Emeric Pressburger died on this day in 1988.
(born Imre József Pressburger; 5 December 1902 – 5 February 1988)
10 interesting things to know about the Oscar-winning Hungarian-born screenwriter (with a contribution by Scorsese):
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Jacques Tati died on this day in 1982
Le Pecq, 9 oct 1907 - Paris, 4 nov 1982
"Really I assure you, in all my films I did absolutely everything I wanted to do. If you don’t like that, them, I am the only one to blame"
- Jacques Tati: Cahiers du Cinema, 1980
Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982)
Bergman died in London on 29 August 1982, at midnight on her 67th birthday. Her ex-husband Lars Schmidt and three other people were present, having drunk their last toast to her hours earlier. A copy of The Little Prince was at her bedside, opened to a page near the end.