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Tommy Raft (2024 - 1974)

Comedian. He was a popular comic performer regarded as one of the funniest men in show business. During the 1950s and 1960s, he was best known as a main attraction for many Las Vegas casino and burlesque shows. He also appeared in the feature films “The Wacky Playboy” (1964) and “The Black Connection” (1974).

Tony Jay (1933 - 2006)

Actor. Born in England, Jay was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He had successful careers on stage, screen and TV, appearing in over 120 film and TV credits both as a live action and voice actor. His face became very popular for his recurring roles in season two of David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks,” […]

Tony Randall (1920 - 2004)

Actor, Entertainer. Fondly remembered for his role of ‘Felix Unger’ on the hit 1970s television series, “The Odd Couple,” for which he won an Emmy Award. A highly respected and accomplished stage actor, he was popular in numerous Broadway plays. He appeared in many motion pictures, including “Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?” (1957), “Pillow Talk” […]

Truman Van Dyke (1897 - 1984)

Actor. Born in Natchez, Mississippi, he was a graduate of Mississippi A&M College and an amateur actor when he was signed to Triangle Studios at the age of 21. He made his film debut in “A Lady’s Name” (1918), followed by “The Wishing Ring Man” (1919). His other film credits include “The Midlanders” (1920), “Dust […]

Vadim Uraneff (1895 - 1952)

Actor. He played in “Friends and Lovers”(1930), “The Medicine Man”(1928), “Fazil”(1927) and “Magic Flame”(1927).

Valda Valkyrien (1895 - 1956)

Silent screen actress and ballet dancer.

Valeriano Andres (1922 - 2005)

Spanish Stage, Television and Screen Actor. He was born and died in Madrid. He was a pioneer in his work on television, and obtained big success on stage with plays such as “El Brigadier” and “El Alcalde de Zalamea.” On screen he is remembered in “Jeromín” (1953), “Esa Voz es una Mina” (1956), “Historias de […]

Valerie Quennessen (1957 - 1989)

French Actress. She dedicated much of her childhood to pursuing her dream of becoming an acrobat. She quickly reached a level of competence and received an award for her expertise at the age of ten. By her teens, she had given up acrobatics and enrolled in acting classes, not because she particularly wanted to get […]

Veda Borg (1915 - 1973)

Actress. Married to director Andrew McLaglen. Mother of Production Manager Mary McLaglen. Appeared in “Guys and Dolls” (1955) and “Mark Trail” (1944) co-starring Bob Steele.

Vibeke Falk (1918 - 2011)

Actress. A star of the norwegian stage and screen for more than 60 years, she shall probably be remembered for her film debut as Anna Reinche in 1939’s classic crime drama “Gjest Baardsen”. Raised in Bergen, she got her start in show business at her home city’s National Scene and in 1939 got a major […]

Victor Argo (1934 - 2004)

Actor. Tough-guy actor who played heavies, hoodlums and detectives in films like “Mean Streets” (1973) with Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel. The Martin Scorsese “Taxi Driver” (1976)(as the deli owner), “King of New York” (1990) as Roy Bishop with Christopher Walken, David Caruso, Laurence Fishburne, Wesley Snipes, and Steve Buscemi, and “Ghost Dog: The […]

Vilma Banky (1901 - 1991)

Actress. Born Konsics Bánky Vilma in Nagydorog near Budapest Hungary. Her father was a bureau chief under the Franz Josef Austro-Hungarian Empire. She was raised and educated in Budapest and had 2 younger siblings-a brother, Guyla and a sister, Agnes. Renown for her beauty and grace her friends suggested she take up acting. A Hungarian […]

Viola Dana (1897 - 1987)

Actress. A silent film figure, she made 88 movies between 1914 and 1929, many with Buster Keaton. The birth date inscribed on the nameplate is incorrect.

Violet La Plante (1908 - 1984)

Actress. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, she was the sister of actress Laura La Plante and was known as Violet Avon during Hollywood’s silent film era. In 1923, she became a starlet member of the “WAMPAS Baby Star” troupe, making her screen debut in “Battling Buddy” (1924). For the next four years she appeared in […]

Virginia Valli (1898 - 1968)

Silent Film Actress. She was the star of several 1920s Hollywood features. Born Virginia McSweeney, she was raised in Chicago and got her acting start as a teenager with a Milwaukee-based stage troupe. After making some films for Essanay Studios in her home city starting around 1915, she moved on to Hollywood, where she was […]

Virginia Boardman (1889 - 1971)

Actress. Born Virginia True Eames in Fort Davis, Texas, she was a popular performer of the silent film era and the wife of actor True Boardman. She started her acting career in 1906, as a stage extra and went on to appear in over 50 films. Her credits included “The Village Black Smith” (1922), “A […]

