Celebrity Deaths in 1985
117 notable figures died in 1985. Listed below in order of date of death.
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Yoshio Akao
1907 – 1985 · Business Magnates -
Alfred Edmeades Bestall
1892 – 1985 · Artists and Architects Jan 1 -
Carol Wayne
1942 – 1985 · Actresses Jan 1 -
Jessie Brown Kalmar
1892 – 1985 · Actresses Jan 1 -
Luise Ullrich
1910 – 1985 · Actresses Jan 1 -
Jetta Goudal
1891 – 1985 · Actresses Jan 14 -
Wilfrid Brambell
1912 – 1985 · Actors Jan 18 -
Eric Voegelin
1901 – 1985 · Educators Jan 19 -
Karel Soucek
1947 – 1985 · Entertainers Jan 20 -
Paul Smith
1906 – 1985 · Musicians and Composers Jan 25 -
John Clay Walker
1948 – 1985 · Victims of crime and disaster Jan 30 -
Genaro Lahuerta
1905 – 1985 · Artists and Architects Feb 2 -
Hertha Salchow Borchert
1895 – 1985 · Authors and Writers Feb 2 -
James Hadley Chase
1906 – 1985 · Authors and Writers Feb 2 -
Joseph Buloff
1899 – 1985 · Actors Feb 2 -
Nicholas Colasanto
1924 – 1985 · Actors Feb 2 -
Marvin Miller
1913 – 1985 · Actors Feb 8 -
Heinz Roemheld
1901 – 1985 · Musicians and Composers Feb 11 -
Henry Hathaway
1898 – 1985 · Director, Film Director, Movie/TV Producer, Producer Feb 11 -
Ina Claire
1893 – 1985 · Actresses Feb 21 -
Athole Shearer Hawks
1900 – 1985 · Actresses Mar 3 -
Marc Chagall
1887 – 1985 · Artists and Architects Mar 3 -
Robert Winship Woodruff
1889 – 1985 · Business Magnates Mar 3 -
Konstantin Chernenko
1912 – 1985 · Politicians Mar 10 -
Marvin Yancy
1950 – 1985 · Gospel Music, Music Producer, Musicians and Composers Mar 22 -
Zoot Sims
1925 – 1985 · Musicians and Composers Mar 23 -
George London
1920 – 1985 · Singer Mar 24 -
Jeanine Deckers
1933 – 1985 · Singer Mar 29 -
Art Arthur
1911 – 1985 · Authors and Writers Apr 4 -
Basil Bunting
1900 – 1985 · Authors and Writers Apr 4 -
Louise Bechtel
1894 – 1985 · Authors and Writers Apr 4 -
Mae Peters
1891 – 1985 · Actresses Apr 4 -
Reba Churchill
1923 – 1985 · Authors and Writers Apr 4 -
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Sarah Tilghman Hughes
1896 – 1985 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Apr 4 -
Susan Vickery
1958 – 1985 · Actresses Apr 4 -
Enver Hoxha
1908 – 1985 · Politicians Apr 11 -
Noele Gordon
1919 – 1985 · Actresses Apr 14 -
Scott Brady
1924 – 1985 · Actors Apr 16 -
Sam Ervin
1896 – 1985 · Politicians, Senator Apr 23 -
Jules White
1900 – 1985 · Actors, Director Apr 30 -
Harry Earles
1902 – 1985 · Actors May 4 -
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Chester Gould
1900 – 1985 · Artists and Architects May 5 -
Harry “Harry Doll” Earles
1902 – 1985 · Actors May 5 -
Hugh Burden
1913 – 1985 · Actors May 5 -
Kay Campbell
1904 – 1985 · Actresses May 5 -
Margaret Hamilton
1902 – 1985 · Actresses May 5 -
Mei-Ling Barbara Yung
1959 – 1985 · Actresses May 5 -
Sir Donald Coleman Bailey
1901 – 1985 · Scientists and Inventors May 5 -
Jean Dubuffet
1901 – 1985 · Artists and Architects May 12 -
Leatrice Joy
1893 – 1985 · Actresses May 13 -
Selma Diamond
1920 – 1985 · Actresses, Comedian May 13 -
Marie Bell
1900 – 1985 · Actresses May 16 -
Wolfgang Reitherman
1909 – 1985 · Artists and Architects May 22 -
William Buckley
1928 – 1985 · Victims of crime and disaster Jun 3 -
Curley Bradley
1910 – 1985 · Actors Jun 6 -
Georgia Theodora Hale
1905 – 1985 · Actresses Jun 6 -
