese (from Hong Kong)

75. Pauline Chan

Actress | Fa gai kwong ban

Born in Shanghai, China, as Chen Baolian, Pauline Chan emigrated to Hong Kong at age 12 with her mother when her parents divorced. A beautiful young girl, it didn't take long for photographers and agents to notice her and she began modeling at 15. In 1990 she entered the Miss Asia beauty pageant. ...

Pauline Chan Bo-Lin – 1973 – 2002 (age 29) – actress – suicide – Chinese

76. Rani Chandra

Actress | Chemparathy

Rani Chandra was born in 1949 in Fort Kochi, Travancore-Cochin, India. She was an actress, known for Chemparathy (1972), Nellu (1974) and Ladies Hostel (1973). She died on October 12, 1976 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India.

Rani Chandra – 1949 – 1976 (age 26-27) – actress – plane crash – Indian

77. Liza Chapman

Actress | Another World

Liza Chapman appeared on television and the stage, served as a lieutenant in the Women's Army Corps from 1948 to 1952 and was reported to be the youngest commissioned officer in the corps at the time.

A veteran of television melodrama, Miss Chapman was known to daytime viewers for her portrayal of ...

Betty Ann Chapman (“Liza Chapman”) – 1929 – 1967 (age 37) – actress – car accident – American

78. Sonika Chouhan

Actress | Dangar Doctor Jelly

Sonika Chouhan is known for Dangar Doctor Jelly (2017) and Nahin Jana Meri Maaye (2022).

Sonika Simone Singh Chauhan – 1989 – 2017 (age 27) – actress and model – car accident – Indian

79. Lyne Chardonnet

Actress | Mon oncle Benjamin

One could have thought Lyne Chardonnet had been blessed by the gods and would live a long successful happy life. For she really had everything to make it. A wasp-waisted blond-haired girl of radiant beauty, with a good drama training, she should have become a movie star and she would have been one ...

Lyne Catherine Jeanne Chardonnet – 1943 – 1980 (age 37) – actress – cancer – French

80. Claudia Jennings

Actress | The Unholy Rollers

Born Mary Eileen "Mimi" Chesterton (nicknamed Mimi by her friends and family) in St. Paul, Minnesota, titian beauty Claudia Jennings was raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1966, she moved to Evanston, Illinois, the first suburb north of Chicago just south of the Wisconsin state line, where she ...

Mary Eileen Chesterton (“Claudia Jennings”) – 1949 – 1979 (age 29) – model – car accident – American

81. Christine Christian

Actress | Starved

Christine Christian was born on September 23, 1979 in Carmel, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Starved (2005) and Post Modern Ophelia (2014). She was married to John Christian. She died on July 4, 2015 in Mahopac, New York, USA.

Christine Christian – 1979 – 2015 (age 35) – actress – unknown – American

82. Christine Chubbuck

Self | Suncoast Digest

Christine Chubbuck was born on August 24, 1944 in Hudson, Ohio, USA. She died on July 15, 1974 in Sarasota, Florida, USA.

Christine Chubbuck – 1944 – 1974 (age 29) – TV news reporter – suicide (first ever on live TV seen by millions of people at that time but the record of her suicide is lost) – American

83. Graciela Cimer

Actress | Ese nombre prohibido

Graciela Cimer was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1962. She made her debut in television in the show Jacinta Pichimauida se enamora (1977) in the 70s. Since then, she kept working in a lot of soap operas on television. In fact, she took the lead in 3 of them in the 80s, "No es u juego vivir", ...

Graciela Cimer – 1963 – 1989 (age 26) – actress – drug overdoses – Argentine

84. Lana Clarkson

Actress | Fast Times at Ridgemont High

This beautiful, long-legged blonde actress was known to be a kind, intelligent and dependable actor with a comedic talent as well. She appeared in many American TV hits of the 1970s and 1980s, such as Three's Company (1976), The Jeffersons (1975), The New Mike Hammer (1984), Riptide (1984), Knight ...

Lana Jean Clarkson – 1962 – 2003 (age 40) – actress – homicide – American

85. Juanita Coco

Self | Young Talent Time

Juanita Coco was born on December 10, 1975 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She died on May 2, 1993 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Juanita Suzanne Coco – 1975 – 1993 (age 17) – singer and actress – car accident – Australian

86. Cristie Schoen Codd

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Born in Madrid, Spain to two hard-working military parents, William and Elizabeth Schoen. Her family has lived in New Orleans, La since the 1800s. Graduated from LSU with a double major in German and Performing Arts. Studied at The Atlantic Theatre Company in New York, and has performed in many ...

Cristie Shoen Codd – 1976 – 2015 (age 38) – actress – homicide – American

87. Alma Cogan

Soundtrack | Tank 432

Alma Cogan was born on May 19, 1932 in Whitechapel, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Tank 432 (2015), The End of the F***ing World (2017) and En aftenstund med - (1965). She died on October 26, 1966 in London, England, UK.

Angela Alma Cohen (”Alma Cogan”) – 1932 – 1966 (age 34) – singer – cancer – British

88. Cass Elliot

Soundtrack | Free Guy

Cass Elliot was born Ellen Naomi Cohen on September 19, 1941, in Baltimore, Maryland. She grew up in the Washington D.C. environs and in her senior year of high school, performed in a summer stock production of "The Boyfriend" at the Owings Mills Playhouse, where she played the French nurse who ...

