Chita Rivera obituary

American actor, singer and dancer who found fame as Anita in the stage musical West Side Story

Tom Priestley obituary

Film editor who was nominated for an Oscar for Deliverance and sought to promote his father JB Priestley’s writing

Norman Jewison obituary

Director best known for In the Heat of the Night, who saw film not only as entertainment but as a vehicle to confront racism and other socio-political issues

Norma Barzman obituary

American screenwriter during the golden age of Hollywood who was blacklisted during the ‘red scare’

David Kernan obituary

Musical actor renowned for devising and performing Side By Side By Sondheim who was a regular on That Was the Week That Was

Roy Battersby obituary

Radical TV director known for Leeds – United!, a 1974 Play for Today, and his later work on Between the Lines and Cracker

Georgina Hale obituary

Character actor known for a host of TV roles and for her award-winning work in the films of Ken Russell

Glynis Johns obituary

Stage and screen actor best known for her role as Winifred Banks in Disney’s Mary Poppins

Henry Sandon obituary

One of Britain’s leading porcelain experts who was a favourite with viewers on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow

David Leland obituary

British director and screenwriter who enjoyed huge success with his 1987 hit film Wish You Were Here

John Pilger obituary

Campaigning journalist, film-maker, author and fervent critic of US and British foreign policy

Tom Wilkinson obituary

Versatile stage and screen actor who won a Bafta for his role as Gerald in the hit 1997 film The Full Monty

Kitty Cooper obituary

Other lives: Leading figure in Contemporary Films, a London-based distribution company that championed arthouse movies

Mark Shelmerdine obituary

TV and film producer who started in business with rights to the Poldark and I, Claudius novels acquired by Alexander Korda