Pierre Fresnay

French stage and film actor born April 4, 1897 in Paris and died January 9, 1975 in the American Hospital of Paris in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. He was one of the first French great actors, playing for the best directors of his generation. Uncle of Roland Laudenbach and Philippe Laudenbach, he was married to Rachel Berendt aka Marie Monique Arkell from 1918 to 1920, Berthe Bovy from April 1929 to the end of this year, and Yvonne Printemps from 1932 to his death.