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Bataille's difficult childhood (his father blind and paralyzed, died when Georges was a teen; his mother attempted suicide) fuels his last novel, Ma mère, discovered after Georges Bataille's death. In the novel, a pious Catholic boy, planning to become a priest to spite his controlling, atheist father, reveres his free-willed mother. When the father dies, the unfettered mother propels her teenage son into a wild erotic journey. Georges Bataille himself was discharged from the Army during World War I for tuberculosis, studied to be a monk, then renounced Catholicism. He often battled poor health.
Bataille's novels were mostly under pseudonyms, and all feature aggressive female protagonists. Artists some consider swayed by Bataille include musician/actress Björk, and her occasional collaborator, experimental film director Matthew Barney. To open his novel Deliverance (1972), James Dickey quoted Bataille.
Bataille established and edited a respected scholarly journal, wrote poetry, and essays. Bataille founded a secret society, which was anti-fascist. Tears of Eros is his history of love and violence.
Georges' first wife Sylvia Bataille was an acclaimed French actress (Jean Renoir's The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936) and A Day in the Country (1946), in which Georges played a priest). Bataille worked as an archivist, but had increasing difficulty finding a day job. Sylvia later married the psychiatrist Jacques Lacan, whose controversial theories were influenced by the Surrealists, with whom Georges had a turbulent relationship.
The Batailles' daughter Laurence emulated her stepfather, and her parents: she became a psychiatrist, and acted in Renoir's movie French Cancan (1954). Laurence was arrested for her support of the Algerian revolution.
Georges Bataille's 1930's lover and colleague, was the beautiful, rebellious writer Colette Peignot. She died at age 35, from TB. Georges also passed away from TB, and soon his daughter Laurence died, at age 36.- Actor
Jack Carson was born on 5 April 1894 in Cape Town, South Africa. He was an actor. He was married to Barbara Olive Moulton. He died on 9 July 1962 in Kensington, London, England, UK.- Henry Caine was born on 19 June 1888 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Ghost Train (1931), The Brown Wallet (1936) and Strangler's Morgue (1946). He was married to Laura Sammons. He died on 9 July 1962 in Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK.
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- Music Department
Quentin MacLean was born on 14 May 1896 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and composer, known for With Allenby in Palestine and Lawrence in Arabia (1919), Heritage (1958) and This Is Your Life (1955). He died on 9 July 1962 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Harry Caine was born on 19 January 1888 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Fire Raisers (1934). He was married to Laura Tomkins. He died on 9 July 1962 in Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK.
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Helmer Walton Bergman was born on 4 May 1889 in Sundsvall, Sweden. He was a writer and director, known for You Never Can Tell (1920), The Galloping Ghost (1931) and Aladdin from Broadway (1917). He died on 9 July 1962 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Louis van Gasteren Sr. was born on 14 November 1887 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for Stranded (1957), De cabaret-prinses (1925) and Village by the River (1958). He died on 9 July 1962 in Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.