35 Facts About Louis Jourdan

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Louis Jourdan played Dracula in the 1977 BBC television production Count Dracula.

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Louis Jourdan was educated in France, Turkey, and the UK, and studied acting at the Ecole Dramatique.

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Louis Jourdan was too young for army service and was hired by Marcel L'Herbier to appear in La Comedie du bonheur in Rome.

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Louis Jourdan was making Untel Pere et Fils in that city when Italy declared war on France.

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Louis Jourdan returned to France, and appeared in Premier rendez-vous with Danielle Darrieux, shot in Paris.

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Louis Jourdan was ordered to make German propaganda films, which he refused to do, and fled to join his family in unoccupied France.

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Louis Jourdan was in The Heart of a Nation with Raimu; La Vie de Boheme.

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Louis Jourdan's father was arrested by the Gestapo; months later he escaped, and joined the French Resistance, along with his family.

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The movie is a drama directed by Alfred Hitchcock, who did not want Louis Jourdan cast as the valet in the film.

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Louis Jourdan appeared in a theatre production of Ghosts in Los Angeles.

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Louis Jourdan frequently argued with Selznick, who put him on suspension a number of times for refusing roles.

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In Hollywood, Louis Jourdan became friends with several stars who shared his love of the game of croquet.

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Louis Jourdan decided to buy out his contract with Selznick for $50,000.

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At 20th Century Fox, Louis Jourdan played the lead in a remake of Bird of Paradise.

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Louis Jourdan was announced for the romantic male lead in the Fox remake of Les Miserables but ended up not appearing in the film.

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Louis Jourdan was reunited with Joan Fontaine for Decameron Nights then returned home to France to make Rue de l'Estrapade.

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Louis Jourdan returned to Broadway for a short run in 1955, and that year he made his American TV debut as Inspector Beaumont in the TV series Paris Precinct.

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Louis Jourdan returned to France to play the male lead in The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful with Brigitte Bardot as the lead actress, and Escapade.

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Louis Jourdan appeared in his biggest hit playing the romantic lead alongside Leslie Caron and Maurice Chevalier in the film version of the novella by Colette, Gigi.

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Louis Jourdan enjoyed another hit with The Best of Everything, an all star romance in the vein of Three Coins in the Fountain.

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Louis Jourdan appeared in a variety show on TV, An Evening with Louis Jourdan.

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Louis Jourdan was going to follow it in a remake of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in England for Terence Fisher.

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Louis Jourdan co-starred with Frank Sinatra, Chevalier and Shirley MacLaine in the musical Can-Can.

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Louis Jourdan travelled to Italy to appear in a peplum film, Amazons of Rome.

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Louis Jourdan was replaced as leading man by John Cullum before the show reached Broadway.

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Louis Jourdan supported Ann-Margret in Made in Paris for MGM, then returned to Europe: The Sultans, To Commit a Murder, Cervantes.

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In later years, Louis Jourdan appeared on television, including 1977's Count Dracula for the BBC and as a murderous food critic in the 1978 Columbo episode "Murder Under Glass".

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Louis Jourdan later played Anton Arcane in the movie Swamp Thing and in its sequel The Return of Swamp Thing.

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In 1983, Louis Jourdan played the villainous Kamal Khan in the James Bond movie Octopussy.

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Louis Jourdan said at the time he earned most of his money over the past ten years doing commercials:.

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The marriage produced one child, Louis Henry Jourdan, born on 6 October 1951, and lasted until her death in 2014.

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Louis Henry Jourdan died of a narcotics overdose at the age of 29 on 12 May 1981; his body was buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.

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Louis Jourdan has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6153 and 6445 Hollywood Boulevard.

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Louis Jourdan died at his home in Beverly Hills on 14 February 2015 at the age of 93.

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Louis Jourdan's body was buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.