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Mary Louise Coulouris
Mary Louise Coulouris (17 July 1939 – 20 December 2011) was an American-British artist. Early life and education Mary Louise Coulouris was born in 1939 in New York City, the daughter of actor George Coulouris, and sister of computer scientist George F. Coulouris. She spent her first ten years in the United States, mainly in Beverly Hills. She attended the Parliament Hill School, Chelsea School of Art, and the Slade School of Fine Art. She studied under William Coldstream and Anthony Gross at the Slade, and spent two years in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and Atelier 17, as a student of Stanley William Hayter. Her first solo exhibition was in Paris in 1964. Career Coulouris established a home and studio in Strawberry Bank, Linlithgow, West Lothian in 1976. Commissions included murals at the Linlithgow railway station (1985) and the Royal Edinburgh Hospital (1990); a series of watercolors for the House of Lords (2004), and a set of watercolors inspired by poetry for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Coulouris
George Alexander Coulouris (1 October 1903 – 25 April 1989) was an English film and stage actor. Early life Coulouris was born in Manchester, Lancashire, England, the son of Abigail (née Redfern) anNicholas Coulouris a merchant of Greek origin. He was brought up both in Manchester and nearby Urmston and was educated at Manchester Grammar School. He attended London's Central School of Speech and Drama, in the company of fellow students Laurence Olivier and Peggy Ashcroft. Early career Coulouris made his stage debut in 1926 with ''Henry V'' at the Old Vic. In 1928 and 1929 he appeared in several productions at the Cambridge Festival Theatre including Eugene O'Niell's ''The Hairy Ape.''. By 1929, he made his first Broadway appearance, followed by his first Hollywood film role in 1933. A major impact on his life was Orson Welles, whom he met in 1936 when they both had roles in the Broadway production of Sidney Kingsley's ''Ten Million Ghosts''. Welles invited Coulouris to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |