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GERALD CLARKE (June 21, 1937 – ) US writer & biographer. • [Dec. 23, 1972] “Gerald Clarke came around in the afternoon. I have decided to let him go ahead with the ‘Esquire’ interview. Not because I’m sure he’s not a bitch; I think he probably is. But what do I care? The interview won’t be for several months, anyhow.” (Christopher Isherwood Diaries: 1970-1983, Vol. 3, 297)

LIZA MINNELLI (March 12, 1946 – ) US actress & singer. • [Nov. 5, 1972] “Yesterday, I saw ‘Cabaret’ for the second time and like it much better than before. I still don’t think it adds up to anything much, but… Liza Minnelli I like less, however; thought her clumsy and utterly wrong for the part, though touching sometimes, in a boyish good-sport way.” (Christopher Isherwood Diaries: 1970-1983, Vol. 3, 289) People, Films, Liza Minnelli, Christopher Isherwood, Film, Cabaret, Christopher, Us Actress, Diaries

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LIZA MINNELLI (March 12, 1946 – ) US actress & singer. • [Nov. 5, 1972] “Yesterday, I saw ‘Cabaret’ for the second time and like it much better than before. I still don’t think it adds up to anything much, but… Liza Minnelli I like less, however; thought her clumsy and utterly wrong for the part, though touching sometimes, in a boyish good-sport way.” (Christopher Isherwood Diaries: 1970-1983, Vol. 3, 289)

MICHAEL YORK (March 27, 1942 – ) English actor • [Nov. 5, 1972] “Yesterday, I saw ‘Cabaret’ for the 2nd time and like it much better than before. I still don’t think it adds up to anything much, but Michael York this time seemed not only adorable and beautiful but a really sensitive and subtle actor. Liza Minnelli I like less, however; thought her clumsy and utterly wrong for the part, though touching sometimes, in a boyish good-sport way.” (Christopher Isherwood Diaries: 1970-1983, Vol. 3, 289)

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JOHN HOUSEMAN (Sept 22, 1902 – Oct 31, 1988) British-American actor & producer. • [Aug. 22, 1972] “John Houseman was also royalty of a sort, very grand and gracious. He has a languid, dogmatic tone when he talks about the theater which I find disagreeable; I don’t think I’d enjoy working with him. But he seemed much more sympathetic when he complained that his book ‘Run-Through’ hadn’t sold nearly as well as he had hoped.” (Christopher Isherwood Diaries: 1970-1983, Vol. 3, 272)

CLINTON KIMBROUGH (March 8, 1933 – April 9, 1996) US actor & director • [May. 21, 1971] “I met Clinton Kimbrough in the lobby of the Chelsea Hotel. He was just off to England with the girl he is to marry. He had a bit of a beard and looked tired but pleased with himself and his life. I was glad to see him. I have always rather liked him, or at any rate wished him well.” (Christopher Isherwood Diaries: 1970-1983, Vol. 3, 170) Chelsea Fc, England, Director, Chelsea Hotel, Chelsea, Rate

CLINTON KIMBROUGH (March 8, 1933 – April 9, 1996) US actor & director • [May. 21, 1971] “I met Clinton Kimbrough in the lobby of the Chelsea Hotel. He was just off to England with the girl he is to marry. He had a bit of a beard and looked tired but pleased with himself and his life. I was glad to see him. I have always rather liked him, or at any rate wished him well.” (Christopher Isherwood Diaries: 1970-1983, Vol. 3, 170)

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DANIEL HALPERN (Sept 11, 1945 – ) US publisher & poet. • [May. 17, 1971] “I was then interviewed by Daniel Halpern, the editor of a magazine called Antaeus….Halpern is quite attractive, a big fresh-faced Jewish boy with sort of Afro hair, I was slightly but not entirely charmed by him; I suspect him of being a teaser, a climber and a hustler. He has certainly collected a lot of people to contribute to his magazine and presumably for free…” (Christopher Isherwood Diaries: 1970-1983, Vol. 3, 170)

RICHARD MONTAGUE (Sept 20, 1930 – March 7, 1971) US mathematician & philosopher. • [March. 8, 1971] “David Sachs called yesterday to tell me that Richard Montague, the mathematical philosopher at UCLA, has been strangled, seemingly by a hustler. Have heard no further news about this.” (Christopher Isherwood Diaries: 1970-1983, Vol. 3, 154)

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RICHARD BRAUTIGAN (Jan 30, 1935 – ca. Sept 16, 1984) Novelist, poet, & short story writer. • [Feb. 22, 1971; on reading “Trout Fishing” & “The Pill Versus the Springhill Mind Disaster”] “Brautigan amuses me much of the time, when I’m not being repelled by his whimsy. This kind of writing is sweaty, though; I am so aware of the author knocking himself out keeping me amused.” (Christopher Isherwood Diaries: 1970-1983, Vol. 3, 148)

