Fernandel

Fernandel

▪ French actor
pseudonym  of Fernand-joseph-désiré Contandin  
born May 8, 1903, Marseille, France
died Feb. 26, 1971, Paris
 French comedian whose visual trademarks were comic facial contortions and a wide, toothy grin.

      After a brief career in banking, Fernandel became a music-hall singer in Nice, France, toured in a vaudeville show, and was a pantomime comedian in Parisian music-hall revues. His appearance in Le Blanc et le noir (1930; “White and Black”) initiated a 40-year motion-picture career that included more than 100 films, seven of which were directed by the French master of comedy drama Marcel Pagnol. Other important releases were La Fille du puisatier (1940; The Well-Digger's Daughter); Le Petit Monde de Don Camillo (1952; The Little World of Don Camillo), the first of a series of pictures about the hot-tempered priest; Le Mouton à cinq pattes (1954; The Sheep Has Five Legs); La Vache et le prisonnier (1959; The Cow and I); and Le Voyage du père (1966; “Father's Journey”). He was also featured in stage comedies and in serious dramatic roles.

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