JY
The basics
Quick facts
Intro
French actor
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
(Bucharest)
Death:
17 August 1968(Paris)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Jean Yonnel (21 July 1891 – 17 August 1968) was a Romanian-born French actor.
Yonnel was born in Bucharest, Romania as Jean-Estève Schachmann and began his film career in France in the 1910s. Some of his notable performance were in Obsession (1933), Amok (1934), White Nights of St. Petersburg (1937), The Imperial Tragedy (1939) and A Funny Parishioner (1963). Yonnel died in Paris in 1968.
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | Kœnigsmark | Grand Duke Rudolph | Maurice Tourneur |
| 1936 | The Call of Silence | Charles de Foucauld | Léon Poirier |
| 1961 | Captain Fracasse | the Prince of Moussy | Pierre Gaspard-Huit |
| 1963 | Un drôle de paroissien | Monsieur Mattieu Lachesnaye, Georges' father | Jean-Pierre Mocky |