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Olga Georges-Picot
Olga Georges-Picot (6 January 1940 – 19 June 1997) was a French actress. She was a great-niece of François Georges-Picot. Early life Born in Shanghai, in Japanese-occupied China, she was the daughter of Guillaume Georges-Picot, the French Ambassador to China, and a Russian mother, Anastasia Mironovich. She attended the International School in Geneva in the early fifties with her sister. She also attended the Lycée français de New York (Class of 1958). She studied acting at the Actors Studio in Paris. Career Her acting career included roles in French and English films, and on television. She was featured in ''Playboy Magazine''’s "Sex in Cinema" column, and also on the front cover of the periodical ''Adam''. She appeared in three mainstream films: Denise, the OAS mole, in ''The Day of the Jackal'' (1973); Countess Alexandrovna in Woody Allen’s ''Love and Death'' (1975); and Julie Anderson in Basil Dearden’s ''The Man Who Haunted Himself'' (1970). Her break-through rol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanghai
Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowing through it. With a population of 24.89 million as of 2021, Shanghai is the most populous urban area in China with 39,300,000 inhabitants living in the Shanghai metropolitan area, the second most populous city proper in the world (after Chongqing) and the only city in East Asia with a GDP greater than its corresponding capital. Shanghai ranks second among the administrative divisions of Mainland China in human development index (after Beijing). As of 2018, the Greater Shanghai metropolitan area was estimated to produce a gross metropolitan product (nominal) of nearly 9.1 trillion RMB ($1.33 trillion), exceeding that of Mexico with GDP of $1.22 trillion, the 15th largest in the world. Shanghai is one of the world's major centers for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tales Of Paris
''Tales of Paris'' (french: Les parisiennes) is a 1962 comedy-drama anthology film consisting of four segments. Plot Cast ''Sophie'' * Catherine Deneuve as Sophie * Johnny Hallyday as Jean Allard * Elina Labourdette as Jacqueline * Gillian Hills as Theodora * Gisèle Sandré as Suzanne * Berthe Granval as Suzanne * France Anglade as a college girl * Danièle Évenou as a college girl * Paloma Matta as a college girl * J.L. de Villalonga as Louis * Yves Barsacq as the traveler * Henri Attal as a passenger * Dominique Zardi as a passenger * Director: Marc Allégret. Screenplay: Marc Allégret, Francis Cosne, Roger Vadim. Cinematography : Armand Thirard ''Françoise'' * Françoise Arnoul as Françoise * Françoise Brion as Jacqueline * Paul Guers as Michel * François Patrice as the playboy * Director: Claude Barma. Screenplay: Jacques Armand, Claude Barma, Claude Brulé. Cinematography: Armand Thirard ''Antonia'' * Christian Marquand as Christian Lénier * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Deaths
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of the most observed comets of the 20th century; Golden Bauhinia Square, where sovereignty of Hong Kong is handed over from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China; the 1997 Central European flood kills 114 people in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Germany; Korean Air Flight 801 crashes during heavy rain on Guam, killing 229; Mars Pathfinder and Sojourner land on Mars; flowers left outside Kensington Palace following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in a car crash in Paris., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Titanic (1997 film) rect 200 0 400 200 Harry Potter rect 400 0 600 200 Comet Hale-Bopp rect 0 200 300 400 Death of Diana, Princess of Wales rect 300 200 600 400 Handover of Hong Kong rect 0 400 200 600 Mars Pathfind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940 Births
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victims Of Vice
