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Jean Cocteau was one of the most multi-talented artists of the 20th century. In addition to being a director, he was a poet, novelist, painter, playwright, set designer, and actor. He began writing at 10 and was a published poet by age 16. He collaborated with the "Russian Ballet" company of Sergei Diaghilev, and was active in many art movements, but always remained a poet at heart. His films reflect this fact. Cocteau was also a homosexual, and made no attempt to hide it. His favorite actor was his close friend Jean Marais, who appeared in almost every one of his films. Cocteau made about twelve films in his career, all rich with symbolism and surreal imagery. He is now regarded as one of the most important avant-garde directors in cinema.- Jeanne de Funès was born on 1 February 1914 in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France. She was an actress and writer, known for Louis de Funès, la comédie humaine (2003), Louis de Funès intime (2007) and Champs-Elysées (1982). She was married to Louis de Funès. She died on 7 March 2015 in Ballainvilliers, Essonne, France.
- Actress
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Françoise Rosay was born on 19 April 1891 in Paris, France. She was an actress and writer, known for Carnival in Flanders (1935), The Halfway House (1944) and Nobody's Children (1951). She was married to Jacques Feyder. She died on 28 March 1974 in Montgeron, Essonne, France.- Actress
- Writer
- Director
Juliet Berto was born on 16 January 1947 in Grenoble, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France. She was an actress and writer, known for Neige (1981), Duelle (1976) and Cap Canaille (1983). She was married to Michel Berto. She died on 10 January 1990 in Breux-Jouy, Essonne, France.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Bernard Fresson was born on 27 May 1931 in Reims, Marne, France. He was an actor, known for Z (1969), French Connection II (1975) and Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959). He was married to Monique Levrez and Jacqueline Ruchaud. He died on 20 October 2002 in Orsay, Essonne, France.- Actor
- Director
- Producer
Jean Desailly was born on 24 August 1920 in Paris, France. He was an actor and director, known for The Soft Skin (1964), La mort de Belle (1961) and On ne badine pas avec l'amour (1955). He was married to Simone Valère and Nicole Desailly. He died on 10 June 2008 in Dourdan, Essonne, France.- Writer
- Music Department
- Director
Cécile Aubry was born on 3 August 1928 in Paris, France. She was a writer and director, known for Manon (1949), The Black Rose (1950) and Poly (1961). She was married to Brahim El Mezouari El Glaoui. She died on 19 July 2010 in Dourdan, Essonne, France.- Actor
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Moustache was born on 14 February 1929 in Paris, France. He was an actor and composer, known for How to Steal a Million (1966), Zorro (1975) and Ni vu, ni connu (1958). He died on 25 March 1987 in Arpajon, Essonne, France.- Writer
- Director
- Actor
After the Liberation Michel Audiard started a career as a movie magazine writer. Under the pen name of Jacques Potier he worked for short-lived titles such as "L'Etoile du Soir" and "Cinévie". One day, André Hunebelle, the popular French filmmaker, asked him if he thought he could write an adventure story for him. And, well...he could! Mission à Tanger (1949) having been reasonably successful, Audiard accepted offers to write other scripts. He wrote many original screenplays, adaptations and dialogues over thirty-five years, these were of uneven quality but always contained at least several brilliantly put lines uttered with relish by consenting actors! Audiard's biting humor, lucid vision of society and human behavior combined with a taste for the cinema as a crowd-pleaser were soon noticed by the public who remained faithful to the end, simply ignoring the opinions of the Parisian film critics who had made Michel one of their favorite scapegoats. In 1968 Audiard directed his own films but dissatisfied with what he was doing, he returned to writing until his untimely death.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Paulette Dubost was born on 8 October 1910 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for The Rules of the Game (1939), Les vingt-huit jours de Clairette (1933) and Les mystères de Paris (1962). She was married to André Ostertag. She died on 21 September 2011 in Longjumeau, Essonne, France.- Actor
- Director
- Additional Crew
Valéry Inkijinoff was born on 25 March 1895 in Irkutsk, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was an actor and director, known for A Man's Head (1933), The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959) and The Aeronauts (1967). He died on 26 September 1973 in Brunoy, Essonne, France.- Actress
- Producer
- Production Manager
Danièle Gégauff was born on 3 July 1939 in Paris, France. She was an actress and producer, known for Une femme au bout de la nuit (1980), Pleasure Party (1975) and Aïda (1977). She was married to Paul Gégauff. She died on 29 November 2007 in Lardy, Essonne, France.- Actress
- Writer
Maria Pacôme was born on 18 July 1923 in Paris, France. She was an actress and writer, known for La crise (1992), Le théâtre de la jeunesse (1960) and Si Perrault m'était conté (1966). She was married to Maurice Ronet. She died on 1 December 2018 in Ballainvilliers, Essonne, France.- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Writer
Pierre Chevalier was born on 23 March 1915 in Orbec, Calvados, France. He was a director and assistant director, known for The Panther Squad (1984), Pigalle carrefour des illusions (1973) and House of Cruel Dolls (1974). He was married to Brigitte Leleu, Dominique Lubin and Colette Desboeuf. He died on 12 February 2005 in Vaugrigneuse, Essonne, France.- Actress
Clotilde Joano was born on 3 January 1932 in Geneva, Switzerland. She was an actress, known for Z (1969), The Good Time Girls (1960) and Le théâtre de la jeunesse (1960). She was married to François Martin. She died on 23 March 1974 in Milly-la-Forêt, Essonne, France.- Oswald Mosley was born on 16 November 1896 in Mayfair, London, England, UK. He was married to Diana Mosley and Cynthia Blanche Curzon. He died on 3 December 1980 in Orsay, Essonne, France.
