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• , Raimu    b. December 18, 1883  d. September 20, 1946
  French Actor. Orson Welles once called "the greatest actor who ever lived." His real name was Jules Muraire. He began his career on Stage, and soon moved to cinema. He appeared in "Marius"(1931), "Fanny" (1932), "Les Perles de la Couronne" (1937), "Un Carnet de Bal" (1937), "L'Arlésienne" (1942), "Monsieur La Souris" (1942), "Untel Père et Fils" (1943) and "L'Home à Chapeau Rond". He died from a heart attack. (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
  Cimetière de Toulon, Var, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region, France
   
• Auclair, Michel   b. September 14, 1922  d. January 7, 1988
  Actor. Born as Vladimir Vujovic in Koblenz, Germany, he made his screen debut in Jean Cocteau's classic "La Belle et la Bête" ("Beauty and the Beast", 1946). He also worked in the United States, notably in "Funny Face" (1957), with Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire. Auclair appeared in over 100 films, among them "Les Maudits" (1946), "Si Versailles m'était conté" (1954), "Tres Hombres van a Morir" (1954), "Andrea Chénier" (1955), "Der Fuchs von Paris" (1957), "Le Rendez-vous de Minuit" (1961), "...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
  Cimetière de Saint-Paul-en-Foret, Var, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region, France
   
• Constantin, Michel   b. July 13, 1924  d. August 29, 2003
  Actor. Born Constantin Hokloff in France, he began his acting career in the late 1950s. He appeared in over 70 films, including "Le Trou" (1960), "Maigret Voit Rouge" (1963), "Les Grandes Gueules" (1966), "The Southern Star" (1969), "Les Étrangers" (1969), "La Peau de Torpedo" (1970), "Il Était une Fois un Flic" (1971), "Un Homme Est Mort" (1972), "Il Bestione" (1974), "Il Cappotto di Legno" (1981), "Deux Heures moins le Quart Avant Jesus-Christ" (1982), and "Ville a Vendre" (1992). He also...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
  Cimetière de Ramatuelle, Var, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region, France
   
• Dior, Christian   b. January 21, 1905  d. October 24, 1957
  Fashion magnate.
  Cimetière de Callian, Var, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region, France
   
• Philipe, Gérard    b. December 4, 1921  d. November 25, 1959
  French actor.
  Cimetière de Ramatuelle, Var, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region, France
   
• Vidal Naquet, Pierre   b. July 23, 1930  d. July 29, 2006
  Historian, Pacifist. He was born in Paris. During the Nazi Occupation of France, his parents were deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp and never heard from again. He then became a noted activist against the systematic use of torture during the Algerian War of Independence, the "Regime of the Colonels" (1967 to 1974) in Greece, historical revisionism of the Holocaust, and Israel's policies in Lebanon. Vidal-Naquet was an officer of France's Legion d'Honneur. Among his works are the...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
  Cimetière La Gardi, Fayence, Var, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region, France
   

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