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Hector Boiardi
1897 – 1985 · Business Magnates Jun 6 -
James Craig
1912 – 1985 · Actors Jun 6 -
Leonard Lake
1945 – 1985 · Serial Killer Jun 6 -
Richard Greene
1918 – 1985 · Actors Jun 6 -
Georgia Hale
1905 – 1985 · Actresses Jun 7 -
George Chandler
1898 – 1985 · Actors Jun 10 -
Mischa Spoliansky
1898 – 1985 · Musicians and Composers Jun 28 -
Estelle Evans
1906 – 1985 · Actresses Jul 7 -
Eugene Carson Blake
1906 – 1985 · Authors and Writers Jul 7 -
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Harold Rea
1907 – 1985 · Business Magnates Jul 7 -
José Bódalo
1916 – 1985 · Actors Jul 7 -
Margo Albert
1917 – 1985 · Actresses Jul 7 -
Rafael Campos, Jr
1936 – 1985 · Actors Jul 7 -
Leslie Arends
1895 – 1985 · Politicians Jul 17 -
Alvah Bessie
1904 – 1985 · Authors and Writers Jul 21 -
Grayson Hall
1922 – 1985 · Actresses Aug 7 -
Alexandra Khokhlova
1897 – 1985 · Actresses Aug 8 -
Alois Carigiet
1902 – 1985 · Artists and Architects Aug 8 -
Edith Holm “Gale” Sondergaard
1899 – 1985 · Actresses Aug 8 -
Evelyn Ankers Ankers
1918 – 1985 · Actresses Aug 8 -
Frank Faylen
1905 – 1985 · Actors Aug 8 -
George L. Grandee
1900 – 1985 · Actors Aug 8 -
Helen Goss
1903 – 1985 · Actresses Aug 8 -
J. Willard Marriott
1900 – 1985 · Business Magnates Aug 8 -
Kenny Baker
1912 – 1985 · Actors Aug 8 -
Marion Martin
1909 – 1985 · Actresses Aug 8 -
Ruth Gordon
1896 – 1985 · Actresses Aug 8 -
Jay Youngblood
1955 – 1985 · Wrestler Sep 2 -
Johnny Desmond
1919 – 1985 · Pop Artist, Singer Sep 6 -
Italo Calvino
1923 – 1985 · Authors and Writers Sep 9 -
Julian Beck
1925 – 1985 · Actors Sep 9 -
Laura Ashley
1925 – 1985 · Artists and Architects Sep 9 -
Simone Signoret
1921 – 1985 · Actresses Sep 9 -
Alexa Kenin
1962 – 1985 · Actresses Sep 10 -
Cootie Williams
1911 – 1985 · Musicians and Composers Sep 15 -
Rock Hudson
1925 – 1985 · Actors Oct 2 -
Theresa Harris
1906 – 1985 · Actresses, Singer Oct 8 -
Arletta Duncan
1914 – 1985 · Actresses Oct 10 -
Helmi Juvonen
1903 – 1985 · Artists and Architects Oct 10 -
Michele Yvette “Missy” Avila
1968 – 1985 · Victims of crime and disaster Oct 10 -
Orson Welles
1915 – 1985 · Celebrities, Film Director, Musicians Oct 10 -
Sidney Clute
1916 – 1985 · Actors Oct 10 -
Yul Brynner
1920 – 1985 · Actors Oct 10 -
László Bíró
1899 – 1985 · Scientists and Inventors Oct 24 -
Richie Evans
1941 – 1985 · Race Car Driver Oct 24 -
Kirby Grant
1911 – 1985 · Actors, Musicians and Composers Oct 30 -
Phil Silvers
1911 – 1985 · Actors, Comedian Nov 1 -
Joel Crothers
1941 – 1985 · Actors Nov 6 -
Emile Avery
1907 – 1985 · Actors Nov 11 -
Fernand Braudel
1902 – 1985 · Authors and Writers Nov 11 -
Georgia M. Burke
1878 – 1985 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Harry Harvey, Sr
1901 – 1985 · Actors Nov 11 -
William Keough
1930 – 1985 · Native Americans Nov 11 -
Carroll Cole
1938 – 1985 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Dec 6 -
Agustí Centelles
1909 – 1985 · Artists and Architects Dec 12 -
Anne Baxter
1923 – 1985 · Actresses Dec 12 -
Jack H. Skirball
1896 – 1985 · Business Magnates Dec 12 -
Neill “The Hat” Dellacroce
1914 – 1985 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Dec 12 -
Phil Karlson
1908 – 1985 · Director, Film Director Dec 12 -
Charlie Bachman
1892 – 1985 · Athletes, Football Players Dec 14 -
Rick Nelson
1940 – 1985 · Actors, Country Music Dec 31