List of Famous people who died in 1980

Lyubov Ivanovna Dobrzhanskaya was a Soviet singer and actress of theater and cinema. She won the Stalin Prize II degree in 1951 and the People's Artist of the USSR Award in 1965. She is best known for her roles in films Beware of the Car and The Irony of Fate.

Barbara Ann Loden was an American actress and director of film and theater. Richard Brody of The New Yorker described Loden as the "female counterpart to John Cassavetes".

Joël Le Theule was a French politician.

Simonne Mathieu was a female tennis player from France, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine who was active in the 1930s. Her first name is spelled "Simone" in many sources.

Farrokhroo Parsa was an Iranian physician, educator and parliamentarian.

Hélio Oiticica was a Brazilian visual artist, sculptor, painter, performance artist, and theorist, best known for his participation in the Neo-Concrete Movement, for his innovative use of color, and for what he later termed "environmental art", which included Parangolés and Penetrables, like the famous Tropicália. Oiticica was also a filmmaker and writer.

Lil Dagover was a German actress whose career spanned between 1913 and 1979. She was one of the most popular and recognized film actresses in the Weimar Republic.

Gower Carlyle Champion was an American actor, theatre director, choreographer, and dancer.

José Iturbi Báguena was a Spanish conductor, pianist and harpsichordist. He appeared in several Hollywood films of the 1940s, notably playing himself in the musicals Thousands Cheer (1943), Music for Millions (1944), Anchors Aweigh (1945), That Midnight Kiss (1949), and Three Daring Daughters (1948), his only leading role.

Dolly Rudeman was a Dutch graphic designer who produced posters for some of the most famous directors and film stars of her day, including Sergei Eisenstein, Charlie Chaplin, and Greta Garbo.