- Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia
Victor Amadeus II, Italian Vittorio Amedeo II (May 14 1666 - October 31 1732) was the Duke of Savoy (1675-1730). He also held the titles of marquis of Saluzzo, marquis of Monferrato, prince of Piedmont, count of Aosta, Moriana and Nizza. His mother Marie Jeanne Baptiste de Savoie-Nemours was the regent from 1675 to 1684. He first became king of Sicily (1713-1718), but he was forced to exchange this title and instead became king of Sardinia (1720-1730). - Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia
Victor Amadeus III (Italian Vittorio Amedeo III di Savoia, June 26 1726 - October 16 1796) was King of Sardinia from 1773 until his death - Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy
Victor Amadeus I (Italian: "Vittorio Amedeo I di Savoia", May 8 1587 - October 7 1637) was the Duke of Savoy from 1630 to 1637. He was also titular King of Cyprus and Jerusalem. He was also known as the "Lion of Susa". - Rambo Amadeus
Rambo Amadeus, born June 14, 1963 in Kotor, Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia, is the stage name of the Belgrade-based Montenegrin singer-songwriter Antonije Pušić, popular all over the former Yugoslavia. A self-titled "musician, poet, and media manipulator" continues to be one of the most interesting phenomena on music scene(s) of the former Yugoslavia. His songs combine satirical lyrics on the nature of common people and silliness of local politics. - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (baptized Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. His output of over 600 compositions includes works widely acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music. Mozart is among the most enduringly popular of European composers and many of his works are part of the standard concert repertoire. - Neville Marriner
Sir Neville Marriner (born April 15, 1924) is an English conductor and violinist. Marriner was born in Lincoln and studied at the Royal College of Music and the Paris Conservatoire. He played the violin in the Philharmonia and London Symphony Orchestra and formed the Jacobean Ensemble with Thurston Dart before going to Hancock, Maine, in the United States to study conducting with Pierre Monteux at his school there. In 1959 he founded the Academy of St. - F. Murray Abraham
Fahrid Murray Abraham (born October 24, 1939) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. He became known during the 1980s, after winning the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in "Amadeus", and has since appeared in many roles, both leading and supporting, in films, television, and mainly on stage. - Tom Hulce
Thomas Hulce (born December 6, 1953) is an Academy Award-nominated, Tony Award and Emmy Award-winning American actor and producer. - Simon Callow
Simon Philip Hugh Callow, CBE (born June 15, 1949) is an English stage, film and television actor. He was born in Streatham, London, England to Neil Francis Callow (British) and Yvonne Mary Guise (French) and was raised in the Roman Catholic faith of his mother. He studied at the Queen's University of Belfast before giving up his degree course to go into acting at the Drama Centre, London. - Elizabeth Berridge
Elizabeth Berridge is an American film and theatre actress, best known for playing Constanze Mozart in the 1984 film Amadeus. - Jeffrey Jones
Jeffrey Duncan Jones (born September 28, 1946) is an American actor. He has appeared in many films and television shows, but is best known for his roles as Emperor Joseph II in Milos Forman’s Academy Award winning "Amadeus", and as the school principal, Edward R. Rooney in the 1986 John Hughes film "Ferris Bueller’s Day Off". - Paul Scofield
David Paul Scofield, CH, CBE (21 January 1922 – 19 March 2008) was an award-winning English actor of stage and screen. Noted for his distinctive voice and delivery, Scofield won both an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for his role as Sir Thomas More in the 1966 film A Man for All Seasons; he had previously originated the role in the stage version both in the West End and on Broadway, winning a Tony Award. - Christine Ebersole
Christine Ebersole (b. 21 February 1953) is a two-time Tony Award-winning American actress and singer. Ebersole was born in Chicago, Illinois, and graduated from MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois. After appearances on "Ryan's Hope" in 1977 and 1980, … - Miloš Forman
Jan Tomáš Forman of Columbia's film division. One of his proteges was future director James Mangold, whom Forman had advised about scriptwriting. In spite of initial difficulties, he started directing in his new home country, and achieved success in 1975 with the adaptation of Ken Kesey's novel "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", which won five Academy Awards including one for direction. In 1977, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. - Kenny Baker
