Marc Louis Maxime de Jonge (16 February 1949 – 10 March 1996) was a French actor.

Career

Despite being best known for his role as the heartless Soviet Colonel Zaysen in ''

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'', de Jonge had a long and fruitful career. He was in over 50 films, mostly productions from France. He also starred in the famous

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film ''

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'', playing a Frenchman.

Death

The actor forgot the keys to his

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home on 10 March 1996, then he decided to climb the building to get into his home, but after arriving at the second floor, he slipped and suffered a fatal fall. He was 47 years old.

Selected filmography

*''L'Aigle et la Colombe'' (1977) *''Et vive la liberté!'' (1978) *''Guerres civiles en France'' (1978) - Les commissaire alliés (segment "Premier empire") *''Je vous ferai aimer la vie'' (1979) *''Au bout du bout du banc'' (1979) *''La bande du Rex'' (1980) *'' La Flambeuse'' (1981) - De Boissouvre *''Les jocondes'' (1982) - Frédéric *''

Mon Curé Chez les Nudistes ''Mon curé chez les nudistes'' is a French sex comedy from 1982 directed by Robert Thomas. The main role is played by Paul Préboist. Plot French comedy about a local priest with a good mood who is sent to teach morals at a nudist colony with ...

'' (1982) - Oscar, le coiffeur *''Rock 'n Torah'' (1983) - Jess, le chauffeur de Dieu *''Rue barbare'' (1984) - Jo, un sbire de Hagen *''Ronde de nuit'' (1984) - Roland Bauchaud - un mécanicien d'extrême droite *''Les Brésiliennes du bois de Boulogne'' (1984) - Carmen *''

Rive droite, rive gauche ''Rive droite, rive gauche'' (also known as "Right Bank, Left Bank") is a French film directed by Philippe Labro, starring Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye and Carole Bouquet. Bouquet received Best Supporting Actress nomination. Plot Paul i ...

'' (1984) - Jaffré *''Flagrant désir'' (1986) - Larbeau *''La Femme secrète'' (1986) - Lamour *''Le Complexe du kangourou'' (1986) - Verahege *''

'' (1986) - Frenchman *' (1987) - Le capitaine SS de l'interrogatoire *''François Villon - Poetul vagabond'' (1987) *''

'' (1988) - Colonel Alexei Zaysen *'' La Révolution française'' (1989) - Antoine-Joseph Santerre *''

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'' (1989) - Eddie *''Tolérance'' (1989) - Cabanes *''Présumé dangereux'' (1990) - Vigier *'' Milena'' (1991) - Blei (uncredited) *''L'Opération Corned-Beef'' (1991) - Le consul Burger *''Génération oxygène'' (1991) - Richard Malatray *''Le Secret de Sarah Tombelaine'' (1991) - Kerguen *''Obiettivo indiscreto'' (1992) *''Pas d'amour sans amour'' (1993) - Le gynécologue *''

La Vengeance d'une blonde ''La Vengeance d'une blonde'' is a 1994 French comedy film directed by Jeannot Szwarc. Plot Gérard Breha is journalist on a Breton regional channel. He host, happy, his last Show, as he has been named host to the 23 hours newsreader on the large ...

'' (1994) - Vernon *''

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'' (1994) - Le patron de Karamazov *''L'affaire'' (1994) - Gruskhin *''Killer Kid'' (1994) - Hans *'' Un indien dans la ville'' (1994) - Rossberg *''Ainsi soient-elles'' (1995) - Jean *''Marie de Nazareth'' (1995) - Hérode *''

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'' (1995) - L'agresseur

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* 1949 births 1996 deaths Actors from Nancy, France French male film actors French male television actors Road incident deaths in France 20th-century French male actors {{france-actor-stub