Tag: novelist

Catulle Mendès

(1841–1909) Catulle Mendès in Art: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Les Filles de Catulle Mendès 1888 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York   Born May 22 1841 Bordeaux (France) Died February 7 1909 Saint-Germain-en-Laye (France) Cause of death Railway accident Buried Cimetière du Montparnasse…

Ray Bradbury

(1920–2012) Ray Douglas Bradbury Works: • Futuria Fantasia, Fall 1939 (English) • Futuria Fantasia, Spring 1940 (English) • Futuria Fantasia, Summer 1939 (English) • Futuria Fantasia, Winter 1940 (English) Filmography as Actor: Rich and Famous 1981 Director: George Cukor Starring: Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen…

Mickey Rooney

(1920–2014) Ninnian Joseph Yule Jr. Filmography as Actor: Breakfast at Tiffany’s 1961 Director: Blake Edwards Starring: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard   Born September 23 1920 Brooklyn, New York, NY (USA) Died April 6 2014 North Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of death…

Truman Capote

(1924–1984) Truman Streckfus Persons Filmography as Writer: Breakfast at Tiffany’s 1961 Director: Blake Edwards Starring: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard     Filmography as Actor: Murder by Death 1976 Director: Robert Moore Starring: Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote     Annie Hall 1977…

Irving Stone

(1903–1989) Irving Tannenbaum Filmography as Writer: Lust for Life 1956 Directors: Vincente Minnelli, George Cukor Starring: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn     The Agony and the Ecstasy 1965 Director: Carol Reed Starring: Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison   Born July 14 1903 San Francisco, CA (USA) Died…

Lew Wallace

(1827–1905)  Lewis “Lew” Wallace Works: • Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (English) • The Fair God (English) • The Prince of India, Vol. I (English) • The Prince of India, Vol. II (English) Quotes: • Lew Wallace: Quotations Filmography as Writer: Ben-Hur…

Julie Andrews

(1935) Dame Julia Elizabeth Andrews, DBE Filmography as Actress: The Sound of Music 1965 Director: Robert Wise Starring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer     Torn Curtain 1966 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Paul Newman, Julie Andrews     Victor/Victoria 1982 Director: Blake Edwards…

George Bernard Shaw

(1856–1950) Works: • Androcles and the Lion (1912) • Arms and the Man (1894) • Augustus Does His Bit: A True-to-Life Farce (1916) • Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch (1921) • Candida (1898) • Caesar and Cleopatra (1898) • Fanny’s First Play (1911) • Heartbreak House (1913-1916)…

Margaret Mitchell

(1900–1949) Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell Filmography as Writer: Gone with the Wind 1939 Director: Victor Fleming Starring: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh   Born November 8 1900 Atlanta, GA (USA) Died August 16 1949 Atlanta, GA (USA) Occupation Journalist Novelist Writer Awards National Book…