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Little known by the general public, Moroccan-born Amidou can nevertheless boast an onstage and on screen career spanning almost five decades. Appearing in French films most of the time, he also worked in Morocco, in Tunisia and in American action movies like William Friedkin's 'The Sorcerer' and 'Rules of Engagement', John Frankenheimer's 'Ronin' and Tony Scott's 'Spy Game'. Good-looking and charming, Amidou can easily become frightening and threatening. He is as convincing in the role of a friendly blue collar in 'Smic Smac Smoc' as in that of a dim-witted henchman in 'Fleur d'Oseille'. To be fair, he appeared more often as a dropout or a thug than as positive figure, but this is due to the fact that he started his career in the nineteen sixties, when French cinema was not yet ready to show a North African as just another citizen. Had Amidou debuted later he would have landed more rewarding roles like those now interpreted by Roschdy Zem or Sami Bouajila. Born in 1942 in Rabat, Amidou Ben Messaoud was the son of a justice of the peace and the nephew of the owner of several movie theaters, which gave him the opportunity to see lots of films. On the other hand, the young boy discovered at school that, although he was a bad pupil, he could captivate an audience when, during French lessons, he told and mimicked fables by La Fontaine. Later on, he studied drama at the Conservatoire de Paris and was immediately hired by Jean-Louis Barrault in 1961. Noticed by Jean Genet while he was rehearsing for a bit part, he was given the role of Said instead. At the same time, Claude Lelouch gave him his first part in 'Le Propre de l'Homme' Amidou would then appear in nine other films directed by Lelouch, who also gave him his only starring role in a French movie entitled 'La Vie, l'Amour, la Mort', a pamphlet against the death penalty. Kept busy by the big screen, Amidou was less active in the theatre but played a one man show in the late 1990s ('Le Piston') and held the lead in Mehdi Charef's '1962' in 2005. He also occasionally appeared on TV. Lately Amidou has been honored twice - and quite deservedly so. He was indeed awarded two best actor prizes, one at the Cairo International Festival, for Leila Triquie's 'Poursuite' (2005) and the other at the Tangiers Film Festival for 'Ici et Là' by Rachid Boutounès (2005)- Additional Crew
- Director
- Actor
Patrice Chéreau was born on 2 November 1944 in Lézigné, Maine-et-Loire, France. He was a director and actor, known for Intimacy (2001), The Last of the Mohicans (1992) and Queen Margot (1994). He died on 7 October 2013 in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Jean-Claude Pascal was born on 24 October 1927 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Pêcheur d'Islande (1959), Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954) and Die schöne Lügnerin (1959). He died on 5 May 1992 in Clichy-la-Garenne, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Van Doude was born on 28 May 1926 in Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for Love in the Afternoon (1957), Breathless (1960) and Z (1969). He died on 18 August 2018 in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Additional Crew
Maurice Schutz was born on 4 August 1866 in Paris, France. He was an actor and assistant director, known for The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), Vampyr (1932) and Cyrano de Bergerac (1923). He died on 22 March 1955 in Clichy-la-Garenne, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Actress
- Director
- Soundtrack
Mona Goya was born on 25 November 1909 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. She was an actress and director, known for Cavalerie légère (1935), Mandrin (1947) and Chérie (1930). She was married to Fernand Fabre. She died on 8 October 1961 in Clichy-la-Garenne, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Meg Lemonnier was born on 15 May 1905 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Il est charmant (1932), Un soir de réveillon (1933) and Une faible femme (1933). She died on 12 June 1988 in Clichy-la-Garenne, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Carlos was born on 20 February 1943 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs (1979), Les poneyttes (1968) and Le cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques (1971). He was married to Michèle Toussaint. He died on 17 January 2008 in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Mireille Balin was one the most glamorous and best loved actresses of pre-war French cinema. She appeared in two of the best remembered French films of the 1930s: Pépé