Louis Jourdan

Louis Jourdan

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Louis Jourdan (born Louis Robert Gendre; 19 June 1921 – 14 February 2015) was a French film and television actor. He was known for his suave roles in several Hollywood films, including Alfred Hitchcock's The Paradine Case (1947), Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948), Gigi (1958), The Best of Everything (1959), The V.I.P.s (1963) and Octopussy (1983). He played Dracula in the 1977 BBC television production Count Dracula.

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Louis Jourdan was born on Thursday, 19 June 1919 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, France. His full name at birth was Louis Gendre. He was best known as an actor. Jourdan's country of citizenship (nationality) was French. He died on Saturday, 14 February 2015 in Beverly Hills, California, U.S.A. at the age of 95. He was 6' 1" (185 cm) tall with a slim build. He had dark brown eyes and dark brown hair (color). His zodiac star sign was Gemini.

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Louis Gendre
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Gaston in Gigi
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Date of birth
19 June 1919
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Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, France
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14 February 2015
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95 (age at death)
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Beverly Hills, California, U.S.A.
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Actor
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"There are actors in this town who made important careers for a long, long period just by taking the parts that Cary Grant turned down."
  • Only son, Louis Henry George Jourdan, was born October 6, 1951.
  • Favourite music is Wagner.
  • Enjoys books by Nietzsche and Schopenhauer.
  • Doesn't watch his own films.
  • He grew up in the south of France with 2 brothers. Parents Yvonne Jourdan and Henry Gendre managed a string of hotels in Cannes, Nice, and Marseilles. He perfected his English by speaking to tourists.

Louis Jourdan is known for his role in the film Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) as performer: "Un sospiro" - uncredited.

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