Sep. 09, 1971 - Rachel flies in with a new friend: Actress Rachel Roberts, wearing velvet boots and matching pants, flew into London Airport yesterday from the United States and started wedding rumours. The former wife of Rex Harrison was arm - in - arm with boyfriend Darren Ramirez, Mexican fashion designer. The couple had just returned from a few days in Darren's home town. Rachel has been in film talks in preparation for the film ''Bedevilled'' to be made in Hollywood later this year. Photo shows Rachel Roberts and Darren Ramirez pictured on arrival at London Airport yesterday Stock Photo - Alamy

RACHEL ROBERTS (Sept 20, 1927 – Nov 26, 1980) & DARREN RAMIREZ (? -- ?) She, a Welsh actress; he, a Mexican-born Beverly Hills designer & hairdresser. • [Feb. 19, 1971] “A gruesome party last night given by Rachel Roberts and her lover Darren Ramirez. Darren is a very sweet-natured boy, slender and well built and pretty in a Mexican El Greco way. He designs clothes and often wears something striking; last night it was a marvelous shirt with a pattern like the markings on a tropical butterfly.”

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EMLYN WILLIAMS (Nov 26, 1905 – Sept 25, 1987) Welsh writer, dramatist & actor. • [Feb. 14, 1971] “Last night we went to Royce Hall and saw Emlyn Williams in his Dickens recital. It is real old-fashioned exactly contrived acting, absolutely brilliant in its own way. Emlyn older, fatter, self-indulgently weepy, yet sort of delighted with his grief of rather with all the sympathy and attention is has brought him.” [His wife had just died.] (Christopher Isherwood Diaries: 1970-1983, Vol. 3, 143)

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BILLY AL BENGSTON (June 7, 1934 – ) US artist. • [June 8, 1970] “Jason talked a lot of shit about art which greatly irritated Billy Al Bengston. Billy Al said, ‘I’m an autocrat’ and added that nobody was going to talk to him about motorcycles who couldn’t get out there and ride one – ‘faster than I can’ was implied.” (Christopher Isherwood Diaries: 1970-1983, Vol. 3, 84)

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NICK WILDER (? – ? ) US art dealer & painter • [June 8, 1970] “On Saturday night, when we were giving him a goodbye supper, Nick Wilder (whom David [Hockney] had asked us to invite) arrived wearing a kind of formfitting dark female gown, and leather boots.” (Christopher Isherwood Diaries: 1970-1983, Vol. 3, 84)

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EDWARD UPWARD (Sept 9, 1903 – Feb 13, 2009) British novelist &short storywriter. • [March 13, 1970] “[Edward Upward] seems fatter and speaks with half-closed eyes, sometimes sleepily, sometimes excitedly and inaudibly. One always has a tremendous sense of this vocation as a writer. Nothing else matters to him.” (Christopher Isherwood Diaries: 1970-1983, Vol. 3, 19)

WAYNE SLEEP (July 17, 1948) British ballet dancer, director, choreographer & actor. • [March 12, 1970] “It was quite fun at Tony Richardson’s, because David [Hockney] was so sweet, as usual, and adorable wriggly little Wayne Sleep was there, and [Rudolf] Nureyev, with his current friend [Bob Cohan].” (Christopher Isherwood Diaries: 1970-1983, Vol. 3, 18) Vintage, Ballet Dancers, Queen, Fotos, Bw Photo, Nureyev, Deacon, Personal Photo, Rudolf Nureyev

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WAYNE SLEEP (July 17, 1948) British ballet dancer, director, choreographer & actor. • [March 12, 1970] “It was quite fun at Tony Richardson’s, because David [Hockney] was so sweet, as usual, and adorable wriggly little Wayne Sleep was there, and [Rudolf] Nureyev, with his current friend [Bob Cohan].” (Christopher Isherwood Diaries: 1970-1983, Vol. 3, 18)

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RUDOLF NUREYEV (March 17, 1938 – Jan 6, 1993) Soviet ballet dancer & choreographer. • [March 12, 1970] “I think Nureyev had a sort of suspicion of me or thought I was some obsolete old Establishment fart.… He really is a macabre absurd nineteenth-century vampire, but at least he has great style and he dresses most elegantly.” (Christopher Isherwood Diaries: 1970-1983, Vol. 3, 18)

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RONALD BROOKS KITAJ (Oct 29, 1932 – Oct 21, 2007) US artist. • [Oct. 16, 1968] “I was glad to meet Kitaj. There is something defensive, evasive and self-protectingly square about him. He is going to be in L.A. in Jan. & Feb. so maybe we will see him.” (The Animals: Love Letters Between Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy, 323) Sean Scully, John Bellany, John Edwards, David Evans, William Tucker, Peter Howson, Jim Dine

