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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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Singer Mistinguett and Actor Fernandel garnered applause from ecstatic audiences.

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Fernandel won't sell bread to his friends turned foes, and the scenes swarm relentlessly, with so many Proven-gal provincials running around like so many Provencal provincials with their bread cut off.

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The arrangement works beautifully; Marguerite feeds Fernandel when he is hungry, and he tells stories to her when she is bored.

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

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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