Tag: January 18

Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton

(1803–1873) Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, PC Works: • A Strange Story (English) • Athens: Its Rise and Fall (English) • Devereux (English) • Ernest Maltravers (English) • Eugene Aram (English) • Falkland (English) • Godolphin (English)…

Montesquieu

(1689–1755) Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu Works: • Esprit des lois (French) • Le temple de Gnide (French) • Lettres persanes, tome I (French) • Lettres persanes, tome II (French) • Persialaisia kirjeitä (Finnish) Born…

Kevin Costner

(1955) Kevin Michael Costner Filmography as Actor: The Bodyguard 1992 Director: Mick Jackson Starring: Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston     Rumor Has It… 2005 Director: Rob Reiner Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Costner   Born January 18 1955 Lynwood, CA (USA) Occupation Actor Producer Occupation Singer Songwriter…

Cary Grant

(1904–1986) Archibald Alexander Leach Filmography as Actor: The Philadelphia Story 1940 Director: George Cukor Starring: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn     Suspicion 1941 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine     To Catch a Thief 1955 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Cary…

Mark Rylance

(1960) David Mark Rylance Waters Filmography as Actor: The Other Boleyn Girl 2008 Director: Justin Chadwick Starring: Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson   Born January 18 1960 Ashford (England) Occupation Actor Theatre director Occupation Playwright Writer Awards Academy Award BAFTA Awards…

January 18

Births: • Boorman, John (1933) • Costner, Kevin (1955) • Grant, Cary (1904-1986) • Montesquieu (1689-1755) • Rylance, Mark (1960) Deaths: • Bulwer-Lytton, Edward (1803-1873)

John Boorman

(1933) John Boorman, CBE Filmography as Director: Excalibur 1981 Director: John Boorman Starring: Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren     Born January 18 1933 Shepperton (England) Occupation Film Director Producer Occupation Screenwriter Writer Awards BAFTA Cannes Film Festival Award for Best…