le Moko (1937) and Lady Killer (1937), both opposite Jean Gabin. After the German occupation of France and her separation from her long-time fiancé, the singer/actor Tino Rossi in 1942, she starred in several films and became the idol of the Paris High Society where she met the love of her life, Birl Desbok, an officer in the Wehrmacht. In the summer of 1944, as Paris was about to be liberated, she and Desbok fled Paris and tried to reach the Italian border but on September 28th, 1944 they were arrested by the FFI in Beausoleil (near Nice). Separated from Desbok, who was probably executed (she never knew what really happened to him), she was beaten and raped before being taken to Nice prison. She was soon transferred to Fresnes prison (near Paris) where she stayed until her release on bail on 3rd January 1945. She was forbidden to work for a year but once this restriction lifted, she went back to the studios to appear in what proved to be her last film La dernière chevauchée (1947), her frail constitution prevented her from appearing in any other films. She died in 1968, forgotten and broke.- Actress
Jade Nguyen was born on 4 November 1994 in Clamart, Hauts-de-Seine, France. She was an actress. She died on 20 May 2020 in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Pierre Kast was born on 22 September 1920 in Paris, France. He was a director and writer, known for Le bel âge (1960), Vacances portugaises (1963) and Les charmes de l'existence (1949). He died on 20 October 1984 in Clichy-la-Garenne, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Laure Paillette was born on 5 October 1906 in Andenne, Wallonia, Belgium. She was an actress, known for Playtime (1967), Les promesses dangereuses (1956) and Les compagnons de Baal (1968). She died on 11 March 1968 in Clichy-la-Garenne, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Camera and Electrical Department
Alain Dutartre was born on 15 July 1958 in Saint-Remy, Saone-et-Loire, France. He is known for Taxi (1998), The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) and Taxi 2 (2000). He died on 16 August 1999 in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Production Manager
- Art Department
- Producer
Sophie Quiédeville was born on 27 March 1965 in Paris, France. She was a production manager and producer, known for La haine (1995), The Lovers on the Bridge (1991) and Operation Corned Beef (1991). She died on 30 November 2023 in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Claude Joseph was born on 22 October 1926 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Fantastic Planet (1973), La parole est au témoin (1963) and Le jeune homme vert (1979). He died on 26 February 1995 in Clichy-la-Garenne, France.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Pierre Magnier was born on 22 February 1869 in Paris, France. He was an actor and director, known for The Rules of the Game (1939), Cyrano de Bergerac (1923) and L'ibis bleu (1919). He died on 15 October 1959 in Clichy-la-Garenne, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Camille Guérini was born on 29 June 1900 in Lorient, Morbihan, France. He was an actor, known for Diabolique (1955), Les amants du pont Saint-Jean (1947) and Shadow of the Guillotine (1956). He died on 15 April 1963 in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Lucien Nat was born on 11 January 1895 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Les Misérables (1934), Le mystère de la chambre jaune (1949) and Le bossu (1944). He was married to Marie Déa. He died on 25 July 1972 in Clichy-la-Garenne, France.
- Pierre Danny was born on 4 July 1928 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. He was an actor, known for Schulmeister, espion de l'empereur (1971). He died on 9 May 1989 in Clichy-la-Garenne, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Luc Barney was born on 25 July 1916 in Roubaix, Nord, France. He was an actor, known for Operation Corned Beef (1991), Paris Vice Squad (1951) and Touch' pas à mon biniou (1980). He was married to Éliane Varon, Lysiane Rey and Irène Chataudon. He died on 9 November 1991 in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Claude Barma was born on 3 November 1918 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. He was a producer and director, known for Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret (1967), Les corsaires (1966) and En votre âme et conscience (1955). He died on 30 August 1992 in Clichy-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.- Percival Russel was born on 26 September 1931 in Vienna, Austria. He was an actor, known for Love and Death (1975), Retour en force (1980) and Army of Shadows (1969). He died on 25 May 2012 in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Gabriel Rongier was born on 30 April 1921 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He was an editor, known for Vortex (1976), Love Me Strangely (1971) and Les galets d'Étretat (1972). He died on 13 August 1991 in Clichy-la-Garenne, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Actor