Ellen Naomi Cohen (“Cass Elliot” or “Mama Cass”) – 1941 – 1974 (age 32) – singer (“The Mamas and the Papas”) – heart failure – American

89. Camelia

Actress | Shari al-bahlawan

Camelia was born on December 13, 1919 in Alexandria, Egypt. She was an actress, known for Shari al-bahlawan (1949), Akher kedba (1950) and Waladi (1949). She died on August 31, 1950 in El Buhayra, Egypt.

Lilian Victor Cohen (“Camelia”) – 1919 – 1950 (age 30) – actress – plane crash – French-Italian (Jewish) born and died in Egypt

90. Natasha Collins

Actress | The 10th Kingdom

Natasha Collins was born on July 7, 1976 in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The 10th Kingdom (2000), Real Women (1998) and See It Saw It (1999). She died on January 3, 2008 in St John's Wood, London, England, UK.

Natasha Louise Collins – 1976 – 2008 (age 31) – actress and model – drug overdoses – British

91. Megan Connolly

Actress | Home and Away

After making her film debut in "The Crossing", Megan was one of the leading soap stars in Australia. After her role in Paradise Beach ended in 1994, she co-hosted the morning kids show "The Zone" for a year. In late 1995 she hosted the Foxtel's fitness show "Body Corp" for cable television, before ...

Megan Jennifer Connolly – 1974 – 2001 (age 27) – actress – drug overdose – Australian

92. Virginia Lee Corbin

Actress | Hands Up!

Virginia Lee Corbin was born on December 5, 1910 in Prescott, Arizona, USA. She was an actress, known for Hands Up! (1926), Bare Knees (1928) and The Forbidden Room (1919). She was married to Theodore Elwood Krol and Charles Jacobson. She died on June 5, 1942 in Winfield, Illinois, USA.

Virginia Lee Corbin – 1910 – 1942 (age 31) – actress – tuberculosis – American

93. Carolyn Craig

Actress | House on Haunted Hill

Carolyn Craig was born Adele Ruth Crago on October 27, 1934, in Green Acres, New York. Her father, Clarence, was an engineer and her mother, Ruth, was a housewife. The family moved to Santa Barbara, California, when she was child. Carolyn started her career acting at the Santa Barbara Community ...

Adele Ruth Crago (“Carolyn Craig”) – 1934 – 1970 (age 36) – actress – suicide – American

94. Susanne Cramer

Actress | Get Smart

Susanne apparently had a tumultuous private life. She married actor Hermann Nehlsen in 1956. Apparently that did not go well, as she tried to commit suicide twice in 1957 and was soon divorced. In 1958, she married actor Helmuth Lohner and was divorced five months later. She married Helmut a second...

Susanne Cramer (“Susan Cramer”, “Suzanne Cramer”) – actress – 1936 – 1969 (age 32) – pneumonia (official version, rumoured to have commited suicide because she couldn’t handle the suicide of her actress colleague Renate Ewert whose dead body she found upon a visit) – German

95. Linda Creed

Soundtrack | Toni Erdmann

Raised in the Mount Airy section of Philadelphia, Linda Creed's contribution to the Philly Soul Sound of the 1970s through the 1980s is undeniable. Her talents as a lyricist were teamed with Philadelphia International Records most noted composer-producer-arranger Thom Bell in 1971. The Creed and ...

Linda Diane Creed (Epstein) – 1949 – 1986 (age 36) – singer-songwriter and lyricist– cancer – American

96. Pamela Courson

Self | Feast of Friends

Pamela Susan Courson was born December 22, 1946 in Weed California. She was daughter of Columbus "Corky" Brimer Courson and Pearl "Penny" Courson. She had an elder sister, Judy.

In the book "Angels Dance and Angels die" by Patricia Butler it says: "Kindergarten, the first day of school at Cambridge ...

Pamela Susan Courson – 1946 – 1974 (age 27) – long-term companion of Doors singer Jim Morrison –drug overdose – American

97. Lou Gish

Actress | Where the Heart Is

Lou Gish was a bright and sassy actress of natural poise and comic edge. The daughter of the actors Roland Curram and Sheila Gish, she demonstrated her range in her last two stage roles.

At the tiny Gate Theatre in Notting Hill, west London, in January last year, she played General Pinochet's ...

Louise Mikel Henrietta Marie Curram (“Lou Gish”) – 1967 – 2006 (age 38) – actress – cancer – British

98. Samantha D'Ambrosia

Actress | Now That's Sketchy!

Samantha D'Ambrosia was born on June 5, 1986 in Hampton, Virginia, USA. She was an actress, known for Now That's Sketchy! (2008). She died on April 29, 2011 in Burbank, California, USA.

Samantha D’Ambrosia – 1986 – 2011 (age 24) – actress – asthma attack – American

99. Da-bin Jeong

Actress | Nonseutob

Born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, Jeong Da-bin, whose real name is Jung Hye-sun, was mostly known for playing ever cheerful and effervescent every girl roles. Known primarily for playing schoolgirl types, she gained quite a popular following in Taiwan as well particularly for her roles in ...

Hye-sun Jung (“Da-bin Jeong”) – 1980 – 2007 (age 27) – actress – suicide – South Korean

100. Candice Daly

Actress | Liquid Dreams

Candice Daly was born on January 4, 1963 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Liquid Dreams (1991), Cover Up (1984) and Where Truth Lies (1996). She was married to Bertrand Triguer. She died on December 14, 2004 in Glendale, California, USA.

Candice Mia Daly – 1966 – 2004 (age 38) – actress – drug overdoses?/foul play? – American