Charles DennerNationality:
Polish Birthdate:
05/29/1926 Birthplace:
Tarnow, Poland Death Date:
09/10/1995
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biography
A stage-experienced French performer who emigrated from Poland at the age of four, Denner worked with many of the major filmmakers of post-war France. After making his film debut in 1955 , he appeared in Louis Malle's "Ascenseur pour l'echafaud/Elevator to the Gallows" (1957). Throughout the 1960s and 70s, Denner worked with Claude Chabrol a total of five times, notably playing a murderous womanizer in "Landru" (1962), and a Jewish taxi driver in "Robert et Robert" (1978). Claude Berri chose Denner to portray a character based on the director's father in "Le Vieil Homme et l'Enfant" (1966),
Credits
milestones
Year
Milestone
1930
Emigrated from Poland to France at age 4
1946
Stage debut
Appeared at Theatre National with Gerard Philipe in "Le Cid" and "Mother Courage," and with Jeanne Moreau in "La machine infernale"; led to his first film roles
1955
Screen acting debut in "La Meilleure Part"
1962
First starring film role as title character of Claude Chabrol's "Landru"; cast after the director saw him in a stage production of "Arturo Ui"
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