Tag: British

W. P. Lipscomb

(1887–1958) William Percy Lipscomb Filmography as Screenwriter: Pygmalion 1938 Director: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard Starring: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller   Born October 1 1887 Merton (England) Died July 25 1958 Kensington, London (England) Occupation Film director Playwright Producer Occupation Screenwriter Writer Award Academy Award

George Bernard Shaw

(1856–1950) Works: • Androcles and the Lion (1912) • Arms and the Man (1894) • Augustus Does His Bit: A True-to-Life Farce (1916) • Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch (1921) • Candida (1898) • Caesar and Cleopatra (1898) • Fanny’s First Play (1911) • Heartbreak House (1913-1916)…

Leueen MacGrath

(1914–1992) Filmography as Actress: Pygmalion 1938 Director: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard Starring: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller   Born July 3 1914 London (England) Died March 27 1992 London (England) Occupation Actress Playwright Writer

Wilfrid Lawson

(1900–1966) Wilfrid Worsnop Filmography as Actor: Pygmalion 1938 Director: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard Starring: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller     War and Peace 1956 Director: King Vidor Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda     Tom Jones 1963 Director: Tony Richardson Starring: Albert Finney, Susannah York   Born January 14 1900…

Wendy Hiller

(1912–2003) Dame Wendy Margaret Hiller, DBE Filmography as Actress: Pygmalion 1938 Director: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard Starring: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller     Major Barbara 1941 Director: Gabriel Pascal Starring: Wendy Hiller, Rex Harrison     A Man for All Seasons 1966 Director: Fred…

Anthony Asquith

(1902–1968) Filmography as Director: Pygmalion 1938 Director: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard Starring: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller   Born November 9 1902 London (England) Died February 20 1968 Marylebone, London (England) Cause of death Cancer (Lymphoma) Occupation Film Director

Leslie Howard

(1893–1943) Leslie Howard Steiner Filmography as Actor and Director: Pygmalion 1938 Director: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard Starring: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller     Filmography as Actor: Gone with the Wind 1939 Director: Victor Fleming Starring: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh   Born April…

Olivia de Havilland

(1916–2020) Olivia Mary de Havilland Filmography as Actress: Gone with the Wind 1939 Director: Victor Fleming Starring: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh     The Dark Mirror 1946 Director: Robert Siodmak Starring: Olivia de Havilland, Lew Ayres   Born July 1 1916 Tokyo (Japan) Died…

Vivien Leigh

(1913–1967) Vivian Mary Hartley Filmography as Actress: Gone with the Wind 1939 Director: Victor Fleming Starring: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh     Waterloo Bridge 1940 Director: Mervyn LeRoy Starring: Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor     That Hamilton Woman 1941 Director: Alexander Korda Starring: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier  …

Henry VIII (England)

(1491–1547) King of England (1509–1547) Lord of Ireland (1509–1542) King of Ireland (1542–1547) Henry VIII in Literature: • Shakespeare, William (1564-1616): Henry VIII (1613) • Twain, Mark (1835-1910): The Prince and the Pauper (1881) Henry VIII in Art: Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Henry VIII of England c.1537…