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Colette Marchand

1925 - 2015

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Colette Janine Marchand (29 April 1925 – 5 June 2015) was a French prima ballerina and actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1952 for her performance as Marie Charlet in Moulin Rouge, directed by John Huston. During the height of her dance career she was considered one of the great dancers in Europe, known as Les jambes (The Legs), along with Violetta Elvin, Zizi Jeanmaire, Yvette Chauviré, Janine Charrat, and Margot Fonteyn. Marchand traveled around the world as a dancer and danced with many of the great ballet dancers of the 1940s and 1950s. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Colette Marchand is the 4,569th most popular actor (up from 7,479th in 2019), the 4,417th most popular biography from France (up from 5,206th in 2019) and the 281st most popular French Actor.

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Among actors, Colette Marchand ranks 4,569 out of 13,578. Before her are Gary Lockwood, Michael Bowen, Charles Fleischer, Donal Logue, Antony Starr, and Vladimir Ivashov. After her are Richard O'Brien, Chi McBride, Antonio Sabàto Jr., Earl Holliman, Manfred Krug, and Burghart Klaußner.

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Among people born in 1925, Colette Marchand ranks 349. Before her are Gustav Winckler, Nanni Loy, István Szondy, Warren Frost, Antoine Duhamel, and Benito Lorenzi. After her are Simone Segouin, Iwao Takamoto, Joseph Engelberger, Vladimir Shainsky, Lyuben Berov, and Luis E. Miramontes. Among people deceased in 2015, Colette Marchand ranks 306. Before her are Nigel Terry, Candida Royalle, Boris Shilkov, Revaz Chkheidze, Antonio Betancort, and Jack Goody. After her are Driss Bamous, Vladimir Kesarev, Wayne Rogers, Friedrich L. Bauer, Jouko Törmänen, and Mwepu Ilunga.

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In France

Among people born in France, Colette Marchand ranks 4,417 out of 6,770. Before her are Dudo of Saint-Quentin (960), Adelaide of Normandy (1026), Jakob Abbadie (1654), Viktor Lazlo (1960), Valentin Conrart (1603), and Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy (1618). After her are Pierre-François Bouchard (1771), Camille Mandrillon (1891), Alphonso, Earl of Chester (1273), Gilbert Bougnol (1866), Simone Segouin (1925), and Alexis Thérèse Petit (1791).

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Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Colette Marchand ranks 281. Before her are Saïd Taghmaoui (1973), Anémone (1950), Charles Rigoulot (1903), René Navarre (1877), Ariane Ascaride (1954), and Virginie Ledoyen (1976). After her are Tonie Marshall (1951), Jean Debucourt (1894), Judith Godrèche (1972), Jean Richard (1921), Louis Garrel (1983), and Rita Renoir (1934).

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