Sidney Bechet was born on 14 May 1897 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for JFK (1991), Midnight in Paris (2011) and Chocolat (2000). He was married to Elisabeth Ziegler, Marie-Louise Crawford and Norma Hale. He died on 14 May 1959 in Garches, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

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Marieluise Bechet, Sidney Bechet, John Bunn, Christopher Columbus, Archie Cross, John Fortune, Daphne Fray, Mercedes Gilbert, Cora Green, Buddy Harris, Frances Harrod, Alec Lovejoy, Petrina Moore, Walter Richardson, Freddie Robinson, Zerita Steptean, Audrey Talbird, Slim Thompson, Frank Wilson, William Woodward, Marie Young, Christopher Columbus and His Swing Crew, Earl Gough, and Izinetta Wilcox in Moon Over Harlem (1939)

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