(1694–1778) François-Marie Arouet Works: • A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (English) • A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 2 (English) • A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 3 (English) • A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 4 (English) • A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 5 (English) •…
(1577–1640) Sir Peter Paul Rubens The artist’s works: Portrait of a Man 1597 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Lamentation over the Dead Christ 1601–1602 Galleria Borghese, Roma Venus and Cupid c.1606–1611 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Portrait of a Young Woman with a Rosary…
(1564–1593) Works: • Accurs’d be he that first invented war! (English) • Edward the Second (English) • Hero and Leander and Other Poems (English) • Hero and Leander and Other Poems (Latin) • I Must Have Wanton Poets (English) •…
(1933–2007) Filmography as Actor: Le fantôme de la liberté 1974 Director: Luis Buñuel Starring: Adriana Asti, Adolfo Celi La nuit de Varennes 1982 Director: Ettore Scola Starring: Jean-Louis Barrault, Marcello Mastroianni Édith et Marcel 1983 Director: Claude Lelouch Starring: Évelyne Bouix, Marcel Cerdan Jr.…
(1896–1977) Howard Winchester Hawks Filmography as Director: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 Director: Howard Hawks Starring: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe Born May 30 1896 Goshen, IN (USA) Died December 26 1977 Palm Springs, CA (USA) Cause of death Accident (fall) Occupation Film director…
(1889–1967) William Claude Rains Filmography as Actor: Caesar and Cleopatra 1945 Director: Gabriel Pascal Starring: Vivien Leigh, Claude Rains Born November 10 1889 Clapham, London (England) Died May 30 1967 Laconia, NH (USA) Cause of death Abdominal hemorrhage Occupation Actor
(1201?-1252) Saint Ferdinand, San Fernando King of Castile (1217–1252) King of León (1230–1252) King of Galicia (1230–1252) Saint Ferdinand III of Castile in Art: Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Aparición de San Isidoro al Rey Fernando el Santo 1798–1800 Museo de Bellas Artes, Buenos…
(1911–1998) Daniel Vincent Fowley Filmography as Actor: Singin’ in the Rain 1952 Director: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen Starring: Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds Born May 30 1911 Bronx, New York, NY (USA) Died May 21 1998 Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, CA…
(1912–1980) Hugh Emrys Griffith Filmography as Actor: Ben-Hur 1959 Director: William Wyler Starring: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins Tom Jones 1963 Director: Tony Richardson Starring: Albert Finney, Susannah York How to Steal a Million 1966 Director: William Wyler Starring: Audrey…
(1880–1947) Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp Georg von Trapp in Film: The Sound of Music 1965 Director: Robert Wise Starring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer Born April 4 1880 Zadar (Croatia) Died May 30 1947 Stowe, VT (USA) Cause of death Cancer (lung)…