Search

Search results

Displaying 11 - 20

decadents

(Encyclopedia) decadents, in literature, name loosely applied to those 19th-century, fin-de-siècle European authors who sought inspiration, both in their lives and in their writings, in aestheticism…

Beardsley, Aubrey Vincent

(Encyclopedia) Beardsley, Aubrey VincentBeardsley, Aubrey Vincentôˈbrē, bĭrdzˈlē [key], 1872–98, English illustrator and writer, b. Brighton. Beardsley exemplifies the aesthetic movement in English…

Olivia Goldsmith 2004 Deaths

Olivia GoldsmithAge: 54 writer whose satirical debut novel, The First Wives Club, about three women whose husbands left them for younger brides, became a bestseller and a hit movie. Died: New…

Olivia De Havilland Biography

Olivia De HavillandactressBorn: 7/1/1916Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan The sister of actress Joan Fontaine, she is probably best remembered as the long-suffering Melanie in Gone With the Wind (1939). She…

Olivia Newton-John Biography

Olivia Newton-Johnsinger, actressBorn: 9/26/1948Birthplace: Cambridge, England Born in England and reared in Australia, singer Olivia Newton-John scored with numerous country-tinged pop hits…

Wilde, Cornel

film actor, producerBirthplace: New York CityBorn: 1915Died: 1989

The Wild Party

Book: David Henry Hwang and Linda Woolverton Director: Robert Falls Cast: Heather Headley, Adam Pascal, Sherie Ren Scott, Daniel Oreskes Opened: 3/00 at the Palace Theatre…

Wild Things

Director:John McNaughtonWriter:Stephen PetersDirector of Photography:Jeffrey L. KimballEditor:Elena MaganiniMusic:George S. ClintonProduction Designer:Edward T. McAvoyProducer:Steven A. Jones…

Wild America

Director: William DearWriter: David Michael WiegerDirector of Photography:David BurrEditor:O. Nicholas BrownMusic:Joel McNeelyProduction Designer:Steven JordanProducers:James G. Robinson,…