R. N. Jayagopal
R. N. Jayagopal( 1935 – 19 May 2008) was an Indian film director and lyricist in Kannada cinema.
He had written over 12,000 film songs.
Franz Antel
Franz Antel( 28 June 1913 – 11 August 2007) was a veteran Austrian filmmaker.
Born in Vienna,
Antel worked mainly as a film producer in the interwar years.
After World War II, he began writing and directing films on a large scale.
In the late 1940s, 1950s and 1960s these were mainly comedies( romantic, slapstick, and/ or musical) and" K.u.k. films" all of which, for Austrian and German TV stations alike, have been a staple of weekend afternoon programming ever since.
In between there is quite a sober film about the Oberst( Colonel) Redl affair that shook the Austro- Hungarian Monarchy on the eve of World War I.
Antel himself later commented on this period," I always wanted to provide good entertainment for the people at the cinema.
After the screening, people should say: Well now, I am in a good mood, I will go out and have a glass of wine."
( German original:" Ich wollte die Leute im Kino immer gut unterhalten.
Die Besucher sollten nach der Filmvorführung sagen:
So, jetzt bin ich gut aufgelegt, jetzt geh ich auf ein Viertel Wein.")
From the late 1960s, encouraged by the new opportunities in the film industry brought about by the sexual revolution, Antel gradually switched his main interest to soft porn and ribaldry.
It was in particular his series of" Frau Wirtinhostess") films, directed under the pseudonym François Legrand, with which he tried to win international recognition.
Titles included" The Sweet Sins of Sexy Susan"( 1967)," Sexy Susan Sins Again"( 1968)," Wild, Willing& Sexy"( 1969) and" Do n't Tell Daddy"( aka" Naughty Nymphs" in the U.S.A.)( 1972).
Antel would recount an anecdote about himself describing how, in order to live up to his reputation as a womanizer, he used to carry a pair of high heels in his luggage which he then would occasionally place in the corridor in front of his hotel room – especially when he was travelling alone.
Among the best known actors Antel had worked with from the 1940s to the 1970s were Hans Moser, Paul Hörbiger, Oskar Werner, Curd Jürgens, Tony Curtis, Herbert Fux, Heinrich Schweiger, Arthur Kennedy, Carroll Baker, Edwige Fenech, George Hilton, Marisa Berenson, Britt Ekland, Andréa Ferréol.
1981 was a turning point in Antel's career when he adapted for the big screen a stage play by Ulrich Becher and Peter Preses.
Set from the days of the Anschluss of 1938 until after the end of the war," Der Bockerer" is about a Viennese butcher named Karl Bockerer( Karl Merkatz) whose common sense rather than intellect tells him to oppose the Nazis and who dares to show resistance just because he is never fully aware of the possible fateful consequences of his actions.
While Bockerer and his wife survive the war unscathed, their son joins the SA but, after some internal intrigue, is sent to the front and killed.
The film was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival.
The film's strong anti-fascist message, the moving dialogue, and performances by the" crème de la crème" of Austrian actors and actresses( Ida Krottendorf, Alfred Böhm, Heinz Marecek, Hans Holt, Dolores Schmidinger and many more) made" Der Bockerer" an unusually successful film and gave new impetus to Antel's career.
He made three sequels, which follow the lives of the Bockerers well into the 1960s, each depicting a crucial historical event in Austria or one of its neighbouring countries:
Ben Palmer
Ben Palmer is a British film and television director who is known for being the director of" Bo' Selecta" and" The Inbetweeners".
Gertrude Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury
Gertrude Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury( c. 1525 – January 1567), formerly Lady Gertrude Manners, was an English noblewoman of the Elizabethan period.
Gertrude was born in Helmsley Castle, the daughter of Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland and his wife, the former Eleanor Paston.
She married George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, on 28 April 1539.
Their children were:
The countess died when her children were still young, and was buried in the family vault in Sheffield on 16 January 1567.
A few months after the countess's death, Gertrude's husband began a courtship of their friend and neighbour, the thrice- widowed Bess of Hardwick, which culminated in their marriage.
