Tag: NYC

Maria Callas

(1923–1977) Μαρία Κάλλας Maria Anna Cecilia Sofia Kalogeropoulos Filmography as Actress: Medea 1969 Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini Starring: Maria Callas, Massimo Girotti   Born December 2 1923 New York, NY (USA) Died September 16 1977 Paris (France) Cause of death Heart…

Julian Beck

(1925–1985) Filmography as Actor: Edipo re 1967 Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini Starring: Silvana Mangano, Franco Citti   Born May 31 1925 Washington Heights, New York, NY (USA) Died September 14 1985 New York, NY (USA) Occupation Actor Painter Occupation Poet Theatre director Writer

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…

Louis Calhern

(1895–1956) Carl Henry Vogt Filmography as Actor: Julius Caesar 1953 Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Starring: Marlon Brando, James Mason     High Society 1956 Director: Charles Walters Starring: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly   Born February 19 1895 Brooklyn, New York, NY (USA) Died May 12 1956 Nara…

Nelson Rockefeller

(1908–1979) Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller 41st Vice President of the United States (1974–1977) Nelson Rockefeller in Film: Frida 2002 Director: Julie Taymor Starring: Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina   Born July 8 1908 Bar Harbor, ME (USA) Died January 26 1979 New York, NY (USA)…

David Alfaro Siqueiros

(1896–1974) José de Jesús Alfaro Siqueiros The artist’s works: Cabeza c.1930 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Desnudo sentado 1930 Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Autorretrato 1936–1937 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Cosmos y desastre c.1936 Tate Britain, London Autorretrato 1948 National Gallery…

David Leonard

(1891–1967) Filmography as Actor: Désirée 1954 Director: Henry Koster Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons     Lust for Life 1956 Directors: Vincente Minnelli, George Cukor Starring: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn   Born September 5 1891 New York, NY (USA) Died April 2 1967 San Fernando, CA (USA)…

Everett Sloane

(1909–1965) Filmography as Actor: Lust for Life 1956 Directors: Vincente Minnelli, George Cukor Starring: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn   Born October 1 1909 Manhattan, New York, NY (USA) Died August 6 1965 Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of death Suicide Occupation Actor Songwriter Theatre director

Cynthia Nixon

(1966) Cynthia Ellen Nixon Filmography as Actress: Amadeus 1984 Director: Miloš Forman Cast: Tom Hulce, F. Murray Abraham     A Quiet Passion 2016 Director: Terence Davies Starring: Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle   Born April 9 1966 Manhattan, New York, NY…

George Gershwin

(1898–1937) Jacob Bruskin Gershowitz Works: • An American in Paris (1928) • Concerto in F (1925) • Girl Crazy (1930) • Porgy and Bess (1935) • Rhapsody in Blue (1924) Filmography as Composer: Funny Face 1957 Director: Stanley Donen Starring:…