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Fernandel
Marseille, 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…
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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)
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2023
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2023
Les Rois de la comédie
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2020
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2019
The Phoney War
Movie Self - Actor (archive footage)
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2018
1958: Those Who Said No
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2000
Fernandel c'est moi
Movie
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1987
Sacrée soirée
TV show Self (archive footage)
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1982
Champs-Elysées
TV show Self
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1971
The Cat
Movie Producer
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1970
Happy He Who Like Ulysses
Movie Antonin
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1968
Stasera Fernandel
TV show Monsieur Fernand
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1968
The Man in the Buick
Movie Armand Favrot
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1967
L'Amateur
TV show Fernand
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1966
Father's Trip
Movie Quantin, Jura farmer
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1966
Your Money or Your Life
Movie Charles Migue
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1965
Don Camillo in Moscow
Movie Don Camillo Tarocci
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1964
That Tender Age
Movie Adolphe Lartigue
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1964
Relax Yourself Darling
Movie François Faustin
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1963
My Wife's Husband
Movie Fernand Jouvin
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1963
Good King Dagobert
Movie M. Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert
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1963
Blague dans le coin
Movie Jeff Burlington
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1963
The Trip to Biarritz
Movie Guillaume Dodut
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1962
The Changing of the Guard
Movie Attilio Capellaro
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1962
The Merv Griffin Show
TV show Self
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1962
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Movie Dieu / God
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1962
Assassin in the Phonebook
Movie Albert Rimond
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1961
Dynamite Jack
Movie Dynamite Jack / Antoine Espérandieu
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1961
The Last Judgment
Movie The widower
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1961
Don Camillo: Monsignor
Movie Don Camillo Tarocci
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1961
Cocagne
Movie Marc-Antoine
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1960
Croesus
Movie Crésus
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1960
The Boss
Movie Justin Migonnet, professor of philosophy in Arles
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1959
The Cow and I
Movie Charles Bailly
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1959
The Woman's Confidant
Movie Giuliano Goberti
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1959
Gangster Boss
Movie Antoine Venturen
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1959
Discorama
TV show Self
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1958
Life Together
Movie Marcel Caboufigue
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1958
The Law Is the Law
Movie Ferdinand Pastorelli
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1958
Les Vignes du Seigneur
Movie Henri Levrier, l'ami d'Hubert, producteur de champagne
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1958
Paris Holiday
Movie Fernydel
