Tag: Ukrainian Ancestry

Nikolai Gogol

(1809–1852) Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol Никола́й Васи́льевич Го́голь Works: • Abende auf dem Gutshof bei Dikanka (German) • Arabesken, Prosaschriften, Rom (German) • Briefwechsel I (German) • Briefwechsel II (German) • Cossack Tales (English) • Dead Souls (English) • Demonien ruhtinatar…

Anton Chekhov

(1860–1904) Anton Pavlovich Chekhov Works: • Avioliittoja (Finnish) • Der Bär (German) • Der persische Orden und andere Grotesken (German) • Ein Heiratsantrag (German) • Eine langweilige Geschichte (German) • Eno Vanja (Finnish) • Ivanoff (English) • Kaksikymmentä (Finnish) •…

Macha Méril

(1940) Princesse Maria-Magdalena Vladimirovna Gagarine Filmography as Actress: Belle de Jour 1967 Director: Luis Buñuel Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel     Malgré-elles 2012 Director: Denis Malleval Starring: Flore Bonaventura, Louise Herrero   Born September 3 1940 Rabat (Morocco) Occupation Actress Titles Chevalier…

Albert Brooks

(1947) Albert Lawrence Einstein Filmography as Actor: Taxi Driver 1976 Director: Martin Scorsese Starring: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster   Born July 22 1947 Beverly Hills, CA (USA) Occupation Actor Film director Occupation Screenwriter Writer Awards National Society of Film Critics Award (1985, 1996,…

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…

Alan Arkin

(1934–2023) Alan Wolf Arkin Filmography as Actor: Wait Until Dark 1967 Director: Terence Young Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin   Born March 26 1934 Brooklyn, New York, NY (USA) Died June 29 2023 Carlsbad, NM (USA) Occupation Actor Film director Occupation Musician Screenwriter Occupation…

Sergei Bondarchuk

(1920–1994) Sergei Fedorovich Bondarchuk Filmography as Director: Waterloo 1970 Director: Sergei Bondarchuk Starring: Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer   Born September 25 1920 Bilozerka (Ukraine) Died October 20 1994 Moscow (Russia) Occupation Actor Awards Academy Award Lenin Prize Stalin Prize