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Philippe Clay was born on 7 March 1927 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for French Cancan (1955), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956) and Messieurs les ronds de cuir (1959). He was married to María Riquelme and Nicole Piquot. He died on 13 December 2007 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Actor
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Swiss-born actor Howard Vernon (né Mario Lippert) would make his infamous claim to fame as a stock lead player for the lowgrade, campy horror features of notorious director Jesús Franco, starring as Dr. Orloff, Dracula, and other terrorizers, most of them produced in Spain or France. Born in 1914 the son of a Swiss father and American mother, Howard received his dramatic training in both Berlin and Paris and was originally a stage and radio player (from 1945) before arriving in post-war French films. He articulated and personified a number of nefarious Nazis and sinister criminals in his five-decade career, although he could grab a sympathetic role from time such as in the French film The Silence of the Sea (1949), which remains one of his best. Occasionally a still photographer, he forged a long, non-creative association beginning in the early 1960s with cult director Jess Franco following his good showing for Fritz Lang in _Tausend Augen des Dr. Mabuse, Die (1960)_ [The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse]. With his piercing gaze and gravely-voiced he entered into an enduring alliance with Franco, albeit in dreadful schlock. It began promisingly enough with the horror classic The Awful Dr. Orlof (1962) [The Awful Dr. Orloff] in which he portrayed the creepy title role with a slightly sympathetic countenance, but his appearances quickly degenerated into cheap exploitation, void of deserving artistic merit. He died in Paris shortly after his 82nd birthday.- Actor
Tony D'Amario was born on 10 July 1960 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for District B13 (2004), The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) and Last Hour (2008). He died on 29 June 2005 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Actress
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Born in Maisons-Laffitte on 5-5-1920, Andrée Debar grew up in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg where she graduated from high school. Living in this tiny but bilingual country and having an English grandmother gave Andrée a definite advantage : being able to speak fluent French, German and English, to which she later added Italian by dint of working for Roman studios. Still in Luxembourg, feeling the urge to become an actress, she attended the Conservatory of Music and Comedy. Once in Paris, where she settled down after completing her studies, she continued on the same track, studying drama with Marcelle Géniat until 1949 when, thanks to Jean Cocteau, she was given the opportunity to be part a prestigious tour in Egypt. Cinema noticed her even before, and she made her debut as of 1940 in a short and as of 1946 in the feature film in two parts They Are Not Angels (1947). Her figure, willowy and elegant, was an asset but might not have been enough to make her stand out in the crowd of all those starlets wishing to make a plash in the movies. What attracted the producers, directors and talent scouts was her unusual - almost masculine - look. As a matter of fact she was at her best when the strange mix of femininity and masculinity in her were exploited to their full potential. She is fascinating in two films by the director who best captured her physical ambiguity, 'Jacqueline Audry' in La garçonne (1957) and Le secret du Chevalier d'Éon (1959). What a pity André Debar decided to quit acting after the latter film. She could have done more troubling things during the bolder 1960s and 1970s. But Andrée Debar turned to film production instead - until 1977. And after this date, she gave a final farewell to cinema, preferring to open an antique shop with her old friend Sophie Desmarets as her partner. When she died of Alzheimer's disease in 1999, Andrée Debar and her androgynous beauty were totally forgotten. She deserved better.- Marco Perrin was born on 16 May 1927 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He was an actor, known for Army of Shadows (1969), Airs de France (1955) and Lagardère (1967). He died on 17 February 2014 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
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Lucie Aubrac was born on 29 June 1912 in Paris, France. She was a writer, known for Boulevard des hirondelles (1992), Lucie Aubrac (1997) and Lucie de tous les temps (2003). She was married to Raymond Aubrac. She died on 14 March 2007 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Marie-Claire Olivia was born on 20 November 1931 in Geneva, Switzerland. She was an actress, known for La maison dans la dune (1952), Olivia (1951) and The Red Inn (1951). She died on 7 April 2023 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Pierre Moncorbier was born on 10 July 1907 in Vanves, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France. He was an actor, known for Les cinq dernières minutes (1958), Bartleby l'écrivain (1957) and The Miracle of the Wolves (1961). He died on 21 March 1978 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