- Actor
- Music Department
- Composer
Gérard Rinaldi was born on 17 February 1943 in Paris, France. He was an actor and composer, known for Les quatre Charlots mousquetaires (1974), Les Charlots en folie: À nous quatre Cardinal! (1974) and Stadium Nuts (1972). He was married to Marie Langlois and Micheline Widerman. He died on 2 March 2012 in Fontenay-lès-Briis, Essonne, France.- Claude Spaak was born on 22 October 1904 in Brussells, Belgium. He was a writer, known for ITV Play of the Week (1955), Spectacle d'un soir (1964) and Het vonnis (1960). He was married to Suzanne Spaak . He died on 18 February 1990 in Fontenay-lès-Briis, Essonne, France.
- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Simone Valère was born on 2 August 1921 in Paris, France. She was an actress and producer, known for Violetas imperiales (1952), Beauty and the Devil (1950) and The Assassination of Trotsky (1972). She was married to Jean Desailly. She died on 11 November 2010 in Roinville-sous-Dourdan, Essonne, France.- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Claude Laydu was born on 10 March 1927 in Brussels, Belgium. He was an actor and writer, known for Diary of a Country Priest (1951), Sinfonia d'amore (1956) and Raspoutine (1954). He was married to Christine Laydu. He died on 29 July 2011 in Massy, Essonne, France.- Janine Darcey was born on 14 January 1917 in Asnières, Seine [now Asnières-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine], France. She was an actress, known for Rififi (1955), French Without Tears (1940) and The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish (1991). She was married to Serge Reggiani and Gérard Landry. She died on 1 October 1993 in Fontenay-lès-Briis, Essonne, France.
- Actress
- Music Department
- Additional Crew
Micheline Dax was born on 3 March 1924 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Don Juan (1956), Si Paris nous était conté (1956) and Asterix and Cleopatra (1968). She was married to Jacques Bodoin. She died on 27 April 2014 in Roinville-sous-Dourdan, Essonne, France.- Jean Droze was born on 26 June 1925 in Luçon, Vendée, France. He was an actor, known for Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 4: Die versaute Hochzeitsnacht (1978), Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose, 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee (1978) and Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 3: Sexexpress aus Oberbayern (1977). He died on 3 November 1995 in Draveil, Essonne, France.
- Geneviève Fontanel was born on 27 June 1936 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was an actress, known for The Man Who Loved Women (1977), L'affaire Dominici (1973) and Au théâtre ce soir (1966). She was married to Jacques Destoop. She died on 17 March 2018 in Draveil, Essonne, France.
- Jean Rigaux was born on 10 February 1909 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for The Man in the Raincoat (1957), Sins of Paris (1952) and Fou d'amour (1943). He died on 10 December 1991 in Champcueil, Essonne, France.
- Eléonore Hirt was born on 19 December 1919 in Basel, Switzerland. She was an actress, known for A Witch's Way of Love (1997), Comédie (1966) and Le journal (1979). She was married to Michel Piccoli and André Rouyer. She died on 27 January 2017 in Longjumeau, Essonne, France.
- Émile Genevois was born on 1 January 1918 in Barlin, Pas-de-Calais, France. He was an actor, known for Les Misérables (1934), Rififi (1955) and Maria Chapdelaine (1934). He died on 19 September 1962 in Draveil, Essonne, France.
- Elisabeth Pinajeff was born on 17 April 1900 in Germany. She was an actress, known for Die Sünderin (1928), Schatten der Unterwelt (1931) and Der Mitternachtswalzer (1929). She died on 31 December 1995 in Villemoisson-sur-Orge, Essonne, France.
- Nicole Desailly was born on 17 October 1920 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Aux frontières du possible (1971), La parole est au témoin (1963) and Buffet Froid (1979). She was married to Jean Desailly. She died on 29 December 2019 in Arpajon, Essonne, France.
