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Acting for America: Movie Stars of the 1980s. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-4760-2. Frayling, Christopher (2012). Sergio Leone: Something to Do with Death. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-0816646838. Hughes, Howard (2006). Crime Wave: The Filmgoers' Guide to the Great Crime Movies. New York City: I. B. Tauris.
Claudia Acte was a freedwoman of ancient Rome who became a mistress of the emperor Nero.She came from Asia Minor and might have become a slave of the Emperor Claudius, following his expansion of the Roman Empire into Lycia and Pamphylia; or she might have been purchased later, by Octavia, Claudius' daughter.
Mio figlio Nerone (literally: My Son Nero), released in the US as Nero's Mistress is a 1956 Italian historical comedy film directed by Steno and starring Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica, Gloria Swanson and Brigitte Bardot, with cinematography by Mario Bava. [2] It depicts a visit by the Roman Emperor Nero and his entourage to a coastal villa.
The film's greatest departure from the original story is the creation of Mazie Gray, who can indeed call herself Mrs. Archie Goodwin at the end of Meet Nero Wolfe. The decidedly un-Wolfean character is played by Dennie Moore, memorable for her performance as Olga the gossipy manicurist in the 1939 film, The Women.
The following American film actresses are listed alphabetically. It contains both actresses born American and those who acquired American nationality later. Some actors who are well known for both film and TV work are also included in the list of American television actresses. Meryl Streep Michelle Pfeiffer Jodie Foster Julia Roberts
"Meet Nero Wolfe is an above average minor A picture, a solid mystery, and unfailingly entertaining", reported Scarlet Street magazine in 2002 when it revisited the film. "No, at bottom, it's not Rex Stout's Nero and Archie, but it's a well-developed mystery (thanks to Stout's plot) with compensations all its own—and an interesting piece of ...
Locusta testing in Nero's presence the poison prepared for Britannicus, painting by Joseph-Noël Sylvestre, 1876. Locusta or Lucusta (died 69), was a notorious maker of poisons in the 1st-century Roman Empire, active in the final two reigns of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
In North America, A Nero Wolfe Mystery is available on Region 1 DVD from A&E Home Video (ISBN 076708893X). "The Doorbell Rang" is one of the Nero Wolfe episodes released on Region 4 DVD in Australia in 2008, under license by FremantleMedia Enterprises. [18] In 2009 the film was released on Region 2 DVD in the Netherlands, by Just Entertainment ...