A French actor, born in Paris, France, to Jewish immigrant parents from Romania, as Israel Moshe Blauschild. Marcel Dalio was married to four women and had one child. Among his most important works are Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), The Rules of the Game (1939), and Sabrina...Read more (1954). Dalio studied at the Paris Conservatoire and started performing in revues in 1920, spending the 1920s working in theater and the 1930s working in French cinema. Olive passager clandestin (1931) was his first silent film, and after several short films, The Night at the Hotel (1932) was his first talkie, while Pépé le Moko (1937), starring Jean Gabin, was his first major, successful film. He then worked in two films with director Jean Renoir: The Grand Illusion (1937), also with Jean Gabin, and The Rules of the Game (1939), with Nora Gregor. Between the two films, he appeared in more than ten films that made him a familiar face throughout Europe. He married Madeleine Lebeau, and when the Nazis invaded France, Marcel fled with his wife and ended up in Canada. As France fell, members of Marcel's family were arrested, and they all died in concentration camps. Marcel was able to go to Hollywood and participated in 19 films during the period of World War II, in stereotypical roles as a Frenchman, and his first film was One Night in Lisbon (1941). He also appeared in Casablanca (1942). After the war ended, he returned to France and worked in ten French films and a British film. In the mid-fifties, he appeared in four American films, in addition to his work on American and French television. He worked between France and the United States and appeared in films with major stars, such as John Wayne, Spencer Tracy, Dean Martin, Sophia Loren, James Garner, Peter O'Toole, Marilyn Monroe, Doris Day, Audrey Hepburn, Tony Curtis, Debbie Reynolds, Frank Sinatra, Anthony Quinn, Jean-Paul Belmondo, and Ann-Margret. His last film was Super Witch of Love Island (1980). Marcel Dalio died in Paris, France, on November 20, 1983.
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A French actor, born in Paris, France, to Jewish immigrant parents from Romania, as Israel Moshe Blauschild. Marcel Dalio was married to four women and had one child. Among his...Read more most important works are Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), The Rules of the Game (1939), and Sabrina (1954). Dalio studied at the Paris Conservatoire and started performing in revues in 1920, spending the 1920s working in theater and the 1930s working in French cinema. Olive passager clandestin (1931) was his first silent film, and after several short films, The Night at the Hotel (1932) was his first talkie, while Pépé le Moko (1937), starring Jean Gabin, was his first major, successful film. He then worked in two films with director Jean Renoir: The Grand Illusion (1937), also with Jean Gabin, and The Rules of the Game (1939), with Nora Gregor. Between the two films, he appeared in more than ten films that made him a familiar face throughout Europe. He married Madeleine Lebeau, and when the Nazis invaded France, Marcel fled with his wife and ended up in Canada. As France fell, members of Marcel's family were arrested, and they all died in concentration camps. Marcel was able to go to Hollywood and participated in 19 films during the period of World War II, in stereotypical roles as a Frenchman, and his first film was One Night in Lisbon (1941). He also appeared in Casablanca (1942). After the war ended, he returned to France and worked in ten French films and a British film. In the mid-fifties, he appeared in four American films, in addition to his work on American and French television. He worked between France and the United States and appeared in films with major stars, such as John Wayne, Spencer Tracy, Dean Martin, Sophia Loren, James Garner, Peter O'Toole, Marilyn Monroe, Doris Day, Audrey Hepburn, Tony Curtis, Debbie Reynolds, Frank Sinatra, Anthony Quinn, Jean-Paul Belmondo, and Ann-Margret. His last film was Super Witch of Love Island (1980). Marcel Dalio died in Paris, France, on November 20, 1983.