Kenneth George Baker (born August 24, 1934) is a British dwarf actor best known as the man inside of R2-D2 in the popular "Star Wars" film series. Baker, who stands 3 feet, 8 inches (112 cm) tall, was a circus and cabaret performer with entertainer Jack Purvis when George Lucas hired him to be the man inside R2-D2 in "Star Wars" in 1977. Baker appears in five of the six "Star Wars" films; though credited on Episode III, he never filmed any scenes. - Charles Kay
Charles Kay, born Charles Piff (31 August, 1930 -) in Coventry, West Midlands, is an English actor. Kay studied medicine, then decided to train for the stage. He went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and after graduation, joined the English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre. He created the roles of Jimmy in Arnold Wesker's "Roots" (1959) and Charles V in John Osborne's "Luther" (1961). - Falco
Johann (Hans) Hölzel, better known by his stage name Falco, was an Austrian classical music prodigy turned hip hop, pop and rock star. His albums and singles have sold about 60 million copies worldwide. - David Suchet
David Suchet OBE (born May 2, 1946) is an English actor best known for his television portrayal of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot in the television series "Agatha Christie's Poirot". - Michael Sheen
Michael Sheen (born 5 February 1969) is an award-winning Welsh actor, known for his work on stage and film, best known for his portrayal of Tony Blair in the Stephen Frears 2006 British film "The Queen". - Dick Smith
Dick Smith (born Richard Emerson Smith, June 26, 1922 in Larchmont, New York) is a make-up artist known for his work on such films as "The Godfather", "The Exorcist", "Taxi Driver", and "Little Big Man". He won an Academy Award for Makeup for his work on "Amadeus". He has been married to Jocelyn De Rosa since 1944, with whom he has two children. Smith attended the Wooster School and Yale University, the latter where he studied pre-med, … - Douglas Seale
Douglas Seale (28 October 1913 - 13 June 1999) was a British stage and film actor. He provided the voice of the Sultan in the movie "Aladdin", and that of Krebbs in "The Rescuers Down Under". He also appeared in several movies including "Amadeus" and "Ernest Saves Christmas". - Richard Stilwell
Richard Stilwell III (b. 1942, St. Louis, Missouri) is an operatic and concert bass-baritone. After graduating from Indiana University in 1966, Stilwell joined the Army Chorus in Washington. He appeared as a soloist with the chorus singing the tribute: "One Small Step" in a national telecast with the returning astronauts of Apollo 11 and President Richard Nixon. Stilwell sang Billy Budd in the premiere of Britten's "Billy Budd" at the Metropolitan Opera. - Miroslav Ondříček
Miroslav Ondříček is a Czech cinematographer with a body of work spanning over 40 films, including "Amadeus", "Ragtime" and If... (film). - Chris Newman
Chris Newman (sometimes credited as Christopher Newman) is a 3 time Academy Award winner and 5 time nominee sound mixer/director. His film credits include "The Godfather", "Amadeus", "The Exorcist", "The Silence of the Lambs", and "The English Patient". Newman resides in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and teaches at the School of Visual Arts, New York. - Chris Newman
Chris Newman (sometimes credited as Christopher Newman) is a 3 time Academy Award winner and 5 time nominee sound mixer/director. His film credits include "The Godfather", "Amadeus", "The Exorcist", "The Silence of the Lambs", and "The English Patient". Newman resides in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and teaches at the School of Visual Arts, New York. - David Dukes
David Dukes was an American character actor. Dukes was born in San Francisco, California. He had a long career in films, appearing in 35; and as a television guest star, notably as the man who attempted to rape Edith Bunker on "All in the Family," and during the 1980s in the miniseries "The Winds of War". - Kate Miller
Kate Miller is a stage,film, television and voice-over actress. She is perhaps best known as the voice of "Debbie DuPree" in the cartoon parody, "Sealab 2021". She is also the voice of Grace Ryan in the Adult Swim show, "Frisky Dingo". She has also appeared on "Law & Order" "Third Watch", "Sex & the City", "All My Children", "Guiding Light", "As the World Turns" and numerous commercials, including Pepsi, … - Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy
Amadeus VIII (September 4, 1383 - January 7, 1451) was the son of Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy and Bonne of Berry. He was surnamed the Peaceful and was the Count of Savoy from 1391 to 1416 and was elevated by Emperor Sigismund to the Duke of Savoy in 1416. Amadeus was also the antipope Felix V from November 1439 to April 1449. After the death of his father in 1391, his mother acted as a regent, because of his youth. - Amadeus William Grabau
