Deaths
- January 16 - Carole Lombard, American actress (born 1908)
- January 31 - Rolf Wenkhaus, German actor (born 1917)
- April 10 - Carl Schenstrøm, Danish actor (born 1881)
- May 29 - John Barrymore, American actor (born 1882)
- August 18 - Rafaela Ottiano, Italian-born American actress (born 1888)
- October 20 - May Robson, Australian-born American stage & film actress (born 1858)
- October 22 - Olga Svendsen, Danish actress (born 1883)
- November 5 - George M. Cohan, American actor, songwriter, entertainer (born 1878)
- November 9 - Edna May Oliver, American stage & film actress (born 1883)
- November 12 - Laura Hope Crews, American stage & screen actress (born 1879)
- December 12 - Helen Westley, American stage & screen actress (born 1875)
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