Tag: May 9

José Ortega y Gasset

(1883–1955) Works: • España invertebrada: Bosquejo de algunos pensamientos históricos (Spanish) • Meditaciones del Quijote (Spanish) Born May 9 1883 Madrid (España) Died October 18 1955 Madrid (España) Occupation Deputy Literary critic Occupation Philosopher Writer

Friedrich Schiller

(1759–1805) Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller Works: • Aesthetical and Philosophical Essays (English) • Briefe Schillers und Goethes an A. W. Schlegel (German) • Demetrius (English) • Der Neffe als Onkel (German) • Der Parasit, oder die Kunst (German) •…

Claudio Monteverdi

(1567–1643) Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi Works: • L’Orfeo (1607) • Madrigali (Libro VII) • Magnificat a sei voci (1610) Monteverdi’s tomb in the Basilica of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari. Born May 9 1567 Cremona (Italia) Died November 29 1643 Venezia (Italia)…

Marco Ferreri

(1928–1997) Filmography as Director: La Grande Bouffe 1973 Director: Marco Ferreri Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Michel Piccoli   Born May 11 1928 Milano (Italia) Died May 9 1997 Paris (France) Occupation Actor Film Director Occupation Producer Screenwriter Writer Awards David di Donatello Golden Bear Nastro d’Argento

Glenda Jackson

(1936–2023) Glenda May Jackson, CBE Filmography as Actress: Women in Love 1969 Director: Ken Russell Starring: Alan Bates, Oliver Reed     Mary, Queen of Scots 1971 Director: Charles Jarrott Starring: Vanessa Redgrave, Glenda Jackson     A Touch of Class 1973 Director: Melvin Frank Starring: Glenda…

Edmond O’Brien

(1915–1985) Eamon Joseph O’Brien Filmography as Actor: Julius Caesar 1953 Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Starring: Marlon Brando, James Mason   Born September 10 1915 Brooklyn, New York, NY (USA) Died May 9 1985 Inglewood, Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of death Alzheimer’s Occupation Actor…

Pedro Armendáriz

(1912–1963) Pedro Gregorio Armendáriz Hastings Filmography as Actor: From Russia with Love 1963 Director: Terence Young Starring: Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi     Born May 9 1912 México, DF (Mexico) Died June 18 1963 Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of death Suicide Occupation…

Marion Lorne

(1883–1968) Marion Lorne MacDougall Filmography as Actress: Strangers on a Train 1951 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Farley Granger, Ruth Roman     The Graduate 1967 Director: Mike Nichols Starring: Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman   Born August 12 1883 West Pittston, PA (USA) Died May 9 1968…

Elizabeth Wilson

(1921–2015) Elizabeth Welter Wilson Filmography as Actress: The Birds 1963 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor     The Graduate 1967 Director: Mike Nichols Starring: Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman   Born April 4 1921 Grand Rapids, MI (USA) Died May 9…

Albert Finney

(1936–2019) Filmography as Actor: Tom Jones 1963 Director: Tony Richardson Starring: Albert Finney, Susannah York     Two for the Road 1967 Director: Stanley Donen Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Albert Finney     Murder on the Orient Express 1974 Director: Sidney Lumet Starring: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall…