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Claude Bessy

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Claude Bessy

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Also known as Claude Durand

French ballet dancer

Person · Open Library

Born
1932
Works
7

Top works

  • Forming : the Early Days of L.A. Punk
  • Sportives
  • Les ballets classiques de sa vie
  • Cyril Atanassoff
  • Forming

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Film & TV

Normandy, France

Claude Bessy was a French writer, magazine editor, singer, video producer, and painter. He was noted as an iconic founder of the Los Angeles punk scene in the mid 1970s and was involved in the British post-punk scene in the 1980s.

Known for

  • The Decline of Western Civilization — Self1981

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
France
Active from
1945-10-21
Active to
1999-10-02

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
32
Total plays
103

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Andrée
Gender
female
Citizenship
France
Occupation
ballet dancer
Languages spoken
French
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date of birth
1932-10-21
name in native language
Claude Bessy
birth name
Claude Jeanne Andrée Durand
date of death
2026-04-23
Commons category
Claude Bessy
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