Pierre Magnier
Actor, Film actor
1869 – 1959
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Who was Pierre Magnier?
Pierre Magnier was a French actor who began on the stage in the 1890s and became a prominent silent film actor in France. He was the second actor to portray Cyrano de Bergerac in any film in 1925. He continued acting until the 1950s. He is most remembered for the role of the General in Jean Renoir's La règle du jeu, where he has one of the films more poignant quotes when he praises Roland Toutain's character as one of "a vanishing breed."
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- Born
- Feb 22, 1869
Paris - Also known as
- Pierre Frédéric Magnier
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Died
- Oct 15, 1959
Clichy
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on July 23, 2013
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