Ian Kennedy Martin obituary

TV writer who created the 1970s police drama The Sweeney and later worked on Juliet Bravo and The Chinese Detective

Ann Blyth obituary

Oscar-nominated Hollywood actress who starred alongside Joan Crawford in the 1945 noir melodrama Mildred Pierce

Character actor whose decades-long career encompassed the National Theatre, war films and Coronation Street

Last of the Beverley Sisters, the singing trio who found fame in the 1950s with hits such as I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus and Little Donkey

South African jazz pianist, composer and improviser who cast a spell on audiences all over the world

Other lives: Film editor who won a Bafta for his work on Shakespeare in Love

Singer of 70s and 80s hits including Tonight, I Celebrate My Love who broke through to a huge new audience with duets for Disney films

French-Iranian artist, writer and director best known for her graphic novel Persepolis that was later turned into a film

Stage and screen actor best known for playing Rupert Giles in the US television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Film editor who won an Oscar for her work on Star Wars, which she nevertheless referred to as ‘a kids’ movie’

Lead vocalist of Dr Hook, the group that had a US and UK Top 10 hit with Sylvia’s Mother in 1972

Actor who found fame with the stage and screen versions of The World of Suzie Wong and became a regular on TV

Distinguished classical actor and co-founder of the English Shakespeare Company who brought sardonic dash and physical grace to his many stage roles

One of the great innovators of television who founded CNN, the first 24-hour cable news channel, and built a vast media empire

Versatile French actor best known for her film roles in Catch Me If You Can, Every Man for Himself and Downton Abbey