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Michael Lonsdale
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24 May 1931 - 21 September 2020
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Michel Lonsdal is a French film and theater actor, theater screenwriter, director, reader. Michelle comes from an English and French family and spent his early years in Algeria. In his youth, he studied painting, then entered the popular acting courses of Tanya Balashova. Michel's debut in cinema came in 1956, when he played a role in one of the comedies of Michel Bouaron.
Lonsdal played the first significant roles in the films of his comrades - directors Jean-Pierre Moca and Gerard Uri. In the
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Michel Lonsdal is a French film and theater actor, theater screenwriter, director, reader.
Michelle comes from an English and French family and spent his early years in Algeria. In his youth, he studied painting, then entered the popular acting courses of Tanya Balashova. Michel's debut in cinema came in 1956, when he played a role in one of the comedies of Michel Bouaron.
Lonsdal played the first significant roles in the films of his comrades - directors Jean-Pierre Moca and Gerard Uri. In the late sixties, the actor gained a reputation as one of the most striking film actors of author's cinema. In this period, he could be seen mainly in secondary roles, often performing representatives of the government or large bourgeois.
The actor collaborated with French directors of the “new wave” and with representatives of the “new novel”, including Margaret Duras and Alain Rob-Grieu. In the late seventies, Michelle became involved in large international projects. In 1979, he starred in the eleventh episode of the adventures of 007.
In 1981, Lonsdal played in the sports drama film Chariots of Fire directed by Hugh Hudson. In 1985, the actor took part in the filming of the thriller
Holcroft's will . In 1986, one of the most popular films shot with the participation of Michel was released – the film adaptation of the work “The Name of the Rose” by writer Umberto Eco.
In the nineties, Michel concentrated on the work of a theater director and temporarily cooled to cinema. The 2000s were more fruitful. In 2004, an elderly Lonsdal starred in a film.
"The fragrance of the lady in black" . In 2006, he played a secondary role in the film “Munich” directed by Steven Spielberg.
In 2007, the film Ghosts of Goya directed by Milos Forman was released, in which the actor played the role of the inquisitor. In the same year, Lonsdal was nominated for the Cesar Award. In 2009, he played the role of Theon in the historical film Agora, and in 2010 he starred in the religious drama film About Gods and Men.