Tag: Polish Ancestry

Joseph Conrad

(1857–1924) Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski Works: • A Personal Record (1912) • A Set of Six (1908) • Almayer’s Folly (1895) • Amy Foster (1901) • An Outcast of the Islands (1896) • Chance: A Tale in Two Parts (1913)…

Harvey Keitel

(1939) Filmography as Actor: Taxi Driver 1976 Director: Martin Scorsese Starring: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster     La nuit de Varennes 1982 Director: Ettore Scola Starring: Jean-Louis Barrault, Marcello Mastroianni     Falling in Love 1984 Director: Ulu Grosbard Starring: Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep     Thelma…

Jack Palance

(1920–2006) Volodymyr Palahniuk Filmography as Actor: Le Mépris 1963 Director: Jean-Luc Godard Starring: Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli   Born February 18 1920 Lattimer Mines, PA (USA) Died November 10 2006 Montecito, CA (USA) Occupation Actor Awards Academy Award Emmy Awards Golden Globe Hollywood Walk…

Gloria Swanson

(1899–1983) Gloria Josephine May Swanson Filmography as Actress: Sunset Boulevard 1950 Director: Billy Wilder Starring: William Holden, Gloria Swanson     Mio figlio Nerone 1956 Director: Steno Starring: Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica   Born March 27 1899 Chicago, IL (USA) Died April 4 1983 New York,…

Frank Oz

(1944) Frank Richard Oznowicz Filmography as Director: HouseSitter 1992 Director: Frank Oz Starring: Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn   Born May 25 1944 Hereford (England) Occupation Actor Film director Award Emmy

Valérie Kaprisky

(1962) Valerie Chérès Filmography as Actress: Breathless 1983 Director: Jim McBride Starring: Richard Gere, Valérie Kaprisky   Born August 19 1962 Neuilly-sur-Seine (France) Occupation Actress

Sandra Dee

(1942–2005) Alexandra Zuck Filmography as Actress: Come September 1961 Director: Robert Mulligan Starring: Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida   Born April 23 1942 Bayonne, NJ (USA) Died February 20 2005 Thousand Oaks, CA (USA) Cause of death Kidney failure Husband (1960-1967)…

Diane Kruger

(1976) Diane Heidkrüger Filmography as Actress: Copying Beethoven 2006 Director: Agnieszka Holland Starring: Ed Harris, Diane Kruger   Born July 15 1976 Algermissen (Germany) Husband (2001-2006) Guillaume Canet (1973) Occupation Actress Model Awards Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress Awards Screen…

Stefanie Powers

(1942) Stefanie Zofya Paul   Born November 2 1942 Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA (USA) Boyfriend William Holden (1918-1981) Occupation Actress Awards Hollywood Walk of Fame

Piper Laurie

(1932–2023) Rosetta Jacobs Filmography as Actress: Appointment with Death 1988 Director: Michael Winner Starring: Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall   Born January 22 1932 Detroit, MI (USA) Died October 14 2023 Los Angeles, CA (USA) Occupation Actress Awards Emmy Golden Globe