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Marina Koshetz
Marina Koshetz (August 6, 1912, Moscow – December 9, 2000, Santa Monica, California) was an American opera singer (soprano) and actress. She was the daughter of the prominent singer Nina Koshetz and the actor Alexander von Schubert. She used Marina Schubert as her name for her early film work. Koshetz sang in staged opera. She also sang in films and wrote a biography about her mother as well as a screenplay about her mother's affair with Rachmaninoff, both titled ''The Last Love Song''. by Hans J. Wollstein, AllMovie.com, accessed 3 December 2008. Selected filmography *'''' (1933) *'' |
William Bruce Ellis Ranken
William Bruce Ellis Ranken (11 April 1881 – 31 March 1941) was a British artist and Edwardian aesthete. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, to Robert Burt Ranken, a wealthy and successful lawyer, and his wife Mary. He attended Eton College and then proceeded to the Slade School of Art, under the tutelage of Henry Tonks. A fellow student was the actor Ernest Thesiger, who became a lifelong friend; he was painted by Ranken in 1918, and married Ranken's sister Janette Ranken in 1917. Ranken's first exhibition in 1904 at the Carfax Gallery (managed by John Fothergill and William Rothenstein) in London was well received by artists and art critics. He befriended Wilfrid de Glehn and John Singer Sargent. At the outbreak of World War I, Ranken was living at his studio in Chelsea, a short distance from Sargent's studio, with whom he may have ventured to America during the war years. Early success While in America, Sargent introduced him to Isabella Stewart Gardner, and he rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
