# 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:** 3
**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, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/41 "2013-02-18T03:17:52Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > **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. (Bolding mine) Well, now I’m confused. ---
**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, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/42 "2013-02-18T03:31:14Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Sean Bean is the only female on [this list](http://blog.moviefone.com/2010/12/27/which-actors-have-died-the-most-in-movies/). > [@Wolf333](#): > > (Bolding mine) > > Well, now I’m confused. D’oh! :smack: I don’t blame you. I had a brain fart and confused him with Sean Young. (Hey, I’m old. :() Meanwhile, I’ve seen Agnes Moorehead mentioned as dying a lot in films. ---
**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, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/43 "2013-02-18T03:38:43Z")
NM ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/44 "2013-02-18T04:14:42Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Alien[sup]3[/sup] > Alien Resurrection > Avatar > Gorillas in the Mist > The Cabin in the Woods > > possibly more Paul ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/45 "2013-02-18T21:39:15Z")
**Hilary Swank**? She is the queen of Oscar-bait tragic deaths. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/46 "2013-02-19T04:04:34Z")
the current lead is Lucy Lawless. compare this to John Hurt, who has apparently died in 40 movies, or Sean Bean in 20 movies. that is number of movies, folks, not specific deaths. [http://www.imdb.com/list/50ND9mHEZTQ/](http://www.imdb.com/list/50ND9mHEZTQ/) > [@Ethilrist](#): > > 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:** ![DxZero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DxZero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DxZero)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/47 "2013-02-19T04:13:58Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > **Hilary Swank**? She is the queen of Oscar-bait tragic deaths. I got \*\*Boys Don’t Cry \*\*, **Million Dollar Baby and Amelia.**. And I just realized I don’t know that I ever actually seen a Hillary Swank movie so I can’t comment on any other possibilities. Hmm, how do you like that? I learned something today. Strike that. I saw\*\* Insomnia\*\*. Think she makes it through that one alive. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/48 "2013-02-19T16:48:04Z")
> [@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. Resident Evil 4 Fast 4 Furious But she comes back in those ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/49 "2013-02-19T16:55:52Z")
> [@Wolf333](#): > > Jenette Goldstein, best known as Vasquez in _Aliens_. This list has 8 on screen and 1 offscreen death. IMDB is right. I litterally did not recongize Vasquez as the same actress from The Presidio, Lethal Weapon 2, T2, or Titanic although I remember those characters. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/50 "2013-02-19T17:36:17Z")
> [@I\_Made\_French\_Toast\_For\_You](#): > > Sarah Michelle Gellar dies: > > (snip) > > 1x, brutally, in Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. > > I may have made that last one up. I believe the death you’re referencing was her career. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/51 "2013-02-19T18:41:12Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > How about Jamie Lee Curtis, from her ‘Scream Queen’ days? Curtis always played the [Final Girl](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_girl) in the slasher flicks. Therefore her onscreen death-count is quite low. Just came into mention Bette Davis: Of Human Bondage - dies of tuberculosis Dark Victory - succumbs to a brain tumor Jezebel - debatable. She is still alive at the final fadeout, but on her way to a “typhoid colony” where she will certainly die. the Letter - stabbed to death by Gale Sondergaard. Burnt Offerings - forget exactly how, but I know she buys the farm (everyone does in that flick.) Death on the Nile - Shot to death (just seconds before she was to reveal whom she eyewitnessed leaving the scene of a previous murder.) That’s six that I know of, there are probably more. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/52 "2013-02-19T18:48:58Z")
can’t believe it! I came to mention Bette Davis & I see Don Draper beat me to it! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/53 "2013-02-19T19:58:46Z")
I think the most likely actress would be someone who had a VERY long career, and who worked steadily in the Golden Age of Hollywood. The more roles an actress has, the more times she’ll die on screen. How many movies did Bette Davis die in? I’d nominate her, just because she had so MANY movies. She definitely died in _ **Of Human Bondage** _ She PROBABLY dies at the end of _ **Dark Victory** _ Any others? ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/54 "2013-02-19T22:51:32Z")
Lucy Liu? **Love Kills** , **Kill Bill Vol 1** , **The Man With The Iron Fists**. So that’s three… …plus the several **hundred** Lucy Liubots from **Futurama**. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/55 "2013-02-19T23:06:26Z")
It’s gotta be someone like [Linnea Quigley](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001643/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1), who has played roles such as “Teen #3” in a ridiculous number of cheap slasher movies. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/56 "2013-02-20T03:51:46Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > It’s gotta be someone like [Linnea Quigley](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001643/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1), who has played roles such as “Teen #3” in a ridiculous number of cheap slasher movies. [http://www.cinemorgue.com/linneaquigley.html](http://www.cinemorgue.com/linneaquigley.html) let’s see. i count 11 onscreen deaths, 1 offscreen and 1 zombie death. that’s a total of 12 onscreen deaths. no clones, no time travel. ---
**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 20, 2013, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/57 "2013-02-20T05:07:53Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > Lucy Liu? **Love Kills** , **Kill Bill Vol 1** , **The Man With The Iron Fists**. > > So that’s three… > …plus the several **hundred** Lucy Liubots from **Futurama**. 🙂 Oh, yeah? What about nuking the hangar bay full of naked Grace Park’s in Battlestar Galactica? :dubious: Okay, that was off-screen, but still… ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/58 "2013-02-20T21:59:18Z")
> [@I\_Made\_French\_Toast\_For\_You](#): > > Sarah Michelle Gellar dies: > 1x, brutally, in Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. And it would have worked too, if it hadn’t been for those damn meddling casting directors!! ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/59 "2013-02-21T01:58:45Z")
For Charlize Theron, you have: Snow White and the Huntsman Prometheus The Road Æon Flux Sweet November Reindeer Games The Devils Advocate 2 Days in the Valley Maybe a few others. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-with-the-most-onscreen-deaths/650600/60 "2013-02-21T02:19:53Z")
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