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Nicole Kidman

(1967) Filmography as Actress: Eyes Wide Shut 1999 Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman   Born June 20 1967 Honolulu, HI (USA) Husband Tom Cruise (1962) Occupation Actress Producer Awards AACTA Academy Award Awards BAFTA Emmy Awards Golden…

Brian Cox

(1946) Brian Denis Cock, CBE Filmography as Actor: Match Point 2005 Director: Woody Allen Starring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson     Born June 1 1946 Dundee (Scotland) Occupation Actor Awards BAFTA Emmy Awards Golden Globe Laurence Olivier Award Title Commander of the…

Santa Maria Maggiore (Roma)

Basilica Papale di Santa Maria Maggiore Papale Arcibasilica Maggiore Arcipretale Liberiana di Santa Maria Maggiore Groundbreaking: 432 Construction started: 435 Completed: 1743 Designated as World Heritage Site: 1980 Address: Piazza di Santa Maria Maggiore, 00100 Roma, Italia Website: https://www.vatican.va/various/basiliche/sm_maggiore/index_en.html Burials:…

Michael Lonsdale

(1931–2020) Michael Edward Lonsdale-Crouch Filmography as Actor: The Day of the Jackal 1973 Director: Fred Zinnemann Starring: Edward Fox, Michael Lonsdale     Le fantôme de la liberté 1974 Director: Luis Buñuel Starring: Adriana Asti, Adolfo Celi     Moonraker 1979 Director: Lewis Gilbert Starring: Roger Moore, Lois Chiles…

Santa Maria Novella (Firenze)

Basilica di Santa Maria Novella Built: 13th century Consecrated: 1420 Location: Piazza S. Maria Novella 18 – 50123 Firenze Website: https://www.smn.it/en/ Works of Art: • Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510): Natività di Gesù con san Giovannino (1476-78) • Giotto (c.1267-1337): Crocifisso di Santa Maria Novella (c.1290-95)…

Isabel la Católica (c.1848)

Madrazo y Kuntz, Luis de (1825-1897) Isabel la Católica c.1848 Oil on canvas, 225 x 140.8 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Chronological Series of the Kings of Spain was a museum project planned in 1847 by José de Madrazo to adorn…

Santa Croce (Firenze)

Groundbreaking: 1294 Completed: 1385 Consecrated: 1443 Architects: Arnolfo di Cambio, Filippo Brunelleschi Style: Gothic, Renaissance, Gothic Revival Location: Piazza Santa Croce, 16 – 50122 Firenze Website: https://www.santacroceopera.it/ Burials: • Clary, Julie (1771-1845) • Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642) • Ghiberti, Lorenzo (1378-1455)…

Désirée Clary

(1777–1860) Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary Queen Desideria Queen consort of Sweden and Norway (1818–1844) Désirée Clary in Film: Désirée 1954 Director: Henry Koster Cast: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons   Born November 8 1777 Marseille (France) Died December 17 1860 Stockholm (Sweden) Husband Charles XIV John…

Pamela Brown

(1917–1975) Pamela Mary Brown Filmography as Actress: Lust for Life 1956 Directors: Vincente Minnelli, George Cukor Starring: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn     Cleopatra 1963 Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton   Born July 8 1917 Hampstead, London (England) Died September 18 1975 Avening (England) Cause…

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