Tag: German-Jewish Ancestry

Gertrude Stein

(1874–1946) Gertrude Stein in Art: Laurencin, Marie (1883-1956) Réunion à la campagne 1909 Musée Picasso, Paris     Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Gertrude Stein 1905–1906 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     Works acquired by her: Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Canal du Midi 1898 Museo…

Paul Weitz

(1965) Paul John Weitz Filmography as Director: Little Fockers 2010 Director: Paul Weitz Starring: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller   Born November 19 1965 New York, NY (USA) Occupation Actor Film director Occupation Playwright Producer Occupation Screenwriter Writer

Alan Arkin

(1934–2023) Alan Wolf Arkin Filmography as Actor: Wait Until Dark 1967 Director: Terence Young Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin   Born March 26 1934 Brooklyn, New York, NY (USA) Died June 29 2023 Carlsbad, NM (USA) Occupation Actor Film director Occupation Musician Screenwriter Occupation…

Helena Bonham Carter

(1966) Helena Bonham Carter, CBE Filmography as Actress: A Room with a View 1985 Director: James Ivory Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Sands     The Wings of the Dove 1997 Director: Iain Softley Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache     Burton and Taylor 2013…

Barbara Bach

(1947) Barbara Goldbach Filmography as Actress:   The Spy Who Loved Me 1977 Director: Lewis Gilbert Starring: Roger Moore, Barbara Bach     Born August 27 1947 Queens, New York, NY (USA) Husband Ringo Starr (1940) Occupation Actress Model  

Mike Nichols

(1931–2014) Michael Igor Peschkowsky Filmography as Director: The Graduate 1967 Director: Mike Nichols Starring: Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman     Working Girl 1988 Director: Mike Nichols Starring: Harrison Ford, Melanie Griffith     Filmography as Producer: The Remains of the Day 1993…

Claire Bloom

(1931) Patricia Claire Blume, CBE Filmography as Actress: Alexander the Great 1956 Director: Robert Rossen Starring: Richard Burton, Fredric March     Clash of the Titans 1981 Director: Desmond Davis Starring: Laurence Olivier, Claire Bloom   Born February 15 1931 Finchley, London (England)…

Stanley Donen

(1924–2019) Filmography as Director: Singin’ in the Rain 1952 Director: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen Starring: Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds     Funny Face 1957 Director: Stanley Donen Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire     Charade 1963 Director: Stanley Donen Starring: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn    …

Walter Wanger

(1894–1968) Walter Feuchtwanger Filmography as Producer: Cleopatra 1963 Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton   Born July 11 1894 San Francisco, CA (USA) Died November 18 1968 New York, NY (USA) Cause of death Heart Failure Occupation Producer Award Academy…

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

(1909–1993) Joseph Leo Mankiewicz Filmography as Director: All About Eve 1950 Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Starring: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter     Julius Caesar 1953 Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Starring: Marlon Brando, James Mason     Cleopatra 1963 Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard…