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Also Known As Henri-Louis Cain
Born March 31, 1729 • Paris • France
Died February 8, 1778 (aged 48) • Paris • France

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Lekain, detail from an engraving, late 18th century
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Mlle Dumesnil, detail of an engraving
Mademoiselle Dumesnil
French actress
Sarah Bernhardt, photograph by Napoleon Sarony, 1880.
Sarah Bernhardt
French actress
Isabelle Huppert wearing a black textured dress with cutout details, smiling and looking to the side at the Cannes Film Festival.
Isabelle Huppert
French actress
Claudette Colbert in Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Claudette Colbert
American actress
Marion Cotillard smiling and wearing a black dress at the 33rd Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association event.
Marion Cotillard
French actress
God of Carnage
Yasmina Reza
French dramatist, novelist, and actress
Juliette Binoche poses in a white outfit with long earrings at the 48th Cesar Film Awards, standing in front of a large geometric backdrop.
Juliette Binoche
French actress
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Simone Signoret
French actress
Jean-Louis Barrault sits at a desk in his study, holding a pen over papers, with bookshelves in the background.
Jean-Louis Barrault
French actor and director
Antonin Artaud as Jean Massieu
Antonin Artaud
French author and actor
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Arletty
French actress
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Armande Béjart
French actress
Max Ophüls: La Ronde
Gérard Philipe
French actor
Rachel, Mademoiselle
Mademoiselle Rachel
French actress
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Jacques Copeau
French actor and director
Talma, lithograph by G. Engelmann
François-Joseph Talma
French actor and theatrical manager
Dancourt, detail of an oil painting by Gabriel Gence, 1706; in the collection of the Comédie-Française, Paris
Florent Carton Dancourt
French author
Fresnay, Pierre; Monsieur Vincent
Pierre Fresnay
French actor
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Floridor
French actor
Adrienne Lecouvreur, lithograph by C. Motte after a drawing by P. Vigneron
Adrienne Lecouvreur
French actor

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