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Claude Laydu
Biography:
Claude Laydu ([klod lɛjdy]; 10 March 1927 – 29 July 2011) was a Belgian-born Swiss actor on stage and in films. He was renowned for his performance in his film debut in the role of the young priest in Robert Bresson's Diary of a Country Priest (1951), which has been described as one of the greatest in the history of film.
Laydu was born and grew up in Brussels. He moved to Paris to study at the National Academy of Dramatic Arts. He became a member of Madeleine Renaud and Jean-Louis Barrault's company at the Théâtre Marigny, when he was selected by director Robert Bresson for his first role in a film, as the titular young priest in Diary of a Country Priest, based on the 1936 novel of... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Mafia alla sbarra | 1963-02-15 |
Italienisches Capriccio as Carlo Goldoni | 1961-06-08 |
The Dialogue of the Carmelites as Le Chevalier de la Force | 1960-06-01 |
The Wheel as Roland Pelletier | 1957-07-02 |
Altair as Mario Rossi | 1956-02-09 |
Price of Love as Pierre Ménard | 1955-01-05 |
Attila as Valentiniano Caesar | 1954-12-27 |
Symphony of Love as Franz Schubert | 1954-08-04 |
Rasputin as Héliodore | 1954-07-19 |
Napoleon Road as Pierre Marchand | 1953-10-14 |
Napoleon Road | 1953-10-14 |
Good Lord Without Confession as Roland Dupont | 1953-10-09 |
I Was a Parish Priest as Andrés | 1953-09-30 |
The Road to Damascus as Etienne | 1952-12-05 |
We Are All Murderers as Philippe Arnaud | 1952-05-21 |
Heart of the Casbah | 1952-01-24 |
Trip to America as François Soalhat | 1951-10-31 |
Diary of a Country Priest as Priest of Ambricourt | 1951-02-07 |