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Theatre and other Performing Arts 1996

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o David Sinclair (19 May 1934 - 31 Dec 1996)
Actor
o Derek Prouse (10 Jul 1922 - 25 Dec 1996)
Writer, actor and film festival director
o Ronald Howard (7 Apr 1918 - 19 Dec 1996)
Actor
o Francesco Siciliani (3 Mar 1911 - 17 Dec 1996)
Opera administrator
o Cao Yu (24 Sep 1910 - 13 Dec 1996)
Dramatist
o Cao Yu (24 Sep 1910 - 13 Dec 1996)
Dramatist
o William George Rushton (18 Aug 1937 - 11 Dec 1996)
Actor, author and cartoonist
o Euphemia MacDonald (May Moxon) (9 Oct 1905 - 26 Nov 1996)
Dance producer
o Michael Bentine (26 Jan 1922 - 26 Nov 1996)
Comedian
o Maria Cas arès (21 Nov 1922 - 22 Nov 1996)
Actress
o Virginia Downing (7 Mar 1904 - 21 Nov 1996)
Actress
o George Byatt (30 Apr 1923 - 16 Nov 1996)
Playwright
o Jack Popplewell (22 Mar 1909 - 16 Nov 1996)
Composer and playwright
o Paula Hinton (1 Jun 1924 - 5 Nov 1996)
Dancer
o Michael Burchill (13 Apr 1931 - 3 Nov 1996)
Actor
o Jack Tinker (15 Feb 1938 - 28 Oct 1996)
Drama critic
o John Gregory (15 Apr 1914 - 27 Oct 1996)
Dancer
o Belinda Quirey (14 Apr 1912 - 27 Oct 1996)
Dance historian and teacher
o Eugène Polyakov (27 Apr 1943 - 25 Oct 1996)
Dancer
o Beryl Reid (17 Jun 1920 - 13 Oct 1996)
Actress
o Peter Aldersley (4 May 1924 - 10 Oct 1996)
Actor and disc jockey
o Sybil Marion Rosenfeld (20 Jan 1903 - 2 Oct 1996)
Theatre historian
o Leslie Crowther (6 Feb 1933 - 29 Sep 1996)
Entertainer
o Ludmilla Chiraeff (10 Jan 1924 - 22 Sep 1996)
Ballet dancer
o Paul Draper (1909 - 20 Sep 1996)
Dancer
o Gene Nelson (24 Mar 1920 - 16 Sep 1996)
Actor and dancer
o Juliet Prowse (25 Sep 1934 - 14 Sep 1996)
Actress and dancer
o Jane Baxter (9 Sep 1909 - 13 Sep 1996)
Actress
o Louise Brown (5 Oct 1906 - 30 Aug 1996)
Dancer and teacher
o W. Gordon Smith (13 Dec 1928 - 13 Aug 1996)
Playwright
o Frank Ulrich Marcus (30 Jun 1928 - 5 Aug 1996)
Playwright and critic
o Howard Vernon (1914 - 24 Jul 1996)
Actor
o Aliki Vouyouklaki (20 Jul 1933 - 23 Jul 1996)
Actress
o Jean Muir (fullarton) (13 Feb 1911 - 23 Jul 1996)
Actress
o Wolf Morris (5 Jan 1925 - 21 Jul 1996)
Actor
o Chris Komar (30 Oct 1947 - 17 Jul 1996)
Dancer
o Dana Hill Goetz (6 May 1964 - 15 Jul 1996)
Actress
o Joyce Buck (17 Apr 1925 - 13 Jul 1996)
Actress and interior designer
o Christopher Casson (20 Jan 1912 - 9 Jul 1996)
Actor
o Alfred Marks (28 Jan 1921 - 1 Jul 1996)
Actor
o Steve Tesich (29 Sep 1942 - 1 Jul 1996)
Screenwriter and playwright
o Piers Gray (26 May 1947 - 28 Jun 1996)
Critic and writer
