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Eddie Constantine

1913 - 1993

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Eddie Constantine (born Israel Constantine; October 29, 1913 – February 25, 1993) was an American singer, actor and entertainer who spent most of his career in France. He became well-known to film audiences for his portrayal of secret agent Lemmy Caution and other, similar pulp heroes in French B-movies of the 1950s and 1960s. His celebrity and status as something of a pop icon saw him work with prominent arthouse directors like Jean-Luc Godard (as Caution in Alphaville and Germany Year 90 Nine Zero), Rainer Werner Fassbinder (as himself in Beware of a Holy Whore 1971 and also World on a Wire), Jesús Franco, Agnès Varda, Rosa von Praunheim, Lars von Trier, William Klein and Mika Kaurismäki. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eddie Constantine is the 1,314th most popular actor (down from 1,119th in 2019), the 2,477th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,922nd in 2019) and the 645th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Eddie Constantine ranks 1,314 out of 13,578. Before him are Felicity Huffman, Yevgeny Leonov, James Sikking, Henry Bergman, Mira Furlan, and Beau Bridges. After him are Krystyna Janda, Richard Dix, Agnes Moorehead, Nick Frost, Bata Živojinović, and Lena Headey.

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Among people born in 1913, Eddie Constantine ranks 98. Before him are Loretta Young, Pinetop Perkins, Alexander Marinesko, Pierre Werner, Marika Rökk, and Maurice Wilkes. After him are Tokutaro Ukon, Johannes Steinhoff, Álvaro Cunhal, Wolfgang Lüth, Heinz Kohut, and Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark. Among people deceased in 1993, Eddie Constantine ranks 59. Before him are Don Ameche, Lucia Popp, Rahmon Nabiyev, Leonid Gaidai, Léo Ferré, and Roy Raymond. After him are Yen Chia-kan, Eleanor Hibbert, Yuri Lotman, Tofiq Bahramov, Silvina Ocampo, and Raymond Burr.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eddie Constantine ranks 2,477 out of 20,380. Before him are Ma Barker (1873), Michael Cunningham (1952), Robert Moog (1934), Edward Albee (1928), William Wirt (1772), and Beau Bridges (1941). After him are Arthur Danto (1924), James Brendan Connolly (1868), John Gray (1951), John Romita Sr. (1930), Richard Dix (1893), and Hank Williams (1923).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Eddie Constantine ranks 645. Before him are Marg Helgenberger (1958), Bonnie Bedelia (1948), Felicity Huffman (1962), James Sikking (1934), Henry Bergman (1868), and Beau Bridges (1941). After him are Richard Dix (1893), Agnes Moorehead (1900), Aaron Eckhart (1968), Bob Fosse (1927), Joe Pantoliano (1951), and Michael Jeter (1952).

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