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André hossein

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The son of orchestra conductor André Hossein, Paris-born Robert Hossein was trained at René Simon's acting school. Hossein labored away as actor/director with the legendary Theatre Grand Guignol in Montmartre, then spent several years on the "legitimate" stage. In films from 1955's Rififi (Rififi (1955)), he has been generally cast as jaded villains. Making his movie directorial debut with The Wicked Go to Hell (1955) The Wicked Go to Hell (1955)), Hossein went on to call the shots on such Film Noir fare as Toi... le venin (1958) and J'ai tué Raspoutine (1967). In the 1960s, Robert Hossein appeared regularly as Jeoffrey de Peyrac in the soft-core Angélique films. He also worked as director.

As he was one of the most prominent leading men in French cinema, he was the screen partner of leading ladies like Brigitte Bardot, Michèle Mercier, Marina Vlady, Stéphane Audran, Claude Jade or the Italian beauty Sophia Loren, and more recently with Audrey Tautou in Venus Beauty Institute (1999).

BornDecember 30, 1927

DiedDecember 31, 2020(93)

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Robert Hossein Biography

Date of Birth:
Dec 30, 1927Birth Place:
Paris, France

Biography

A famous leading man in French cinema known for playing world-weary villains, as in the crime classic "Rififi," Robert Hossein is also an accomplished director, having helmed a 1982 version of "Les Misérables." Hossein studied acting at René Simon's school and cut his teeth as an actor and director at the famed Theatre Grand Guignol. After a few screen appearances, Hossein truly arrived on the European cinema scene with the role of Remi Grutter in Jules Dassin's noir thriller "Rififi." That same year, Hossein launched his directing career with the sexy drama "The Wicked Go to Hell," while he continued to appear onscreen in dozens of films in the '60s. Hossein often played the part of the romantic leading man opposite some of Europe's top screen sirens, including Brigitte Bardot, Sophia Loren, and, in the 1973 romantic melodrama "Forbidden Priests," Claude Jade. His steady writing and directing career hit its high water mark in 1982 with his adaptation of Victor Hugo's tragedy "Les

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Hossein, Robert 1927-

PERSONAL:

Surname originally Gosselain (some sources say Hosseinhoff); born December 30, 1927, in Paris, France; son of Aminolla "André" Hossein (a music composer) and Anna Mincovschi (a pianist); married Marina de Poliakoff Baydaroff (an actress), 1955 (divorced); married Caroline Eliacheff, 1962 (divorced); married Candice Patou, 1976; children: (first marriage) two; (second marriage) Nicolas; (third marriage) Julien. Education: Studied acting at École Vieux Colombier and le cours René Simon. Religion: Catholic.

ADDRESSES:

Office—Théâtre Marigny, Carré Marigny, 75008 Paris, France. Agent—Ghislaine de Wing, 10 rue du Docteur Roux, 75015 Paris, France.

CAREER:

Actor, director, and writer. Manager, director, and chair of Sinfonia Films, 1963—; founder and director of Théâtre Populaire and Théâtre-École de Reims (now Centre Dramatique de Reims), both Reims, France, 1970; Théâtre de Paris-Théâtre Moderne, Paris, France, 1975—. Actor in films, including Le Diable Boiteux, 1948, Rififi, 1955, Cemetery without Crosses, 1968, Les Misérables, 1