Tag: Cannes

Maud Franklin

(1857–1939) Maud in Art: Whistler, James (1834-1903) Arrangement in Yellow and Gray c.1876–1878 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam     Whistler, James (1834-1903) The Yellow Room c.1883–1884 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York   Born January 9 1857 Bicester (England) Died November 18 1939 near Cannes (France)…

Prosper Mérimée

(1803–1870) Works: • Abbé Aubain and Mosaics (English) • Carmen (Dutch) • Carmen (English) • Carmen (Finnish) • Colomba (English) • Colomba (French) • Colomba (Finnish) • Helmiä (Finnish) • How The Redoubt Was Taken (English) • La Vénus d’Ille…

Jean Marais

(1913–1998) Jean-Alfred Villain-Marais Filmography as Actor: Elena et les hommes 1956 Director: Jean Renoir Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Jean Marais     Le Notti Bianche 1957 Director: Luchino Visconti Starring: Maria Schell, Marcello Mastroianni   Born December 11 1913 Cherbourg (France) Died November 8 1998 Cannes (France) Cause…

Terence Young

(1915–1994) Shaun Terence Young Filmography as Director: Dr. No 1962 Director: Terence Young Starring: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress     From Russia with Love 1963 Director: Terence Young Starring: Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi     Thunderball 1965 Director: Terence Young Starring: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger  …

Jacques Marin

(1919–2001) Filmography as Actor: Charade 1963 Director: Stanley Donen Starring: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn     How to Steal a Million 1966 Director: William Wyler Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Peter O’Toole     Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?…

Gérard Philipe

(1922–1959) Gérard Philip Filmography as Actor: L’idiot 1946 Director: Georges Lampin Starring: Gérard Philipe, Edwige Feuillère     Le Rouge et le Noir 1954 Director: Claude Autant-Lara Starring: Gérard Philipe, Danielle Darrieux     Montparnasse 19 1958 Director: Jacques Becker Starring: Gérard Philipe,…

Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau

(1859–1915) Virginie Amélie “Mimi” Avegno Gautreau Madame Pierre Gautreau, née Avegno Madame Gautreau in Art: Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Madame Gautreau Drinking a Toast 1882–1883 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston     Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Madame X 1883–1884 Metropolitan…

Cannes (France)

Births: • Philipe, Gérard (1922-1959) Deaths: • Avegno Gautreau, Virginie Amélie (1859-1915) • Franklin, Maud (1857-1939) • Marais, Jean (1913-1998) • Marin, Jacques (1919-2001) • Mérimée, Prosper (1803-1870) • Young, Terence (1915-1994) See also: • Cities | France