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Charles Vanel
French actor and director (1892–1989)
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Born | Charles-Marie Vanel (1892-08-21)21 August 1892 Rennes, France |
Died | 15 April 1989(1989-04-15) (aged 96) Cannes, France |
Occupation(s) | Actor Film director |
Years active | 1923–1988 |
Charles-Marie Vanel (21 August 1892 – 15 April 1989) was a French actor and director.
During his 65-year film career, which began in 1923, he appeared in more than 200 films[1] and worked with many prominent directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, Luis Buñuel, Jacques Feyder, and Henri-Georges Clouzot.
He is perhaps best remembered for his role as a desperate truck driver in Clouzot's The Wages of Fear for which he received a Special Mention at the Cannes Film Festival in 1953.[2]
Biography
Early life
Charles-Marie Vanel was born in Rennes in Brittany.[1][3] He came from a seafaring family and his parents were traders who moved t