René Lefèvre

1898-1991

Biography: life and films

René Lefèvre (real name: René Paul Louis Lefèvre) was a French film actor and screenwriter. He was born in Nice, France on 6 March 1898 and died in Poissy, France on 23 May 1991. A popular film and stage actor of the 1930s, he found fame through his lead role in René Clair's Le Million (1931).
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Filmography

Key: a = actor; w = writer; d = director

Knock, ou le triomphe de la médecine (1926) [a]

Fleur d'amour (1927) [a]

Le Sous marin de cristal (1927) [a]

Le Mariage de Mademoiselle Beulemans (1927) [a]

L'Eau du Nil (1928) [a]

Le Tourbillon de Paris (1928) [a]

Pas si bête (1928) [a]

Ces dames aux chapeaux verts (1929) [a]

Le Ruisseau (1929) [a]

Un soir au cocktail's bar (1929) [a]

Les Deux mondes (1930) [a]

Rapacité (1930) [a]

Jean de la Lune (1931) [a]

Le Million (1931) [a]

Les Cinq gentlemen maudits (1931) [a]

Mon ami Victor (1931) [a]

On opère sans douleur (1931) [a]

L'Âne de Buridan (1932) [a]

La Fleur d'oranger (1932) [a]

Monsieur, Madame et Bibi (1932) [a]

Sa meilleure cliente (1932) [a]

Seul (1932) [a]

Un chien qui rapporte (1932) [a]

Les Deux canards (1933) [a]

L'Amour en cage (1934) [a]

La Femme idéale (1934) [a]

Les Époux scandaleux (1935) [a]

Vogue, mon coeur (1935) [a]

Le Crime de Monsieur Lange (1936) [a]

Mes tantes et moi (1936) [a]

Gueule d'amour (1937) [a]

Le Choc en retour (1937) [a]

Trois... six... neuf (1937) [a]

La Piste du sud (1938) [a]

Nuits de princes (1938) [a]

Petite peste (1938) [a]

Place de la Concorde (1938) [a]

Sommes-nous défendus? (1938) [a]

Les Musiciens du ciel (1940) [a,w]

Parade en 7 nuits (1941) [w]

La Femme que j'ai le plus aimée (1942) [a]

Opéra-Musette (1942) [a,d,w]

À la belle frégate (1943) [a]

Arlette et l'amour (1943) [a]

Feux de joie (1943) [a]

La Boîte aux rêves (1945) [a,w]

Le Bataillon du ciel (1947) [a]

La Carcasse et le tord-cou (1948) [w]

L'Escadron blanc (1949) [a,w]

L'Escadron blanc (1949) [a]

Le Point du jour (1949) [a]

Un sourire dans la tempête (1950) [w]

Sous le ciel de Paris (1951) [w]

Seuls au monde (1952) [a,w]

Trois femmes (1952) [a]

Bufere (1953) [a]

Bel Ami (1955) [a]

Celui qui doit mourir (1957) [a]

La Garçonne (1957) [a]

C'est la faute d'Adam (1958) [a]

La Liberté surveillée (1958) [a]

Le Gorille vous salue bien (1958) [a]

Sois belle et tais-toi (1958) [a]

Douze heures d'horloge (1959) [w]

Le Secret du Chevalier d'Éon (1959) [a]

Rue des Prairies (1959) [w]

Comme un poisson dans l'eau (1962) [a]

Le Doulos (1962) [a]

Une blonde comme ça (1962) [a]

La Foire aux cancres (1963) [a]

Un gosse de la butte (1964) [a]

Angélique et le roy (1966) [a]

Le Corps de mon ennemi (1976) [a]

Un oursin dans la poche (1977) [a]



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