Tag: December 16

Alphonse Daudet

(1840–1897) Louis Marie Alphonse Daudet Daudet’s Grave at Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris. Windmill of Alphonse Daudet. Works: • Artists’ Wives (English) • Cartas de mi molino (Spanish) • Contes de lundi (French) • Fromont and Risler (English) • Jack (English)…

Liv Ullmann

(1938) Liv Johanne Ullmann Filmography as Actress: Speriamo che sia femmina 1986 Director: Mario Monicelli Starring: Liv Ullmann, Catherine Deneuve   Born December 16 1938 Tokyo (Japan) Partner (1965–1970) Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) Occupation Actress Film director Awards David di Donatello European Film Award Awards…

Noël Coward

(1899–1973) Sir Noël Peirce Coward Musical works: • Words and Music of Noel Coward (Songs from the 20s, 30s & 40s) Filmography as Writer: Burton and Taylor 2013 Director: Richard Laxton Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Dominic West     Filmography as Actor: Around…

Ben Cross

(1947–2020) Harry Bernard Cross Filmography as Actor: Great Expectations 1974 Director: Joseph Hardy Starring: Michael York, Sarah Miles     First Knight 1995 Director: Jerry Zucker Starring: Sean Connery, Richard Gere   Born December 16 1947 London (England) Died August 18 2020 Vienna (Austria) Occupation Actor

Silvana Mangano

(1930–1989) Filmography as Actress: Edipo re 1967 Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini Starring: Silvana Mangano, Franco Citti     Morte a Venezia 1971 Director: Luchino Visconti Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Silvana Mangano     Ludwig 1972 Director: Luchino Visconti Starring: Helmut Berger,…

Catherine of Aragon

(1485–1536) Queen consort of England (1509–1533) Lady of Ireland (1509–1533) Catherine of Aragon in Film: Anne of the Thousand Days 1969 Director: Charles Jarrott Starring: Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold     Isabel 2012–2014 Director: Jordi Frades Starring: Michelle Jenner, Rodolfo Sancho     Born…

Antonio de La Gandara

(1861–1917) Antoine Henri Pierre de La Gandara The artist’s works: Femme assise 1894 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Étude de femme 1895 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Madame Pierre Gautreau 1897 Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston Born December 16 1861 Paris (France) Died June…

December 16

Births: • Austen, Jane (1775-1817) • Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England (1485-1536) • Coward, Noël (1899-1973) • Cross, Ben (1947-2020) • La Gandara, Antonio de (1861-1917) • Ullmann, Liv (1938) Deaths: • Daudet, Alphonse (1840-1897) • Mangano, Silvana (1930-1989) • Williamson, Nicol (1936-2011)

Jane Austen

(1775–1817) Works: • Complete Works (English) • Emma (1815) • Lady Susan (1794) • Letters of Jane Austen (English) • Love and Freindship (1790) • Mansfield Park (1814) • Northanger Abbey (1803) • Persuasion (1818) ◊ Persuasion (French) • Pride and…

Nicol Williamson

(1936–2011) Thomas Nicol Williamson Filmography as Actor: Robin and Marian 1976 Director: Richard Lester Starring: Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn     Excalibur 1981 Director: John Boorman Starring: Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren   Born September 14 1936 Hamilton (Scotland) Died December 16 2011 Amsterdam (Netherlands) Cause of…