Sylvia Miles obituary

Oscar-nominated stage and screen actor best known for her roles in Midnight Cowboy and Farewell, My Lovely

Franco Zeffirelli obituary

Celebrated director of stage and screen who created lavish opera productions and brought new audiences to Shakespeare with his 1968 film version of Romeo and Juliet

Peter Whitehead obituary

One of Britain’s most provocative film-makers whose work documented the counterculture of the 1960s

Machiko Kyo obituary

Actor who played the wife of a samurai warrior in Rashomon, one of the great classics of Japanese cinema

Herman Wouk obituary

Author of The Caine Mutiny and The Winds of War who championed traditional Jewish values and American patriotism

Doris Day obituary

Actor and singer whose wholesome image made her one of Hollywood’s top box-office stars of the 1950s and 60s

Peggy Lipton obituary

Actor who won a Golden Globe for The Mod Squad and starred in David Lynch’s TV drama Twin Peaks

Mark Medoff obituary

Playwright best known for Children of a Lesser God, which was turned into a 1986 hit film

Warren Adler obituary

Prolific writer whose novel The War of the Roses was turned into a hit film starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner

John Singleton obituary

Oscar-nominated film director whose powerful debut, Boyz N the Hood, depicted life on the streets of South Central Los Angeles

John McEnery obituary

Intuitive actor with a magnetic stage presence and a voice that could rasp like sandpaper