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Amelie

Director:Jean-Pierre JeunetWriters:Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Guillaume LaurantMiramax; R; 120 minutesRelease:12/01Cast:Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Serge Merlin Amelie strides out of Paris'…

Hepburn, Audrey

(Encyclopedia) Hepburn, Audrey, 1929–93, British film actress, b. Brussels as Audrey Kathleen Ruston. The daughter of an English banker and a Dutch baroness, she and her mother lived in the…

Brewer's: Audrey

A country wench, who jilted William for Touchstone. ( Shakespeare: As You Like It.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Augean StablesAudley A B C D E F G…

Johnston, Mary

(Encyclopedia) Johnston, Mary, 1870–1936, American novelist, b. Buchanan, Va. Her books combine romance with history. She is chiefly remembered for To Have and to Hold (1900), a story of colonial…

Audrey Hepburn Biography

Audrey HepburnactressBorn: 5/4/1929Birthplace: Brussels, Belgium Academy Award-winning, naturally chic film and stage actress whose poise, sense of style and graceful demeanor made her a star in…

Lucas, Edward Verrall

(Encyclopedia) Lucas, Edward Verrall, 1868–1938, English author and critic. For several years he was assistant editor of Punch. He wrote many volumes of gently satirical essays and travel books,…

Head, Edith

(Encyclopedia) Head, Edith, 1907–81, American costume designer, b. Los Angeles, Calif. She began to design costumes for the motion pictures in the early 1930s, working at Paramount for most of her…

Givenchy, Hubert de

(Encyclopedia) Givenchy, Hubert de (Count Hubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy)Givenchy, Hubert deübĕrˈ də zhēväNshēˈ [key], 1927–2018, French fashion designer. An assistant designer to…