Magali Vendeuil (18 September 1926 – 12 January 2009) was a French
stage
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and
film actress
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who also appeared in television productions. She was a member of the
Comédie-Française
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between 1950 and 1961. She played the
female lead
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in several films including the 1955 thriller ''
More Whiskey for Callaghan
''More Whiskey for Callaghan'' (French: ''Plus de whisky pour Callaghan'') is a 1955 French thriller film directed by Willy Rozier and starring Tony Wright, Magali Vendeuil and Robert Berri. It is an adaptation of the 1941 novel ''It Couldn't Ma ...
''.
[Goble p.82] She was married to fellow actor
Robert Lamoureux
Robert Lamoureux (4 January 1920 – 29 October 2011) was a French actor, screenwriter and film director. He appeared in more than 30 films between 1951 and 1994. He starred in the film '' The Adventures of Arsène Lupin'', which was entered ...
.
Selected filmography
* ''
Drôle de noce'' (1952)
* ''
Procès au Vatican
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'' (1952)
* ''
Beauties of the Night'' (1952)
* ''
More Whiskey for Callaghan
''More Whiskey for Callaghan'' (French: ''Plus de whisky pour Callaghan'') is a 1955 French thriller film directed by Willy Rozier and starring Tony Wright, Magali Vendeuil and Robert Berri. It is an adaptation of the 1941 novel ''It Couldn't Ma ...
'' (1955)
* ''
Une fille épatante
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'' (1955)
* ''
Jugez-les bien'' (1961)
* ''
Impossible Is Not French
''Impossible Is Not French'' (French: ''Impossible... pas français'') is a 1974 French comedy film directed by Robert Lamoureux and starring Jean Lefebvre, Pierre Mondy and Pierre Tornade.Rège p.589
Cast
* Jean Lefebvre as Louis Brisset
* Pie ...
'' (1974)
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
* Hayward, Susan. ''French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film''. Intellect Books, 2010.
External links
*
1926 births
2009 deaths
French stage actresses
French film actresses
French television actresses
People from Gard
20th-century French actresses
Troupe of the Comédie-Française
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