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Robert Hossein

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Also known as Robert Hosseinoff

French film actor, director, and writer of Azerbaijani origin (1927-2020)

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Robert Hossein was an Iranian male author and artist whose professional career spanned from 1948 to 2020. Born on December 30, 1927, he passed away on December 31, 2020. He was 1.75 meters tall and had four children.

His published works include *Je crois en l'homme parce que je crois en Dieu*, *Danton et Robespierre*, *En désespoir de cause*, *Entre Lumière et Ténèbres*, and *La Sentinelle aveugle*. Records indicate he had ten works listed in one database and five in another. His name appears in 253 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 19 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
10

Top works

  • Je crois en l'homme parce que je crois en Dieu
  • Danton et Robespierre
  • En désespoir de cause
  • Entre Lumière et Ténèbres
  • La Sentinelle aveugle

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
63
Total plays
330

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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 death
Essey-lès-Nancy
Occupation
producer
Languages spoken
Russian
Native language
French
Student of
Tania Balachova
Image
PHOTOS ROBERT.jpg
Height
1.75
Number of children
4
Work location
France
Residence
Vittel
Show 10 more facts
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
date of death
2020-12-31
end of work period
2020-00-00
manner of death
natural causes
Sources (12)

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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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