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Anaïs Demoustier was born on 29 September 1987 in Lille, Nord, France. She is an actress, known for Sweet Evil (2010), All About Them (2015) and The Snows of Kilimanjaro (2011).- Actor
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Philippe Noiret was one of French cinema's most familiar faces who appeared in more than 140 films in a career that spanned more than half a century.
He was born on October 1, 1930, in Lille, Nord, France, into a middle class family of shopkeepers. His father was fond of literature. Young Noiret attended the College Janson-of-Sally in the 16th arrondissement in Paris. At school, he was more interested in acting than in academics; he failed to pass his baccalaureate exams three times and left school without graduation. He studied acting at the Centre Dramatique de l'Ouest (Western Drama Theatre). There, in 1950, Noiret made his debut sharing the stage with Gérard Philipe under directorship of Roger Blin . From 1953-1960 Noiret was a permanent member of the troupe with the Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) in Paris. There he played over 40 roles in seven years under directorship of Jean Vilar. While there he met actress Monique Chaumette, whom he married in 1962, and they had one daughter, Frederique. At that time Noiret continued his acting career as a stand-up comedian and a night club entertainer.
Noiret made his big screen debut playing bit part in Gigi (1949), then earned his first on-screen credit in Agence matrimoniale (1952). He landed his first leading role as Lui, a government inspector, in the French New Wave film La Pointe Courte (1955) by notable female director Agnès Varda. His first big success came in 1960 with Louis Malle 's film Zazie in the Metro (1960) (aka.. Zazie in the Metro). In 1968 he became a star in France with the title role in Very Happy Alexander (1968). After that success, Noiret moved on with his acting career and devoted himself almost entirely to the big screen. Noiret's trademark hangdog face and his range allowed him to portray a middle-class man or an aristocrat, but not a handsome romantic hero, so he was cast primarily as the Everyman character. In The Big Feast (1973), an allegoric film about sex orgy and suicide by overeating, which caused a scandal at Cannes in 1973, Noiret co-starred in a controversial role as suicidal judge Philippe, alongside Marcello Mastroianni.
Philippe Noiret shot to international fame with the supporting role as Alfredo, an old man who is a small town projectionist who befriends and inspires a young boy, in Cinema Paradiso (1988). He received international acclaim for his portrayal of the exiled Chilean poet Pablo Neruda in The Postman (1994) by director Michael Radford. Noiret won two Cesar Awards (the French equivalent of the Oscars) and earned three more Cesar nominations. In 1976 he won his first Cesar for his exceptional performance as Julien Dandieu, a surgeon who kills the Nazis in revenge for the death of his wife and daughter, in The Old Gun (1975) (aka.. The Old Gun). Noiret won his second Cesar for the leading role as Major Delaplane in Life and Nothing But (1989) (aka.. Life and Nothing But) in 1990. Over the years, Noiret worked with all of the France's top directors. He also made excellent radio performances and popular books readings, which he narrated with his serious voice and impeccable diction. He was decorated with the Knight of the Legion of Honor.
Philippe Noiret was also known as an elegant hedonist and an avid dog lover. His other interests outside of the acting profession included art, horses, gourmet cuisine and cigars. For about 30 years he resided in his country house in the wine country near Carcassonne, in the South of France, where he generously supported the local causes. Noiret died of generalized complications of cancer on November 23, 2006, in a hospital, in Paris, and was laid to rest in Cimetière du Monparnasse in Paris, France.- Arrived in Plymouth in 1940 on the last boat to leave France from St Jean de Luz unable to speak English. After RADA and two years at the Old Vic he played in rep theatres around the country acting and directing. Since 1971 he directed well over 100 plays many of them touring. He's also a writer of plays and was a contributor to the BBC's That Was the Week That Was for which he received a Writer's Guild Award of Merit in 1963.
