Category: Playwrights

Catulle Mendès

(1841–1909) Catulle Mendès in Art: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Les Filles de Catulle Mendès 1888 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York   Born May 22 1841 Bordeaux (France) Died February 7 1909 Saint-Germain-en-Laye (France) Cause of death Railway accident Buried Cimetière du Montparnasse…

Ramón Gómez de la Serna

(1888–1963) Ramón Gómez de la Serna Puig Ramón Gómez de la Serna in Art: Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) El Rastro 1915 Museo Dolores Olmedo, Mexico City     Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Retrato de Ramón Gómez de la Serna 1915 Museo de Arte…

John Van Druten

(1901–1957) John William Van Druten Filmography as Writer: Gaslight 1944 Director: George Cukor Starring: Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman     Rich and Famous 1981 Director: George Cukor Starring: Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen   Born June 1 1901 London (England) Died December 19 1957 Indio, CA (USA)…

George Axelrod

(1922–2003) Filmography as Screenwriter: Breakfast at Tiffany’s 1961 Director: Blake Edwards Starring: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard     Paris When It Sizzles 1964 Director: Richard Quine Starring: Audrey Hepburn, William Holden   Born June 9 1922 New York, NY (USA) Died…

Truman Capote

(1924–1984) Truman Streckfus Persons Filmography as Writer: Breakfast at Tiffany’s 1961 Director: Blake Edwards Starring: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard     Filmography as Actor: Murder by Death 1976 Director: Robert Moore Starring: Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote     Annie Hall 1977…

Howard Lindsay

(1889–1968) Herman Nelke Filmography as Librettist: The Sound of Music 1965 Director: Robert Wise Starring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer   Born March 29 1889 Waterford, NY (USA) Died February 11 1968 New York, NY (USA) Occupation Actor Librettist Occupation Playwright Producer Occupation Screenwriter…

W. P. Lipscomb

(1887–1958) William Percy Lipscomb Filmography as Screenwriter: Pygmalion 1938 Director: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard Starring: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller   Born October 1 1887 Merton (England) Died July 25 1958 Kensington, London (England) Occupation Film director Playwright Producer Occupation Screenwriter Writer Award Academy Award

George Bernard Shaw

(1856–1950) Works: • Androcles and the Lion (1912) • Arms and the Man (1894) • Augustus Does His Bit: A True-to-Life Farce (1916) • Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch (1921) • Candida (1898) • Caesar and Cleopatra (1898) • Fanny’s First Play (1911) • Heartbreak House (1913-1916)…

Leueen MacGrath

(1914–1992) Filmography as Actress: Pygmalion 1938 Director: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard Starring: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller   Born July 3 1914 London (England) Died March 27 1992 London (England) Occupation Actress Playwright Writer