Category: Academy Awards History

Born Helen Lydia Mironof on July 26, 1945, Dame Helen Mirren’s father Vasiliy Petrovich Mironov (1913–1980) was of Russian origin and her mother Kitty (1909-1996) was English. Her paternal grandfather was a Tsarist Russian diplomat who was stranded in London during the Russian revolution with his family and later became a cab driver. Her father,…

Born January 29, 1892 in Berlin, Germany to a successful tailor and his wife, Ernst Lubitsch eventually became one of the most successful international directors of all time. Expected to follow in his father’s footsteps, he chose instead to become an actor and joined Max Reinhardt’s acting troupe in 1911. He made his film debut…