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Hamidou Benmassoud
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Hamidou Benmessaoud (; 2 August 1935 – 19 September 2013), best known as Amidou, was a Moroccan-French film, television, and stage actor.
Film & TV
Rabat, French Morocco
From Wikipedia Hamidou Benmessaoud (Arabic: حميدو بنمسعود; 2 August 1935 – 19 September 2013), best known as Amidou, was a Moroccan-French film, television and stage actor. Born in Rabat, at 17 Amidou moved to Paris to attend the CNSAD. In 1968 he made his debut on stage, in Jean Genet's Les paravents. Amidou is probably best known for his association with director Claude Lelouch, with whom…
Known for
- Aïcha : Vacances infernales — M. Bouamaza2012
- Aïcha : Job à tout prix — Mr. Bouamaza2011
- Aïcha : La grande débrouille — M. Bouamaza2011
- Comme les 5 doigts de la main — Lakdar2010
- Aïcha — M. Bouamaza2009
- Ali Baba and the 40 thieves — Le Caliphe2007
- Argana — Hamou2007
- Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves — le Khalif2007
- Heaven's Doors2006
- Here and There2004
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Key facts
- Person.name
- Amidou
- Person.image
- Amidou.jpg
- Person.birth_name
- Hamidou Benmessaoud
- Person.birth_place
- Rabat, French Morocco
- Person.death_place
- Paris, France
- Person.occupation
- Actor
- Person.years_active
- 1935–2013
- Person.awards
- Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, Cairo Film Festival
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Rabat
- Place of death
- Clichy
- Child
- Souâd Amidou
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- French
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- name in native language
- حميدو بنمسعود
- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of birth
- 1935-08-02
- date of death
- 2013-09-19
- cause of death
- disease
- birth name
- Mohammed Benmessaoud
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Encyclopedic overview
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Hamidou Benmessaoud (; 2 August 1935 – 19 September 2013), best known as Amidou, was a Moroccan-French film, television, and stage actor.
==Biography== Born in Rabat, at 17, Amidou moved to Paris to attend the CNSAD. In 1968 he made his debut on stage, in Jean Genet's Les paravents.
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