o Nicholas John (18 Aug 1952 - 25 Jun 1996)
Dramaturge
o Alan Ande Anderson (18 Sep 1917 - 19 Jun 1996)
Opera director
o Ilona Ference (10 Oct 1917 - 12 Jun 1996)
Actress
o Ulysses Dove (17 Jan 1947 - 11 Jun 1996)
Dancer and choreographer
o Lonne Elder (1926 - 11 Jun 1996)
Playwright and screenwriter
o Jo Van Fleet (30 Dec 1919 - 10 Jun 1996)
Actress
o Percy Edwards (1 Jun 1908 - 8 Jun 1996)
Animal imitator
o Barry Linehan (23 Sep 1925 - 8 Jun 1996)
Actor
o Peter Glenville (28 Oct 1913 - 3 Jun 1996)
Actor, stage and screen director
o Colin Morris (4 Feb 1916 - 31 May 1996)
Playwright and documentary filmmaker
o Jeremy Sinden (14 Jun 1950 - 29 May 1996)
Actor
o Tamara Toumanova (2 Mar 1919 - 29 May 1996)
Dancer
o Patrick Cargill (3 Jun 1918 - 23 May 1996)
Actor
o Dorothy Hyson (24 Dec 1914 - 23 May 1996)
Actress
o Jack Wyngaard (7 Nov 1958 - 20 May 1996)
Dancer
o Eric Davidson (19 May 1931 - 20 May 1996)
Comedy scriptwriter
o Margaret Rawlings (5 Jun 1906 - 19 May 1996)
Actress
o David Opatoshu (30 Jan 1918 - 30 Apr 1996)
Actor
o Joan Sterndale Bennett (5 Mar 1910 - 27 Apr 1996)
Actress and musical comedy star
o Preston Lockwood (30 Oct 1912 - 24 Apr 1996)
Actor
o Lucille Bremer (21 Feb 1923 - 16 Apr 1996)
Dancer and actress
o Charles DOnald Adams (20 Dec 1928 - 8 Apr 1996)
Singer
o Ian Spurling (18 Jun 1936 - 7 Apr 1996)
Ballet designer
o David Keylsey (16 Jun 1932 - 4 Apr 1996)
Actor and director
o Joy Newton (May 1913 - 4 Apr 1996)
Dancer
o Andrew Gordon Speedie-Pask (28 Jun 1928 - 29 Mar 1996)
Cybernetician, stage producer and lyricist
o George Burns (Nathan Birnbaum) (20 Jan 1896 - 9 Mar 1996)
Comedian
o Paul Lewis Harrhy (6 Sep 1957 - 8 Mar 1996)
Opera singer and actor
o Simon Cadell (19 Jul 1950 - 6 Mar 1996)
Actor
o Françla;ois Chaumette (8 Sep 1923 - 27 Feb 1996)
Actor
o Brenda Bruce (7 Jul 191 - 19 Feb 1996)
Actress
o Nicholas Beriozoff (16 May 1906 - 18 Feb 1996)
Ballet master
o Elsie Evelyn Laye (10 Jul 1900 - 17 Feb 1996)
Actress and singer
o Margaret Courtenay (14 Nov 1923 - 15 Feb 1996)
Actress
o Gerald Savory (17 Nov 1909 - 9 Feb 1996)
Actor, playwright and television producer
o Rosemary tSay (30 Mar 1919 - 6 Feb 1996)
Drama critic and SOE operator
o Antonio Ruiz Soler (4 Nov 1921 - 5 Feb 1996)
Spanish dancer
o John patrick Sutton Ludlow (24 Mar 1903 - 27 Jan 1996)
Actor
o Ruth Berghaus (2 Jul 1927 - 25 Jan 1996)
Choreographer and director
o Denise Grey (Edouardine Verthuy) (17 Sep 1896 - 13 Jan 1996)
Actress
o Lincoln Kirstein (4 may 1907 - 5 Jan 1996)
Ballet administrator


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