Henri Vidal

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Henri Vidal
Born	(1919-11-26)26 November 1919 Royat, Puy-de-Dôme, France
Died	10 December 1959(1959-12-10) (aged 40) Paris, France
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1941-1959

Henri Vidal (26 November 1919 – 10 December 1959) was a French film actor.

Film Career

Henri Lucien Raymond Vidal^[1] was first noticed after he won the "Apollo of 1939" contest in Paris. He was spotted by Edith Piaf, and made his film debut alongside her in the movie Montmartre-sur-Seine in 1941. Vidal went on to appear in 36 films between 1941 and 1959.

In addition to his wife, Michèle Morgan, he played opposite some of the biggest leading ladies in French films of the 1950s: Frances Arnold, Brigitte Bardot, Dany Carrel, Mylène Demongeot, Sophia Loren, Romy Schneider, and Marina Vlady.

Personal Life

In May 1943 he married the actress Michèle Cordoba, and they divorced in July 1946.^[1] In 1950 he married French actress Michèle Morgan, whom he met while filming Alessandro Blasetti's 1949 film Fabiola.

Death

Depressed, he sank into drug addiction and died in 1959 of a heart attack. He is buried in Pontgibaud, in the Puy-de-Dôme départment.

Selected Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director
1947	Les Maudits	Doctor Guilbert	René Clément
1949	Fabiola	Rual	Alessandro Blasetti
1950	La Belle que voilà	Pierre Leroux	Jean-Paul Le Chanois
1950	La Passante	François Malard	Henri Calef
1951	L'Étrange Madame X	Etienne	Jean Gremillon
1952	Les Sept péchés capitaux ("La Gourmandise")	Le docteur Henri / Antonin	Carlo Rim
1954	Orient-Express	Jacques Ferrand	Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
1954	Napoléon	Joachim Murat	Sacha Guitry
1957	Porte des Lilas	Pierre Barbier	René Clair
1957	Une Parisienne	Michel Legrand	Michel Boisrond
1959	Voulez-vous danser avec moi ?	Hervé Dandieu	Michel Boisrond
1959	Pourquoi viens-tu si tard?	Walter Hermelin	Henri Decoin

External links

Henri Vidal at the Internet Movie Database
Henri Vidal at AllRovi

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 79169997 LCCN: no2004063856 ISNI: 0000 0001 2096 4921 GND: 141286938 BNF: cb13949455h

Persondata
Name	Vidal, Henri
Alternative names
Short description	Actor
Date of birth	1919-11-26
Place of birth	Royat, Puy-de-Dôme, France
Date of death	1959-12-10
Place of death	Paris, France

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Source : Les Gens du cinéma

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