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Robert Hossein
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French film actor, director, and writer of Azerbaijani origin (1927-2020)
Film & TV
Paris, France
Robert Hossein was a French film actor of Parsi origin, director and writer. He directed the 1982 adaption of Les Misérables, and appeared in Vice and Virtue, Le Casse, Les Uns et les Autres and Venus Beauty Institute. His most recent roles include starring as Michèle Mercier's husband in the Angélique series and as a Catholic priest who falls in love with Claude Jade and becomes a communist in…
Known for
- Picking Strawberries2025
- Love Is Better Than Life — Robert Prat2022
- Raymond Devos dans tous ses sens — Self2022
- Belmondo: The Incorrigible2022
- Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables — Self (archive footage)2021
- Noni : Le Fruit de l'espoir — Le grand-père d'Angeli2020
- Aznavour by Charles — Self - Actor (archive footage)2019
- Belmondo by Belmondo — Self2016
- Marie-France Pisier, une femme sous influence — Self2014
- Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde — Self2011
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1927-12-30 ) 30 December 1927, Paris, France
- Died
- 31 December 2020 (2020-12-31) (aged 93), Essey-lès-Nancy , France
- Occupations
- Actor, film director
- Years active
- 1948–2019
- Spouses
- Marina Vlady ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1955 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1960 ) Caroline Eliacheff ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1962 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1964 ) Candice Patou, ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1976 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- 12th arrondissement of Paris
- Place of death
- Essey-lès-Nancy
- Spouse
- Candice Patou
- Father
- André Hossein
- Occupation
- producer
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Native language
- French
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Student of
- Tania Balachova
- Image
- PHOTOS ROBERT.jpg
- Height
- 1.75
- Number of children
- 4
- Work location
- France
- Residence
- Vittel
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- birth name
- Abraham Hosseinoff
- Commons category
- Robert Hossein
- date of birth
- 1927-12-30
- name in native language
- Robert Hossein
- start of work period
- 1948-00-00
- cause of death
- COVID-19
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Robert Hossein
- date of death
- 2020-12-31
- end of work period
- 2020-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Robert Hossein (30 December 1927 – 31 December 2020) was a French film actor, director, and writer. He directed the 1982 adaptation of Les Misérables and appeared in Vice and Virtue, Le Casse, Les Uns et les Autres and Venus Beauty Institute. His other roles include Michèle Mercier's husband in the Angélique series, a gunfighter in the Spaghetti Western Cemetery Without Crosses (which he also directed and co-wrote), and a Catholic priest who falls in love with Claude Jade and becomes a communist in Forbidden Priests.
Cinematic career
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