Month: June 2013

Charlotte Berthier

(1858-?) Anne Marie Hagen, called Charlotte Berthier Charlotte Berthier in Art: Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Le Pont de l’Europe 1876 Musée du Petit Palais, Genève     Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Portrait de Madame Anne-Marie Hagen 1879 Private collection     Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919)…

Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)

Founded: 1906 Address: 1712 S Glendale Ave, Glendale, CA 91205, United States Website: https://forestlawn.com/ Museum: • Forest Lawn Museum: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA 91205, United States Burials: • Allyson, June (1917-2006) • Barty, Billy (1924-2000) • Bogart, Humphrey (1899-1957) • Corby,…

Richard Burton: Quotations

Richard Burton (1925-1984) “The only thing in life is language. Not love. Not anything else.” “Richard Burton is now my epitaph, my cross, my title, my image. I have achieved a kind of diabolical fame. It has nothing to do…

Céligny (Switzerland)

Le Pays de Galles, Richard Burton‘s villa in Céligny. Richard Burton‘s grave in the old cemetery. Deaths: • Burton, Richard (1925-1984) See also: • Cities | Switzerland

Marilyn Monroe: Quotations

Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) “I’m a failure as a woman. My men expect so much of me, because of the image they’ve made of me -and that I’ve made of myself- as a sex symbol. They expect bells to ring and…

Marilyn Monroe

(1926–1962) Norma Jeane Mortenson Filmography as Actress: All About Eve 1950 Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Starring: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter     Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 Director: Howard Hawks Starring: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe     The Prince and the Showgirl 1957 Director: Laurence Olivier Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Laurence…

Laurence Olivier: Quotations

Laurence Olivier (1907-1989) “I’d like people to remember me for a diligent expert workman. I think a poet is a workman. I think Shakespeare was a workman. And God’s a workman. I don’t think there’s anything better than a workman.”