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Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin (8 May 1903 – 26 February 1971), better known as Fernandel, was a French comic actor.
Fernandel. Actor: The Little World of Don Camillo. The apocryphal biography of Fernand Contandin tells the invention of his artistic name Fernandel by his sister-in-law ("Voici le Fernand d'elles"). At the beginning of the thirties he became a typical actor of the comedy genre: popular, common, likable and with a concealed grain of drama.
- May 8, 1903
- February 26, 1971
Fernandel. Actor: The Little World of Don Camillo. The apocryphal biography of Fernand Contandin tells the invention of his artistic name Fernandel by his sister-in-law ("Voici le Fernand d'elles").
- January 1, 1
- Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
- January 1, 1
- Paris, France
Fernandel was a French comedian whose visual trademarks were comic facial contortions and a wide, toothy grin. After a brief career in banking, Fernandel became a music-hall singer in Nice, France, toured in a vaudeville show, and was a pantomime comedian in Parisian music-hall revues.
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Fernand Contandin, dit Fernandel, est un acteur, humoriste, chanteur et réalisateur français, né le 8 mai 1903 à Marseille [1] et mort le 26 février 1971 à Paris 16 e. Issu du music-hall, durant plusieurs décennies, il représente l'une des plus grandes vedettes du cinéma français.
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