List of Famous people who died in 1985

Dermot J. Ryan was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland from 1972 until 1984.

Hugh Archibald Nairn Burden was an English actor and playwright.

Charles LeMaire was an American costume designer. He was born in Chicago.

Joseph C. Wright was an American art director. He won 2 Academy Awards and was nominated for 10 more in the category Best Art Direction. He worked on 86 films between 1923 and 1969. He was born in Chicago, Illinois and died in Oceanside, California.

Rodolfo Lombardi (1908–1985) was an Italian cinematographer.

Dinara Kuldashevna Asanova was born in Bishkek Kyrgyzstan on 24 October 1942. She was a Kyrgyzstani-Soviet film director and one of the most notable and acclaimed female filmmakers of the late Soviet Union. She is best known for her films Woodpeckers Don't Get Headaches (1975) and Tough Kids or Boys (Patsany) (1983). Although she was not very well known in the West, Asanova was popular in the USSR. Her career spans over 25 years, ending with her death at the age of 42 due to a heart ailment. She died on 4 April 1985 in Murmansk, Soviet Union. Between the years 1969 and 1984, Asanova made ten films. Her films often dealt with the subject of troubled adolescence and incorporated critiques on Soviet society. Asanova rarely had problems with the censors despite the fact that her films featured such themes.

Rafael Ramos was a Spanish racing cyclist. He rode in the 1937 Tour de France.

George Memmoli was an American actor. Memmoli was a friend and frequent collaborator of director Martin Scorsese, appearing in Mean Streets as a pool hall owner (1973) and New York, New York (1977), and contributing to a documentary focused on a mutual friend of Scorsese's and Memmoli's, American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (1978). He is also known for his portrayal of the engineer Earl during the first season of the sitcom Hello, Larry, and was a founding member of the improv comedy troupe Ace Trucking Company.

Mario Petri was an Italian operatic bass-baritone particularly associated with Mozart and Rossini roles.