Uncle Jack Charles: the ‘lost boy’ who found his way through storytelling
Obituary: Aboriginal actor and activist overcame abuse and incarceration to become one of the nation’s most respected and cherished Elders
Alain Tanner obituary
Swiss new wave film director whose work focused on characters alienated from mainstream society
Marsha Hunt obituary
American actor and activist whose most notable role was in the 1944 film None Shall Escape
Sybil Mitchell obituary
Other lives: Actor who built a successful career and twice played the role made famous by her aunt Sybil Thorndike
Pauline Stroud obituary
Other lives: Actor who started in film and ended as an extra in opera and ballet productions in Covent Garden
Leon Vitali obituary
British actor who went on to work for the film director Stanley Kubrick as an assistant, casting adviser and ‘sort of gatekeeper’
Keith Reader obituary
Other lives: Professor of French studies who wrote widely on French cinema and cultural theory
Hanae Mori obituary
Japanese fashion designer who married the worlds of east and west in her groundbreaking and elegant clothes
Wolfgang Petersen obituary
Versatile and ingenious director whose films included Das Boot and The NeverEnding Story
Duggie Brown obituary
Standup comic who made his name on TV in The Comedians and whose second career as an actor started in Ken Loach’s Kes
Mamoun Hassan obituary
Director and producer who supported the making of classic British films including Gregory’s Girl, Babylon and When the Wind Blows
Nicholas Evans obituary
Author of The Horse Whisperer, the 1995 book that was turned into a popular film, starring and directed by Robert Redford
Anne Heche obituary
Film, TV and Broadway star whose award-winning acting career was overshadowed by a life steeped in controversy
Dame Olivia Newton-John obituary
Singer and actor with a girl-next-door reputation whose career rocketed after her starring role as Sandy in Grease
Olivia Newton-John was that rare thing: a wonderfully unselfconscious star
After soaring to fame in Grease, Newton-John – who has died aged 73 – became the queen of the movie soundtrack album, and her roles in oddball hits Xanadu and A Mom for Christmas meant audiences never stopped loving her