Tag: Austrian

Maria Schell

(1926–2005) Maria Margarethe Anna Schell Filmography as Actress: Le Notti Bianche 1957 Director: Luchino Visconti Starring: Maria Schell, Marcello Mastroianni   Born January 15 1926 Vienna (Austria) Died April 26 2005 Preitenegg (Austria) Cause of death Pneumonia Brother Maximilian Schell (1930-2014) Occupation Actress Producer…

Otto Preminger

(1905–1986) Otto Ludwig Preminger Filmography as Director: Bonjour Tristesse 1958 Director: Otto Preminger Starring: Deborah Kerr, David Niven   Born December 5 1905 Vyzhnytsia (Ukraine) Died April 23 1986 New York, NY (USA) Cause of death Alzheimer’s / Cancer (lung) Occupation Film director…

Lotte Lenya

(1898–1981) Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer Filmography as Actress: The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone 1961 Director: José Quintero Starring: Vivien Leigh, Warren Beatty     From Russia with Love 1963 Director: Terence Young Starring: Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi   Born October 18 1898…

Curd Jürgens

(1915–1982) Curd Gustav Andreas Gottlieb Franz Jürgens Filmography as Actor: Et Dieu… créa la femme 1956 Director: Roger Vadim Starring: Brigitte Bardot, Curd Jürgens     The Spy Who Loved Me 1977 Director: Lewis Gilbert Starring: Roger Moore, Barbara Bach   Born December 13 1915 Solln,…

Billy Wilder

(1906–2002) Samuel Wilder Filmography as Director: Sunset Boulevard 1950 Director: Billy Wilder Starring: William Holden, Gloria Swanson     Sabrina 1954 Director: Billy Wilder Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn     Love in the Afternoon 1957 Director: Billy Wilder Starring: Gary Cooper, Audrey…

Maximilian Schell

(1930–2014) Filmography as Actor: Julia 1977 Director: Fred Zinnemann Starring: Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave     Stalin 1992 Director: Ivan Passer Starring: Robert Duvall, Julia Ormond   Born December 8 1930 Vienna (Austria) Died February 1 2014 Innsbruck (Austria) Occupation Actor Sister…

Fred Zinnemann

(1907–1997) Alfred Zinnemann Filmography as Director: High Noon 1952 Director: Fred Zinnemann Starring: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly     A Man for All Seasons 1966 Director: Fred Zinnemann Starring: Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller     The Day of the Jackal 1973 Director: Fred Zinnemann…

Empress Elisabeth of Austria

(1837–1898) Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie, Herzogin in Bayern Empress consort of Austria (1854-1898) Queen consort of Hungary (1854-1898) Queen consort of Croatia (1854-1898) Queen consort of Bohemia (1854-1898) Queen consort of Lombardy–Venetia (1854-1866) Elisabeth in Film: Ludwig 1972 Director: Luchino Visconti…

Romy Schneider

(1938–1982) Rosemarie Magdalena Albach-Retty Filmography as Actress: La piscine 1969 Director: Jacques Deray Starring: Romy Schneider, Alain Delon     Ludwig 1972 Director: Luchino Visconti Starring: Helmut Berger, Romy Schneider   Born September 23 1938 Vienna (Austria) Died May 29…

Gustav Mahler

(1860–1911) Works: • Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth) • Symphony No. 1 (1888-1896) • Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” (1888-1894) • Symphony No. 3 (1894-1896) • Symphony No. 4 (1899-1901) • Symphony No. 5 (1901-1902) •…