Tag: Hungarian-Jewish Ancestry

Alexander Korda

(1893–1956) Sir Alexander Korda, born Sándor László Kellner Filmography as Director: That Hamilton Woman 1941 Director: Alexander Korda Starring: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier     Filmography as Producer: Anna Karenina 1948 Director: Julien Duvivier Starring: Vivien Leigh, Ralph Richardson   Born September 16…

Michael Curtiz

(1886–1962) Mihály Kertész Filmography as Director: Casablanca 1942 Director: Michael Curtiz Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman   Born December 24 1886 Budapest (Hungary) Died April 10 1962 Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of death Cancer Buried Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) Occupation Film director Award…

Isabelle Huppert

(1953) Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert Filmograhy as Actress: La dentellière 1977 Director: Claude Goretta Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Yves Beneyton     Les possédés 1988 Director: Andrzej Wajda Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Bernard Blier     Madame Bovary 1991 Director: Claude Chabrol Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-François Balmer  …

Paul Lukas

(1891–1971) Filmography as Actor: Little Women 1933 Director: George Cukor Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett   Born May 26 1891 Budapest (Hungary) Died August 16 1971 Tangier (Morocco) Cause of death Heart Failure Occupation Actor Awards Academy Award Golden Globe Hollywood Walk of…

Goldie Hawn

(1945) Goldie Jeanne Hawn Filmography as Actress: Foul Play 1978 Director: Colin Higgins Starring: Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase     HouseSitter 1992 Director: Frank Oz Starring: Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn     The First Wives Club 1996 Director: Hugh Wilson Starring: Diane Keaton, Bette Midler   Born November…

Paul Newman

(1925–2008) Paul Leonard Newman Filmography as Actor: Torn Curtain 1966 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Paul Newman, Julie Andrews     Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 Director: George Roy Hill Starring: Paul Newman, Robert Redford   Born January 26 1925 Shaker Heights,…

Peter Falk

(1927–2011) Peter Michael Falk Filmography as Actor: Murder by Death 1976 Director: Robert Moore Starring: Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote   Born September 16 1927 New York, NY (USA) Died June 23 2011 Beverly Hills, CA (USA) Cause of death Pneumonia Alzheimer’s…

Charles Vidor

(1900–1959) Károly Vidor Filmography as Director: The Swan 1956 Director: Charles Vidor Starring: Grace Kelly, Alec Guinness   Born July 27 1900 Budapest (Hungary) Died June 4 1959 Vienna (Austria) Cause of death Heart failure Wife Evelyn Keyes (1916-2008) Occupation…

Hedy Lamarr

(1914–2000) Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler Filmography as Actress: Samson and Delilah 1949 Director: Cecil B. DeMille Starring: Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature   Born November 9 1914 Vienna (Austria) Died January 19 2000 Casselberry, FL (USA) Boyfriend Billy Wilder (1906-2002) Occupation…

George Cukor

(1899–1983) George Dewey Cukor Filmography as Director: Little Women 1933 Director: George Cukor Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett     The Philadelphia Story 1940 Director: George Cukor Starring: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn     Gaslight 1944 Director: George Cukor Starring: Charles Boyer, Ingrid…