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
Happy He Who Like Ulysses
actor
1970
The Man in the Buick
actor
1968
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
Good King Dagobert
actor
1963
Blague dans le coin
actor
1963
The Trip to Biarritz
actor
1963
The Changing of the Guard
actor
1962
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
actor
1962
Assassin in the Phonebook
actor
1962
The Last Judgment
actor
1961
Don Camillo: Monsignor
actor
1961
Cocagne
actor
1961
Croesus
actor
1960
The Boss
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
Les Vignes du Seigneur
actor
1958
Sénéchal the Magnificent
actor
1957
The Man in the Raincoat
actor
1957
The Virtuous Bigamist
actor
1956
Don Juan
actor
1956
Fernandel the Dressmaker
actor
1956
Don Camillo's Last Round
actor
1955
Spring, Autumn and Love
actor
1955
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
actor
1954
The Sheep Has Five Legs
actor
1954
Mademoiselle Nitouche
actor
1954
The Most Wanted Man
actor
1953
The Return of Don Camillo
actor
1953
Carnival
actor
1953
The Wild Oat
actor
1953
Forbidden Fruit
actor
1952
The Little World of Don Camillo
actor
1952
The Red Inn
actor
1951
Caught in the Foreign Legion
actor
1950
Three Sinners
actor
1950
Tu m'as sauvé la vie
actor
1950
Three Feet in a Bed
actor
1950
I'm in the Revue
actor
1950
We Request an Assassin
actor
1949
Si ça peut vous faire plaisir
actor
1948