Tag: silent film

Mary Astor

(1906–1987) Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke Filmography as Actress: Little Women 1949 Director: Mervyn LeRoy Starring: June Allyson, Peter Lawford   Born May 3 1906 Quincy, IL (USA) Died September 25 1987 Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of death Emphysema Occupation…

Mervyn LeRoy

(1900–1987) Filmography as Director: Waterloo Bridge 1940 Director: Mervyn LeRoy Starring: Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor     Little Women 1949 Director: Mervyn LeRoy Starring: June Allyson, Peter Lawford     Quo Vadis 1951 Director: Mervyn LeRoy Starring: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr   Born October 15 1900…

Louis Calhern

(1895–1956) Carl Henry Vogt Filmography as Actor: Julius Caesar 1953 Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Starring: Marlon Brando, James Mason     High Society 1956 Director: Charles Walters Starring: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly   Born February 19 1895 Brooklyn, New York, NY (USA) Died May 12 1956 Nara…

Mickey Rooney

(1920–2014) Ninnian Joseph Yule Jr. Filmography as Actor: Breakfast at Tiffany’s 1961 Director: Blake Edwards Starring: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard   Born September 23 1920 Brooklyn, New York, NY (USA) Died April 6 2014 North Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of death…

Edward G. Robinson

(1893–1973) Emanuel Goldenberg Filmography as Actor: The Ten Commandments 1956 Director: Cecil B. DeMille Starring: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner   Born December 12 1893 Bucharest (Romania) Died January 26 1973 Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of death Cancer Occupation Actor Awards Academy Honorary Award…

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…

George Relph

(1888–1960) Filmography as Actor: Ben-Hur 1959 Director: William Wyler Starring: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins   Born January 27 1888 Cullercoats (England) Died April 24 1960 Chelsea, London (England) Occupation Actor

Jack L. Warner

(1892–1978) Jack Leonard Warner, born Jacob Warner Filmography as Producer: My Fair Lady 1964 Director: George Cukor Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison   Born August 2 1892 London (Canada) Died September 9 1978 Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of death Heart Failure Occupation Businessman…

Gladys Cooper

(1888–1971) Dame Gladys Constance Cooper, DBE Filmography as Actress: That Hamilton Woman 1941 Director: Alexander Korda Starring: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier     Madame Bovary 1949 Director: Vincente Minnelli Starring: Jennifer Jones, James Mason     My Fair Lady 1964 Director: George Cukor Starring: Audrey…

Leslie Howard

(1893–1943) Leslie Howard Steiner Filmography as Actor and Director: Pygmalion 1938 Director: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard Starring: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller     Filmography as Actor: Gone with the Wind 1939 Director: Victor Fleming Starring: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh   Born April…