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Françoise Dorléac Actress, The Soft Skin The radiant Francoise Dorleac is better remembered today as the elder, ill-fated sister of French film star Catherine Deneuve. The Paris-born actress, however, was actually the first to become a star and had quite a formidable career of her own in the 1960s until it was cut short. Born into a theatrical family in 1942 (her father was actor Maurice Dorléac)... | |
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W. Somerset Maugham Writer, The Painted Veil Popular British novelist, playwright, short-story writer and the highest-paid author in the world in the 1930s, Somerset Maugham graduated in 1897 from St. Thomas' Medical School and qualified as a doctor, but abandoned medicine after the success of his first novels and plays. During World War I he worked as a secret agent and in 1928 settled in Cap Ferrat in France... | |
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Isadora Duncan Writer, Isadora Isadora Duncan was an American dancer and innovative educator known for interdisciplinary and cross-cultural projects, and a hectic marriage to the famous Russian poet Sergei Esenin. She was born Isador 'Dora' Angela Duncan on May 26, 1877, in San Francisco, California. Her father, Joseph Duncan... | |
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Louis Feuillade Director, Les vampires Prolific director of over 700 films, most of them short or medium-length. Feuillade began his career with Gaumont where, as well as directing his own features, he was appointed artistic director in charge of production in 1907. Feuillade's work was largely comprised of film series; his first series... | |
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Gaston Leroux Writer, The Phantom of the Opera A native of Paris, France, a poet, journalist and novelist, Gaston Leroux is known for his many creative horror stories, including "Rouilable", "The Haunted Chair" and "The Wax Mask", but is probably best known for his work "The Phantom of the Opera", which became Leroux's prize possession. He wrote... | |
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Syd Chaplin Actor, Shoulder Arms | |
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André Hunebelle Director, Fantômas | |
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Edmond T. Gréville Director, The Hands of Orlac | |
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Henri Matisse Self, Matisse: Voyages Henri Emile Benoit Matisse was born on December 31, 1869, in Le Cateau-Cambresis, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. His father, named Emile Hippolyte Matisse, was a merchant, whose family were weavers. His mother, named Anna Heloise Matisse (nee Gerard), was a daughter of a tanner; she made hats and painted china... | |
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Gaby Morlay Actress, Le Plaisir | |
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Charles Spaak Writer, La Grande Illusion | |
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Gérard Landry Actor, La Bête Humaine | |
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Niccolò Paganini Soundtrack, Shine Paganini's musical talent was recognized at an early age, and his ambitious father drove him hard to succeed, even withholding food if his son did not perform to his satisfaction on the violin. Escaping his father's domineering influence in his late teens by fleeing to Lucca, Paganini came to the attention of Princess Elisa Baciocchi... | |
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Severin Wunderman Actor, Minority Report | |
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Henri-Jacques Huet Actor, Breathless | |
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Philippe Nicaud Actor, Mademoiselle Strip-tease | |
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Viviane Romance Actress, Any Number Can Win Strikingly beautiful French leading lady (Miss Paris of 1930) who first appeared on stage at the age of 13 at the Theatre Sarah-Bernhardt, then did some modelling work and a year later joined the chorus line of the Moulin Rouge. She also performed the 'can-can' at the legendary Parisian nightclub Bal Tabarin... | |
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René Lefèvre Actor, The Crime of Monsieur Lange | |
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Thomas Narcejac Writer, Vertigo | |
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Noël-Noël Writer, The Chorus Warmly popular French character player and screenwriter in his heyday, Noel-Noel was born Lucien Noel and developed his celebrity in music halls and the cabaret venue, where he created his Ademai comic character, a blundering French soldier. He eventually took this character successfully to film in... | |
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Magnus Hirschfeld Actor, Different from the Others | |
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Yvan Noé Writer, Love Around the Clock | |
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Leen Jongewaard Actor, De boezemvriend | |
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Jacques Henri Lartigue Actor, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | |
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Edward José Director, Mothers of Men Belgian-born Edward José began his film career as an actor, starring opposite Theda Bara in one of her most famous films, A Fool There Was. Turning to directing shortly afterwards, he handled several Pearl White serials, and piloted many features in the late 1910s and early 1920s. His most ambitious film was The Beloved Vagabond... | |
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Bruce Chatwin Writer, Cobra Verde | |
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Alfred Machin Director, La chasse à la girafe en Ouganda Alfred Machin started his film work as camera man for Pathe at the beginning of 20 Century. During 1907 and 1909 he was in Africa, shooting documentary shorts. In 1910 he worked at the Pathe studio in Nizza, in 1911 he was one of the founding directors of the Pathe-filiale in Amsterdam, in 1913 he was the same in Brussel... | |
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Nino Bellini Actor, Casablanca | |
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Lucien Callamand Actor, Fan-Fan the Tulip | |
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Maximilienne Actress, Maria Chapdelaine In his sketches, popular French comedian'Fernand Raynaud' was often bullied by a self-righteous sharp-tongued spinster called Mademoiselle Lelongbec, the parish organist. Tall, lean and unattractive, Maximilenne (born Henriette Genty in 1884) seemed born to play the part and she WAS the obvious choice for director Robert Darène when... | |
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Roman Toporow Actor, Berlin Express | |
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Jean-François Martial Actor, Mon Oncle | |
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André Franquin Writer, HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami | |
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Pierre Barbaud Actor, Hiroshima, mon amour | |
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Rachel Devirys Actress, Les Enfants Terribles | |
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Alphonse Boudard Writer, Le corbillard de Jules At first he was an apprentice in an iron casting works. During the Occupation, he joined the underground movement to fight against the nazi invaders. However he worked illegally making counterfeit money, and became an expert in safebreaking using a blowlamp. This "activity" lead to his imprisonment (1945-1949 and 1957-1961)... | |
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Jean-Jacques Delbo Actor, The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse | |
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Christian Gérard Actor, Les portes claquent | |
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Beverley Brooks Actress, Find the Lady | |
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Claude Mérelle Actress, La bouquetière des innocents | |
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Grey Blake Actor, Fox in the Morning | |
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Antonin Berval Actor, Justin de Marseille | |
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Jacques Berlioz Actor, La Bête Humaine | |
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Jacques Gallo Actor, The Magic Sword | |
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C.A. de Lima Actor, American Aristocracy | |
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Maurice Maeterlinck Writer, The Blue Bird Maeterlinck was a revolutionary symbolist playwright from Belgium. His influence on modern drama is vast and he was one of the best known figures in Europe in the early twentieth century, both for his plays and his philosophical writings. Best known today for his fantasy play "The Blue Bird", which has been adapted into a number of films... | |
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Anne-Marie Jelinek Actress, Black Girl | |
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Jean Aquistapace Actor, On a trouvé une femme nue | |
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Maurice Salabert Actor, Mr. Orchid | |
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Michèle Verly Actress, Les taciturnes | |
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