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Robert Hossein

1927 - 2020

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Robert Hossein (30 December 1927 – 31 December 2020) was a French film actor, director, and writer. He directed the 1982 adaptation of Les Misérables and appeared in Vice and Virtue, Le Casse, Les Uns et les Autres and Venus Beauty Institute. His other roles include Michèle Mercier's husband in the Angélique series, a gunfighter in the Spaghetti Western Cemetery Without Crosses (which he also directed and co-wrote), and a Catholic priest who falls in love with Claude Jade and becomes a communist in Forbidden Priests. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Hossein is the 339th most popular actor, the 682nd most popular biography from France (up from 714th in 2019) and the 26th most popular French Actor.

Robert Hossein is most famous for his role as the Count of Monte Cristo in the movie of the same name.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Robert Hossein ranks 339 out of 13,578Before him are James Caan, Rudolph Valentino, Colin Firth, Olivia Hussey, Reese Witherspoon, and Doris Day. After him are Sylvia Kristel, O Yeong-su, Alec Baldwin, Kenny Baker, Ian Holm, and Kim Novak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Robert Hossein ranks 32Before him are Martin Lewis Perl, Albert Uderzo, George Andrew Olah, John McCarthy, Rosalynn Carter, and Janet Leigh. After him are Marshall Warren Nirenberg, Simone Veil, Gilbert Bécaud, Theodore Maiman, Lawrence Kohlberg, and Hubert de Givenchy. Among people deceased in 2020, Robert Hossein ranks 24Before him are Olivia de Havilland, Krzysztof Penderecki, Albert Uderzo, Michel Piccoli, Eduard Limonov, and Alan Parker. After him are Ian Holm, Jean Kennedy Smith, John Turner, Frances E. Allen, Rob Rensenbrink, and Abdul Halim Khaddam.

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In France

Among people born in France, Robert Hossein ranks 682 out of 6,770Before him are Alfred Jarry (1873), Eugène Boudin (1824), Chlodomer (495), Lucien Febvre (1878), Jean Nicot (1530), and Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus (-90). After him are Paul Bocuse (1926), Marin Marais (1656), Jean Jaurès (1859), Peter the Hermit (1050), Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760), and Judith of Bavaria (797).

Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Robert Hossein ranks 26Before him are Isabelle Adjani (1955), Mireille Darc (1938), Michel Piccoli (1925), Annie Girardot (1931), Sophie Marceau (1966), and Pierre Richard (1934). After him are Michèle Mercier (1939), Maurice Chevalier (1888), Fanny Ardant (1949), Juliette Binoche (1964), Jean-Pierre Léaud (1944), and Maria Schneider (1952).