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- Art Department
- Soundtrack
Jean Halain was born on 14 January 1920 in Paris, France. Jean was a writer, known for Captain Blood (1960), Fantomas (1964) and Les mystères de Paris (1962). Jean died on 14 August 2000 in Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne, France.- Gabrielle Fontan was born on 16 April 1873 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was an actress, known for Sylvie et le fantôme (1946), Angel and Sinner (1945) and Strangers in the House (1942). She died on 8 September 1959 in Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne, France.
- Pierre Meyrand was born on 3 August 1932 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Wielka milosc Balzaka (1973), Antoine et Cléopâtre (1967) and La grotte aux fées (1972). He was married to Arlette Téphany. He died on 25 October 1999 in Brunoy, Essonne, France.
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- Additional Crew
Roland Dubillard was born on 2 December 1923 in Paris, France. He was an actor and writer, known for Polar (1984), Les jardins de Paris (1948) and Les cent livres des hommes (1970). He was married to Maria Machado and Michelle Dumezy. He died on 14 December 2011 in Vert-le-Grand, Essonne, France.- Saturnin Fabre was born on 4 April 1884 in Sens, Yonne, France. He was an actor, known for Pépé le Moko (1937), La nuit fantastique (1942) and Messieurs les ronds de cuir (1936). He was married to Suzanne Marie Benoist. He died on 24 October 1961 in Montgeron, Essonne, France.
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- Director
For four decades and a half (from 1945 to 1991), this very active actor worked continuously in all the departments of his art, theater (including stage direction), cinema, TV and dubbing. Among all these activities Christian Alers always privileged the stage, appearing in countless plays, most of which light comedies. He particularly shone in plays by Alexandre Breffort ("Impasse de la fidélité"), Michel André ("Virginie", "Deux imbéciles heureux") or Marc Camoletti ("Boeing-boeing", "La bonne adresse"). In a more poetic register, he was also excellent in André Roussin's "Un amour qui ne finit pas". Which does not mean that Alers, even if he did it only occasionally, shied away from hardcore dramas. He proved he could be convincing in "serious" works such as "Comme avant mieux qu'avant" by Luigi Pirandello or "Les étendards du roi" and "Le cinquième cavalier", both by Bolivian playwright Adolfo Costa du Rels. His most impressive performance remains Joseph Staline in Vladimir Volkoff's "Yalta ou le partage du monde" Like many other stage actors, Christian Alers, made films in parallel with his theatrical career, but, as was the case for a lot of them, this second career proved globally disappointing. Sure Alers made movies as of 1945 (he was 23 then and as skinny as a rake) but his first roles were as thin as his post-war years figure. Things seemed to change in 1950 when he was given the opportunity to top the bill in André Cerf's adaptation of the famous Belgian play Le mariage de Mademoiselle Beulemans (1950). His interpretation of Suzanne Beulemens' French crush was fine but, for some mysterious reason, it was an experience with no tomorrow. Indeed, from then on the actor would get only small or tiny parts, sometimes in major films (Philippe in Éric Rohmer's Sign of the Lion (1962); the stranger in 'Michel Deville''s Adorable Liar (1962); young Isabelle Huppert's father in Bertrand Blier's Going Places (1974)...) but never with sufficient screen time to be able to prove himself. There were two exceptions to this rule which could have changed things, two leading roles in French-style noir movies (Force 8 (1974) and La cassure (1981)). Unfortunately, both films flopped and that was that with a prestigious film career. But Christian Alers never lacked work on the boards. Moreover, television enabled him to acquire a wide popularity thanks to series like _"Les saintes chéries" (1965-1970)_ or _Marie Pervenche (1984-1991)_. On the other hand, he was particularly colorful as the plump, gray-haired (this was not 1945 any more!) father-figure sidekick to the heroine in two sentimental historical series by Marion Sarraut, Marianne, une étoile pour Napoléon (1983) and Catherine, il suffit d'un amour (1986) Christian Alers was therefore a happy and fulfilled actor when he retired in the 1990s. This faithful companion of the performing arts for 45 years could then take his bow with with the consciousness of work well done as well as the recognition from the spectators.- Ham Chau Luong was born on 15 May 1920 in Hanoï, French Indochina [now Vietnam]. He was an actor, known for The City of Lost Children (1995), Banzaï (1983) and Aux frontières du possible (1971). He died on 31 March 2009 in Yerres, Essonne, France.
