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Kiki de Montparnasse

(1901–1953) Alice Ernestine Prin Le Violon d’Ingres, photograph by Man Ray (1924) Kiki in Art: Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Testa di donna 1915 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid   Born October 2 1901 Châtillon-sur-Seine (France) Died March 23 1953 Paris (France) Occupation Actress Art Model Occupation Painter…

Alfred de Musset

(1810–1857) Louis Charles Alfred de Musset-Pathay Works: • Alfred de Musset et George Sand dessins (French) • Gamiani, ou Une nuit d’excès (French) • Œuvres complètes de Alfred de Musset — Tome 3 (French) • Œuvres complètes de Alfred de…

Ernest Hemingway

(1899–1961) Ernest Miller Hemingway Works: • In our time (English) • Three Stories & Ten Poems (English) Born July 21 1899 Oak Park, IL (USA) Died July 2 1961 Ketchum, ID (USA) Cause of death Suicide Occupation Journalist Novelist Occupation…

Charles Bukowski

(1920–1994) Henry Charles Bukowski, born Heinrich Karl Bukowski Works: • Flower, Fist, and Bestial Wail (1960) • It Catches My Heart in Its Hands (1963) • Confessions of a Man Insane Enough to Live with Beasts (1965) • Crucifix in…

Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

(1732–1799) Works: • L’autre Tartuffe, ou La mère coupable (French) • Le barbier de Séville (French) • La Folle Journée ou le Mariage de Figaro (French) • Sevillan parturi eli Turha varovaisuus (Finnish) Beaumarchais in Film: Beaumarchais, l’insolent 1996 Director: Édouard…

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

(1945–1982) Filmography as Director: Lili Marleen 1981 Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Starring: Hanna Schygulla, Giancarlo Giannini   Born May 31 1945 Bad Wörishofen (Germany) Died June 10 1982 Munich (Germany) Cause of death Suicide (overdose of cocaine and barbiturate) Occupation Actor Film director…

Don Johnson

(1949) Donnie Wayne Johnson Filmography as Actor: Book Club 2018 Director: Bill Holderman Starring: Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda   Born December 15 1949 Flat Creek, MO (USA) Girlfriend (late 1980s) Barbra Streisand (1942) Wife (1976-1978; 1989-1996) Melanie Griffith (1957) Daughter Dakota Johnson (1989)…

Jane Russell

(1921–2011) Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell Filmography as Actress: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 Director: Howard Hawks Starring: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe   Born June 21 1921 Bemidji, MN (USA) Died February 28 2011 Santa Maria, CA (USA) Cause of death Respiratory failure Occupation Actress…

Oliver Stone

(1946) Filmography as Director: Alexander 2004 Director: Oliver Stone Starring: Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie   Born September 15 1946 New York, NY (USA) Occupation Film director Producer Occupation Screenwriter Writer Awards Academy Award BAFTA Awards Directors Guild of America Award Golden Bear Awards…

Chevy Chase

(1943) Cornelius Crane Chase Filmography as Actor: Foul Play 1978 Director: Colin Higgins Starring: Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase     Hero 1992 Director: Stephen Frears Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis   Born October 8 1943 New York, NY (USA) Occupation Actor Awards Emmy…