Étienne Becker was born on 1 May 1936 in Paris, France. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for The Old Gun (1975), The Toy (1976) and L'homme au cerveau greffé (1972). He died on 11 December 1995 in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Actor
- Composer
Maurice Martenot was born on 14 October 1898 in Paris, France. He was an actor and composer, known for La fin du monde (1931) and Arcana, connaissance de la musique (1968). He died on 8 October 1980 in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Marcel Mérovée was born on 16 July 1927 in Alexandroupoli, Greece. He was an actor, known for Forbidden Games (1952), Devil and the Angel (1946) and Les démons de l'aube (1946). He died on 29 July 2001 in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Sébastien Floche was born on 19 July 1924 in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He was an actor, known for The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), Le Magnifique (1973) and Valmont (1989). He died on 22 May 2021 in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Henri Lepage was born on 12 February 1898 in Paris, France. He was a director and writer, known for Fortuné de Marseille (1952), Et ta soeur (1951) and Dupont Barbès (1951). He died on 4 February 1970 in Clichy-la-Garenne, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Music Department
- Soundtrack
André Grassi was born on 19 March 1911 in Paris, France. He is known for 33 tours et puis s'en vont (1955), La Belle Arabelle (1964) and Trente-Six Chansons (1956). He was married to Catherine Maisse. He died on 15 March 1972 in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Jane Faber was born on 19 October 1880 in Ixelles, Brabant, Belgium. She was an actress, known for Fantômas: In the Shadow of the Guillotine (1913), Fantômas: The Dead Man Who Killed (1913) and Fantomas: The Mysterious Finger Print (1914). She died on 13 May 1968 in Clichy-la-Garenne, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Producer
- Production Manager
- Additional Crew
Michelle de Broca was born on 1 March 1926 in Paris, France. She was a producer and production manager, known for The Old Man Who Read Love Stories (2001), Le Léopard (1984) and Flight of the Innocent (1992). She was married to Philippe de Broca. She died on 17 November 2017 in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Geneviève Morel was born on 19 March 1916 in Les Andelys, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France. She was an actress, known for Dr. Knock (1951), Fantômas contre Fantômas (1949) and Deux sous de violettes (1951). She died on 30 August 1989 in Clichy-la-Garenne, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France.
- Actor
- Director
- Producer
Jean-Marie Serreau was a French theater actor and director, born April 28, 1915 in Poitiers and died May 22, 1973 in Clichy. He is first the husband of Geneviève Serreau, author and director, and the father of Dominique, Coline and Nicolas Serreau. His last wife was Danielle Van Bercheycke with whom he had two daughters, Raphaele and Kaloussai Serreau.
Having obtained his baccalaureate in 1936, Serreau went to Paris to enter the Beaux-Arts in the architecture section. He was discharged in 1939 because he lost an eye following an illness. Under the cover of theatrical teaching, he took part in the Resistance in Lyon. In 1942 he returned to Paris to complete his studies, and took lessons from Charles Dullin. In 1944, he was one of the creators of the association Travail et Culture, which campaigned for an education and a popular culture based on the union. In 1949 he created a company in his name and staged, among others, Molière, Brecht (l'Exception et la Ordre in 1949, the first Brecht staged in France since 1930), Kafka, Vian and Jarry. He allowed Roger Blin to create Waiting for Godot in his Théâtre de Babylone, in 1953, and staged "La Maison Brûlée" by Strindberg, in an adaptation by Boris Vian. He gives new authors a chance: Michel Vinaver, Marguerite Duras, Max Frisch. He introduced Brecht into the repertoire of the Comédie-Française, and staged Mère Courage at Jean Vilar's TNP. He is one of the first French directors to broaden, through audiovisual contributions, the framework of his stage shows.
