Tag: Philadelphia

Martin Gabel

(1912–1986) Filmography as Actor: Marnie 1964 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery   Born June 19 1912 Philadelphia, PA (USA) Died May 22 1986 New York, NY (USA) Occupation Actor Film director Producer Awards Tony

Henry Jones

(1912–1999) Henry Burk Jones Filmography as Actor: Vertigo 1958 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: James Stewart, Kim Novak     Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 Director: George Roy Hill Starring: Paul Newman, Robert Redford   Born August 1 1912…

Nancy Walker

(1922–1992) Anna Myrtle Swoyer Filmography as Actress: Murder by Death 1976 Director: Robert Moore Starring: Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote   Born May 10 1922 Philadelphia, PA (USA) Died March 25 1992 Studio City, Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of death…

Grace Kelly

(1929–1982) Grace Patricia Kelly Filmography as Actress: High Noon 1952 Director: Fred Zinnemann Starring: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly     Dial M for Murder 1954 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly     Rear Window 1954 Director: Alfred…

Vincent Gardenia

(1920–1992) Vincenzo Gardenia Scognamiglio Filmography as Actor: Heaven Can Wait 1978 Director: Warren Beatty, Buck Henry Starring: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie     Dark Mirror 1984 Director: Richard Lang Starring: Jane Seymour, Stephen Collins   Born January 7 1920 Napoli…

Nancy Meyers

(1949) Nancy Jane Meyers Filmography as Director: The Parent Trap 1998 Director: Nancy Meyers Starring: Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson     The Holiday 2006 Director: Nancy Meyers Starring: Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet     The Intern 2015 Director: Nancy Meyers Starring: Robert De Niro, Anne…

La Modiste (1910-1911)

Severini, Gino (1883-1966) La Modiste (The Milliner) 1910–1911 Oil on canvas, 64.8 x 48.3 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia This effervescent painting of a young hatmaker strolling in the street was included in the first Futurist exhibition in Paris,…

Sidney Lumet

(1924–2011) Sidney Arthur Lumet Filmography as Director: Murder on the Orient Express 1974 Director: Sidney Lumet Starring: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall     Network 1976 Director: Sidney Lumet Starring: Faye Dunaway, William Holden     Equus 1977 Director: Sidney Lumet…

La Source (1875)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Source (The Source) 1875 Oil on canvas, 131 x 77.5 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia The model here is Henriette Henriot, an actress who posed frequently for Renoir during his impressionist years. Renoir captures her in a…

Comunione e assunzione della Maddalena (c.1484-1491)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Comunione e assunzione della Maddalena (Last Moments of Saint Mary Magdalene) c.1484–1491 Tempera on panel, 18.3 x 43.8 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia This panel was part of the predella of the Pala delle Convertite. Pala delle Convertite: Botticelli,…