Fernandel
Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin, better known as Fernandel, was a French comic actor. Born in Marseille, France, to Désirée Bedouin and Denis Contandin, originating in Perosa Argentina, a town located in the province of Turin, Italy, he became a comedy star, first gaining popularity in French vaudeville, operettas, and music-hall revues. His stage name originated from his marriage to Henriette Manse, the sister of his best friend and frequent cinematic collaborator Jean Manse. So attentive was he to his wife that his mother-in-law amusingly referred to him as Fernand d'elle.
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🎬 Movies
Father's Trip
actor
1966
Your Money or Your Life
actor
1966
Don Camillo in Moscow
actor
1965
That Tender Age
actor
1964
Relax Yourself Darling
actor
1964
My Wife's Husband
actor
1963
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
actor
1962
Assassin in the Phonebook
actor
1962
The Last Judgment
actor
1961
Don Camillo: Monsignor
actor
1961
Croesus
actor
1960
The Cow and I
actor
1959
The Woman's Confidant
actor
1959
Life Together
actor
1958
The Law Is the Law
actor
1958
The Man in the Raincoat
actor
1957
Fernandel the Dressmaker
actor
1956
Don Camillo's Last Round
actor
1955
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
actor
1954
The Sheep Has Five Legs
actor
1954
The Wild Oat
actor
1953
Forbidden Fruit
actor
1952
The Little World of Don Camillo
actor
1952
Caught in the Foreign Legion
actor
1950
I'm in the Revue
actor
1950
Heartbeat
actor
1938
Harvest
actor
1937