Jacques Companeez
Screenwriter, Film writer
1906 – 1956
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Who was Jacques Companeez?
Jacques Companeez was a Russian Jewish émigré screenwriter in Paris.
He arrived in Paris in 1936 after study in Berlin, and wrote 80 screenplays, one of his first being co-writing Les Bas-fonds for Jean Renoir. His older daughter is the contralto Irène Companeez - who recorded with Maria Callas but lost her voice at the age of 34. His younger daughter Nina Companeez is also a screenwriter. His granddaughter is the actress fr:Valentine Varela.
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- Born
- Mar 5, 1906
Saint Petersburg - Also known as
- Jacques Companéez
- J. Companeez
- Children
- Nationality
- Russian Empire
- France
- Profession
- Died
- Sep 9, 1956
Paris
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on July 23, 2013
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