Fernandel
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Even with French Clown Fernandel to help him, NBC's Bob Hope was merely routine; the mute, moving eloquence of Julie Harris in Johnny Belinda was all that was meaningful in a moldy melodrama.
From Time Magazine Archive
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As the headstrong village baker, Fernandel is volubly insistent that his son would never do such a thing, refuses to recognize the infant as a descendant.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Old ski nose returns, assisted by an equally great clown, France's Fernandel.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Singer Mistinguett and Actor Fernandel garnered applause from ecstatic audiences.
From Time Magazine Archive
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She laughed again and told me there was a Fernandel movie she’d like to see.
From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus
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