Risultati di ricerca
Walter Augustus de Havilland (31 August 1872 – 20 May 1968) was an English patent attorney who became professor of Law at Waseda University and was one of the first Westerners to play the game of Go at a high level. He was the father of film stars Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine.
The de Havilland family is an Anglo-Norman family, belonging to landed gentry that originated from mainland Normandy and settled in Guernsey in the Middle Ages. A branch of the family resided for many years at Havilland Hall near Saint Peter Port in Guernsey.
10 feb 2024 · Walter Augustus de Havilland (1872-1968) has two claims to fame: (1) for go players, he's the author of ABC of Go; and (2) for movie buffs, he's the father of two of Hollywood's great stars of the silver screen—Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine (both of whom, by the way, were born in Tokyo).
- August 31, 1872
- May 20, 1968
10 feb 2024 · Her father, Walter Augustus de Havilland (1872-1968), was a patent attorney in Japan and also author of the 1910 book 'The ABC of go', which provides a detailed and comprehensive description of the Japanese board game.
Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland (October 22, 1917 – December 15, 2013), known professionally as Joan Fontaine, was an English-American actress who is best known for her starring roles in Hollywood films during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Diretta da Curtiz, la giovane attrice diede vita a un personaggio la cui delicata presenza poteva a tratti passare inosservata, proprio perché funzionale alla progressione avventurosa del racconto, caratterizzato da un afflato eroico ed edificante in chiave virile, romantica e patriottica.
9 apr 2024 · Father Walter De Havilland was a British expatriate who had studied at Harrow and Cambridge and was descended from a prolific Channel Island family that had a streak of insanity.
