Tag: playwright

Jean Anouilh

(1910–1987) Jean-Marie-Lucien-Pierre Anouilh Works: • Antigone (1944) Quotes: • Jean Anouilh: Quotations Filmography as Screenwriter: Anna Karenina 1948 Director: Julien Duvivier Starring: Vivien Leigh, Ralph Richardson   Born June 23 1910 Bordeaux (France) Died October 3 1987 Lausanne (Switzerland) Occupation Playwright Screenwriter Writer

Honoré de Balzac

(1799–1850) Honoré de Balzac, né Honoré Balzac Works: ◊ A Daughter of Eve (English) ◊ A Distinguished Provincial at Paris (English) ◊ A Drama on the Seashore (English) ◊ A Man of Business (English) ◊ A Passion in the Desert (English) ◊ A Prince of Bohemia…

Henry Fielding

(1707–1754) Works: • A Journey from This World to the Next (1749) • Amelia (1751) • An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews (1741) • Joseph Andrews, Vol. I (1742) • Joseph Andrews, Vol. II (1742) • The History of the Life of the Late…

Catulle Mendès (1841-1909)

(1841–1909) Catulle Mendès in Art: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Les Filles de Catulle Mendès 1888 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York   Born May 22 1841 Bordeaux (France) Died February 7 1909 Saint-Germain-en-Laye (France) Cause of death Railway accident Buried Cimetière du Montparnasse…

Govert Bidloo

(1649–1713) Govert Bidloo or Govard Bidloo Works: Anatomia Humani Corporis 1690 National Library of Medicine, Bethesda       Born March 12 1649 Amsterdam (Netherlands) Died March 30 1713 Leiden (Netherlands) Occupation Anatomist Physician Occupation Playwright Poet Writer  

Ramón Gómez de la Serna

(1888–1963) Ramón Gómez de la Serna Puig Ramón Gómez de la Serna in Art: Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) El Rastro 1915 Museo Dolores Olmedo, Mexico City     Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Retrato de Ramón Gómez de la Serna 1915 Museo de Arte…

John Van Druten

(1901–1957) John William Van Druten Filmography as Writer: Rich and Famous 1981 Director: George Cukor Starring: Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen   Born June 1 1901 London (England) Died December 19 1957 Indio, CA (USA) Occupation Playwright Screenwriter Writer Award Donaldson Award

George Axelrod

(1922–2003) Filmography as Screenwriter: Breakfast at Tiffany’s 1961 Director: Blake Edwards Starring: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard     Paris When It Sizzles 1964 Director: Richard Quine Starring: Audrey Hepburn, William Holden   Born June 9 1922 New York, NY (USA) Died…

Truman Capote

(1924–1984) Truman Streckfus Persons Filmography as Writer: Breakfast at Tiffany’s 1961 Director: Blake Edwards Starring: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard     Murder by Death 1976 Director: Robert Moore Starring: Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote     Annie Hall 1977 Director: Woody Allen…

Cecil B. DeMille

(1881–1959) Cecil Blount DeMille Filmography as Director: Samson and Delilah 1949 Director: Cecil B. DeMille Starring: Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature     The Ten Commandments 1956 Director: Cecil B. DeMille Starring: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner   Born August 12 1881 Ashfield, MA (USA) Died January 21…