Where are your favorite European film stars from?

Where are your favorite European film stars from?

  • Marlene Dietrich was born on December 27, 1901, in Berlin and died at 90 in 1992. She is buried in the Friedenau Cemetery in Berlin, Germany
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger was born on July 30, 1947, in Graz, Austria
  • Jean Claude Van Damme was born on October 18, 1960 in Sint-Agatha Berchem, Brussels, Belgium
  • Jean Reno was actually born in Casablanca, Morocco, on July 30, 1948, to Andalucian parents who fled persecution under Franco in Spain. His original name was Juan Moreno
  • Gerard Depardieu was born on December 27, 1948, in Chateauroux, France
  • Juliette Binoche was born on March 9, 1964, in Paris, France
  • Brigitte Bardot was born on September 28, 1934, in Paris, France
  • The incredible Audrey Hepburn was born on May 4, 1929, in Brussels, Belgium, and died on January 20, 1993, in Tolochnaz, Switzerland
  • Sophia Loren was born on September 20, 1934, in Rome, Italy
  • Director Ingmar Bergmann (not related to Ingrid) was born on July 14, 1918, in Uppsala, Sweden. Uppsala also served as the setting for his masterpiece Fanny and Alexander.
  • Ingrid Bergmann was born on August 29, 1915, in Stockholm, Sweden, and died on the same date in 1982
  • Isabella Rosselini (daughter of Ingrid Bergmann and director Roberto Rosselini) was born in Rome, Italy, on July 18, 1952
  • Austin Powers’s diabolical nemesis Dr. Evil comes from Brugge, Belgium
  • Herve Jean Pierre Villechaize (aka Tattoo from Fantasy Island) was born on April 23, 1943, in Toulon, France. He stood 3ft 11inches and weighed approximately 70 pounds. He died of suicide on September 3, 1993, at his North Hollywood home at the age of 50
  • Roman Polanski was born on August 18, 1933, in Poland
  • Entertainers Siegfried & Roy are from Germany and America. Siegfried Fischbacher was born June 13, 1939, and Roy Horn was born on October 3, 1944, and died May 8, 2020

Other Cinema Notes:

  • Princess Grace of Monaco (American-born Grace Kelly) is buried inside the 19th century Cathedral de Monaco
  • The original ship itself, The Titanic, was launched on May 31, 1911, from Belfast, Ireland, and sank on its maiden voyage of April 15, 1912, at 2:20 am. At the time, it was the largest human-made moveable object in the world
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