5 results for "ELAINE WOO"
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Oscar-winning screenwriter, dies at 85
Friday, April 5, 2013 at 1:00 AMFor years, people who read Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's novels assumed she was born in India. She wrote about swamis, social climbers, duplicitous landlords and other characters from the Indian bourgeoisie who inevitably found themselves colliding...
William Ginsburg, lawyer for Monica Lewinsky, dies at 70
Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 1:00 AMLOS ANGELES-William H. Ginsburg, a seasoned medical malpractice attorney who bolted to national prominence in the brutal arena of Washington politics as Monica Lewinsky's lawyer, died Monday at his home in the San Fernando Valley city of She...
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, award-winning author and screenwriter, dies at 85
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 1:00 AMLOS ANGELES - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, a novelist and screenwriter whose long collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions yielded two Academy Awards for her work on the films "A Room With a View" and "Howards End," has died. S...
Richard Griffiths, actor from 'Harry Potter' and 'The History Boys,' dies at 65
Sunday, March 31, 2013 at 1:00 AMRichard Griffiths, the nimble British character actor best known to American audiences as cantankerous, wizard-fearing Uncle Vernon in the blockbuster Harry Potter films, died Thursday at a hospital in Coventry, England. He was 65.
Rise Stevens, American mezzo soprano who sang 'Carmen,' dies at 99
Monday, March 25, 2013 at 1:00 AMRise Stevens, an American mezzo soprano celebrated for her earthy interpretation of "Carmen," whose career also encompassed television and movie appearances alongside matinee idols Bing Crosby and Nelson Eddy, died Wednesday of natural...
