Henri Vidal

Henri Vidal

1919-11-26

Biography

Henri Vidal (26 November 1919 – 10 December 1959) was a French film actor. Henri Lucien Raymond Vidal was first noticed after he won the "Apollo of 1939" contest in Paris. He was spotted by Édith Piaf, and made his film debut alongside her in the movie Montmartre-sur-Seine in 1941. Vidal went on to appear in more than 30 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: Françoise Arnoul, Brigitte Bardot, Dany Carrel, Mylène Demongeot, Sophia Loren, Romy Schneider, and Marina Vlady. In May 1943 he married the actress Michèle Cordoba, and they divorced in July 1946. In 1950 he married French actress Michèle Morgan, whom he met while filming Alessandro Blasetti's 1949 film Fabiola. He died in 1959 of a heart attack. He is buried in Pontgibaud, in the Puy-de-Dôme départment. Source: Article "Henri Vidal" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Also appears in

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The Damned

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The Gates of Paris

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6.6

The Seven Deadly Sins

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Pensione Edelweiss

Pensione Edelweiss

5.1

A Kiss for a Killer

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5.3

Napoleon

Napoleon

6.3

Attila

Attila

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The Wreckers

The Wreckers

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La Parisienne

La Parisienne

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Be Beautiful and Shut Up

Be Beautiful and Shut Up

5.3

The Wicked Go to Hell

The Wicked Go to Hell

6.2

Come Dance with Me!

Come Dance with Me!

5.9

The Strange Madame X

The Strange Madame X

4.5

To Catch a Spy

To Catch a Spy

5.0

The Hell of Lost Pilots

The Hell of Lost Pilots

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The Strollers

The Strollers

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Orient Express

Orient Express

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Too Late to Love

Too Late to Love

5.6

Fabiola

Fabiola

5.9

The Passerby

The Passerby

4.7