Tag: London

David Garrick

(1717–1779) Garrick in Art: Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) David Garrick between Tragedy and Comedy 1760–1761 Private Collection     Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) David Garrick 1770 National Portrait Gallery, London   Born February 19 1717 Hereford (England) Died January 20 1779 London (England) Occupation Actor…

Edith Evans

(1888–1976) Dame Edith Mary Evans, DBE Filmography as Actress: Tom Jones 1963 Director: Tony Richardson Starring: Albert Finney, Susannah York     The Madwoman of Chaillot 1969 Director: Bryan Forbes Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Charles Boyer   Born February 8 1888 Pimlico, London (England) Died October 14 1976…

Bryan Forbes

(1926–2013) John Theobald Clarke, CBE Filmography as Director: The Madwoman of Chaillot 1969 Director: Bryan Forbes Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Charles Boyer   Born July 22 1926 Stratford, London (England) Died May 8 2013 Virginia Water (England) Occupation Actor Film director Occupation Novelist Producer Occupation…

Richard Johnson

(1927–2015) Richard Keith Johnson Filmography as Actor: Julius Caesar 1970 Director: Stuart Burge Starring: Charlton Heston, Jason Robards   Born July 30 1927 Upminster (England) Died June 5 2015 Chelsea, London (England) Wife (1965-1966) Kim Novak (1933) Occupation Actor

Kate Nelligan

(1950) Patricia Colleen Nelligan Filmography as Actress: The Count of Monte-Cristo 1975 Director: David Greene Starring: Richard Chamberlain, Kate Nelligan   Born March 16 1950 London (Canada) Occupation Actress Awards BAFTA Canadian Screen Award Genie Award

Thomas More

(1478–1535) Sir Thomas More Saint Thomas More Works: • Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation (English) • Utopia (English) • Utopia (German) Sir Thomas More in Film: A Man for All Seasons 1966 Director: Fred Zinnemann Starring: Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller   Born February…

H. G. Wells

(1866–1946) Herbert George Wells Works: • A Modern Utopia (English) • A Short History of the World (English) • Aarnihauta ja muita juttuja (Finnish) • Aikakone (Finnish) • An Englishman Looks at the World (English) • Ann Veronica: A Modern…

William Makepeace Thackeray

(1811–1863)   The artist’s works: Self-Portrait c.1844 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Thackeray the Humourist and the Man of Letters 1864 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Lady Writing s.d. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Works: • A Little Dinner at Timmins’s (English) • Ballads (English) •…

Patrick Magee

(1922–1982) Patrick George McGee Filmography as Actor: A Clockwork Orange 1971 Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee     Barry Lyndon 1975 Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Ryan O’Neil, Marisa Berenson   Born March 31 1922 Armagh (Northern Ireland) Died August 14 1982 Fulham, London…

Anthony Burgess

(1917–1993) John Anthony Burgess Wilson, FRSL Filmography as Writer: A Clockwork Orange 1971 Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee     Jesus of Nazareth 1977 Director: Franco Zeffirelli Starring: Robert Powell, Olivia Hussey   Born February 25 1917 Manchester (England) Died…