Died Today (July 25th) Director John Schlesinger (1926–2003)

johnschlesinger.jpgDirector John Schlesinger (1926–2003)

Born: February 16, 1926 in Hampstead, London, England, UK

Died: July 25, 2003 (age 77) in Palm Springs, California, USA

Directed eight different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Julie Christie, Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles, Peter Finch, Glenda Jackson, Burgess Meredith and Laurence Olivier. Christie won an Oscar for Darling (1965).

 

MOVIEMARATHON MAN
1976
dir. John Schlesinger
Starring
Laurence Olivier
Dustin Hoffman
Midnight CowboyMidnight Cowboy
1969
dir. John Schlesinger
Cast
Hoffman
Jon Voight
THE BELIEVERS
1987
dir. by John Schlesinger
Stars:
Martin Sheen
Helen Shaver
MOVIE POSTERBILLY LIAR
1963
dir. John Schlesinger
Stars:
Tom Courtenay
Julie Christie

 

Happy Birthday: Iman

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Born: July 25, 1955 in Mogadishu, Somalia

Married to: David Bowie (6 June 1992 – 10 January 2016) (his death) (1 child)
Spencer Haywood (18 November 1977 – 13 February 1987) (divorced) (1 child)

Has a daughter, Alexandria Zahra Jones (born August 15, 2000) with David Bowie, and a daughter, Zulekha Haywood (born July 5, 1978), with her ex-husband, Spencer Haywood.

[July 2002 issue of Playboy magazine] I had breast enlargement to quiet that noise in my head and fill the gaping hole in my self-esteem.

We read about the horrors of child abuse in our newspapers on a daily basis. We have to take a stance and collectively say, “No more!”.

Happy Birthday: Ashley Bell

ashleybell.jpgAshley Bell

Born: July 25, 1985 in Santa Monica, California, USA

Bell, born and raised in Los Angeles, is the daughter of actor/voice animator Michael Bell and actress/Groundlings co-founder Victoria Carroll. She studied acting and directing at Cambridge University, where she was awarded “Best Actress” for her portrayal of “Ophelia”. Bell later graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with honors, and was mentored by Oscar nominee Kathleen Turner.

 

THE LAST EXORCISM PART II
2013
dir. Ed Gass-Donnelly
Stars:
Ashley Bell
Andrew Sensenig

The Last Exorcism Movie PosterThe Last Exorcism
dir. Daniel Stamm
Stars:
Patrick Fabian
Ashley Bell

 

Happy Birthday: Illeana Douglas

illeanadouglas.jpgIlleana Douglas

Born: July 25, 1965 in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA

Granddaughter of Melvyn Douglas.

 

 

 

 

FACTORY GIRL
2006
dir. George Hickenlooper
Stars:
Sienna Miller
Guy Pearce

GoodfellasGoodfellas
1990
dir. Scorsese
starring
Ray Liotta
Robert DeNiro
Joe Pesci
Cape Fear
1991
dir. Scorsese
Starring
Robert DeNiro
Jessica Lange
GHOST WORLDGhost World
2001
dir. Terry Zwigoff
Starring
Steve Buscemi
Thora Birch

 

Happy Birthday: Brad Renfro (1982–2008)

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Brad Renfro (1982–2008)

Born: July 25, 1982 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Died: January 15, 2008 (age 25) in Los Angeles, California, USA

He was discovered at age 10 by director Joel Schumacher and was cast in the motion picture The Client (1994), which starred Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones. Although this would be his zenith, he went on to appear in other films, including The Cure (1995), Tom and Huck (1995), Sleepers (1996), and Apt Pupil (1998).

Addiction problems in his teens and early 20s led to several police arrests and hampered his career. He died of a drug overdose in January 2008, aged 25.

The advice I have for people wanting to get into acting … I would say, stay the hell away from the party scene. Anything you put in front of your goal, and especially something like that, whether it’s too much gambling, too much food, too much (sic) cold beers on the weekend – anything that you put in front of the prize is going to end up getting in the way and hurting you in the end. Unfortunately, a lot of people are not lucky enough to traverse through things like that and come out of things on the other side. A lot of people don’t make it. They don’t live through it. (2007)