Barry Dransfield obituary

Other lives: Accomplished fiddle player whose folk recordings of the early 1970s are still much sought after

Sam Neill obituary

Versatile character actor who gained international star status with standout performances in Jurassic Park and The Piano

Actor who played Jill Archer for 68 years on the long-running BBC radio soap opera The Archers

Actor who made her name in the TV series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and worked with Woody Allen on several of his early films

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

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