Albert Ruddy obituary Canadian-American producer who won Oscars for the hit film classics The Godfather and Million Dollar Baby
Jeannette Charles obituary The Queen’s most famous lookalike, who enjoyed a long career in film and television thanks to their uncanny resemblance
Janis Paige obituary Hollywood actor and singer who created the role of ‘Babe’ Williams in the Broadway musical The Pajama Game
Morgan Spurlock obituary American film-maker best known for his acclaimed 2004 documentary Super Size Me
David Naden obituary Other lives: Bafta award-winning film editor who worked on documentaries, drama and features
Richard Sherman obituary Co-writer with his brother of some of the great film musical songs including classics for Mary Poppins and The Jungle Book
Dabney Coleman obituary Prolific actor who, in 1980s films such as 9 to 5 and Tootsie, came to define the misogynistic archetype of a generation
David Sanborn obituary American alto saxophonist who played with many of the jazz greats and collaborated with David Bowie and Stevie Wonder
Margaret Williams obituary Director who brought contemporary dance to mainstream British TV audiences with films such as Outside In and Veterans
Roger Corman obituary American film director and producer who liked to describe himself as the ‘Orson Welles of the Z movie’
Bernard Hill obituary Versatile actor whose role as Yosser Hughes in the BBC’s 1982 series Boys from the Blackstuff made him a television star
Alex Hooper obituary Other lives: Film-maker, curator and archaeologist with an expertise in Palaeolithic cave art
Laurent Cantet obituary French film director who won the Palme D’Or at the Cannes film festival with his improvisatory education drama The Class
Dickey Betts obituary Guitarist, singer and founding member of the Allman Brothers Band best known for writing their 1973 hit Ramblin’ Man
Eleanor Coppola obituary Chronicler of the making of her husband’s Apocalypse Now whose footage and recordings were the basis for a documentary and book