Tag: Légion d’honneur

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)…

Vincente Minnelli

(1903–1986) Lester Anthony Minnelli Filmography as Director: Madame Bovary 1949 Director: Vincente Minnelli Starring: Jennifer Jones, James Mason     Lust for Life 1956 Directors: Vincente Minnelli, George Cukor Starring: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn   Born February 28 1903 Chicago, IL (USA) Died…

Kirk Douglas

(1916–2020) Issur Danielovitch Demsky Filmography as Actor: Lust for Life 1956 Directors: Vincente Minnelli, George Cukor Starring: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn     Spartacus 1960 Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier   Born December 9 1916 Amsterdam, NY (USA) Died…

Orson Welles

(1915–1985) George Orson Welles Filmography as Director and Actor: Citizen Kane 1941 Director: Orson Welles Starring: Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore     Filmography as Actor: A Man for All Seasons 1966 Director: Fred Zinnemann Starring: Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller     Waterloo 1970 Director: Sergei Bondarchuk Starring: Rod…

Miloš Forman

(1932–2018) Jan Tomáš “Miloš” Forman Filmography as Director: Amadeus 1984 Director: Miloš Forman Cast: Tom Hulce, F. Murray Abraham     Goya’s Ghosts 2006 Director: Miloš Forman Starring: Javier Bardem, Natalie Portman   Born February 18 1932 Čáslav (Czech Republic) Died April 13 2018 Danbury, CT…

Robert Redford

(1936) Charles Robert Redford, Jr. Filmography as Actor: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 Director: George Roy Hill Starring: Paul Newman, Robert Redford     The Way We Were 1973 Director: Sydney Pollack Starring: Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford   Born August 18 1936 Santa…

Marlene Dietrich

(1901–1992) Marie Magdalene Dietrich von Losch Filmography as Actress: Around the World in 80 Days 1956 Director: Michael Anderson Starring: David Niven, Cantinflas     Witness for the Prosecution 1957 Director: Billy Wilder Starring: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich     Paris When It…

Jules Verne

(1828–1905) Jules-Gabriel Verne Works: • Abandoned (English) • All Around the Moon (English) • Around the World in Eighty Days (English) • Autour de la lune (French) • In Search of the Castaways (English) • Les enfants du capitaine Grant (French)…

Louis Jourdan

(1921–2015) Louis Robert Gendre Filmography as Actor: Madame Bovary 1949 Director: Vincente Minnelli Starring: Jennifer Jones, James Mason     Three Coins in the Fountain 1954 Director: Jean Negulesco Starring: Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire     The Swan 1956 Director:…

Geneviève Page

(1927) Geneviève Anne Marguerite Bonjean Filmography as Actress: El Cid 1961 Director: Anthony Mann Starring: Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren     Belle de Jour 1967 Director: Luis Buñuel Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel   Born December 13 1927 Paris (France)…