# Actress with the most onscreen deaths **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 17, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600 "2013-02-17T16:56:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/21 "2013-02-17T22:09:43Z")
Lillian Gish? Died in **Broken Blossoms, La Boheme, Duel in the Sun, A Wedding** and probably a few others. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/22 "2013-02-17T22:17:19Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Can you spoil us and tell us movies she dies in? > > Avatar > LOST > are the only ones I know of, but I’ve hardly seen her. Cracked reports these examples: [http://www.cracked.com/funny-6301-michelle-rodriguez/#ixzz2LCIIVzYh](http://www.cracked.com/funny-6301-michelle-rodriguez/#ixzz2LCIIVzYh) > [@](#): > > Michelle Rodriguez seems to always find a way to get herself killed. Since lists seem to be the way to do things around here, lets get on with it: > > LOST: She gets randomly shot. But it’s Lost, so that kinda stuff happens every other week. > > BLOODRAYNE: The only good thing about this movie is that they killed her, so I can have one more name on my list. And she doesn’t even get a good death here, it’s just kinda awkward. > > RESIDENT EVIL: A zombie bites her, and she spends the second half of the movie dying. > > RESIDENT EVIL: She comes back as a zombie, and they shoot her. Yes, they kill her twice in this movie. > > FAST AND FURIOUS: Oh hey, she actually survives in thi- > > FAST AND FURIOUS 4: Oh. right. > > AVATAR: She gets shot down after about 2 mins of fighting and firing 1 shot, probably more out of habit than anything else. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/23 "2013-02-17T22:45:01Z")
So we have six deaths each for Zhang Ziyi, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Michelle Rodriguez, assuming you count double deaths (Gellar in Buffy and Rodriguez in Resident Evil) or debatable deaths (Ziyi in Crouching Tiger and Hero). Can anyone come up with more movies that those three actresses died in or other actresses that have had seven or more on-screen deaths. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/24 "2013-02-17T22:48:36Z")
Jenette Goldstein, best known as Vasquez in _Aliens_. This list has 8 on screen and 1 offscreen death. [http://www.cinemorgue.com/jenettegoldstein.html](http://www.cinemorgue.com/jenettegoldstein.html) Eta: you can look up actresses by name on the main site > **[HOLYBET777: Agen Slot Gacor Slot88 dan Situs Judi Slot Online Terpercaya 2023](https://www.cinemorgue.com/)** > > HOLYBET777 adalah rekomendasi daftar 11 situs judi slot online terpercaya 2023 dan agen slot gacor hari ini yang menyediakan permainan judi online seperti live casino, judi bola, dan slot gacor ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/25 "2013-02-17T22:58:08Z")
> [@Wolf333](#): > > Jenette Goldstein, best known as Vasquez in _Aliens_. This list has 8 on screen and 1 offscreen death. > > [http://www.cinemorgue.com/jenettegoldstein.html](http://www.cinemorgue.com/jenettegoldstein.html) Titanic and Terminator were both off-screen, according to that site. That still leaves her with seven deaths though, so she’s in the lead. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/26 "2013-02-17T23:15:04Z")
> [@Wolf333](#): > > Eta: you can look up actresses by name on the main site > [http://www.cinemorgue.com/](http://www.cinemorgue.com/) All righty, then: Lucy Lawless: 11 deaths Xena, Warrior Princess: 4 episodes X-Files Boogeyman (offscreen) Battlestar Galactica: 3 episodes Burn Notice Angel of Death Spartacus ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/27 "2013-02-17T23:27:52Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Titanic and Terminator were both off-screen, according to that site. That still leaves her with seven deaths though, so she’s in the lead. Now that you mention it, her death in _Aliens_ was also off-screen. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/28 "2013-02-17T23:53:44Z")
> [@Wolf333](#): > > Now that you mention it, her death in _Aliens_ was also off-screen. IIRC, she pulls a grenade pin and we see the explosion. I think that counts as essentially on-screen. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/29 "2013-02-18T00:17:29Z")
[Liz Smith](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Smith_%28actress%29) ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/30 "2013-02-18T01:01:52Z")
Relevent TV Tropes link: [Chronically Killed Actor.](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ChronicallyKilledActor) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/31 "2013-02-18T01:10:27Z")
Meryl Streep. A noteworthy[11 times](http://www.cinemorgue.com/merylstreep.html), although eight of them are off-screen. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/32 "2013-02-18T01:20:26Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Titanic and Terminator were both off-screen, according to that site. That still leaves her with seven deaths though, so she’s in the lead. Wasn’t she dead and impaled on T1000’s metal finger on screen? Or was that a different character? ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/33 "2013-02-18T01:20:29Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > All righty, then: > > Lucy Lawless: 11 deaths > > … Battlestar Galactica: 3 episodes … from what i can tell on this page - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon\_Valerii#Sharon\_.22Boomer.22\_Valerii](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Valerii#Sharon_.22Boomer.22_Valerii), Grace Park dies at least about 10ish times onscreen for Battlestar Galactica alone, so the actual number may be more, not including other shows. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/34 "2013-02-18T01:22:49Z")
[Sigourney Weaver](http://www.cinemorgue.com/sigourneyweaver.html) has 9 onscreen, 1 dream sequence and a Saturday Night Live sketch. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/35 "2013-02-18T01:31:36Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Wasn’t she dead and impaled on T1000’s metal finger on screen? Or was that a different character? No, she did the sword-arm impaling on Xander Berkeley, and Robert Patrick did the pointy-finger into Sarah Connor’s shoulder. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/36 "2013-02-18T01:41:39Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > No, she did the sword-arm impaling on Xander Berkeley, and Robert Patrick did the pointy-finger into Sarah Connor’s shoulder. Oh right that’s why I was confused. She was the T1000 at that time. ---
**Author:** ![irritant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@irritant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irritant)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/37 "2013-02-18T01:58:33Z")
Aren’t there a dozen clones of Ripley in **Alien Resurrection** , and don’t they all die? Would that count as multiple deaths? ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/38 "2013-02-18T02:18:34Z")
Yeah, when you start getting into resurrections, cloning, time travel, etc. it kind of changes the game. Hell, Michelle Rodriguez has been killed 4 times in the _Resident Evil_ series alone. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/39 "2013-02-18T02:57:57Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > No, she did the sword-arm impaling on Xander Berkeley, and Robert Patrick did the pointy-finger into Sarah Connor’s shoulder. Off topic, but Xander Bereley has 19! One of which was after a fight with… Dabney Coleman. Who loses a fight with Dabney Coleman? Xander Berkely, that’s who. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/40 "2013-02-18T02:59:21Z")
> [@shijinn](#): > > so i was thinking of how having Sean Bean in a movie is almost like an automatic spoiler and i easily found lists of actors who have died onscreen. however, i couldn’t find any such list for actresses. do women simply die less often onscreen? or is it the relative lack of female villians? anyway, which actress holds the most number of deaths onscreen? Sean Bean is the only female on [this list](http://blog.moviefone.com/2010/12/27/which-actors-have-died-the-most-in-movies/). Ironically, while Bruce Willis comes in at No. 2 (Robert De Niro is in first place), he does not die in any of the _Die Hard_ films. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600.md?page=3)