Jean Delannoy (; 12 January 1908 – 18 June 2008) was a French actor,

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, screenwriter and film director.

Biography

Although Delannoy was born in a Paris suburb, his family was from Haute-Normandie in the north of France. He was a Protestant, a descendant of

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s, some of whom fled the country during the

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, and settled first in

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. Afterwards, their name became De la Noye and then Delano, who were on the second ship to immigrate to

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. He was a student in Paris when he began acting in

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. He eventually landed a job with

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Parisian facilities, working his way up to head

. In 1934 he directed his first film and went on to a long career, both writing and directing. In 1946, his film about a Protestant minister titled '' La symphonie pastorale'' was awarded the at the

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. In 1960, his film, ''Maigret tend un piège'' was nominated for a

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award for "Best Film from any Source". In recognition of his long service to the French motion picture industry, in 1986 Delannoy received an

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Award. Delannoy died on 18 June 2008, at the age of 100.

Partial filmography

* '' Miss Helyett'' (1928) * '' The Beautiful Sailor'' (1932) * '' The Improvised Son'' (1932) * '' My Hat'' (1933) * '' The Premature Father'' (1933) (editor) * '' Paris-Deauville'' (1934) * '' Casanova'' (1934) * ''

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'' (1936) (assistant director) * '' Nitchevo'' (1936) * '' Michel Strogoff'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1938) * '' Tamara'' (1938) * '' The Black Diamond'' (1941) * '' The Murderer is Afraid at Night'' (1942) *' (1939/1942) * ''

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'' (1942) * '' Colonel Pontcarral'' (1942) *'' L'Éternel retour'' (1943) * '' Pastoral Symphony'' (1946) *''

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'' (1947) * '' To the Eyes of Memory'' (1948) * '' The Secret of Mayerling'' (1949) * '' God Needs Men'' (1950) * '' Savage Triangle'' (1951) *''

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'' (1952) *'' Napoleon Road'' (1953) *'' Destinées'' (1954) *'' Obsession'' (1954) * '' The Little Rebels'' (1955) *'' Marie-Antoinette reine de France'' (1956) *'' The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (French title: ''

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'') (1957) *'' Maigret tend un piège'' (1958) *'' Venere Imperiale'' (1963) * (1964) *''Le Lit a Deux Places'' (1965) *''Le Majordome'' (1965) *''Le Lit à deux places'' (1966) *''Les Sultans'' (1966) *''

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'' (1967) *'' La Peau de torpedo'' (1970) *''Pas folle la guêpe'' (1972) *' (1976 television film) *''Histoire du chevalier Des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut'' (1978 6-episode television series) *''Les Grandes Conjurations : Le Coup d'État du 2 décembre'' (1979 episode of a television series) *''L'Été indien'' (1980 television film) *''Frère Martin (La justice de Dieu, La justice du Pape)'' (1981 television film in two parts) *''Le Crime de Pierre Lacaze'' (1983 television film in two parts) *''L'Énigmatique Monsieur S. ou Tout est dans la fin'' (1987 television film) *''Bernadette'' (1987) *''La Passion de Bernadette'' (1989 sequel to ''Bernadette'' that was only distributed in Lourdes) *''Le Gorille compte ses abattis'' (1990 episode in the ''Le Gorille'' television series) *''Marie de Nazareth'' (1995) released in English as ''Mary of Nazareth'' (2003)

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* * 1908 births 2008 deaths 20th-century French male actors César Honorary Award recipients French film directors French film editors French Protestants French male screenwriters 20th-century French screenwriters French male silent film actors French male non-fiction writers Directors of Palme d'Or winners 20th-century French male writers French men centenarians {{France-film-actor-1900s-stub