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Angus Cloud was born on 10 July 1998 in Oakland, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Abigail (2024), Your Lucky Day (2023) and Freaky Tales (2024). He died on 31 July 2023 in Oakland, California, USA.

Inga Landgré was born on 6 August 1927 in Stockholm, Sweden. She was an actress, known for The Seventh Seal (1957), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) and Crisis (1946). She was married to Roger Björnstjerna and Nils Poppe. She died on 31 July 2023 in Norberg, Västmanlands län, Sweden.

Sophie Fillières was born on 2 November 1964 in Paris, France. She was a writer and director, known for This Life of Mine (2024), Anatomy of a Fall (2023) and Des filles et des chiens (1991). She was married to Pascal Bonitzer. She died on 31 July 2023 in Paris, France.

British actor Bob Flag has a brief career as an actor appearing in a couple of films in the 1980's and early 2000's. However, he is best remembered for his unique and silent performance where his serious face and expression indicates he's watching everything and everyone. As the infamous leader Big Brother in 1984 (1984), directed by Michael Radford and adapted from George Orwell's classic novel, Flag's face is presented on a still photograph that is replicated in several screens presented on people's home, work places and everywhere indicating that the great leader is in charge of everything in his nation and people worship him as if he was a god. Except for Winston Smith, the rebellious lead character played by John Hurt. He doesn't trust the politics of Big Brother and challenges it several times.

He doesn't say a word in the whole film and the still photograph is the only way we can get a glimpse of his performance - that still says a lot. Flag's face was immortalized on the film's poster and became an iconic symbol that represents a tyrannic main authority in power and one who observes everything around him. Big Brother is watching you!

Before this role, he made his film debut in an free adaptation of James Joyce's classic Uliisses (1982). Other credits include Eat the Rich (1987), Wish You Were Here (1987), Cold Light of Day (1990) and most recently in Calendar Girls (2003).

Nuala Fitzgerald was born on 16 September 1935 in Dublin, Irish Free State [now Dublin, Ireland]. She was an actress, known for The Brood (1979), The Silent Partner (1978) and He Never Died (2015). She was married to Edgar Cowan and Michael John Robert Uniacke Penrose-Fitzgerald. She died on 31 July 2023 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

American actress, active on the stage, on screen and in radio for more than four decades. Melinda Peterson was an ensemble member of The Antaeus Theatre Company in Glendale, California, from its inception in 1991. Aside from her theatrical work, she also leant her voice to numerous radio plays for Firesign Theatre and for the now defunct NPR (National Public Radio) Playhouse. Peterson was noted for her roles as Lucretia Borgia in Norman Corwin's The Plot to Overthrow Christmas and as Agatha Christie, hosting/narrating The BBC Murders, a series of four radio plays staged at the Parker Playhouse in Florida. Arguably, her most acclaimed theatrical portrayal was that of the Italian stage diva Eleonora Duse in Lillian Garrett Groag's play The Lady of the Camellias. According to one reviewer "Peterson's Duse is a marvel of melancholia, her accent pure Italian but her demeanor more evocative of Garbo's Slavic reserve. Whether it's moving those dark eyes a fraction of a millimeter or executing a large, period-perfect gesture, Peterson is as fascinating as the woman she emulates".

Peterson's screen resumé encompassed soap opera (As the World Turns (1956), Santa Barbara (1984)) as well as guest appearances on popular TV series like MacGyver (1985), The Twilight Zone (1985), Cagney & Lacey (1981) and JAG (1995). She was latterly involved in producing and directing several early American plays. A resident of Los Angeles, Peterson was married to Phil Proctor, a prominent writer, performer and celebrity voice impersonator with the Firesign Theatre comedy troupe.

Composer, songwriter, pianist and author, educated in high school and in private piano study, then in the Army Special Services in Korea, where he was a pianist in the band. He wrote songs for the Los Angeles Episcopal Theatre Guild's stage production "The Preacher's Daughter". Joining ASCAP in 1957, his popular-song compositions include "I've Lost You", "You Are Mine", "He Leads Me", "Talk Me Some Sweet Talk" and "Don't Go Home".

After 5 years as a commissioning editor in the documentaries department at Channel 4 TV in the UK, Jess Search left to set up the Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation - Britain's first documentary foundation.

Jess is also a co-founder of Shooting People- an innovative online filmmakers community very active in the UK and New York.

Pamela Strong was born on 30 November 1931 in Edmonton, Middlesex, England, UK. She was an actress, known for BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960), Duty Bound (1958) and Theatre Night (1957). She was married to Barry Dennen and Robert Crewdson. She died on 31 July 2023.

