The five-time Oscar nominee scored films for Richard Attenborough, Ken Loach and Nora Ephron, and wrote the music millions of people hear when they picture the natural world: Blue Planet and Planet Earth.
The model turned actress played the Omega sorority girl in the 1978 comedy and went on to a career in horror films and TV guest roles before turning to horses.
The Oviedo-born novelist and filmmaker began as a sports writer called Martín Girard, directed more than 20 features and received an honorary Goya eight months before his death.
The BBC consumer champion turned a 1986 television segment on child abuse into Childline, then spent her final years campaigning to change the law on assisted dying.
She played Joan Crawford's ruthless daughter Veda, broke her back months later, and recovered to star in MGM musicals before leaving films at 30.
