- Victor Francen
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birthname = Victor Franssen
birthdate = birth date|1888|08|5
location =Tirlemont ,Belgium
deathdate = death date and age|1977|11|18|1888|08|5
deathplace =Aix-en-Provence ,Bouches-du-Rhône ,Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur ,France
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spouse = Eleanor Kreutzer
Renée Corciade
Mary MarquetVictor Francen, born Victor Franssen, (
5 August 1888 –18 November 1977 ), was a Belgian-born actor with a long career in French cinema and in Hollywood.Francen was born in
Tienen , the son of a chief of police. He worked in trade in Belgium before settling inParis where he trained in dramatic art underPaul Mounet . His stage career in the 1920s included appearances in plays byHenri Bernstein ,Georges Bataille andEdmond Rostand which took him all over the world. After three appearances in silent films, he played the Prophet inAbel Gance 's film "La Fin du monde" ("The End of the World") (1931) and established his career as a leading man in French films.In 1940, he was introduced to American films by
Charles Boyer and appeared in "Hold Back the Dawn " (1941), "The Tuttles of Tahiti " (1942), "Ten Gentlemen from West Point " (1942), "Tales of Manhattan " (1942), "Mission to Moscow " (1943), "Madame Curie" (1943), "The Desert Song " (1943), "In Our Time" (1944), "Passage to Marseille " (1944), "The Mask of Dimitrios " (1944), "The Conspirators " (1944), "Confidential Agent " (1945), "San Antonio " (1945), "Devotion" (1946), "Night and Day" (1946), "The Beast with Five Fingers " (1946), "The Beginning or the End " (1947), "To the Victor " (1948), "Hell and High Water" (1954).He was married three times, his last marriage to the actress Mary Marquet.He died in Saint-Cannat,
Bouches-du-Rhône ,France .External links
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NAME= Francen, Victor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Franssen, Victor
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Actor
DATE OF BIRTH= 1888-08-5
PLACE OF BIRTH=Tirlemont ,Belgium
DATE OF DEATH= 1977-11-18
PLACE OF DEATH=Aix-en-Provence ,Bouches-du-Rhône ,Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur ,France
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