Tag: August 5

Colin Higgins

(1941–1988) Filmography as Director: Foul Play 1978 Director: Colin Higgins Starring: Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase   Born July 28 1941 Nouméa, New Caledonia (France) Died August 5 1988 Beverly Hills, CA (USA) Cause of death AIDS Occupation Actor Film director Producer Occupation Screenwriter Writer

Robert Taylor

(1911–1969) Spangler Arlington Brugh Filmography as Actor: Waterloo Bridge 1940 Director: Mervyn LeRoy Starring: Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor     Quo Vadis 1951 Director: Mervyn LeRoy Starring: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr   Born August 5 1911 Filley, NE (USA) Died June 8 1969 Santa Monica, CA…

Alan Howard

(1937–2015) Alan MacKenzie Howard, CBE Filmography as Actor: The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover 1989 Director: Peter Greenaway Starring: Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren   Born August 5 1937 London (England) Died February 14 2015 Hampstead, London (England) Cause of death Pneumonia Occupation Actor…

Valentine Tessier

(1892–1981) Valentine Anne Tessier Filmography as Actress: Madame Bovary 1934 Director: Jean Renoir Starring: Valentine Tessier, Pierre Renoir     Valentine Tessier in Art: Laurencin, Marie (1883-1956) Portrait de Valentine Tessier 1933 Pola Museum of Art, Hakone   Born August 5…

John Huston

(1906–1987) John Marcellus Huston Filmography as Actor: Chinatown 1974 Director: Roman Polanski Starring: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway   Born August 5 1906 Nevada, MO (USA) Died August 28 1987 Middletown, RI (USA) Cause of death Emphysema Pneumonia Wife Evelyn Keyes (1916-2008) Occupation Actor…

Alec Guinness

(1914–2000) Sir Alec Guinness, CBE, CH Filmography as Actor: The Swan 1956 Director: Charles Vidor Starring: Grace Kelly, Alec Guinness     Doctor Zhivago 1965 Director: David Lean Starring: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie     Brother Sun, Sister Moon 1972…

Isidore Justin Séverin Taylor

(1789–1879) Isidore Taylor in Art: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Musique aux Tuileries 1862 National Gallery, London   Born August 5 1789 Brussels (Belgium) Died September 6 1879 Paris (France) Buried Cimetière du Père Lachaise (Paris) Occupation Philanthropist Playwright Occupation Senator Writer Award…

Claude Autant-Lara

(1901–2000) Filmography as Director: Le Rouge et le Noir 1954 Director: Claude Autant-Lara Starring: Gérard Philipe, Danielle Darrieux     Le comte de Monte-Cristo 1961 Director: Claude Autant-Lara Starring: Louis Jourdan, Yvonne Furneaux   Born August 5 1901 Luzarches (France) Died February 5…

Guy de Maupassant

(1850–1893) Henry-René-Albert-Guy de Maupassant Works: ◊ A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales (English) ◊ Bel Ami (English) • Boule de Suif (French) • Clair de Lune (French) • Contes de la Becasse (French) • Contes du jour et de la nuit…

Marilyn Monroe

(1926–1962) Norma Jeane Mortenson Filmography as Actress: All About Eve 1950 Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Starring: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter     Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 Director: Howard Hawks Starring: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe     The Prince and the Showgirl 1957 Director: Laurence Olivier Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Laurence…