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Revered by such legendary fellow directors as Ingmar Bergman and Jean Renoir, Julien Duvivier is one of the most legendary figures in the history of French cinema. He is perhaps the most neglected of the "Big Five" of classic French cinema (the other four being Jean Renoir, Rene Clair, Jacques Feyder, and Marcel Carne), partly due to the uneven quality of his work. But despite his misfires, the cream of his oeuvre is simply stellar and deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as filmdom's most breathtaking masterpieces. Initially working as a stage actor, Duvivier began his movie career in 1918 as an assistant to such seminal French helmsmen as Louis Feuillade and Marcel L'Herbier. A year later, he directed his first film, "Haceldama ou le prix du sang" (1919), which was not successful and evinced nothing of the lyricism and beauty that would define the director's later work. He continued directing, however, eventually earning a job with Film D'Art, a production company founded by producers Marcel Vandal and Charles Delac. It was here, at Film D'Art, that Duvivier was to really find his way at an artist. In the 1930s, Duvivier's talents came into full bloom, beginning with "David Golder" in 1930. Duvivier's subsequent efforts in this decade, aided by the advent of sound in motion pictures, would establish Duvivier as one of the leading forces in world cinema. It was also in the 1930s that Duvivier began working with Jean Gabin, an actor who would appear in many of Duvivier's most career-defining films, most notably "Pepe le Moko" (1937). "Pepe" was the cracklingly entertaining story of a sly gangster and master thief (Gabin) who lives in the casbah section of Algiers. A prince of the underworld, Pepe's criminal mastery is shaken when his arch nemesis Inspector Slimane, exploits a young Parisian beauty as a ploy to capture this most elusive the casbah's crooks. The latter film made Jean Gabin an international star and also attained enough popularity and critical acclaim to earn Duvivier an invitation from MGM to direct a biopic of great director Johann Strauss, entitled "The Great Waltz" (1938). Duvivier found Hollywood agreeable and would later return there during WWII. His wartime output was of varied quality, one of the most meritorious being "Tales of Manhattan" (1942). Duvivier returned to France after the war, where he found his reputation and standing to be badly damaged by his absence during the war years. He continued to work in France for the remainder of his life, however, eventually regaining success with such films as the Fernandel vehicle "Le Petit monde de Don camilo" (1951) which as awarded a prize at the Venice Film Festival. Duvivier had just completed production on his final project, "Diaboliquement vôtre" (1967), when he was killed in an auto accident at the age of 71. Though his life and career ended with this tragic accident, his legacy lives on through his films and in the minds and hearts of many.- Renee Adoree was born Jeanne de la Fontein in Lille in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, on September 30, 1898. She had what one could call a normal childhood. Her background is, perhaps, one of the most difficult of all actresses to research. What we do know is that her interest in acting surfaced during her teen years with minor stage productions in France. By 1920 she had attracted the attention of American producers and she came to New York. Her first film before US audiences was The Strongest (1920) that same year. That was to be it until 1921, when she appeared in Made in Heaven (1921). The lack of roles led Renee to wonder if she had made the right move by going into motion pictures. Finally MGM saw fit to put her in more films in 1922. Movies such as West of Chicago (1922), Day Dreams (1922), Mixed Faces (1922) and Monte Cristo (1922) saw her with meatier roles than she had had previously. Renee was, finally, hitting her stride. Better roles to be sure, but still she was not yet of first-class caliber.
All that changed in 1925 when she starred as Melisande with John Gilbert in The Big Parade (1925). The picture made stars out of Renee, Gilbert and Karl Dane. Based on the film's success, Renee was put in another production, Excuse Me (1925). The movie lacked the drama of the previous picture but it was well-received. In a plot written by Elinor Glyn, Renee starred as Suzette in Man and Maid (1925). This was Renee's most provocative role yet and she was fast becoming one of the sexiest actresses on the screen. In 1927 Renee starred as Nang Ping in Mr. Wu (1927), along with her sister Mira Adoree. The film, with co-stars Ralph Forbes and Lon Chaney, was a hit, but it was Renee's character that carried the film. After several more pictures, her career was slowing down. Although, she had a bit part in Show People (1928) later that year. The following year she had another bit role in His Glorious Night (1929), this time uncredited. MGM then released her from contract, but she was re-discovered by First National Pictures for whom she appeared in The Spieler (1928), playing a struggling carnival manager trying to overcome the dishonesty that went on in her organization.
Ill with tuberculosis, she retired in 1930. Less than a week after her 35th birthday, on Oct. 5, 1933, Renee Adoree died in Tujunga, CA. - This French actress, of a subtle beauty, charms more by her finesse and her sensitivity than by flashy physical appeal. She has appeared in a great number of films, among which unfortunately a large number of TV movies that, never reprogrammed, do not allow us to enjoy as many performances from her as we would like.
Born on May 6, 1949 in Lille, she enrolled in the faculty of literature at the age of twenty, but she was more attracted to acting and decided to attend the Conservatory of Bordeaux. She also joined the Compagnie Dramatique d'Aquitaine in 1970 and started working as a television announcer (as a replacement during the same summer). After graduating, Thérèse moved to Paris where she did a series of small jobs, as an au pair, an employee for a bibliophile, a.s.o. in order to finance her training at the Cours Simon, which she attended in the afternoon. Thérèse was then 21 years old.
