Robert Hossein
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1927 — Present
Actor, film director
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Personal Info
- Born
- Dec 30, 1927
- Age
- 98
- Birth Place
- Paris, France
LEGACY & ORIGINS
Born 30 December 1927
Paris, France
Died 31 December 2020 (aged 93)
Essey-lès-Nancy, France
Occupations Actor, film director
Years active 1948–2019
Spouses
Marina Vlady
(m. 1955; div. 1960)
Caroline Eliacheff
(m. 1962; div. 1964)
Candice Patou
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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Paris, France
Died 31 December 2020 (aged 93)
Essey-lès-Nancy, France
Occupations Actor, film director
Years active 1948–2019
Spouses
Marina Vlady
(m. 1955; div. 1960)
Caroline Eliacheff
(m. 1962; div. 1964)
Candice Patou
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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Life & Career Details
Born 30 December 1927
Paris, France
Died 31 December 2020 (aged 93)
Essey-lès-Nancy, France
Occupations Actor, film director
Years active 1948–2019
Spouses
Marina Vlady
(m. 1955; div. 1960)
Caroline Eliacheff
(m. 1962; div. 1964)
Candice Patou
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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Paris, France
Died 31 December 2020 (aged 93)
Essey-lès-Nancy, France
Occupations Actor, film director
Years active 1948–2019
Spouses
Marina Vlady
(m. 1955; div. 1960)
Caroline Eliacheff
(m. 1962; div. 1964)
Candice Patou
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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