Maureen O’Sullivan
DICTIONARY OF IRISH BIOGRAPHY Contributed by Dolan, Anne O’Sullivan, Maureen Paula (1911–98), actress, was born 17 May 1911 at Boyle, Co. Roscommon, one of the five children of
Mandy Miller
The sensitive-looking British child star of the fifties was born Carmen Isabella Miller in 1944 but affectionately called “Mandy” practically from birth. Her father, a BBC Radi
Jacqueline Sassard
Jacqueline Sassard (13 March 1940 – 17 July 2021) was a French actress who appeared in Italian films such as Guendalina directed by Alberto Lattuada, a young woman with famil
michael York
Michael York garnered very favourable reviews for his first three major films in the 1960’s. They were Joseph Losey’s “Accident” and Franco Zefferelli’s “The Taming
Marla Landi
Marla Landi, Lady Dashwood (born Marcella Teresa Scarafia in 1933, Turin, Italy) is an Italian-born British film actress and television presenter. Marla Landi’s major ro
Elisabeth Bergner
. Elisabeth Bergner, who was born in 1897, was the daughter of the merchant Emil Ettel and his wife Anna Rosa Wagner. She grew up in Vienna, and she made her theatre debut in In
Patricia Medina
PATRICIA MEDINA OBITUARY IN “THE GUARDIAN” IN 2012. Although the actor Patricia Medina, who has died aged 92, had a cut-glass English accent, her voluptuous Latin looks often p
kier Dullea
Tall, slim, remote and boyishly handsome was born in 1936, one of Keir Dullea’s most arresting features is his pale blue eyes, which featured in a number of watershed films o
Etchika Choureau
Etchika Choureau, born Jeaninne Paulette Verret (12 November 1929 – 25 January 2022), was a French film actress, active from 1953 to 1966. Choureau’s first feature film w
Marisa Pavan
The times obituary in 2024. My twin sister and my mother were survivors,” reflected the Italian actress Marisa Pavan, “and I feel I am too. I’m grateful for my past, for what