Badruddin Jamaluddin Qazi, aka Johnny Walker, who has died aged 79, was the premier comedian of Hindi cinema's golden age, appearing in more than 300 films.
Katharine Hepburn, 96, an actress of breathtaking talent and unsurpassed durability who in a career that spanned more than five decades became one of the most acclaimed figures in American theater and a popular legend to millions of moviegoers, died last Sunday at her home in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.
Faynia Williams writes: I had the privilege to direct the 16-year-old Katrin Cartlidge (obituary, September 9) in her first professional appearance on stage, at Brighton Actors' Workshop.