Marianne Faithfull obituary Singer who found pop fame and tabloid infamy in the 60s but returned to music in the 70s with Broken English, a statement of bloody-minded survival
Phyllis Dalton obituary Costume designer who won Oscars for her work on the film epic Doctor Zhivago and for Kenneth Branagh’s 1989 Henry V
Bertrand Blier obituary Director of Get Out Your Handkerchiefs and Trop Belle Pour Toi! who saw his role as ‘attacking society: hard, repeatedly and below the belt’
Jeannot Szwarc obituary Director whose big screen credits include Jaws 2, Supergirl and Santa Claus: The Movie allongside a 50-year career in television
Dame Joan Plowright obituary Stage and screen star who was part of a radical generation of actors responsible for establishing the National Theatre
Jeff Baena obituary Director of enjoyably twisted films including Life After Beth, The Little Hours and Spin Me Round
David Lynch obituary US director whose wildly unconventional films burrowed into the unsavoury depths of his nation’s psyche
Tony Slattery obituary Comedian and actor who found television fame in the 1980s on Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Linda Lavin obituary Broadway actor who became a television star in the sitcom Alice as a single mother working as a waitress in a diner
Roger Pratt obituary Oscar-nominated cinematographer who helped create the look of Tim Burton’s Batman and Terry Gilliam’s Brazil, as well as two Harry Potter films
Malcolm Le Grice obituary Explorer of the properties of film whose work was seen on Channel 4 and taken up by Tate Modern
Jackie Briggs obituary Other lives: Advocate for parents of LGBTQ+ children, passionate community volunteer and actor
Philippe Carden obituary Other lives: Accountant who was passionate about theatre and combined this with a talent for making personal tax less daunting
Charles Shyer obituary Film director and producer whose hit comedies, co-written with his second wife Nancy Meyers, drew on their relationship
Shyam Benegal obituary Pioneering director with a vital role in India’s ‘parallel cinema’ movement who used his films to explore difficult issues