Tag: Swiss Ancestry

Maurice Ravel

(1875–1937) Joseph Maurice Ravel Works: • Boléro (1928) • Concerto pour la main gauche (1932) • Concerto pour piano en sol majeur (1932) • Daphnis et Chloé (1909-12) • Gaspard de la nuit (1908) • L’Enfant et les Sortilèges (1925)…

Maria Schell

(1926–2005) Maria Margarethe Anna Schell Filmography as Actress: Le Notti Bianche 1957 Director: Luchino Visconti Starring: Maria Schell, Marcello Mastroianni   Born January 15 1926 Vienna (Austria) Died April 26 2005 Preitenegg (Austria) Cause of death Pneumonia Brother Maximilian Schell (1930-2014) Occupation Actress Producer…

Jeff Bridges

(1949) Jeffrey Leon Bridges Filmography as Actor: Kiss Me Goodbye 1982 Director: Robert Mulligan Starring: Sally Field, James Caan     The Mirror Has Two Faces 1996 Director: Barbra Streisand Starring: Barbra Streisand, Jeff Bridges   Born December 4 1949 Los Angeles, CA (USA) Father Lloyd…

Michelle Pfeiffer

(1958) Filmography as Actress: Dangerous Liaisons 1988 Director: Stephen Frears Starring: Glenn Close, John Malkovich     The Age of Innocence 1993 Director: Martin Scorsese Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer   Born April 29 1958 Santa Ana, CA (USA) Boyfriend Alec Baldwin (1958) Boyfriend (1988) John Malkovich…

Beau Bridges

(1941) Lloyd Vernet Bridges III Fimography as Actor: Witness for the Prosecution 1982 Director: Alan Gibson Starring: Ralph Richardson, Deborah Kerr     Born December 9 1941 Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA (USA) Father Lloyd Bridges (1913-1998) Brother Jeff Bridges (1949) Occupation Actor Film director…

Peter Arne

(1920–1983) Peter Randolph Michael Albrecht Filmography as Actor: Providence 1977 Director: Alain Resnais Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Ellen Burstyn     Agatha 1979 Director: Michael Apted Starring: Vanessa Redgrave, Dustin Hoffman     Victor/Victoria 1982 Director: Blake Edwards Starring: Julie Andrews, James Garner  …

Marisa Berenson

(1947) Vittoria Marisa Schiaparelli Berenson Filmography as Actress: Morte a Venezia 1971 Director: Luchino Visconti Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Silvana Mangano     Barry Lyndon 1975 Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Ryan O’Neil, Marisa Berenson   Born February 15 1947 New York, NY (USA) Occupation…

Victor Mature

(1913–1999) Victor John Mature Filmography as Actor: Samson and Delilah 1949 Director: Cecil B. DeMille Starring: Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature     The Robe 1953 Director: Henry Koster Starring: Richard Burton, Jean Simmons   Born January 29 1913 Louisville, KY (USA) Died August 4 1999 Rancho…

Yul Brynner

(1920–1985) Yuliy Borisovich Briner Filmography as Actor: The Ten Commandments 1956 Director: Cecil B. DeMille Starring: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner     The Madwoman of Chaillot 1969 Director: Bryan Forbes Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Charles Boyer   Born July 11 1920 Vladivostok (Russia) Died October 10 1985…

Arthur Honegger

(1892–1955) Works: • Antigone (1924-1927) Filmography as Composer: Pygmalion 1938 Director: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard Starring: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller   Born March 10 1892 Le Havre (France) Died November 27 1955 Paris (France) Occupation Composer Title Grand Officier de la Légion d’honneur