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Gina Palerme
French actress and singer Gina Palerme was the toast of the London music halls in the 1910s. In the next decade she played in numerous French silent films, and finished her career in the Moulin Rouge...
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Maria Schell
Pretty, wide-eyed Austrian leading lady Maria Schell (1926-2005) became one of the first film idols to the European post-war generation. With her ‘smile under tears’ she appeared in dozens of German...
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Robert Hossein
French director, writer and actor Robert Hossein (1927) was generally cast as a tough guy beside such gorgeous actresses as Brigitte Bardot, Sophia Loren and Marina Vlady. He is most famous though as...
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Sybil Thorndike
British actress Sybil Thorndike (1882–1976) was a distinguished theatrical tragedienne, who toured internationally in Shakespearean productions. Bernard Shaw wrote Saint Joan specially for her, and she...
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Paul Azaïs
French film actor Paul Azaïs (1903-1974) appeared in 112 films between 1929 and 1966. As the nice guy who is always there for a helping hand or a good laugh, he appeared in several films by Max Ophüls...
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Jean Gaven (1922-2014)
On 5 May 2014, French actor Jean Gaven has died. He appeared in more than sixty films between 1945 to 1996.French postcard by Editions P.I., presented by Les Carbones Korès Carboplane, no. 910. Photo:...
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Tatyana Samoylova (1934-2014)
Last Monday, 4 May 2014, Soviet actress Tatyana Samoylova died. She was called 'the Russian Audrey Hepburn'. Samoylova is best known for her title role in Anna Karenina (Aleksandr Zarkhi, 1967), based...
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Christine Kaufmann
When she was seven Christine Kaufmann (1945) made her film debut in an adaptation of Im weißen Rößl/The White Horse Inn (1952). The girl with the sad eyes gained international recognition when she...
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Rudi Carrell
Tonight is the Grand Final of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, which takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark. 26 countries will be in the Grand Final. The Netherlands are represented this year by The...
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René Louis Lafforgue
Colourful French singer, composer and author René-Louis Lafforgue (1928-1967) was also a well-known actor in film, theatre and television. Only 39, the popular singer-songwriter died in a car crash on...
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Tilly Lus
Tilly Lus (1888-1971) was one of the great tragedy actresses of the Dutch theatre. She also appeared in five silent films.Dutch postcard by Weenenk & Snel, Den Haag (The Hague). Photo: Willem...
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Jester Naefe
Beautiful, Austrian born actress Jester Naefe (1924-1967) had a short film career in the German cinema with highlights in the late 1940s and the mid 1950s. Because of her roles and her sexy looks the...
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Marie Laforêt
Marie Laforêt (1939)is a French singer and actress of Armenian descent. After her first film appearance in the drama Plein Soleil (1960) opposite Alain Delon she became very popular and interpreted...
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Susi Nicoletti
Bavarian-born actress Susi Nicoletti (1918–2005) was an eminent stage actress of the Burgtheater in Vienna. Today she is best remembered for her supporting roles in dozens of German film comedies of...
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Dawn Addams
British actress Dawn Addams (1930-1985) launched her film career in Hollywood and later appeared in many European films of the 1950s and 1960s as an icy, unobtainable beauty. She worked with major...
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Vladimir Ivashov
Soviet actor Vladimir Ivashov (1939-1994) is best known for his film debut in Ballada o Soldate/Ballad of a Soldier (1960). Despite the worldwide acclaim for this film, and the respect he was offered...
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Rosemary Dexter
Rosemary Dexter (1944-2010) was a British film actress of Pakistani origins, who appeared in dozens of Italian films of the 1960s and 1970s.Romanian postcard by Casa Filmului Acin.For a Few Dollars...
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Albert Finney
Dynamic, often explosive, stage and screen star Albert Finney (1936) was one of the working class and provincial actors that revolutionized British theatre and film in the 1950s and 1960s as one of the...
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Solser & Hesse
Piet Hesse (1872-1936) and Abraham (Lion) Solser (1877-1915) were two Dutch comedians of the late 19th and early 20th century.Dutch postcard. The Ladies Wip and SnipSolser came from a family of stage...
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Rosamund John
Grey-eyed, red-headed Rosamund John (1913–1998) was a major English film and stage actress of the 1940s, known for playing gentle mannered women. She played leading roles in such film classics as The...
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