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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Freddie Bear
- Handsome Freddie Bear
- La Croisière de l'île aux fleurs
- Notre ami Cornichon
- Nounours aux jeux olympiques
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Film & TV
Etterbeek, Belgique
Claude Laydu ([klod lɛjdy]; 10 March 1927 – 29 July 2011) was a Belgian-born Swiss actor on stage and in films. He was renowned for his performance in his film debut in the role of the young priest in Robert Bresson's Diary of a Country Priest (1951), which has been described as one of the greatest in the history of film. Laydu was born and grew up in Brussels. He moved to Paris to study at the…
Known for
- Bonne nuit les tipeu — Ulysse (voice)2018
- Mafia alla sbarra — Giovanni1963
- Bonne nuit les petits — Le Marchand de sable (voice)1962
- Italienisches Capriccio — Carlo Goldoni1961
- The Dialogue of the Carmelites — Knight of Force1960
- The Wheel — Roland Pelletier1957
- Altair — Mario Rossi1956
- Price of Love — Pierre Ménard1955
- Attila — Valentiniano Caesar1954
- Symphony of Love — Franz Schubert1954
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1927-03-10
- Active to
- 2011-07-29
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 11
- Total plays
- 88
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Claude
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Etterbeek
- Place of death
- Massy
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Image
- ClaudeLaydu-1951-Harcourt.png
- Number of children
- 2
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1927-03-10
- date of death
- 2011-07-29
- place of burial
- Montparnasse Cemetery
- Commons category
- Claude Laydu
- birth name
- Claude René Laydu
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