Tag: NYC

San Jerónimo (c.1610)

El Greco (1541-1614) San Jerónimo (Saint Jerome as Scholar) c.1610 Oil on canvas, 108 x 89 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York El Greco executed at least five paintings of Saint Jerome. In this version, from the last years…

Cristo abrazado a la cruz (1577-1587)

El Greco (1541-1614) Cristo abrazado a la cruz (Christ Carrying the Cross) c.1577–1587 Oil on canvas, 105 x 79 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York During his long career in Spain, El Greco produced numerous paintings of Christ carrying…

Vista de Toledo (1599-1600)

El Greco (1541-1614) Vista de Toledo (View of Toledo) c.1599–1600 Oil on canvas, 121.3 x 108.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In this, his greatest surviving landscape, El Greco portrays the city he lived and worked in for…

Walter Matthau

(1920–2000) Walter John Matthow Filmography as Actor: Charade 1963 Director: Stanley Donen Starring: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn     The Odd Couple 1968 Director: Gene Saks Starring: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau   Born October 1 1920 New York, NY (USA) Died July 1 2000…

Gene Saks

(1921–2015) Jean Michael Saks Filmography as Director: The Odd Couple 1968 Director: Gene Saks Starring: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau   Born November 8 1921 New York, NY (USA) Died March 28 2015 East Hampton, NY (USA) Cause of death Pneumonia…

Lotte Lenya

(1898–1981) Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer Filmography as Actress: The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone 1961 Director: José Quintero Starring: Vivien Leigh, Warren Beatty     From Russia with Love 1963 Director: Terence Young Starring: Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi   Born October 18 1898…

Jack Lord

(1920–1998) John Joseph Patrick Ryan Filmography as Actor: Dr. No 1962 Director: Terence Young Starring: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress   Born December 30 1920 Brooklyn, New York, NY (USA) Died January 21 1998 Honolulu, HI (USA) Cause of death Heart Failure Occupation Actor Film…

Joseph Wiseman

(1918–2009) Filmography as Actor: Dr. No 1962 Director: Terence Young Starring: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress   Born May 15 1918 Montréal (Canada) Died October 19 2009 Manhattan, New York, NY (USA) Occupation Actor

Suzanne Pleshette

(1937–2008) Filmography as Actress: The Birds 1963 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor   Born January 31 1937 Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York, NY (USA) Died January 19 2008 Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of death Cancer (lung) Occupation Actress Awards Emmy…

Richard Dreyfuss

(1947) Richard Stephen Dreyfuss Filmography as Actor: The Graduate 1967 Director: Mike Nichols Starring: Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman     Book Club 2018 Director: Bill Holderman Starring: Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda   Born October 29 1947 Brooklyn, New York, NY (USA) Occupation Actor Novelist Writer Awards Academy…