tirsdag den 24. januar 2012

Christian IX of Denmark

Christian IX (8 April 1818 – 29 January 1906) was King of Denmark from 16 November 1863 to 29 January 1906. Known as the father-in-law of Europe as his 6 children married into the Royal houses of Europe. Here, playing cards with his daughters Queen Alexandra (married to Edward VII of the United Kingdom), Empress Maria Fiodorovna (married to Tsar Alexander III of Russia) and Dutches Thyra (married to Ernst August, the Crown Prince of Hanover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland) Amalienborg, 1902



onsdag den 18. januar 2012

Maria Callas

Maria Callas (Maria Kalogeropoulou) (2. december 1923 - 16. september 1977) was an American-born Greek soprano and one of the most renowned opera singers of the 20th century.








torsdag den 12. januar 2012

Margaret Hamilton

Margaret Hamilton (December 9, 1902 – May 16, 1985) was an American film actress known for her portrayal of the Wicked Witch of the West in the 1939 film The Wizzard of Oz.  


onsdag den 11. januar 2012

Romy Schneider

Romy Schneider (23 September 1938 – 29 May 1982) was an Austrian-born German film actress who also held French citizenship.

lørdag den 7. januar 2012

Mick Jagger

Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and a founding member of The Rolling Stones.


Mick Jagger in 1964


and in 1994


Poland - with Keith Richards at Europejski Hotel before The Rolling Stones concert in Warsaw, 1967


fredag den 6. januar 2012

Amália Rodrigues

Amália da Piedade Rodrigues, (July 23, 1920 – October 6, 1999), was a Portuguese singer and actress. She was known as the "Rainha do Fado" ("Queen of Fado") and was most influential in popularizing the fado worldwide.



John Cage

John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American composer, music theorist, writer, philosopher and artist.



Ingrid Bergman

Ingrid Bergman (29 August 1915 – 29 August 1982) was a Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films. She won three Academy Awards , two Emmy Awards, and the Tony Award  for Best Actress. She is ranked as the fourth greatest female star of American cinema of all time by the American Film Institute. Here with Humphrey Bogart in one of her best remembered roles as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca (1942).



Arthur Asher Miller

Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in American theatre. 

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Isaac Bashevis Singer (November 21, 1902 – July 24, 1991) was a Polish Jewish American author noted for his short stories. He was one of the leading figures in theYiddish literary movement, and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978.