Tag: June 16

Giovanni Boccaccio

(1313–1375) Works: • Alcesto e Acaten (Italian) • Amorosa visione (1342-1343) • Canto di Ameto (Italian) • Corbaccio (1354) • De mulieribus claris (1361) • Decameron (Italian) ◊ De Decamerone van Boccaccio (Dutch) ◊ Novelleja Decameronesta (Finnish) ◊ The Decameron…

Eileen Atkins

(1934) Dame Eileen June Atkins, DBE Filmography as Actress: Equus 1977 Director: Sidney Lumet Starring: Richard Burton, Peter Firth     The Dresser 1983 Director: Peter Yates Starring: Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay     Born June 16 1934 London (England) Occupation…

Ona Munson

(1903–1955) Owena Elizabeth Wolcott Filmography as Actress: Gone with the Wind 1939 Director: Victor Fleming Starring: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh   Born June 16 1903 Portland, OR (USA) Died February 11 1955 New York, NY (USA) Cause of death Suicide (barbiturate overdose)…

George Reeves

(1914–1959) George Keefer Brewer Filmography as Actor: Gone with the Wind 1939 Director: Victor Fleming Starring: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh     Samson and Delilah 1949 Director: Cecil B. DeMille Starring: Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature   Born January 5 1914 Woolstock, IA…

June 16

Births: • Atkins, Eileen (1934) • Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313-1375) • Jarrott, Charles (1927-2011) • Munson, Ona (1903-1955) Deaths: • Reeves, George (1914-1959)

Charles Jarrott

(1927–2011) Filmography as Director: Anne of the Thousand Days 1969 Director: Charles Jarrott Starring: Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold     Mary, Queen of Scots 1971 Director: Charles Jarrott Starring: Vanessa Redgrave, Glenda Jackson   Born June 16 1927 London (England) Died March 4 2011…