Tag: 1899

Fred Astaire

(1899–1987) Frederick Austerlitz, Jr. Filmography as Actor: Funny Face 1957 Director: Stanley Donen Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire   Born May 10 1899 Omaha, NE (USA) Died June 22 1987 Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of death Pneumonia Occupation Actor Choreographer Occupation Dancer Singer…

Gloria Swanson

(1899–1983) Gloria Josephine May Swanson Filmography as Actress: Sunset Boulevard 1950 Director: Billy Wilder Starring: William Holden, Gloria Swanson     Mio figlio Nerone 1956 Director: Steno Starring: Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica   Born March 27 1899 Chicago, IL (USA) Died April 4 1983 New York,…

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…

Humphrey Bogart

(1899–1957) Humphrey DeForest Bogart Filmography as Actor: Casablanca 1942 Director: Michael Curtiz Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman     Sabrina 1954 Director: Billy Wilder Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn   Born December 25 1899 New York, NY (USA) Died January 14 1957 Los…

Charles Laughton

(1899–1962) Filmography as Actor: Witness for the Prosecution 1957 Director: Billy Wilder Starring: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich     Spartacus 1960 Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier   Born July 1 1899 Scarborough (England) Died December 15 1962 Hollywood, Los Angeles,…

Alfred Hitchcock

(1899–1980) Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE Filmography as Director: Rebecca 1940 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine     Suspicion 1941 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine     Rope 1948 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: James Stewart, John Dall…

Deux femmes tahitiennes (1899)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Deux femmes tahitiennes (Two Tahitian Women) 1899 Oil on canvas, 94 x 72.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The canvases that Gauguin sent back to France from the South Seas reflect the license he exercised…

Pont sur un étang de nymphéas (1899)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Pont sur un étang de nymphéas (Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies) 1899 Oil on canvas, 92.7 x 73.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In 1893, Monet, a passionate horticulturist, purchased land with a…