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Édouard de Max
Actor Édouard de Max (1869-1924) was a leading man and monstre sacré of the French stage. He also appeared in silent films of the 1910s and the 1920s, including two versions of the Les Trois...
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Claude Jade
French actress Claude Jade (1948–2006) is best remembered Christine in François Truffaut's films Baisers volés/Stolen Kisses (1968), Domicile Conjugal/Bed and Board (1970) and L'amour en fuite/Love on...
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Albert Matterstock
German actor and writer Albert Matterstock (1909 or 1911-1960) belonged to the group of successful young actors from the mid-1930s who conquered the heart of the German public with entertainment films....
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Jimmy Gaillard
French dancer and singer Jimmy Gaillard (1916-1985) began as a child star. He made dozens of films till he ha d to terminate his career because of a grave car accident.French postcard by S.E.R.P.,...
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Mario Parpagnoli
Mario Parpagnoli (?-?) was an Italian actor and director, whose career peaked in the Italian silent cinema of the late 1910s and early 1920s.Italian postcard by Ed. A. Traldi, Milano, no. 35. Photo:...
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Marcel Mouloudji
At the age of 16, French actor and singer-songwriter (Marcel) Mouloudji (1922-1994) was already a film star. Angelic and raven-curled, he appeared in one film after another, but he is now best...
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Lucia Bosé
Lucia Bosé (1931) is an Italian actress, famous for her films from the 1950s with a.o. Giuseppe De Santis and Michelangelo Antonioni. In the same years and after she also worked with other famous...
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Christian Wolff
Handsome Christian Wolff (1938) was the young lover of many German films of the late 1950s. He started out in the controversial ‘gay' film Anders als Du und Ich/Bewildered Youth (1957) and became in...
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Lotti Huber
Lotti Huber (1912-1998) was a German actress, singer, dancer and avant-garde artist. Her breakthrough came late in the 1980s in the cult films by Rosa von Praunheim. Lotti became the star of the Berlin...
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Karlheinz Böhm (1928-2014)
Last Thursday, 29 May 2014, Austrian actor Karlheinz Böhm has passed away after a long illness. Böhm, who was sometimes referred to as Carl Boehm or Karl Boehm, played in 45 films. He was the young...
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Peter van Eyck
German-American actor Peter van Eyck (1911-1969) was best known for the classic French thriller Le Salaire de la Peur/The Wages of Fear (1953). With his whitish blond crew-cut, Van Eyck was destined to...
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Mistinguett
French actress and singer Mistinguett (1875-1956) captivated Paris with her risqué routines. She went on to become the most popular French entertainer of her time and the highest paid female...
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Noëlle Adam
Beautiful Noëlle Adam (1933) was a French ballet dancer and actress. She frequently co-starred with comic genius Louis De Funès, and later with her husband, Serge Reggiani.French postcard by Editions...
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Paul Meurisse
French actor Paul Meurisse (1912-1979) appeared in over 60 films and many stage productions. Meurisse was noted for the elegance of his acting style, and for his versatility. He was equally able to...
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Roberto Risso
Italian actor Roberto Risso (1925-2010) is best known as the shy and upward policeman who falls in love with Gina Lollobrigida in the comedy Pane, amore e fantasia/Bread, Love and Dreams (1953).Italian...
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Sári Fedák
Hungarian actress and singer Sári Fedák (1879-1955) was one of the most famous prima donnas of her time. The temperamental operetta and film star was mixed up in several scandals.Hungarian postcard by...
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René Cresté
René Cresté (1881-1922) was a French stage and film actor and director of the silent film era. He is best remembered as the amazingly cool title character in the crime-adventure serial Judex...
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Lisa Weise
German actress Lisa Weise (?-1952) starred in silent films of the 1910s. Most of her films were directed by Friedrich Zelnik and her film partner was often Karl Beckersachs.German postcard by...
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Vít Olmer
Vít Olmer (1942) is a Czech actor, screenwriter, and director. He was the handsome, young hero in many Czechoslovakian films of the 1960s.East-German postcard by VEB Progress Filmvertrieb, Berlin, no....
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Walter Müller
Austrian actor Walter Müller (1911-1969) was a popular star of operettas on stage and in the cinema. In the 1940s he appeared as the funny, singing Sonny Boy of many German films and in the early 1950s...
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