Tag: August 13

Sir John Everett Millais

(1829–1896) Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet, RA The artist’s works: Aeneas Shown the Body of Pallas 1843 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Sketch for The Woodman’s Daughter 1850 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Mariana 1851 Tate Britain, London Ophelia 1851–1852 Tate Britain, London…

H. G. Wells

(1866–1946) Herbert George Wells Works: • A Modern Utopia (English) • A Short History of the World (English) • Aarnihauta ja muita juttuja (Finnish) • Aikakone (Finnish) • An Englishman Looks at the World (English) • Ann Veronica: A Modern…

Charles Walters

(1911–1982) Filmography as Director: High Society 1956 Director: Charles Walters Starring: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly   Born November 17 1911 Brooklyn, New York, NY (USA) Died August 13 1982 Malibu, CA (USA) Cause of death Cancer (lung) Occupation Actor Choreographer Occupation Dancer Film director

Freya Mavor

(1993) Filmography as Actress: Cézanne et Moi 2016 Director: Danièle Thompson Starring: Guillaume Canet, Guillaume Gallienne   Born August 13 1993 Glasgow (Scotland) Occupation Actress Model

Melvin Frank

(1913–1988) Filmography as Director: A Touch of Class 1973 Director: Melvin Frank Starring: Glenda Jackson, George Segal   Born August 13 1913 Chicago, IL (USA) Died October 13 1988 Los Angeles, CA (USA) Occupation Film director Producer Occupation Screenwriter Writer

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…

Elvira Cortese

(1910–1982) Filmography as Actress: Gruppo di famiglia in un interno 1974 Director: Luchino Visconti Starring: Burt Lancaster, Helmut Berger     L’innocente 1976 Director: Luchino Visconti Starring: Giancarlo Giannini, Laura Antonelli   Born August 13 1910 Roma (Italia) Died October 20…

Eugène Delacroix

(1798–1863) Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix The artist’s works: La Mise au tombeau d’après Titien 1820 Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon Un cheval attelé à un poteau c.1820 National Gallery of Art, Washington Dante et Virgile aux enfers 1822 Musée du Louvre, Paris Jeune orpheline au cimetière…

Cornelis van Beresteyn

(1586–1638) Cornelis van Beresteyn in Art: Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of a Man 1632 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York   Born December 31 1586 Delft (Netherlands) Died August 13 1638 Haamstede (Netherlands) Wife Corvina van Hofdyck (1602-1667) Occupation Burgomaster

August 13

Births: • Cortese, Elvira (1910-1982) • Frank, Melvin (1913-1988) • Hitchcock, Alfred (1899-1980) • Mavor, Freya (1993) Deaths: • Beresteyn, Cornelis van (1586-1638) • Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) • Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) • Walters, Charles (1911-1982) • Wells, H. G. (1866-1946)