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RONALD BROOKS KITAJ (Oct 29, 1932 – Oct 21, 2007) US artist. • [Oct. 16, 1968] “I was glad to meet Kitaj. There is something defensive, evasive and self-protectingly square about him. He is going to be in L.A. in Jan. & Feb. so maybe we will see him.” (The Animals: Love Letters Between Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy, 323)

WILLEM DE KOONING (April 24, 1904 – March 19, 1997) Dutch-American artist. • [Mar. 2, 1970] “Elaine de Kooning is in town and has asked to see my drawing, so I will see her late tomorrow afternoon, though even if she offered to set up a sitting with the old man [Willem] I doubt I’d have time to do it. Also supposed to see Joe LeSueur for lunch and maybe drop by Joe Brainard’s in the early afternoon. (The Animals: Love Letters Between Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy, 414) Celebrities, Mary Ellen Mark, Ellen, Mary, Gallery, De Kooning, Portfolio, Marks

WILLEM DE KOONING (April 24, 1904 – March 19, 1997) Dutch-American artist. • [Mar. 2, 1970] “Elaine de Kooning is in town and has asked to see my drawing, so I will see her late tomorrow afternoon, though even if she offered to set up a sitting with the old man [Willem] I doubt I’d have time to do it. Also supposed to see Joe LeSueur for lunch and maybe drop by Joe Brainard’s in the early afternoon. (The Animals: Love Letters Between Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy, 414)

ELAINE DE KOONING (March 12, 1918 – Feb 1, 1989) US painter. • [Mar. 2, 1970] “Have got a very cheap, very basic room at the Chelsea. …. Elaine de Kooning is in town and has asked to see my drawing, so I will see her late tomorrow afternoon, though even if she offered to set up a sitting with the old man [Willem] I doubt I’d have time to do it. (The Animals: Love Letters Between Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy, 414) Portraits, Southampton, Elaine De Kooning, Willem De Kooning, Famous

ELAINE DE KOONING (March 12, 1918 – Feb 1, 1989) US painter. • [Mar. 2, 1970] “Have got a very cheap, very basic room at the Chelsea. …. Elaine de Kooning is in town and has asked to see my drawing, so I will see her late tomorrow afternoon, though even if she offered to set up a sitting with the old man [Willem] I doubt I’d have time to do it. (The Animals: Love Letters Between Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy, 414)

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HENRY GELDZAHLER (July 9, 1935 – Aug 16, 1994) US curator, art historian & critic. • [Mar. 2, 1970] “Have got a very cheap, very basic room at the Chelsea. I’m having dinner with Virgil [Thomson] tonight in order to collect my gear…. Henry Geldzahler has invited me to dinner with him and David Hockney & Celia [Birtwell]…. supposed to see Joe LeSueur for lunch and maybe drop by Joe Brainard’s in the early afternoon. (The Animals: Love Letters Between Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy, 414)

TERRENCE MCNALLY (Nov 3, 1938) US playwright, librettist & screenwriter. • [Oct. 30, 1968] “A card for you from Terrence McNally thanking you for the photos and apologizing for his long delay in writing.” (The Animals: Love Letters Between Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy, 358) Frases, Black And White Portraits, James Griffin, Tony Awards, James Author, Augusten Burroughs, The Voice, Anna Martin

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TERRENCE MCNALLY (Nov 3, 1938) US playwright, librettist & screenwriter. • [Oct. 30, 1968] “A card for you from Terrence McNally thanking you for the photos and apologizing for his long delay in writing.” (The Animals: Love Letters Between Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy, 358)

MARTI STEVENS (15 August 15, 1931 – ) US singer & actress. • [Jan. 1, 1970] “Now we have to go out and see people, including Margaret Leighton whom I like and Marti Stevens who bores me.” (Christopher Isherwood Diaries: 1970-1983, Vol. 3, 1) Videos, Youtube, Singer, Marti, Jan 1

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MARTI STEVENS (15 August 15, 1931 – ) US singer & actress. • [Jan. 1, 1970] “Now we have to go out and see people, including Margaret Leighton whom I like and Marti Stevens who bores me.” (Christopher Isherwood Diaries: 1970-1983, Vol. 3, 1)

MARGARET LEIGHTON (Feb 26, 1922 – Jan 13, 1976) British actress. • [Jan. 1, 1970] “Now we have to go out and see people, including Margaret Leighton whom I like and Marti Stevens who bores me.” (Christopher Isherwood Diaries: 1970-1983, Vol. 3, 1) Margaret Rutherford, British Actresses, Famous People, Old Hollywood, Old Hollywood Glamour

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MARGARET LEIGHTON (Feb 26, 1922 – Jan 13, 1976) British actress. • [Jan. 1, 1970] “Now we have to go out and see people, including Margaret Leighton whom I like and Marti Stevens who bores me.” (Christopher Isherwood Diaries: 1970-1983, Vol. 3, 1)

