Meurisse, Paul

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Vera Clouzot stands by a door as Simone Signoret touches Paul Meurisse, who is lying on a bed, in a scene from Les Diaboliques (1955).

Meurisse, Paul

French actor

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Les Diaboliques
…irredeemably cruel headmaster (played by Paul Meurisse). His abusive treatment of both his wife (Véra Clouzot) and his mistress (Simone Signoret), both teachers at the school, drives them to conspire in his murder, which they disguise as an accidental drowning. When his body goes missing, however, and a ragtag detective…
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…irredeemably cruel headmaster (played by Paul Meurisse). His abusive treatment of both his wife (Véra Clouzot) and his mistress (Simone Signoret), both teachers at the school, drives them to conspire in his murder, which they disguise as an accidental drowning. When his body goes missing, however, and a ragtag detective…
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