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Fernandel

British  
/ fɛrnɑ̃dɛl /

noun

  1. real name Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin . 1903–71, French comic film actor

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A crowd of 200,000 turned out happily on the Place de la Concorde to dance in the street, watch fireworks, and cheer Fernandel, Juliette Greco, the cancan line of the Moulin Rouge.

From Time Magazine Archive

Eventually they reach the Rhine, and by this time Fernandel and Marguerite are in love.

From Time Magazine Archive

John Barrymore once did the leading role in a Hollywood version, and Fernandel has done it in French.

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French-made Sheep should at last give many U.S. moviegoers their long-overdue chance to meet Fernandel, and give him the American audience he deserves.

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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