Serge Rousseau (13 March 1930 – 3 November 2007) was a French film and television actor and agent. He was a close friend of

François Truffaut François Roland Truffaut ( , ; ; 6 February 1932 – 21 October 1984) was a French filmmaker, actor, and critic. He is widely regarded as one of the founders of the French New Wave. He came under the tutelage of film critic Andre Bazin as a ...

. He played the murdered husband of Jeanne Moreau in '' The Bride Wore Black'' and the unknown man who declares his love for Claude Jade at the end of '' Stolen Kisses''. He married Marie Dubois in 1961 and they remained together until his death by cancer at the age of 77. They had a daughter, actress Dominique Rousseau.Marie Dubois - obituary
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Selected filmography

* '' Maigret et l'Affaire Saint-Fiacre'' (1959) - Émile Gaulthier * ''Le bonheur est pour demain'' (1961) - Le jeune caréneur * '' Les Mauvais Coups'' (1961) - Duval * ''Portrait-robot'' (1962) * ''La foire aux cancres (Chronique d'une année scolaire)'' (1963) - L'aspirant * '' Mata Hari, Agent H21'' (1964) - (uncredited) * ''Thomas l'imposteur'' (1965) * '' The Sleeping Car Murders'' (1965) - Le contrôleur du train * '' Is Paris Burning?'' (1966) - Col. Fabien (uncredited) * '' The Bride Wore Black'' (1968) - David * '' Stolen Kisses'' (1968) - Le type qui suit Christine * '' Bed and Board'' (1970) - Petit rôle (uncredited) * ''Nous n'irons plus au bois'' (1970) - Albert * ''Les zozos'' (1973) - Le Professeur * '' The Green Room'' (1978) - Paul Masigny * '' Patrick Dewaere'' (1992) - Himself * '' La Cérémonie'' (1995) - (final film role)

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1930 births 2007 deaths People from Orne Male actors from Normandy French male film actors French male television actors {{France-film-actor-1930s-stub