- Actress
- Additional Crew
Germaine Kerjean was born on 22 July 1893 in Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure [now Seine-Maritime], France. She was an actress, known for Les mystères de Paris (1943), The Affairs of Messalina (1951) and It Happened at the Inn (1943). She died on 6 May 1975 in Viry-Châtillon, Essonne, Île-de-France, France.- Actress
Claudine Acs was born on 5 March 1935 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Babel (2006), The Family (2013) and Sarah's Key (2010). She died on 31 December 2023 in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, Essonne, France.- Stunts
- Actor
- Production Manager
Michel Julienne was born on 17 November 1956 in Montargis, Loiret, France. He was an actor and production manager, known for Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018), District B13 (2004) and Lucy (2014). He died on 11 March 2024 in Evry, Essonne, France.- Jean Sylvère was born on 21 April 1911 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Socrates (1970), One Step to Eternity (1954) and Body of My Enemy (1976). He died on 17 October 1981 in Draveil, Essonne, France.
- Lysiane Bernhardt was born on 5 February 1896 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for No Trifling with Love (1924) and Those of Our Land (1915). She was married to Jacques Gabriel Albert Gassier and Louis Verneuil. She died on 12 November 1977 in Draveil, Essonne, France.
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Fernand Léger was born on 4 February 1881 in Argentan, Orne, France. He was a director and actor, known for L'inhumaine (1924), Ballet mécanique (1924) and Dreams That Money Can Buy (1947). He was married to Nadia Leger and Jeanne-Augustine Lohy. He died on 17 August 1955 in Gif-sur-Yvette, Essonne, France.- Actor
- Writer
André Rouyer was born on 20 June 1929 in Argentan, Orne, France. He was an actor and writer, known for Fantastic Planet (1973), The Widow Couderc (1971) and Le chien de Monsieur Michel (1977). He was married to Eléonore Hirt. He died on 28 January 1994 in Gif-sur-Yvette, Essonne, France.- Actor
- Writer
Romain Bouteille was born on 24 March 1937 in Paris, France. He was an actor and writer, known for The Tenant (1976), Sans peur et sans reproche (1988) and The Fire Within (1963). He was married to Saïda Churchill. He died on 31 May 2021 in Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne, France.- Actor
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- Writer
Pierre-Louis, does this name remind you of anything? Most probably not. And yet this affable unpretentious actor has played in no fewer than sixty films, debuting at the tender age of 14. But as he was too sweet and humble a person to impose himself he remained just another actor, likable but transparent, and none of his roles stands out in memory. And yet, the first two characters he embodied when he was a teen were for famed German director Georg Wilhelm Pabst. And yet, he played a major part in one of the best French 'resistance films' of the postwar period "Le bataillon du ciel", directed by 'Alexandre Esway'. And yet he was fine as the French officer in SS disguise in the excellent Fernandel vehicle "La vache et le prisonnier" (1959). On the other hand, what a lot of mediocre movies he took part in, particularly between 1948 and 1952. Being in idiotic 'Jean de Létraz' adaptations did not restore his reputation nor did his roles in a series low-grade commercial films by such undistinguished directors as René Sti, Jean-Paul Paulin, Jean Gourguet, René Jayet, Alfred Rode or Henri Lepage. Pierre-Louis even directed three pictures in the early 1950s, nothing to be ashamed of but the result was nothing more than three lackluster crime movies that left no imprint whatsoever. Feeling he would never be the great actor everybody craves to see on the big screen, Pieer-Louis gradually gave up his acting career and turned to radio and TV, successfully teaming with Pierre Tchernia for three popular programs 'Mardi Cinéma", 'Monsieur Cinéma' and 'Ces messieurs vous disent'.- Armand Isnard was born on 1 August 1939 in Montmorency, Seine-et-Oise, France. He was a director and writer, known for Maurice Chevalier - Mistinguett: Un demi-siècle de chansons (2007), Frank DUFF et La Légion de Marie (2010) and Les grandes brasseries (2003). He died on 8 May 2023 in Étampes, Essonne, France.
- Marie Daëms was born on 27 January 1928 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France. She was an actress, known for Air of Paris (1954), Le chevalier de Pardaillan (1988) and The Journey (1959). She was married to François Périer. She died on 19 January 2016 in Vigneux-sur-Seine, Essonne, France.
- Jean Croué was born on 9 February 1878 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for La chanson du feu (1917), Le vol suprême (1917) and Zyte (1916). He died on 6 February 1952 in Gif-sur-Yvette, Essonne, France.
- Janine Souchon was born on 20 June 1930 in Aubervilliers, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France. She was an actress, known for A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973), Le deuil sied à Electre (1974) and Cinq à sec (1977). She died on 6 January 2011 in Vigneux-sur-Seine, Essonne, France.
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- Director
Jacques Ardouin was born on 6 November 1937 in Paris, France. He was an actor and director, known for We Forget Everything! (1979), En cas de guerre mondiale, je file à l'étranger (1983) and Au théâtre ce soir (1966). He died on 21 August 2002 in Quincy-sous-Sénart, Essonne, France.