 SPOILER: Chandra West (qv) and Deborah Kara Unger (qv) were both  in _Salton Sea, The (2002)_ (qv) and _White Noise (2005)_ (qv). In  both films West plays the spouse of the protagonist, and in both  films she dies. The protagonist then goes on a search to find out  what happened to her, where he meets the character played by Unger,  and befriends her.