Tag: November 17

Catherine the Great

(1729–1796) born Princess Sophie Friederike Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst Catherine II, Empress of Russia (1762–1796) Works commissioned by her: Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) The Infant Hercules c.1785–1789 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton     Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Infant Hercules Strangling Serpents 1786 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg…

Frans Post

(1612–1680) Frans Janszoon Post The artist’s works: The Old Portuguese Fort of the Three Kings 1638 Musée du Louvre, Paris A Brazilian Landscape 1650 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Brazilian Landscape 1650s Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Landscape in Dutch Brazil 1652 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam…

Danny DeVito

(1944) Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. Filmography as Actor and Director: The War of the Roses 1989 Director: Danny DeVito Starring: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner   Born November 17 1944 Neptune, NJ (USA) Occupation Actor Film director Producer Occupation Screenwriter Writer…

Martin Scorsese

(1942) Martin Charles Scorsese Filmography as Director: Taxi Driver 1976 Director: Martin Scorsese Starring: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster     The Age of Innocence 1993 Director: Martin Scorsese Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer   Born November 27 1942 Queens, New York, NY (USA) Girlfriend (1976-1977) Liza…

Charles Walters

(1911–1982) Filmography as Director: High Society 1956 Director: Charles Walters Starring: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly   Born November 17 1911 Brooklyn, New York, NY (USA) Died August 13 1982 Malibu, CA (USA) Cause of death Cancer (lung) Occupation Actor Choreographer Occupation Dancer Film director

Lee Strasberg

(1901–1982) Israel Strassberg Filmography as Actor: The Godfather: Part II 1974 Director: Francis Ford Coppola Starring: Al Pacino, Robert Duvall   Born November 17 1901 Budaniv (Ukraine) Died February 17 1982 New York, NY (USA) Cause of death Heart Failure…

Rock Hudson

(1925–1985) Roy Harold Scherer, Jr. Filmography as Actor: Come September 1961 Director: Robert Mulligan Starring: Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida     Send Me No Flowers 1964 Director: Norman Jewison Starring: Rock Hudson, Doris Day     The Mirror Crack’d 1980 Director: Guy Hamilton Starring: Angela Lansbury,…

Louis XVIII (France)

(1755–1824) Louis Stanislas Xavier Louis le Désiré King of France (1814–1824) Louis XVIII in Film: Waterloo 1970 Director: Sergei Bondarchuk Starring: Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer     See also: • French Monarchs Born November 17 1755 Château de Versailles, Versailles (France) Died September 16 1824…

Bronzino

(1503–1572) Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano Il Bronzino The artist’s works: Madonna col Bambino e San Giovannino 1527–1530 or later Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Sacra Famiglia c.1527–1528 National Gallery of Art, Washington Ritratto di giovane uomo 1530s Metropolitan Museum of Art,…

Gladys Cooper

(1888–1971) Dame Gladys Constance Cooper, DBE Filmography as Actress: That Hamilton Woman 1941 Director: Alexander Korda Starring: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier     Madame Bovary 1949 Director: Vincente Minnelli Starring: Jennifer Jones, James Mason     My Fair Lady 1964 Director: George Cukor Starring: Audrey…