Tag: philanthropist

Sophia Schliemann

(1852–1932) Σοφία Σλήμαν née Sophia Engastromenos, Σοφία Εγκαστρωμένου   Born January 12 1852 Athens (Greece) Died October 27 1932 Athens (Greece) Husband (1869–1890) Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890) Occupation Archaeologist

Giuseppe Verdi

(1813–1901) Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi Works: • Aida (1871) • Attila (1846) • Don Carlos (1867) • Ernani (1844) • Falstaff (1893) • I due Foscari (1844) • Giovanna d’Arco (1845) • I Lombardi (1843) • Il corsaro (1848) •…

Franz Liszt

(1811–1886) Liszt Ferenc Works: • A Faust Symphonie (1857) • Années de pèlerinage (1842) • Christus (1872) • Danse macabre (1865) • Dante Symphony (1857) • Études d’exécution transcendante (1852) • Fantasy and Fugue on the name “B.A.C.H.” (1856) •…

Joanne Woodward

(1930) Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward Filmography as Actress: The Age of Innocence 1993 Director: Martin Scorsese Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer   Born February 27 1930 Thomasville, GA (USA) Husband (1958-2008) Paul Newman (1925-2008) Occupation Actress Producer Awards Academy Award BAFTA Awards Cannes…

Frank Sinatra

(1915–1998) Francis Albert Sinatra, OMRI Filmography as Actor: Around the World in 80 Days 1956 Director: Michael Anderson Starring: David Niven, Cantinflas     High Society 1956 Director: Charles Walters Starring: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly     Paris When It Sizzles 1964 Director: Richard Quine Starring: Audrey Hepburn, William…

Barbra Streisand

(1942) Barbara Joan Streisand Filmography as Actress: The Way We Were 1973 Director: Sydney Pollack Starring: Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford     Meet the Fockers 2004 Director: Jay Roach Starring: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller     Little Fockers 2010 Director: Paul Weitz Starring: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller…

Norton Simon

(1907–1993) Norton Winfred Simon Founder of: • Norton Simon Museum (Pasadena) Quote: Time, 4-Jun-1965, DETAILS: “In the Dostoevskian sense, I am the suffering man.” Norton Simon with his 2nd wife, actress Jennifer Jones. Born February 2 1907 Portland, OR (USA) Died June…

Keanu Reeves

(1964) Keanu Charles Reeves Filmography as Actor: Dangerous Liaisons 1988 Director: Stephen Frears Starring: Glenn Close, John Malkovich   Born September 2 1964 Beirut (Lebanon) Girlfriend (2005) Diane Keaton (1946) Occupation Actor Musician Producer Awards Hollywood Walk of Fame

Greer Garson

(1904–1996) Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson, CBE Filmography as Actress: Julius Caesar 1953 Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Starring: Marlon Brando, James Mason   Born September 29 1904 Manor Park, London (England) Died April 6 1996 Dallas, TX (USA) Cause of death Heart Failure Occupation Actress…

Kirk Douglas

(1916–2020) Issur Danielovitch Demsky Filmography as Actor: Lust for Life 1956 Directors: Vincente Minnelli, George Cukor Starring: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn     Spartacus 1960 Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier   Born December 9 1916 Amsterdam, NY (USA) Died…