She took her first steps on the stage by performing in "La Peur", an adaptation of Alfred Jarry's "La Peur chez l'Amour", and then in a play by Samuel Beckett. The roles began to follow one another, including "The Masked Dagger" in the theater (1974) and "Une ténébreuse affaire" after the novel by Balzac (1975)
Thérèse Liotard then entered the world of cinema thanks to a series of fruitful encounters. Directors such as Agnès Varda, Bertrand Tavernier, Patrice Leconte, Luigi Comencini, Claude Sautet or Yves Robert gave her her most famous roles: Suzanne, one of the two heroines of "One Sings, the Other Doesn't " (1976); Tracey, reporter Harvey Keitel's ex-wife in "Death Watch" (1979); Françoise, Bernard Giraudeau's life companion in "Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une copine" (1980); the mother of "A Boy from Calabria " (1987); Régine, Dominique Lavanant's formerly leftist sister in "A Few Days with Me" (1988); Aunt Rose in "My Father's Glory " and "My Mother's Castle " (1989), a role she actually coveted more than that of the mother, which she found "funnier", and which finally earned her a nomination for the César for Best Supporting Actress. In 1990, she also played a recurring role in a British police series: "Bergerac". The same year, she played the mother of Judith Godrèche in "The Disenchanted" by Benoît Jacquot. She retired in 2013 after a beautiful role of mother in "Happiness" by Fabrice Grange and has since then given acting lessons. In 2018, closing this rich career, she was awarded the well-deserved "Reconnaissance des cinéphiles (Moviegoers' recognition)" prize. - Iris Mittenaere was born on 25 January 1993 in Lille, France.
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Yola d'Avril was born on April 8, 1907 in Lille, France. She grew up with her parents and brother in Paris. After her father's death in 1923, she moved to Canada and became a dancer. Yola went to Hollywood and started getting small roles in movies like Vamping Venus (1928) and She Goes to War (1929). She became close friends with Gloria Swanson, who guided her career. Yola signed a contract with First National, but they dropped her due to her French accent. In 1931, she co-starred with Joan Blondell in God's Gift to Women (1931). The following year, she worked with Spencer Tracy in Sky Devils (1932). Yola was briefly married to music producer Eddie Ward. Although she appeared in more than seventy films, she never became a major star. Her final part was in the drama Little Boy Lost (1953). Yola retired and lived quietly in Port Hueneme, California with her second husband. She died on March 2, 1984 at the age of 76.- Can Verel was born on 12 April 1982 in Lille, Nord, France. He is an actor, known for Back Streets (2006), Oath (2019) and Papatyam (2009).
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Nadia Fossier was born on 15 May 1971 in Lille, France. She is an actress, known for 419 (2020), Les insoumis (2008) and Agathe Koltès (2016).- Renaud Verley was born on 9 November 1945 in Lille, Nord, France. He is an actor, known for Bell from Hell (1973), Odissea (1968) and To Love Again (1971).
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Faouzi "Faz" Brahimi:
Faouzi Brahimi, affectionately known in the industry as "Faz", was born and raised in Lille, France, where he discovered his passion for the industry at a young age. Studying at the prestigious "Beaux Visual Arts" Academy, Faz was formally trained as an actor and singer. Earning his business and marketing degree at IPRA Business School, Faz worked to support his show business passion for film and television by working as a marketing guru.
His desire to enter the world of feature films led Faz to move to the United States in 1999.
Faz put his energy into honing his acting skills which has lead to work on features such as Pirates of The Caribbean.
In 2002 Faz joined ASCAP as a producer working for two years in the music business and finally returned to his first passion TV/Film Production where he has focused most of his energy.
Faz is a member of SAG and lives in Los Angeles.- Charles André Joseph Marie DE Gaulle (22 November 1890 - 9 November 1970) was a French army officer and statesman who led Free France against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 in order to restore democracy in France. In 1958, he came out of retirement when appointed President of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) by President René Coty. He rewrote the Constitution of France and founded the Fifth Republic after approval by referendum. He was elected President of France later that year, a position to which he was reelected in 1965 and held until his resignation in 1969.
