Tag: German Ancestry

Alida Valli

(1921–2006) Baroness Alida Maria Laura Altenburger von Marckenstein-Frauenberg Filmography as Actress: Senso 1954 Director: Luchino Visconti Starring: Alida Valli, Farley Granger     Edipo re 1967 Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini Starring: Silvana Mangano, Franco Citti     Novecento 1976 Director: Bernardo Bertolucci Starring: Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu…

Louis Calhern

(1895–1956) Carl Henry Vogt Filmography as Actor: Julius Caesar 1953 Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Starring: Marlon Brando, James Mason     High Society 1956 Director: Charles Walters Starring: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly   Born February 19 1895 Brooklyn, New York, NY (USA) Died May 12 1956 Nara…

Ellen Burstyn

(1932) Edna Rae Gillooly Filmography as Actress: Providence 1977 Director: Alain Resnais Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Ellen Burstyn   Born December 7 1932 Detroit, MI (USA) Occupation Actress Awards Academy Award BAFTA Awards Emmy Golden Globe Awards Independent Spirit Award Tony Awards National Society of…

Nelson Rockefeller

(1908–1979) Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller 41st Vice President of the United States (1974–1977) Nelson Rockefeller in Film: Frida 2002 Director: Julie Taymor Starring: Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina   Born July 8 1908 Bar Harbor, ME (USA) Died January 26 1979 New York, NY (USA)…

Elle Fanning

(1998) Mary Elle Fanning Filmography as Actress: Mary Shelley 2017 Director: Haifaa al-Mansour Starring: Elle Fanning, Douglas Booth     A Rainy Day in New York 2019 Director: Woody Allen Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning   Born April 9 1998 Conyers, GA (USA)…

Jennifer Ehle

(1969) Jennifer Anne Ehle Filmography as Actress: Wilde 1997 Director: Brian Gilbert Starring: Stephen Fry, Jude Law     A Quiet Passion 2016 Director: Terence Davies Starring: Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle   Born December 29 1969 Winston-Salem, NC (USA) Occupation Actress Awards BAFTA…

Cynthia Nixon

(1966) Cynthia Ellen Nixon Filmography as Actress: Amadeus 1984 Director: Miloš Forman Cast: Tom Hulce, F. Murray Abraham     A Quiet Passion 2016 Director: Terence Davies Starring: Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle   Born April 9 1966 Manhattan, New York, NY…

Diane Kruger

(1976) Diane Heidkrüger Filmography as Actress: Copying Beethoven 2006 Director: Agnieszka Holland Starring: Ed Harris, Diane Kruger   Born July 15 1976 Algermissen (Germany) Husband (2001-2006) Guillaume Canet (1973) Occupation Actress Model Awards Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress Awards Screen…

Tom Cruise

(1962) Thomas Cruise Mapother IV Filmography as Actor: Eyes Wide Shut 1999 Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman   Born July 3 1962 Syracuse, NY (USA) Wife Nicole Kidman (1967) Occupation Actor Producer Awards David di Donatello Golden…

Sarah Jessica Parker

(1965) Filmography as Actress: The First Wives Club 1996 Director: Hugh Wilson Starring: Diane Keaton, Bette Midler     Born March 25 1965 Nelsonville, OH (USA) Husband Matthew Broderick (1962) Occupation Actress Fashion designer Producer Awards Emmy Golden Globe Screen Actors Guild Award