Maurice Lehmann

{{short description|French actor (1895-1974)}}

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| image = Maurice Lehmann 1940.jpg

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| caption = Lehmann in 1940.

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1895|5|14}}

| birth_place = Paris, France

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1974|5|17|1895|5|14}}

| death_place = Paris, France

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| occupation = {{flatlist|

  • Director
  • actor
  • producer}}

| yearsactive = 1916–1958 (film)

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Maurice Lehmann (May 14, 1895 – May 17, 1974) was a French actor, director and producer of the stage and screen. He starred in the 1923 film Koenigsmark in which he played the title role.Goble p.36 In 1956 he was appointed president of the jury in the Cannes Film Festival.

Biography

He entered as a boarder at the Comedie-French from 1916 to 1919. He then managed theaters in the Porte Saint-Martin, the Ambigu, the Renaissance, Mogador, Edward VII and the Empire.

Selected filmography

References

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Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.