''Victims of Vice''Also known as ''Vice Squad''. (french: Brigade mondaine) is a 1978 French film directed by Jacques ScandelariCf. IMDb based on Michel Brice's novel edited by Gérard de Villiers. Cast * Patrice Valota: inspector Boris Corentin * Odile Michel: Micheline * Florence Cayrol: Annie * Marie-Georges Pascal: Peggy * Patrick Olivier: Patrick Morel * Jacques Berthier: Paul-Henri Vaugoubert de Saint-Loup * Marianne Comtell: Nada * Jacques Dacqmine: chief of police * Jean-Pol Brissart: inspector Brichot * Gisèle Grimm: Mrs. Pandolini * Hélène Hily: mother of the victim * Philippe Castelli Philippe Castelli (8 June 1926 – 16 April 2006) was a French film actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1960 and 1992. Selected filmography * '' Les Bonnes Femmes'' (1960) - Le régisseur * '' Wise Guys'' (1961) - Le portier au verniss ...: headwaiter References External links * ''Victims of Vice''at Encyclo-ciné (French) 1978 films French crime drama films 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodbye Emmanuelle
''Goodbye Emmanuelle'' (aka ''Emmanuelle 3'') is a 1977 French softcore erotica movie directed by François Leterrier, and starring Sylvia Kristel. The music score is by Serge Gainsbourg. In this sequel, Emmanuelle and Jean move to the Seychelles, where she leaves him. Premise Emmanuelle (Sylvia Kristel) and her architect husband Jean continue their amoral lifestyle in the Seychelles. But when a casual dalliance between her and Gregory, a film director, starts to turn serious her husband shows very traditional signs of jealousy. Cast * Sylvia Kristel as Emmanuelle * Umberto Orsini as Jean * Alexandra Stewart as Dorothée * Olga Georges-Picot as Florence * Jean-Pierre Bouvier as Grégory * Sylvie Fennec as Clara * Caroline Laurence as Cécile * Charlotte Alexandra as Chloe Production ''Goodbye Emmanuelle'' was intended as the last of a trilogy that included ''Emmanuelle'' (1974) and ''Emmanuelle 2'' (1975). It was shot on the Seychellois island of La Digue. Release The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children Of Rage
Children of Rage is a 1975 film written and directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman, filmed mostly in Malta. It deals with the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The film stars Helmut Griem, Simon Ward, Cyril Cusack, Olga Georges-Picot and Richard Alfieri. Plot When Ahmed, a Palestinian guerrilla, is killed, his brother Omar (Richard Alfieri) takes his place. Omar is wounded while disguised as an Israeli but escapes from the hospital to avoid questioning. Before being transported to the safety of the camps, he is treated by David (Helmut Griem Helmut Griem (6 April 1932 – 19 November 2004) was a German film, television and stage actor, and director. Biography Born in Hamburg, Griem was primarily a stage actor, appearing at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg, the Deutsches Schauspielhaus ...), an Israeli doctor and friend of the family. David's conscience persuades him to go to the camp to help alleviate the suffering. The resistance he gets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persecution (film)
''Persecution'' (also released as ''Sheba'', ''The Terror of Sheba'' and ''The Graveyard'') is a 1974 British psychological horror film directed by Don Chaffey, produced by Kevin Francis and starring Lana Turner, Ralph Bates, Olga Georges-Picot, Trevor Howard and Suzan Farmer. The film was released in the United States as ''Sheba'' and ''The Terror of Sheba'' and subsequently re-titled ''The Graveyard'' for VHS release in the 1980s. The film's promotional taglines are: *''Warning: this film is NOT for the squeamish'' *''The horror of a twisted mind!'' *''Now it's David's turn to get even… and he has a very special treat for his mother''. Plot summary Carrie Masters (Lana Turner) is a crippled, wealthy, bitter woman who takes pleasure in tormenting her young son David (Mark Weavers). She blames him for her crippled leg and, in bizarre and horrifying ways, exacts her revenge by dominating him. Years later, a 24-year-old David (Ralph Bates) returns home with his wife Janie (S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glissements Progressifs Du Plaisir
