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Louis Jourdan

1921 - 2015

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Louis Jourdan (born Louis Robert Gendre; 19 June 1921 – 14 February 2015) was a French film and television actor. He was known for his suave roles in several Hollywood films, including Alfred Hitchcock's The Paradine Case (1947), Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948), Gigi (1958), The Best of Everything (1959), The V.I.P.s (1963) and Octopussy (1983). He played Dracula in the 1977 BBC television production Count Dracula. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Jourdan is the 930th most popular actor (down from 635th in 2019), the 1,482nd most popular biography from France (down from 1,149th in 2019) and the 75th most popular French Actor.

Louis Jourdan is most famous for his role as the handsome prince in the movie "The Swan" and his role as the villain in the James Bond movie "Octopussy."

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Louis Jourdan ranks 930 out of 13,578. Before him are Susanna Hoffs, Peter Dinklage, Catherine Spaak, Graham Chapman, Delphine Seyrig, and John Forsythe. After him are Jack Warden, Marty Feldman, Adolfo Celi, Jeff Chandler, Tony Todd, and John Candy.

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Among people born in 1921, Louis Jourdan ranks 89. Before him are Miklós Jancsó, James Clavell, Iris Apfel, Thomas Schelling, Seretse Khama, and Giovanni Benelli. After him are Stanley Ho, Philippe de Gaulle, Herschel Grynszpan, Mario Lanza, Chris Marker, and Yuri Nikulin. Among people deceased in 2015, Louis Jourdan ranks 74. Before him are Pierre Brice, Dave Mackay, Halldór Ásgrímsson, Nirmala Joshi, Setsuko Hara, and Kurt Masur. After him are Phil Taylor, Georges Wolinski, Robert Loggia, Gabriele Ferzetti, Rod Taylor, and Ben E. King.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis Jourdan ranks 1,482 out of 6,770. Before him are Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger (1894), Charles I, Duke of Bourbon (1401), André-Louis Debierne (1874), Catherine Spaak (1945), Bernard Tapie (1943), and Jean Chacornac (1823). After him are Jean-Luc Nancy (1940), Maurice Barrès (1862), Charles Alexandre de Calonne (1734), Charles François de Cisternay du Fay (1698), Georges Feydeau (1862), and Michel Richard Delalande (1657).

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Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Louis Jourdan ranks 75. Before him are Claudine Auger (1941), Geneviève Grad (1944), Emmanuelle Béart (1963), Jean-Claude Pascal (1927), Anne Parillaud (1960), and Catherine Spaak (1945). After him are Patrick Dewaere (1947), Emma Watson (1990), Yvette Guilbert (1865), Michel Serrault (1928), Arletty (1898), and Alain Cuny (1908).

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