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Claude Laydu

Claude Laydu
  • Name: Claude Laydu
  • Birthday: 1927-03-10
  • Place of birth: Etterbeek, Belgium
  • Popularity: 0.671
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

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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