''Successive Slidings of Pleasure'' (french: Glissements progressifs du plaisir) is a 1974 French art film directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet. Plot The film delves into the surreal and demented psyche of a young woman following the murder of her partner Nora. She is incarcerated in a convent prison where her sexual and sadistic desires interrupt her sense of reality. Cast * Anicée Alvina - The Prisoner * Olga Georges-Picot - Nora * Michael Lonsdale - The Judge * Jean Martin - The Priest * Marianne Eggerickx - Claudia * Claude Marcault - Soeur Julia * Maxence Mailfort - Client / Customer * Nathalie Zeiger - Sister Maria * Bob Wade - Fossoyeur / Gravedigger * Jean-Louis Trintignant - The police Lieutenant * Isabelle Huppert - Bit * Hubert Niogret - Le photographe * Alain Robbe-Grillet - Un passant * Catherine Robbe-Grillet - Une soeur Production Luc Béraud is the assistant director on the film. Release ''Successive Slidings of Pleasure'' was released in France in 1974 where it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Un Homme Libre (1973 Film)
''Un homme libre'' (released in English as ''A Free Man'') is a 1973 feature film written by Roberto Muller and Pierre Uytterhoeven and directed by Roberto Muller himself and starring French singer Gilbert Bécaud and actress Olga Georges-Picot. Synopsis Henri Lefèvre (Gilbert Bécaud) abandoned by his wife Nicole (Olga Georges-Picot) pours all his affection for his daughter (Sophie Bunoust-Roquère). He also falls in love with an American (played by Pam Huntington) which creates tensions between father and daughter as she is jealous of his father's new love interest. Cast *Gilbert Bécaud as Henri Lefèvre *Olga Georges-Picot Olga Georges-Picot (6 January 1940 – 19 June 1997) was a French actress. She was a great-niece of François Georges-Picot. Early life Born in Shanghai, in Japanese-occupied China, she was the daughter of Guillaume Georges-Picot, the French Am ... as Nicole Lefèvre * Sophie Bunoust-Roquère as Henri Lefèvre's daughter * Pam Huntington as "L'América ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Quit Smoking
''The Man Who Quit Smoking'' ( sv, Mannen som slutade röka) is a 1972 Swedish comedy film directed by Tage Danielsson, starring Gösta Ekman, Grynet Molvig, Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt and Gunn Wållgren. The film is known as a Hasse & Tage film and is a great cult classic in Sweden. Plot The plot focuses on Dante Alighieri, a young man who loves smoking. When his father dies Dante inherits 17 million kr on one special condition: He must give up smoking in 14 days and then stay smoke-free for an entire year. If he fails, his uncle inherits the 17 million instead. Dante has a living hell while trying to quit, and hires a private detective agency called Little Secret Service who he gives free hands to stop him from smoking. At the same time, his uncle (who has taken up smoking himself) does everything he can to make Dante smoke again. Production Tage Danielsson originally came up with the idea for this movie when he himself decided to quit smoking. If he made a movie about the subject ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connecting Rooms
''Connecting Rooms'' is a 1970 British drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Franklin Gollings. The screenplay is based on the play ''The Cellist'' by Marion Hart. The film stars Bette Davis, Michael Redgrave, and Leo Genn. Plot The plot explores the relationships shared by the residents of a seedy boarding house owned by dour Mrs. Brent. Among them are Busking, busker Wanda Fleming, who is flattered by the attention paid her by rebellious pop songwriter wannabe Mickey Hollister, and former schoolmaster James Wallraven, who has been accused of pedophilia and reduced to working as a janitor in an art gallery. Cast * Bette Davis as Wanda Fleming * Michael Redgrave as James Wallraven * Alexis Kanner as Mickey Hollister * Kay Walsh as Mrs. Brent * Leo Genn as Dr. Norman * Olga Georges-Picot as Claudia Fouchet * Richard Wyler as Dick Grayson * Mark Jones (actor), Mark Jones as Johnny * Gabrielle Drake as Jean * Brian Wilde as Ellerman * John Woodnutt as Doc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
