Tag: February 24

Winslow Homer

(1836–1910)   The artist’s works: Home, Sweet Home c.1863 National Gallery of Art, Washington Croquet Scene 1866 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Artists Sketching in the White Mountains 1868 Portland Museum of Art, Portland Blowing the Horn at Seaside 1870 National Gallery of…

Fanny Cornforth

(1835–1909) Fanny Cornforth, born Sarah Cox Photograph by W. & D. Downey, Newcastle, 1863. Fanny Cornforth in 1907. Fanny Cornforth in Art: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Bocca Baciata 1859 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston     Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Fair Rosamund…

Franz Waxman

(1906–1967) Franz Wachsmann Works: • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) • Fascination (1957) • Love in the Afternoon (1957) • Rear Window (1954) • Rebecca (1940) • Sunset Boulevard (1950) • Suspicion (1941) • The Philadelphia Story (1940) Filmography as Composer: Rebecca…

Alberto Sordi

(1920–2003) Filmography as Actor: Mio figlio Nerone 1956 Director: Steno Starring: Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica     I nuovi mostri 1977 Directors: D. Risi, E. Scola, M. Monicelli Starring: Vittorio Gassman, Ornella Muti   Born June 15 1920 Roma (Italia) Died February 24 2003 Roma (Italia) Cause of death…

James Farentino

(1938–2012) Filmography as Actor: Jesus of Nazareth 1977 Director: Franco Zeffirelli Starring: Robert Powell, Olivia Hussey   Born February 24 1938 Brooklyn, New York, NY (USA) Died January 24 2012 Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of death Heart failure Occupation Actor

Abe Vigoda

(1921–2016) Abraham Charles Vigoda Filmography as Actor: The Godfather 1972 Director: Francis Ford Coppola Starring: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino     The Godfather: Part II 1974 Director: Francis Ford Coppola Starring: Al Pacino, Robert Duvall   Born February 24 1921…

Michael Johnson

(1939–2001) Michael Anthony Johnson Filmography as Actor: Anne of the Thousand Days 1969 Director: Charles Jarrott Starring: Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold   Born June 5 1939 Grimsby (England) Died February 24 2001 Sutton, London (England) Occupation Actor

George Augustus Moore

(1852–1933) Works: • The Brook Kerith: A Syrian story (English) • Celibates (English) • Confessions of a Young Man (English) • Esther Waters (English) • Evelyn Innes (English) • The Lake (English) • Memoirs of My Dead Life (English) •…

Steven Hill

(1922–2016) Solomon Krakovsky Filmography as Actor: Rich and Famous 1981 Director: George Cukor Starring: Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen   Born February 24 1922 Seattle, WA (USA) Died August 23 2016 New York, NY (USA) Cause of death Cancer Occupation Actor…

February 24

Births: • Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500-1558) • Farentino, James (1938-2012) • Hill, Steven (1922-2016) • Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) • Moore, George Augustus (1852-1933) • Vigoda, Abe (1921-2016) • Zane, Billy (1966) Deaths: • Cornforth, Fanny (1835-1909) • Johnson, Michael (1939-2001) • Sordi, Alberto (1920-2003) •…