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Jany Clair was born on 2 September 1938 in Lille, France. She is an actress, known for Hercules Against the Moon Men (1964), Conquest of Mycene (1963) and The Night They Killed Rasputin (1960).- Actor
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Félix Paquet was born on 23 April 1906 in Lille, Nord, France. He was an actor, known for Cinderella (1937), Un bouquet de flirts (1932) and Just Me (1950). He was married to Marie-Louise Marchi. He died on 5 June 1974 in Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, Haute-Savoie, France.- Writer
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Philippe Muyl (1953) is a French screenwriter, director and producer. He studied philosophy, graphic arts and advertising, then made a living in advertising for many years. He later founded a production company and made advertising spots. He made his entry in feature film format with the drama « The Tree under the sea" 1985). He gained renown with the films « Kitchen with Apartment" 1993), « Everything must go » 1997), « The Cow and the President » 2000) and « The butterfly » 2002), « Magic » 2008). Muyl's latest film "The Nightingale" 2013), takes us on a Chinese road trip with grandfather and granddaughter, through spectacular mountain villages to discover a bucolic way of life. This critically acclaimed, Franco-Chinese co-production, recently presented in Busan, Deauville, Palm Springs etc.., makes Philippe Muyl the first non-Chinese director to shoot a completely Chinese film. « The Nightingale » has been the Chinese choice for the 2015 Oscar competition.- Actress
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Juliette Armanet was born on 4 March 1984 in Lille, Nord, France. She is an actress and assistant director, known for Micmacs (2009), Fifty Shades Freed (2018) and Thema - Arte (1992).- Joakim Latzko was born on 1 January 1979 in Lille, France. He is an actor, known for Mr & Mme Adelman (2017), Yves Saint Laurent (2014) and Plus belle la vie (2004).
- Jean-Claude Guilbert was born on 1 January 1926 in Lille, Nord, France. He was an actor, known for Mouchette (1967), Au hasard Balthazar (1966) and Pano Will Not Be Shown (1969). He died on 23 November 1991 in Paris, France.
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Gilles Béhat was born on 3 September 1949 in Lille, France. He is a director and actor, known for Haro (1977), Barbarous Street (1984) and Diamant 13 (2009).- Constance Marie Jeanine Jablonski was born on April 17, 1991 in Lille, France. She is best known for her work as an international fashion model. She was ranked #11 on the Top Female Model list in 2015 by models.com.. She has appeared in six Victoria's Secret Fashion shows from 2010 through 2015. Jablonski signed with Estée Lauder in 2010 to be one of the faces of the Estée Lauder brand. She has appeared on the catwalk and in campaigns for many notable Ready to Wear and Haute Coutre designers. Jablonski has appeared on the cover or has been featured in many international fashion magazines including Vogue, Russh, Marie Claire, Allure, Harper's Bazaar, Vanity Fair among others. She was discovered when entered the French Elite Model Look Contest in 2006.
- Pierre Bertin was born on 24 October 1891 in Lille, France. He was an actor, known for Les bonnes femmes (1960), Cyrano de Bergerac (1946) and Dr. Knock (1951). He was married to Marcelle Meyer. He died on 13 May 1984 in Paris, France.
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Jean Stelli was born on 6 December 1894 in Lille, France. He was a director and writer, known for Alerte au deuxième bureau (1956), Operation Abduction (1958) and La cabane aux souvenirs (1947). He was married to Élodie Boué. He died on 2 February 1975 in Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes, France.- Maximilien Poullein was born on April 28, 1983 in Lille, France. Two separate encounters led him into wanting to become an actor.
First one was screening "The Running Man" with Arnold Schwarzenegger : this Sunday morning at the age of six imprinted a major turning point in his love for the American cinema.
Secondly, playing the part of César in the Marcel Pagnol play, convinced Max, at the age of ten, that acting had to be his way of making a living.
From that point until the age of 18, Max kept on following drama classes with the cast-iron intention of becoming an actor.
Taking advice from his supportive mother, Max decided to join the English-speaking theatre company entitled Angellier while studying English for four years at University Lille 3.
In that theatre company Max performed amongst other parts : Gibbs in The "Hothouse" de Harold Pinter in 2002; René, a gay salesman in original play entitled "Fool's day" (2003) by Laurent Thiry, and, lead part of Jack "Ernest" Worthing in "The Importance of Being Ernest" by Oscar Wilde in 2004.
After taking seven years of various drama classes from 1997 until 2004, Max moved to Paris in July 2005 where he started playing in short independent films with parts such as a guy cheating on his girl with a doll in "Dolly" Alexandre Lefebvre, or, a creepy stalker but that was just a hide and seek pursuit in "Cache-Cache" by Julien Le Goff. In long-feature movies such as Entre ses mains (2005) et Je vais bien ne t'en fais pas (2006).
In 2007, he portrayed Jimmy Jones in "When Ronny met Cindy ?!", Frederic Eger's second short film. - Music Department
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José Bartel was born on 24 February 1932 in Lille, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. He was a composer and actor, known for The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), Spermula (1976) and Le sauvage (1975). He was married to Norma. He died on 26 January 2010 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France.