Pierre Mingand (2 June 1900 – 19 August 1982) was a French singer and film actor. He was known for his impersonations of

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at the

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, something he reprised in

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's 1934 film ''

Mauvaise Graine ''Mauvaise Graine'' (English: ''Bad Seed'') is a 1934 French action comedy directed by Billy Wilder (in his directorial debut) and Alexander Esway. The screenplay by Wilder, , Max Colpet, and Claude-André Puget focuses on a wealthy young playb ...

''.Phillips p.104

Selected filmography

* ''

Court Waltzes ''Court Waltzes'' () is a 1933 musical film directed by Ludwig Berger and Raoul Ploquin and starring Fernand Gravey, Armand Dranem and Madeleine Ozeray. It was the French-language version of '' Waltz War'', made by the German studio UFA and al ...

'' (1933) * ''

'' (1934) * '' Mademoiselle Mozart'' (1935) * '' The Secret of Woronzeff'' (1935) * ''

The Marriages of Mademoiselle Levy ''The Marriages of Mademoiselle Levy'' (French: ''Les mariages de Mademoiselle Lévy'') is a 1936 French comedy film directed by André Hugon and starring Yvette Lebon, Charles Lamy and Pierre Mingand.Rège p.511 It is the fourth and final entry i ...

'' (1936) *'' The Forsaken'' (1937) * ''

Return at Dawn ''Return at Dawn'', also known as ''She Returned at Dawn'' (French: ''Retour à l'aube''), is a 1938 French drama film starring Danielle Darrieux. The film was directed by Henri Decoin, who cowrote the screenplay with Pierre Wolff, based on a sho ...

'' (1938) * '' Abused Confidence'' (1938) * ''

Mademoiselle Swing ''Mademoiselle Swing'' is a 1942 French musical film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Irène de Trebert, Jean Murat and Raymond Legrand.Zwerin p.149 It was shot at the It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Paris. The film's sets were d ...

'' (1942)

References

Bibliography

* Phillips, Alastair. ''City of Darkness, City of Light: Émigré Filmmakers in Paris, 1929–1939''. Amsterdam University Press, 2004.

External links

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