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Jourdan, Louis

LC control no.n 82221122
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Personal name headingJourdan, Louis
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Variant(s)Gendre, Louis
Gendre, Louis Robert
Birth date19210619
Death date20150214
Place of birthMarseille (France)
Place of deathBeverly Hills (Calif.)
Profession or occupationActors
Found inThe little prince [SR] p1982: label (Louis Jourdan; narrator, actor)
Halliwell's filmgoer's comp., 1993 (Jourdan, Louis; b. 1919; AKA Louis Gendre)
New York times, viewed 18 Feb. 2015 (Louis Jourdan, a handsome, sad-eyed French actor who worked in films and on television in Europe and the United States for more than 50 years, as a romantic hero in movies like “Gigi” and later as a suave villain in movies like “Octopussy,” died on Friday at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. He was 93.)
   <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/16/movies/louis-jourdan-dashing-star-of-gigi-is-dead-at-93.html?_r=0>
Wikipedia, Feb. 18, 2015 (Louis Jourdan; Louis Jourdan (birth name: Louis Robert Gendre; born 19 June 1921 in Marseille, France; died 14 February 2015 in Beverly Hills, California; film and television actor. He was known for his suave roles in several Hollywood films; he may be best remembered as the romantic lead alongside Leslie Caron and Maurice Chevalier in the film version of the novella by Colette, Gigi (1958). This film won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture)
   <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Jourdan>