(1773–1835) Juana María Ignacia Teresa de Cabarrús y Galabert Madame Tallien, “Notre-Dame de Thermidor” Madame Tallien in Film: Désirée 1954 Director: Henry Koster Cast: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons Born July 31 1773 Carabanchel Alto, Madrid (España) Died January 15 1835 Chimay (Belgium) Father…
(1771–1845) Marie Julie Clary Queen consort of Spain and the Indies (1808–1813) Queen consort of Naples and Sicily (1806–1808) Julie Clary in Film: Désirée 1954 Director: Henry Koster Cast: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons Born December 26 1771 Marseille (France) Died April 7 1845 Firenze (Italia) Buried Basilica di Santa Croce…
(1763–1814) Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie dite Joséphine de Beauharnais Empress consort of the French (1804–1810) First Lady of the Italian Republic (1802–1805) Works commissioned by her: Gros, Antoine-Jean (1771-1835) Bonaparte au pont d’Arcole late 1796-early 1797 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg …
(1763–1844) Karl XIV Johan, born Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte King of Sweden and Norway (1818–1844) Bernadotte in Film: Désirée 1954 Director: Henry Koster Cast: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons Born January 26 1763 Pau (France) Died March 8 1844 Stockholm (Sweden) Wife Désirée Clary (1777-1860) Son Oscar I of…
(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…
(1755–1824) Louis Stanislas Xavier Louis le Désiré King of France (1814–1824) Louis XVIII in Film: Waterloo 1970 Director: Sergei Bondarchuk Starring: Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer See also: • French Monarchs Born November 17 1755 Château de Versailles, Versailles (France) Died September 16 1824…
(1645–1696) Works: • Les Caractères (French) ◊ The Characters (English) Quotes: • Jean de La Bruyère: Quotations Born August 16 1645 Paris (France) Died May 11 1696 Versailles (France) Occupation Philosopher Writer
(1910–1987) Jean-Marie-Lucien-Pierre Anouilh Works: • Antigone (1944) Quotes: • Jean Anouilh: Quotations Filmography as Screenwriter: Anna Karenina 1948 Director: Julien Duvivier Starring: Vivien Leigh, Ralph Richardson Born June 23 1910 Bordeaux (France) Died October 3 1987 Lausanne (Switzerland) Occupation Playwright Screenwriter Writer
(1850–1893) Henry-René-Albert-Guy de Maupassant Works: ◊ A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales (English) ◊ Bel Ami (English) • Boule de Suif (French) • Clair de Lune (French) • Contes de la Becasse (French) • Contes du jour et de la nuit…
(1821–1880) Works: • Bouvard et Pécuchet (1881) ◊ Bouvard and Pécuchet (English) • Dictionnaire des idées reçues (1913) ◊ Herodias (English) ◊ Ηρωδιάς (Greek) • La tentation de Saint Antoine (1848) ◊ The Temptation of St. Antony (English) • Madame Bovary (1857) • Madame Bovary:…