VANESSA REDGRAVE (Jan 30, 1937 – ) & FRANCO NERO (Nov 23, 1941 – ) She, an English actor; he, an Italian actor. • [May 2, 1969] “I think she really does live in a world completely of her own in which she moves like her idea of a free soul. It’s all make-believe, even her relationship with Franco…. A colder pair is difficult to imagine. I think they’re both pod-born replacements for real humans.” (The Animals: Love Letters Between Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy, 401) Classic Hollywood, Natasha Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, Katharine Hepburn, Franco, Vanessa

VANESSA REDGRAVE (Jan 30, 1937 – ) & FRANCO NERO (Nov 23, 1941 – ) She, an English actor; he, an Italian actor. • [May 2, 1969] “I think she really does live in a world completely of her own in which she moves like her idea of a free soul. It’s all make-believe, even her relationship with Franco…. A colder pair is difficult to imagine. I think they’re both pod-born replacements for real humans.” (The Animals: Love Letters Between Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy, 401)

JOAN DIDION (Dec 5, 1934 – ) US writer. • [Aug. 22, 1972] “Joan, as usual, spoke in that tiny little voice which always seems to me to be a mode of aggression. Or an instrument of it, anyhow, for it must be maddening in the midst of a domestic quarrel. She drinks quite a lot. So does he [John Dunne].” (Christopher Isherwood Diaries: 1970-1983, Vol. 3, 272) Salvador Dali, Writers And Poets, Grace Kelly, Margaret Atwood, Bill Cosby

JOAN DIDION (Dec 5, 1934 – ) US writer. • [Aug. 22, 1972] “Joan, as usual, spoke in that tiny little voice which always seems to me to be a mode of aggression. Or an instrument of it, anyhow, for it must be maddening in the midst of a domestic quarrel. She drinks quite a lot. So does he [John Dunne].” (Christopher Isherwood Diaries: 1970-1983, Vol. 3, 272)

JON VOIGHT (Dec 29, 1938 – ) US actor. • [January 5, 1973] “Jon and he [David Hockney] got along fairly all right, especially after Jon had asked David how much his big paintings cost and had been impressed by the figure $22,000. Also, of course, they could agree on the subject of the Vietnam War. Later, we went back with the Voights to their apartment[….] Marcheline is now several months pregnant, after one or two miscarriages.” (Christopher Isherwood Diaries: 1970-1983, Vol. 3, 311) Persona, Angelina, Celebs, Moda, Beautiful People, Fotografia

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JON VOIGHT (Dec 29, 1938 – ) US actor. • [January 5, 1973] “Jon and he [David Hockney] got along fairly all right, especially after Jon had asked David how much his big paintings cost and had been impressed by the figure $22,000. Also, of course, they could agree on the subject of the Vietnam War. Later, we went back with the Voights to their apartment[….] Marcheline is now several months pregnant, after one or two miscarriages.” (Christopher Isherwood Diaries: 1970-1983, Vol. 3, 311)

CYRIL CONNOLLY (Sept 10, 1903 – Nov 26, 1974) English critic & writer. • [January 31, 1973] “His flat blue eyes have no mercy in them and hardly any life, though his talk is still lively. He said that if we go to Africa this summer, he will tell us the best places to visit. I greatly enjoyed seeing him again and even felt an affection for him; I like him to be exactly as his is.” (Christopher Isherwood Diaries: 1970-1983, Vol. 3, XXX) Literature, Fiction Books, Fiction, Abraham Lincoln

CYRIL CONNOLLY (Sept 10, 1903 – Nov 26, 1974) English critic & writer. • [January 31, 1973] “His flat blue eyes have no mercy in them and hardly any life, though his talk is still lively. He said that if we go to Africa this summer, he will tell us the best places to visit. I greatly enjoyed seeing him again and even felt an affection for him; I like him to be exactly as his is.” (Christopher Isherwood Diaries: 1970-1983, Vol. 3, XXX)

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JOEL GREY (April 11, 1932 – ) US actor, singer, dancer & photographer. • “Yesterday evening, we had supper with David and Celia Clark at the Malibu beach house. Joel Grey and his wife Joey were there—don’t like them much—and Nick Wilder and his friend Gregory Evans—am getting to like them both increasingly.” (Christopher Isherwood Diaries: 1970-1983, Vol. 3, 346-7)

RITA HAYWORTH (Oct 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987) US actress & dancer. • [July 12, 1973] “We had arranged to take her to supper at the Chianti and were a bit worried that she would be drunk when we arrived. She was drunk, quite, but, to our delight, she admitted she hated going to restaurants. We stayed with her in her rather spooky house […] and drank wine and ate cheese and listened to a record….” (Christopher Isherwood Diaries: 1970-1983, Vol. 3, 375)