Tag: August 2

Fritz Lang

(1890–1976) Friedrich Christian Anton Lang Filmography as Actor: Le Mépris 1963 Director: Jean-Luc Godard Starring: Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli   Born December 5 1890 Vienna (Austria) Died August 2 1976 Beverly Hills, CA (USA) Occupation Actor Producer Film director Occupation Screenwriter Writer Awards Hollywood Walk…

Fabio Testi

(1941) Filmography as Actor: Il giardino dei Finzi Contini 1970 Director: Vittorio de Sica Starring: Lino Capolicchio, Dominique Sanda     Addio fratello crudele 1971 Director: Giuseppe Patroni Griffi Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Oliver Tobias     L’eredità Ferramonti 1976 Director: Mauro Bolognini Starring: Anthony…

Cathleen Nesbitt

(1888–1982) Kathleen Mary Nesbitt, CBE Filmography as Actress: Caesar and Cleopatra 1945 Director: Gabriel Pascal Starring: Vivien Leigh, Claude Rains     Désirée 1954 Director: Henry Koster Cast: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons     Three Coins in the Fountain 1954 Director: Jean Negulesco…

Myrna Loy

(1905–1993) Myrna Adele Williams Filmography as Actress: Midnight Lace 1960 Director: David Miller Starring: Doris Day, Rex Harrison   Born August 2 1905 Radersburg, MT (USA) Died December 14 1993 New York, NY (USA) Occupation Actress Writer Awards Academy Award

Peter O’Toole

(1932–2013) Peter Seamus O’Toole Filmography as Actor: How to Steal a Million 1966 Director: William Wyler Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Peter O’Toole     The Lion in Winter 1968 Director: Anthony Harvey Starring: Peter O’Toole, Katharine Hepburn     Man of…

Saskia van Uylenburgh

(1612–1642) Saskia in Art: Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Portrait of a Woman in Profile c.1636 Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford     Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Saskia s.d. National Gallery of Art, Washington     Rembrandt (1606-1669) Bellona 1633 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York    …

Carroll O’Connor

(1924–2001) John Carroll O’Connor Filmography as Actor: Cleopatra 1963 Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton   Born August 2 1924 Manhattan, New York, NY (USA) Died June 21 2001 Culver City, CA (USA) Occupation Actor Awards Emmy Golden Globe

Jack L. Warner

(1892–1978) Jack Leonard Warner, born Jacob Warner Filmography as Producer: My Fair Lady 1964 Director: George Cukor Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison   Born August 2 1892 London (Canada) Died September 9 1978 Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of death Heart Failure Occupation Businessman…

August 2

Births: • Loy, Myrna (1905-1993) • O’Connor, Carroll (1924-2001) • O’Toole, Peter (1932-2013) • Testi, Fabio (1941) • Uylenburgh, Saskia van (1612-1642) • Warner, Jack L. (1892-1978) Deaths: • Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) • Lang, Fritz (1890-1976) • Nesbitt, Cathleen (1888-1982)

Thomas Gainsborough

(1727–1788) The artist’s works: Conversation in a Park c.1746–1748 Musée du Louvre, Paris Landscape in Suffolk c.1748 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Portrait of the Artist with his Wife and Daughter c.1748 National Gallery, London View in Suffolk c.1755 Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis A…