List of Famous people who died at 81

Anastasia Ivanovna Filatova was the Russian wife of the Mongolian leader Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal. Keeping a low profile in the 1950s and the 1960s, Filatova aspired to a political role of her own in her later years.

Joseph Edward Levine was an American film producer. At the time of his death it was said he was involved in 497 films as a producer, distributor or financier. Levine was responsible for the US releases of Godzilla, King of the Monsters!; Attila; and Hercules, which helped revolutionize US film marketing. Other films produced included Two Women, Contempt, The 10th Victim, Marriage Italian Style, The Lion in Winter, The Producers, The Graduate, The Night Porter, A Bridge Too Far and Carnal Knowledge.

Jack La Rue was an American film and stage actor.

James Nelson Harrell, also known as James N. Harrell, was an American actor.

Jacqueline Medura Logan was an American actress and silent film star. Logan was a WAMPAS Baby Star of 1922.