Ellen Barkin (1954 - )
Film Deaths[]
- Tender Mercies (1983) [Sue Anne]: Killed off-screen in a car accident. We only see a scene of her father, Robert Duvall, recieving the news; he then returns home to attend her funeral (closed-coffin, her body is not shown).
- Terminal Choice (Critical List; Death Bed; Trauma) (1985) [Dr. Mary O'Connor]: Suffocated when David McCallum tampers with the hospital computers to turn off her respirator. Her body is shown again later on when Joe Spano visits the morgue.
- Siesta (1987) [Claire]: Stabbed repeatedly by Isabella Rossellini after Isabella catches her in bed with Gabriel Byrne.
- Johnny Handsome (1989) [Sunny Boyd]: Shot in the chest and stomach in a shoot-out with Mickey Rourke in an alley.
- Switch (1991) [Amanda Brooks]: Dies of childbirth in the hospital, with Jimmy Smits by her side.
- Bad Company (1995) [Margaret Wells]: Shot in the lower chest by Laurence Fishburne during a shoot-out in Laurence's apartment.
- Operation: Endgame (2010) [Empress]: Drowns/chokes to death when Odette Yustman forces a water-cooler bottle in her mouth.
- Breaking News in Yuba County (2021) [Debbie]: Killed by Clifton Collins Jr. after Ellen kills Awkwafina.
- The Man from Toronto (2022) [The Handler]: Falls into a vat of boiling water when Kevin Hart hits a lever that causes the catwalk to open.
Television Deaths[]
- Animal Kingdom: Ghosts (2019) [Smurf]: Shot in the head by her grandson Finn Cole.
- Poker Face: Exit Stage Death (2023) [Kathleen Townsend]: Presumably commits suicide by jumping in the trap door under the stage at the end of the episode. The episode then fades to black before we are told.
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Notable Connections[]
- Ex-Mrs. Gabriel Byrne