Naa Mechida Huduga
Naa Mechida Huduga is a 1972 Kannada romantic drama film directed and scripted by R. N. Jayagopal.
It is based on the story" Divorce In Indian Style" written by P. S. Vaidyanathan.
The film starred Srinath, Kalpana, K. S. Ashwath and Leelavathi in lead roles.
The music composed by Vijaya Bhaskar was widely appreciated and declared chart- busters.
The film was remade in Tamil as" Kattila Thottila".
Mary Stopford, Countess of Courtown (died 1810)
Mary Stopford, Countess of Courtown( died 3 January 1810), formerly Mary Powys, was the wife of James Stopford, 2nd Earl of Courtown.
Mary was the daughter of Richard Powys, MP, of Hintlesham Hall, Suffolk, and his wife, the former Lady Mary Brudenell.
Her sister Elizabeth married Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney.
Following their father's death in 1743, their mother remarried, her second husband being Thomas Bowlby, MP.
Mary married the future earl on 19 April 1762 at St. George's, Hanover Square, when he was an MP representing an Irish constituency.
The earl and countess had four sons:
They also had one daughter, who is not mentioned as living in the countess's obituary.
The countess's portrait was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds
The countess died at her home in Ham Common, Surrey, when" far advanced in life", and was buried at Deene, Northamptonshire.
Grace Sackville, Countess of Middlesex
Grace Sackville, Countess of Middlesex( 1723 – 10 May 1763), formerly the Hon. Grace Boyle, was the wife of Charles Sackville, Earl of Middlesex and later 2nd Duke of Dorset.
Grace was born in London, the daughter and sole heir of Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, and his wife Grace.
She inherited the family seat of Ashley Park following her father's death in 1740.
She married the Earl of Middlesex in 1744, but he did not inherit his father's title of Duke of Dorset until after her death.
The couple had no children.
From 1747 to 1763, the countess held the position of Mistress of the Robes to Augusta of Saxe- Gotha, the Princess of Wales.
Her husband was a friend of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and the countess was rumoured to have been the prince's mistress.
When her mother died in 1755, the countess arranged a memorial, designed by Louis François Roubiliac, to her parents, which was erected at St Mary's parish church in Walton- on- Thames.
The countess was something of an artist and may have been a pupil of the painter Arthur Pond.
On her death, the countess left Ashley Park not to her husband but to a cousin, Colonel John Stephenson.
Genshin Takano (governor of Hiroshima)
He died of pneumonia.
The Countess Died of Laughter
The Countess Died of Laughter( German:" Frau Wirtins tolle Töchterlein", Italian:" Leva lo diavolo tuo dal ... convento") is a 1973 Austrian- Italian sex comedy film directed by Franz Antel.
It is the final entry in Franz Antel's series" Frau Wirtin" and incorporates a great deal of archive footage from earlier films.
Elizabeth Hervey, Countess of Bristol
Elizabeth Hervey, Countess of Bristol( 18 December 1676 – 1 May 1741), was a British court official and noble, the second wife of John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol.
They had seventeen children.
She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Felton, 4th Baronet, and his wife, the former Lady Elizabeth Howard.
She married Hervey on 25 July 1695 at Boxted Hall in Suffolk, and became Countess of Bristol when her husband acquired the earldom in October 1714.
The children of the marriage were:
The countess was described by her friend, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, as" young, blooming, coquette and gallant", and said that" resolved to make up for time misspent, she has two lovers at a time".
She became a Lady of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales and future queen, Caroline of Ansbach, in 1714, retaining the position until Caroline's death in 1737.
The countess died four years after the queen and was buried at St Mary's Church, Ickworth, a traditional resting place for the Hervey family.
A portrait of the countess, by John Simon after Michael Dahl, is held by the National Portrait Gallery.
She was also painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller.

Question: Which film has the director who died earlier, Naa Mechida Huduga or The Countess Died Of Laughter?
Answer: The Countess Died Of Laughter