Amadeus William Grabau was an German-American paleontologist and geologist who was born on January 9, 1870 in Cedarburgh, Wisconsin in the United States and died on March 20, 1946 in Peking, China. He was employed as faculty at MIT and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. In 1901 he became a professor at Columbia University in New York and he later become professor at Peking National University in 1919. As part of his life's work, he conducted a geologic survey of China, … - Tim Minchin
Tim Minchin (born 1975) is an Australian comedian, actor, composer, songwriter, pianist, musical director and a self proclaimed 'rock n roll megastar. Born in Western Australia, Australia he attended UWA (University of Western Australia) before launching onto the world stage at the 2005 Edinburgh Fringe Festival by winning the Best Newcomer Perrier Comedy Award. - Hieronymus Graf von Colloredo
Hieronymus Graf von Colloredo, or Count Hieronymus von Colloredo. (31 May 1732 - 20 May 1812) was Prince-Bishop of Gurk from 1761 and Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg from 1771 until 1803, when the Archbishopric was secularized. He is known as the first patron of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He does, however, become exceptionally annoyed with Mozart's frequent absences. After a number of arguments, he ultimately dismissed him from his service with the words, … - John Bury
John Bury (January 27, 1925 - November 12, 2000) was a prolific and gifted award winning British set designer, costume designer and lighting designer who designed in theatre in the UK, West End and Broadway and international opera. He had a long creative relationship with director Peter Hall. Together they made Amadeus, which Bury was nominated for Tony Awards for scenery, costumes and lighting and received the award for scenery and lighting. - Jonty Harrison
Jonty Harrison studied with Bernard Rands at the University of York, graduating with a DPhil in Composition in 1980. Between 1976 and 1980 he lived in London, working at the National Theatre (where he produced the tape components for many productions, including "Tamburlaine the Great", "Julius Caesar", "Brand" and "Amadeus") and City University. In 1980 he joined the Music Department of The University of Birmingham, … - Nelle Nugent
Nelle Nugent is one of the most prolific independent Broadway producers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. She's won numerous awards including the Tony Award. She has overseen productions such as "Amadeus", "Morning's at Seven", "The Elephant Man", "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby", and "Dracula". Along with producer John Schwally, she's responsible for starting the east coast chapter of the Producers Guild of America. - Jon Crosby
Jon Crosby (born July 25, 1976), in Long Beach, CA. is an American musician, founder of the musical outfit VAST. Crosby was born in Los Angeles, California, and grew up in the Humboldt and Sonoma counties of Northern California, raised by a single mother from an upper class family. She owned a record store in Fortuna, CA. At the age of 13, he was profiled in Guitar Player magazine and Shrapnel Magazine as a rising young star. - Amadeus III of Savoy III of Savoy
Amadeus III of Savoy (1095-1148) was Count of Savoy and Maurienne from 1103 until his death. He was also known as "the Crusader". He was the son of Humbert II of Savoy and Gisela of Burgundy, daughter of William I of Burgundy, and succeeded as count on the death of his father. Amadeus had a tendency to exaggerate his titles, and also claimed to be Duke of Lombardy, Duke of Burgundy, Duke of Chablais, and vicar of the Holy Roman Empire, … - Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy
Amadeus VII (1360 - November 1 1391), surnamed the Red Count, was Count of Savoy from 1383 to 1391. He married Bonne of Berry, daughter of John, Duke of Berry who was the younger brother of Charles V of France. They had three children: Amedeo VIII; Bonne (d. 1432, married to Louis, the final of the Savoy-Archaea Branch; see also Thomas II of Savoy); and Joan (d. 1460, married to Giangiacomo Paleologo, marquis of Montferrato, … - Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy
The Blessed Amadeus IX (February 1 1435-March 30 1472), surnamed the Happy was the Duke of Savoy from 1465 to 1472. In 1452, he married Yolande of Valois (1434-1478), sister of Louis XI of France and daughter of Charles VII of France. They had 10 children: # Luigi (1453) # Anna (1455-1480), married Frederick of Aragon (1452-1504), prince of Altamura # Carlo (1456-1471), Prince of Piedmont # Luisa (1462-1503) # Filiberto (1465-1482), … - Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy
Amadeus VI (January 4 1334 - March 1 1383), surnamed the Green Count (Italian: "Il Conte Verde") was Count of Savoy from 1343 to 1383. - Amadeus II of Savoy II of Savoy
Amadeus II of Geneva and had four children: # Humbert II of Savoy # Adelaide (d. 1090) # Ausilia, married Umberto di Beaujeu # Constance, married Otto II of Montferrat pms:Medeo II
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