Category: Musicians

Louis Armstrong

(1901–1971) Louis Daniel Armstrong Works: • Basin Street Blues • Black and Blue (1965) • Hello Dolly • West End Blues • What a wonderful world (1967) • When the saints go marching In Filmography as Actor: High Society 1956…

Bernard Herrmann

(1911–1975) Max ‘Benny’ Herman Works: • Movie Theme Songs • “Scene d’amour” from Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” • Vertigo (1958) Filmography as Composer: Citizen Kane 1941 Director: Orson Welles Starring: Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore     Vertigo 1958 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: James Stewart, Kim…

Noël Coward

(1899–1973) Sir Noël Peirce Coward Musical works: • Words and Music of Noel Coward (Songs from the 20s, 30s & 40s) Filmography as Writer: Burton and Taylor 2013 Director: Richard Laxton Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Dominic West     Filmography as Actor: Around…

Alan Arkin

(1934–2023) Alan Wolf Arkin Filmography as Actor: Wait Until Dark 1967 Director: Terence Young Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin   Born March 26 1934 Brooklyn, New York, NY (USA) Died June 29 2023 Carlsbad, NM (USA) Occupation Actor Film director Occupation Musician Screenwriter Occupation…

Richard Harris

(1930–2002) Richard John Harris Filmography as Actor: Robin and Marian 1976 Director: Richard Lester Starring: Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn   Born October 1 1930 Limerick (Ireland) Died October 25 2002 Bloomsbury, London (England) Cause of death Cancer (Lymphoma) Occupation Actor Film director Occupation Musician Singer…

Dominic West

(1969) Dominic Gerard Francis Eagleton West Filmography as Actor: Surviving Picasso 1996 Director: James Ivory Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Natascha McElhone     Burton and Taylor 2013 Director: Richard Laxton Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Dominic West   Born October 15 1969 Sheffield (England) Occupation Actor Film director Occupation…

Jean-Pierre Martins

(1971) Filmography as Actor: La Môme 2007 Director: Olivier Dahan Starring: Marion Cotillard, Jean-Pierre Martins   Born October 29 1971 Paris (France) Occupation Actor Musician Singer

Marion Cotillard

(1975) Filmography as Actress: La Môme 2007 Director: Olivier Dahan Starring: Marion Cotillard, Jean-Pierre Martins   Born September 30 1975 Paris (France) Partner (since 2007) Guillaume Canet (1973) Occupation Actress Musician Occupation Singer Songwriter Awards Academy Award BAFTA Awards Cannes Film…

Claude Debussy

(1862–1918) Achille-Claude Debussy Works: • Arabesques (1888-1891) • Children’s Corner (1908) • Images (1905-1907) • Jeux (1913) • La Mer (1905) • Pelléas et Mélisande (1902) • Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (1894) • Préludes (1909-1913) • Quatuor à cordes…

Keanu Reeves

(1964) Keanu Charles Reeves Filmography as Actor: Dangerous Liaisons 1988 Director: Stephen Frears Starring: Glenn Close, John Malkovich   Born September 2 1964 Beirut (Lebanon) Girlfriend (2005) Diane Keaton (1946-2025) Occupation Actor Musician Producer Awards Hollywood Walk of Fame