He also became the spokesperson for the Third World by staging plays by Kateb Yacine "Le Cadavre Encerclé" (1958), Aimé Césaire "La Tragédie du Roi Christophe" (1964), or by playing "Les Bonnes" by Jean Genet by a West Indian troupe. In 1971 he founded the Théâtre de la Tempête at the Cartoucherie de Vincennes, where in 1973 he gave his last production, Le Printemps des bonnets rouges, by the Breton poet Paol Keineg. He died in Paris in 1973, after a long illness. A documentary directed by Alexandre Hilaire is dedicated to him in 2015: entitled "Jean-Marie Serreau, Discoverer of Theaters", the film focuses on his collaborations with Aimé Césaire and Kateb Yacine; there appear in particular Coline Serreau, Michael Lonsdale and Edgar Morin. A Serreau retrospective took place in 2021-2022, on the occasion of installations at the Théâtre de la Tempête and the Comédie-Française. One of the rehearsal studios at the Théâtre l'Odéon in Paris now bears his name.- Jules Moy was born on 14 September 1862 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Cagliostro - Liebe und Leben eines großen Abenteurers (1929), Jim la houlette, roi des voleurs (1926) and Rue de la paix (1927). He died on 25 April 1938 in Clichy-la-Garenne, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Andrée Pascal was born on 17 January 1892 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Mysteries of Paris (1912), Le calvaire de Mignon (1917) and Fromont jeune et Risler aîné (1921). She died on 7 December 1982 in Clichy-la-Garenne, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Cinematographer
Jules Kruger was born on 12 July 1891 in Straßburg, Alsace, Germany [now Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France]. He was a cinematographer, known for Behold the Man (1935), La fin du monde (1931) and End of the World (1931). He died on 13 December 1959 in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Editor
- Director
- Sound Department
Jean-Louis Levi-Alvarès was born on 16 October 1913 in Paris, France. He was an editor and director, known for La cage de verre (1965), Le temps redonné (1964) and Le secret d'Hélène Marimon (1954). He was married to Irène Joachim. He died on 26 February 1977 in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Pierre Sarda was born on 28 November 1895 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Un soir de réveillon (1933), Hélène (1936) and Itto (1934). He died on 21 January 1953 in Clichy-la-Garenne, France.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Alain Reynaud-Fourton was born on 25 October 1931 in Paris, France. He was a writer, known for Symphonie pour un massacre (1963), Monsieur Amédée (1992) and L'entourloupe (1986). He died on 11 January 2014 in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Germaine Michel was born on 7 November 1892 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Tovaritch (1935), Le théâtre de la jeunesse (1960) and Song of the Streets (1933). She died on 9 January 1976 in Clichy-la-Garenne, France.
- Roger Puylagarde was born on 8 March 1882 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Crimson Dynasty (1935), Let's Go Up the Champs-Élysées (1938) and Pension Mimosas (1935). He died on 22 November 1938 in Clichy-la-Garenne, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Actor
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Albert Minski was born on 12 January 1928 in Paris, France. He was an actor and writer, known for Caligula et Messaline (1981), Carbon Copy (1970) and The Unfaithful Wife (1969). He died on 2 April 2000 in Clichy, France(undisclosed).- Actor
- Writer
Champi was born on 24 November 1900 in France. He was an actor and writer, known for Cinquième au-d'ssus (1935), Le crime du Bouif (1952) and Ce n'est pas moi (1941). He died on 10 September 1973 in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Jean-Michel Mention was born on 24 September 1934 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Allégorie (1975). He died on 6 May 2006 in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Mario Moro was born on 21 May 1918 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. He died on 9 August 2002 in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Dominique Guihard was born on 15 April 1946 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. He was an actor, known for La fille de Prague avec un sac très lourd (1978). He died on 10 June 2012 in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Jacques Derives was born on 10 January 1887 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Les disparus de St. Agil (1938), Les Croquignolle (1936) and Prince de minuit (1934). He died on 19 September 1965 in Clichy-la-Garenne, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Director
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Thierry Kuntzel was born on 5 October 1948 in Bergerac, France. He was a director and writer, known for Nostos I (1975), Printemps: Pas de Printemps (1993) and Été: Double vue (1989). He died on 18 April 2007 in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Gaston Séverin was born on 4 August 1879 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Diary of a Country Priest (1951), Abus de confiance (1937) and The Curse of Greed (1914). He died on 22 December 1962 in Clichy-la-Garenne, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Simone Duhart was born on 7 January 1915 in Courbevoie, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France], France. She was an actress, known for Interdit au public (1949), The Immature Grain (1954) and Un flic (1947). She died on 4 July 1984 in Clichy-la-Garenne, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France.