Tag: Chelsea

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)…

Ethel Philip

(1861–1920) Ethel Whibley, née Philip Ethel in Art: Whistler, James (1834-1903) The Andalusian 1888 (?)-1900 National Gallery of Art, Washington   Born September 29 1861 Chelsea, London (England) Died April 21 1920 Paris (France) Brother-in-law James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

The Yellow Room (c.1883-1884)

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) The Yellow Room c.1883–1884 Watercolor and gouache on paperboard, 24.8 × 17.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Yellow Room is among Whistler’s most accomplished watercolors, a harmonious “arrangement” of violet and yellow, dating…

Richard Johnson

(1927–2015) Richard Keith Johnson Filmography as Actor: Julius Caesar 1970 Director: Stuart Burge Starring: Charlton Heston, Jason Robards   Born July 30 1927 Upminster (England) Died June 5 2015 Chelsea, London (England) Wife (1965-1966) Kim Novak (1933) Occupation Actor

Patricia Laffan

(1919–2014) Patricia Alice Laffan Filmography as Actress: Quo Vadis 1951 Director: Mervyn LeRoy Starring: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr   Born March 19 1919 Wandsworth, London (England) Died March 10 2014 Chelsea, London (England) Occupation Actress

Susannah York

(1939–2011) Susannah Yolande Fletcher Filmography as Actress: Tom Jones 1963 Director: Tony Richardson Starring: Albert Finney, Susannah York     A Man for All Seasons 1966 Director: Fred Zinnemann Starring: Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller   Born January 9 1939 Chelsea, London (England) Died January 15 2011 Brompton, London (England) Cause…

Sybil Thorndike

(1882–1976) Dame Agnes Sybil Thorndike, CH, DBE Filmography as Actress: Major Barbara 1941 Director: Gabriel Pascal Starring: Wendy Hiller, Rex Harrison     The Prince and the Showgirl 1957 Director: Laurence Olivier Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier   Born October 24 1882 Gainsborough (England) Died June…

Christopher Lee

(1922–2015) Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE Filmography as Actor: Lolita 1962 Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: James Mason, Shelley Winters     Julius Caesar 1970 Director: Stuart Burge Starring: Charlton Heston, Jason Robards     The Man with the Golden Gun 1974 Director: Guy Hamilton Starring: Roger Moore,…

Dirk Bogarde

(1921–1999) Sir Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde Filmography as Actor: La caduta degli dei 1969 Director: Luchino Visconti Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin     Morte a Venezia 1971 Director: Luchino Visconti Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Silvana Mangano…

Edward Fox

(1937) Edward Charles Morice Fox, OBE Filmography as Actor: The Day of the Jackal 1973 Director: Fred Zinnemann Starring: Edward Fox, Michael Lonsdale     The Mirror Crack’d 1980 Director: Guy Hamilton Starring: Angela Lansbury, Elizabeth Taylor     The Dresser 1983 Director:…