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Victor Lanoux
French actor (1936–2017)
Victor Lanoux | |
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Lanoux in June 2007 | |
| Born | Victor Robert Nataf (1936-06-18)18 June 1936 Paris, France |
| Died | 4 May 2017(2017-05-04) (aged 80) Vaux-sur-Mer, France |
| Years active | 1961–2017 |
Victor Robert Nataf (18 June 1936 – 4 May 2017), known professionally as Victor Lanoux, was a French actor known to English-speaking audiences for his role as Ludovic in Cousin Cousine (1975).
Biography
[edit]Victor Robert Nataf was born to a Tunisian Jew from Sfax and a Catholic mother from Normandy. He was evacuated from Paris during the Second World War. Lanoux refers to the name used during his stay in La Chapelle-Taillefert during the French occupation where he lived until the age of 11, when he returned to Paris.
He left school at age 14 to become an apprentice varnisher. He worked a variety of jobs, including the Simca automotive assembly line, until he served in the French Army during the Algerian War and was wounded, being awarded the Medal for War Wounded (Médaille des blessés de guerre).
His father got him a job at the Studio de Billancourt. He learned acting by correspondence course, then a real course.[1]
Career
[edit]In 1961 he met Pierre Richard who was looking for someone
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Pascal Elso
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Keep your eyes open
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Jean-Antoine Injalbert
This part of the city is somewhat unpolished, leading yo