Virginia Bruce (1910 - 1982)

Actress. Married for a time to screen legend John Gilbert, and later to director John Walter Ruben, she was one of the 20 original ‘Goldwyn Girls’, along with Lucille Ball, Ann Dvorak, Paulette Goddard and Betty Grable. After been seen on-screen in a small uncredited part in “Fugitives,” (1929) she played a number of leading […]

Virginia Dale (1917 - 1994)

Actress. Popular motion picture figure whose career spanned from the 1930s to the 1980s. Appeared in the 1942 film classic “Holiday Inn” with Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire, playing the prominent role of ‘Lila Dixon.’ 

Virginia Rappe (1895 - 1921)

Actress. Subject of Hollywood scandal. Born in New York in 1895 to a part-time chorus girl Mabel Rapp and an unknown father. It’s not clear as to when she added the “e” to her last name but it was under that name she became a successful commerical model in Chicago department stores. At the time […]

Vivian Austin (1920 - 2004)

Actress. Best remembered for her role as the female lead in the serial “The Adventures of Red Ryder”. Her big break came in 1940 when she was selected to play along side Don Barry in “Red Ryder”. Soon after, she signed a contract with Universal Pictures and her first movie was “Moonlight in Vermont”. She […]

Vivian Blaine (1921 - 1995)

Actress and Singer. Best remembered as ‘Miss Adelaide,’ the young woman with a heart of gold in the 1955 Musical “Guys and Dolls,” opposite Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, and Jean Simmons. Vivian Blaine worked in every aspect of show business from movies to nightclubs. She was already an accomplished nightclub performer and band singer by […]

Vivien Oakland (1895 - 1958)

Actress. Born Vivian Ruth Anderson to norwegian immigrant parents, she started out in vaudeville as a child and made her screen debut in “Destiny: Or, The Soul of a Woman” (1915). She married actor John T. Murray in 1917 and divided her time between movies and Broadway appearances until 1928, when she settled in Hollywood. […]

Vivienne Burgess (1914 - 1999)

Actres. She was born in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England and died in Richmond upon Thames, Surrey, England. Her motion pictyre and television credits include “Oliver Twist,” “Love On a Branch Line,” “Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The ABC Murders,” “Boon,” “Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense,” “Cover Her Face,” “Angels,” “Juliet Bravo,” “Hazell,” “Rooms,” and “Crossroads.” She was […]

Wallace MacDonald (1891 - 1978)

Motion picture producer and actor of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. Married to silent-screen actress Doris May. They are buried together. 

Wally Albright (1925 - 1999)

Albright was born Walton Algernon Albright, Jr. in Burbank, California. He appeared in a number of films during his career, and is notable for appearing in six Our Gang short subjects throughout the early 1930s. Though his tenure with the gang was brief, his role was usually that of the gang leader, alongside Matthew “Stymie” […]

Walter Tat Wah (1915 - 2007)

Actor. He was one of China’s biggest influences on Hong Kong Cinema acting in over 700 films. As a teenager, he began his 60 year career when he ran away to Shanghai to work in the movies. By the 1940s, he had already acted in 80 movies and launched his own studio in Hong Kong […]

Warner Oland (1880 - 1938)

Swedish actor who played Chinese detective, Charlie Chan. He was married to a wealthy Bostonian, the artist Edith Gardener Shearn. Among their many houses was a historic farmhouse in the Southville section of Southborough. Upon Oland’s death in 1938, he was buried in the town cemetery. The marker for his grave was originally the doorstep […]

Warren Jackson (1892 - 1950)

Actor. A veteran performer appearing in over sixty feature film, he is best remembered for his role as Mac the henchman in “Call the Mesquiteers” (1938). He made his big screen debut in “Behind the green Lights” (1935), followed by credits to include “The Story of Alexander Graham Bell” (1939), “The Big Street” (1942), “Alaska” […]

Warren Oates (1928 - 1982)

Oates was born and raised in Depoy, a tiny rural community west of Greenville in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. He was the son of Sarah Alice (née Mercer) and Bayless Earle Oates, who owned a general store. He attended Louisville Male High School, Louisville, Kentucky until 1945 but did not graduate. He later earned a high […]

Wendy Barrie (1912 - 1978)

British Actress. Her godfather was the Scottish novelist-playwright J.M. Barrie, in whose “Peter Pan” there was a character called Wendy. Her films include “The Hound of the Baskervilles” (1939) and best remembered for her portrayal of Jane Seymour (Royal Wife no. 3) in ‘The Private Life of Henry VIII’ (1933). She was the hostess of […]