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Ms. Duras was born in southern Vietnam and lost her father at age 4. The family savings of 20 years bought the family a small plot in Cambodia, but everything was lost in a single season's flooding. The disaster killed her mother as a result. After high school in Saigon, Ms. Duras left Indochina to study law in Paris. As a young woman, she worked as a secretary in France's Ministry of Colonies from 1935 to 1941, before becoming a writer. She wrote 34 novels from 1943 to 1993, and became an enduring part of Paris's intellectual elite. In addition to her writing, she also directed about 16 films. For the film India Song (1975), she won France's Cinema Academy Grand Prix. She claimed to have rescued French president François Mitterand during World War II, when he was a resistance fighter and remained a friend and unconditional campaigner. Her most noted novel is "L'Amant", the story of a girl, from a poor French family in Indochina, who becomes the mistress of a wealthy Indochinese notable's son.- Alyce Ardell was born on 14 November 1902 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Magnificent Obsession (1935), A Notorious Gentleman (1935) and Remember Last Night? (1935). She died on 3 March 1996 in Laguna Hills, California, USA.
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Claude Marcy was born on 7 September 1905 in Oulchy-le-Château, Aisne, France. She was an actress and writer, known for Sylvie et le fantôme (1946), Bonsoir mesdames, bonsoir messieurs (1944) and Le grand jeu (1934). She was married to Henri Jeanson and Charles Spaak. She died on 3 March 1996 in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.- Léo Malet was born on 7 March 1909 in Montpellier, France. He was a writer and actor, known for Nestor Burma, détective de choc (1982), Nestor Burma (1991) and 120, rue de la Gare (1946). He was married to Paulette Doucet. He died on 3 March 1996 in Chatillon-sous-Bagneux, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Bogdan Niewinowski was born on 15 August 1923 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Sprawa pilota Maresza (1956), A Short Film About Killing (1988) and Droga na zachód (1961). He died on 3 March 1996 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Andrei Goncharov was born on 10 February 1924 in Simferopol, Crimean ASSR, RSFSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for Golubaya strela (1959), Svoimi rukami (1956) and Povest nashikh dney (1959). He died on 3 March 1996 in Moscow, Russia.