Category: Novelists

Lupe Marín

  (1895–1983) María Guadalupe Marín Preciado Lupe in Film: Frida 2002 Director: Julie Taymor Starring: Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina   Born October 16 1895 Ciudad Guzmán (Mexico) Died September 16 1983 Mexico City (Mexico) Husband (1922–1928) Diego Rivera (1886-1957) Occupation Art Model Novelist Writer

Robert Shaw

(1927–1978) Robert Archibald Shaw Filmography as Actor: From Russia with Love 1963 Director: Terence Young Starring: Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi     A Man for All Seasons 1966 Director: Fred Zinnemann Starring: Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller     Robin and Marian 1976 Director: Richard Lester Starring: Sean Connery, Audrey…

Richard Dreyfuss

(1947) Richard Stephen Dreyfuss Filmography as Actor: The Graduate 1967 Director: Mike Nichols Starring: Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman     Book Club 2018 Director: Bill Holderman Starring: Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda   Born October 29 1947 Brooklyn, New York, NY (USA) Occupation Actor Novelist Writer Awards Academy…

Nora Ephron

(1941–2012) Nora Louise Ephron Filmography as Writer: When Harry Met Sally… 1989 Director: Rob Reiner Starring: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan     Filmography as Director: Sleepless in Seattle 1993 Director: Nora Ephron Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan     You’ve Got Mail…

Jules Verne

(1828–1905) Jules-Gabriel Verne Works: • Abandoned (English) • All Around the Moon (English) • Around the World in Eighty Days (English) • Autour de la lune (French) • In Search of the Castaways (English) • Les enfants du capitaine Grant (French)…

Joanna Barnes

(1934–2022) Filmography as Actress: Spartacus 1960 Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier     The Parent Trap 1961 Director: David Swift Starring: Hayley Mills, Maureen O’Hara     The Parent Trap 1998 Director: Nancy Meyers Starring: Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson  …

Herbert Lom

(1917–2012) Filmography as Actor: War and Peace 1956 Director: King Vidor Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda     Spartacus 1960 Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier     El Cid 1961 Director: Anthony Mann Starring: Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren   Born September 11 1917…

Thomas Mann

(1875–1955) Paul Thomas Mann Works: • Der Tod in Venedig (German) Filmography as Writer: Morte a Venezia 1971 Director: Luchino Visconti Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Silvana Mangano   Born June 6 1875 Lübeck (Germany) Died August 12 1955 Zürich (Switzerland) Cause of…

Carrie Fisher

(1956–2016) Carrie Frances Fisher Filmography as Actress: Appointment with Death 1988 Director: Michael Winner Starring: Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall     When Harry Met Sally… 1989 Director: Rob Reiner Starring: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan   Born October 21 1956 Beverly…

Théophile Gautier

(1811–1872) Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier “Le bon Théo” Works: • Émaux et camées (1852) ◊ Enamels and Cameos (English) • La Comédie de la mort (1838) • Le Capitaine Fracasse (1863) ◊ Captain Fracasse (English) • Mademoiselle de Maupin (1835) • Ménagerie intime (1869) ◊ My Private Menagerie (English)…