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Fernandel
Born 1903-05-08Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin (8 May 1903 – 26 February 1971), better known as Fernandel, was a French actor and singer. Born in Marseille, France, to Désirée Bedouin and Denis Contandin, originating in Perosa Argentina, an Occitan town located in the province of Turin. He was a comedy star who first gained popularity in French vaudeville, operettas, and music-hall revues. His stage name originated from his marriage to Henriette Manse, the sister of his best friend and frequent cinematic collaborator Jean Manse. So attentive was he to his wife that his mother-in-law amusingly referred to him as Fernand d'elle ("Fernand of her"). (Wikipedia)
Screen work
Movies & roles
L'Âge d'or de la pubSelf (archive footage)Les Rois de la comédieSelf (archive footage)Le Petit Monde de FernandelRoleThe Phoney WarSelf - Actor (archive footage)1958: Those Who Said NoSelf (archive footage)Fernandel c'est moiRoleHappy He Who Like UlyssesAntoninThe Man in the BuickArmand FavrotFather's TripQuantin, Jura farmerYour Money or Your LifeCharles MigueDon Camillo in MoscowDon Camillo TarocciThat Tender AgeAdolphe LartigueRelax Yourself DarlingFrançois FaustinMy Wife's HusbandFernand JouvinGood King DagobertM. Pelletan / Le roi DagobertBlague dans le coinJeff BurlingtonThe Trip to BiarritzGuillaume DodutThe Changing of the GuardAttilio CapellaroThe Devil and the Ten CommandmentsDieu / GodAssassin in the PhonebookAlbert RimondDynamite JackDynamite Jack / Antoine EspérandieuThe Last JudgmentThe widowerDon Camillo: MonsignorDon Camillo TarocciCocagneMarc-Antoine