Tag: pseudonym

Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne

(1734–1806) Nicolas-Edme Rétif Works: • L’Anti-Justine; ou, Les Delices de l’amour (French) • Contes de Restif de la Bretonne (French) Restif de la Bretonne in Film: La nuit de Varennes 1982 Director: Ettore Scola Starring: Jean-Louis Barrault, Marcello Mastroianni   Born October 23…

Giacomo Casanova

(1725–1798) Giacomo Girolamo Casanova Jacques, Chevalier de Seingalt Works: • The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt (English) Filmography as Writer: Il Casanova di Federico Fellini 1976 Director: Federico Fellini Starring: Donald Sutherland, Tina Aumont     Casanova in Film: La nuit de…

George Pal

(1908–1980) György Pál Marczincsak Filmography as Director: The Time Machine 1960 Director: George Pal Starring: Rod Taylor, Alan Young   Born February 1 1908 Cegléd (Hungary) Died May 2 1980 Beverly Hills, CA (USA) Occupation Film director Producer Award Academy Honorary Award

Yvonne Mitchell

(1915–1979) Yvonne Frances Joseph Filmography as Actress: The Trials of Oscar Wilde 1960 Director: Ken Hughes Starring: Peter Finch, Yvonne Mitchell   Born July 7 1915 Brent, London (England) Died March 24 1979 Westminster, London (England) Cause of death Cancer Occupation Actress Awards BAFTA Silver Bear

L’idiot (1946)

The Idiot Director: Georges Lampin Producer: Sacha Gordine Screenplay: Charles Spaak, Georges Raevsky Based on: The Idiot (1869) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Genre: Drama Music: Vladimir de Butzow, Maurice Thiriet Country: France Language: French Studio: Films Sacha Gordine Release date: 1946…

Marina Vlady

(1938) Marina Catherine de Poliakoff-Baydaroff Filmography as Actress: Crime et châtiment 1956 Director: Georges Lampin Starring: Jean Gabin, Marina Vlady   Born May 10 1938 Clichy (France) Occupation Actress Awards Cannes Film Festival Award Medal of Pushkin Title Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres

Robert Hossein

(1927–2020) Abraham Hosseinoff Filmography as Actor: Crime et châtiment 1956 Director: Georges Lampin Starring: Jean Gabin, Marina Vlady   Born December 30 1927 Paris (France) Died December 31 2020 Essey-lès-Nancy (France) Cause of death COVID-19 Occupation Actor Film director Theatre Director Title Commandeur de…

Tommy Noonan

(1921–1968) Thomas Noone Filmography as Actor: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 Director: Howard Hawks Starring: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe   Born April 29 1921 Bellingham, WA (USA) Died April 24 1968 Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of death Brain tumor Occupation Actor

Fred Astaire

(1899–1987) Frederick Austerlitz, Jr. Filmography as Actor: Funny Face 1957 Director: Stanley Donen Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire   Born May 10 1899 Omaha, NE (USA) Died June 22 1987 Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of death Pneumonia Occupation Actor Choreographer Occupation Dancer Singer…

Fredric March

(1897–1975) Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel Filmography as Actor: Alexander the Great 1956 Director: Robert Rossen Starring: Richard Burton, Fredric March   Born August 31 1897 Racine, WI (USA) Died April 14 1975 Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of death Cancer Occupation Actor Awards…