Tag: October 18

Charles Gounod

(1818–1893) Charles-François Gounod Works: • Faust (1859) • Mireille (1864) • Roméo et Juliette (1867) • Inno e Marcia Pontificale (1869) • Marche funèbre d’une marionnette (1872) • Petite Symphonie (1885) • La Reine de Saba (1862) Gounod in Art:…

Jacob Jordaens

(1593–1678) The artist’s works: Head of Girl c.1615–1620 Worcester Art Museum, Worcester The Holy Family with Shepherds 1616 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Temptation of the Magdalene c.1616–1617 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The Holy Family and Saint John the Baptist…

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

Luca Giordano

(1634–1705) known as Fa Presto (‘does it quickly’) The artist’s works: Mendicante c.1650 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna San Bartolomeo nel martirio c.1650 Museo de Bellas Artes, Valencia Il sacrificio di Isacco c.1653 Museo del Prado, Madrid Quattro donne che fanno musica 1658–1660 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam La…

Peter Boyle

(1935–2006) Peter Lawrence Boyle Jr. Filmography as Actor: Taxi Driver 1976 Director: Martin Scorsese Starring: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster   Born October 18 1935 Norristown, PA (USA) Died December 12 2006 Manhattan, New York, NY (USA) Cause of death Cancer | Multiple myeloma Occupation…

Vincent Spano

(1962) Filmography as Actor: And God Created Woman 1988 Director: Roger Vadim Starring: Rebecca De Mornay, Vincent Spano   Born October 18 1962 Brooklyn, New York, NY (USA) Occupation Actor Film director Producer

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

(1741–1803) Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos Works: • Les liaisons dangereuses (French) ◊ Dangerous Connections (English) Filmography as Writer: Dangerous Liaisons 1988 Director: Stephen Frears Starring: Glenn Close, John Malkovich   Born October 18 1741 Amiens (France) Died November 5 1803 Taranto (Italia)…

Lotte Lenya

(1898–1981) Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer Filmography as Actress: From Russia with Love 1963 Director: Terence Young Starring: Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi   Born October 18 1898 Vienna (Austria) Died November 27 1981 New York, NY (USA) Cause of death Cancer Occupation Actress Singer Awards…

Anthony Dawson

(1916–1992) Anthony Douglas Gillon Dawson Filmography as Actor: Dial M for Murder 1954 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly     Dr. No 1962 Director: Terence Young Starring: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress   Born October 18 1916 Edinburgh (Scotland) Died…

George C. Scott

(1927–1999) George Campbell Scott Filmography as Actor: Crossed Swords 1977 Director: Richard Fleischer Starring: Oliver Reed, Mark Lester   Born October 18 1927 Wise, VA (USA) Died September 22 1999 Westlake Village, CA (USA) Wife Colleen Dewhurst (1924-1991) Son Campbell Scott (1961) Occupation Actor Film…