Ron Steelman was born on 20 May 1946 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Out for Blood (1992), Murder, She Wrote (1984) and Seinfeld (1989). He died on 31 July 2023 in Holmdel, New Jersey, USA.

Remington Chase was a producer and actor, known for End of Watch (2012), The November Man (2014) and Broken City (2013). He died on 31 July 2023 in the United Kingdom.

Liliane Pierre-Paul was born on 16 June 1953 in Petit-Goave, Ouest, Leogane, Haiti. She was an actress, known for Moloch Tropical (2009). She was married to Anthony Barbier. She died on 31 July 2023 in Haiti.

Jon Ellison began his musical career at age nine as a boy soprano in the Parish Church choir in Whitchurch. As a baritone soloist he later won a prize at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod, prior to arriving at Technical College (where he studied building construction) and joining the Army. In the summer of 1953 he auditioned for the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in Birmingham, and was promptly accepted into the chorus, beginning his D'Oyly Carte career on September 1, 1953. He remained in the Carte chorus until December 1956, when he and his wife of one year, Joy Mornay, left the Company to work in Glasgow pantomime. They subsequently worked in television, eventually returning to London where he appeared in the Howard and Wyndham pantomimes at the London Palladium. In April 1958, Jon Ellison rejoined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company chorus, leaving in July 1966. He returned, however, in 1968, and continued playing small roles until 'George Cook' left in 1969, when he was promoted to some of the larger, minor roles. He left the D'Oyly Carte for the final time in 1979. His roles with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company included Cox in "Cox And Box", The Foreman, Judge and Usher in "Trial by Jury", The Notary in "The Sorcerer", both Bill and Bob in "HMS Pinafore" (he recorded Bill for Decca), Samuel in "The Pirates of Penzance", Bunthorne's Solicitor and Major Murgatroyd in "Patience", Scynthius in "Princess Ida", Go-To in "The Mikado", Old Adam Goodheart in "Ruddigore", both the 1st and 2nd Citizens in "The Yeomen of the Guard", Antonio and Annibale in "The Gondoliers", Tarara in "Utopia Limited" (also recorded for Decca), and Ben Hashbaz in "The Grand Duke" (also recorded for Decca). He also understudied many principal roles. His subsequent appearances include those with "Gilbert & Sullivan a la Carte" (including Wilfred Shadbolt in "The Yeomen of the Guard" at the Barbican) and various G&S concerts, "The Best of Broadway", "Evita", "Hello Dolly" (with Dora Bryan) at London's Dominion Theatre, and appearances in Gawsworth Hall's open air theatrical productions of "H.M.S. Pinafore" (as Bill Bobstay, 1992) and "Ruddigore" (as Old Adam, 1995). Jon has also run a violet farm with his wife since leaving the D'Oyly Carte, and has also appeared in some of the popular "Together Again" concerts. His many fans hope that one day he will publish his autobiography.

Charles Stiefel was born on 30 October 1950 in Catskills, New York, USA. Charles was a producer and executive, known for Super Troopers 2 (2018), The Orphan Dialogues and Warning (2021). Charles was married to Daneen. Charles died on 31 July 2023 in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.

María Fux was born on 2 January 1922 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress and producer, known for Down para arriba (2019), Génesis del Chaco (1965) and Dancing with Maria (2014). She died on 31 July 2023 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Daniela Mazzacane was born on 31 March 1964 in Bari, Apulia, Italy. She was an actress, known for La terra (2006). She died on 31 July 2023 in Bari, Apulia, Italy.

Carol Duvall was born on 10 January 1926 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. She was married to Carl Duvall. She died on 31 July 2023 in Traverse City, Michigan, USA.

Wes Nisker was born on 22 December 1942 in Norfolk, Nebraska, USA. He died on 31 July 2023 in Oakland, California, USA.

Tank was born on 9 January 1991. He was an actor, known for Tank & Booq: My Queen (2021), Booqie feat. Tank: OG Vibes (2021) and Tank feat. Booqie: Angels & Demons (2022). He died on 31 July 2023 in Malibu, California, USA.

Leonard Leff was born on 23 January 1942 in Houston, Texas, USA. He was married to Linda Ringer. He died on 31 July 2023 in Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA.

Vika Gril was born on 20 July 1924 in Preddvor, Slovenia, Yugoslavia. She was an actress, known for Moments of Decision (1955), Vest in plocevina (1974) and Dekameron (1971). She died on 31 July 2023.

Jim Larkin was born on 16 June 1949 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. He died on 31 July 2023 in Paradise Valley, Arizona, USA.