Name
Albert Dieudonné
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1889-11-26
Deathday
1976-03-19 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Biography
Albert Dieudonné was a French actor,screenwriter, film director and novelist.
Dieudonné was born in Paris, France, and made his acting debut in silent film in 1908 for The Assassination of the Duke of Guise, with musical score by Camille Saint-Saëns. In 1924, he directed the film drama Catherine, in which he also appeared as a major character. Jean Renoir acted as his assistant director on the film.
Between 1915 and 1916, Dieudonné acted in five films for director Abel Gance, including the 1915 film La Folie du Docteur Tube and the 1916 film Le périscope. In 1927 he was hired back to star in the title role in Gance's epic film, Napoléon. In 1929 Dieudonné wrote a novel that was made into a 1930 musical comedy film titled "La Douceur D'Aimer" (Sweetness of Love), and he wrote the script for the 1936 La Garçonne.
Albert Dieudonné died in Paris in 1976.
Known For
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About the conflict between social classes through the life of the unhappy Catherine Ferran...
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The film portrays the events on the day King Henri III of France arranged for Duke Henri d...
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A wacky scientist develops a powder that he believes will have the effect of distorting re...
- 1909 The Kiss of Judas as Jean
- 1927 Napoleon as Napoléon Bonaparte
- 1908 The Assassination of the Duke de Guise
- 1916 Le périscope as William Bell
- 1915 L'héroïsme de Paddy
- 1916 Le fou de la falaise
- 1913 The Black Diamond as Luc Ogier
- 1916 Alsace as Jacques Obey
- 1915 The Madness of Dr. Tube as Young Man
- 1908 The Red Hand
- 1927 Backbiters as Maurice Laisné
- 1941 Madame Sans-Gêne as Napoléon 1er
- 1911 A Bald Lie
- 1968 Abel Gance: The Charm of Dynamite as Self - Interviewee
- 1911 Le courrier de Lyon
- 1935 Napoléon Bonaparte as Napoléon Bonaparte
- 1928 Autour de Napoléon
