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Born in Oran, French Algeria in 1958, Alain Chabat moved with his family to Massy, a suburb of Paris, as the Algeria War came to an end in 1963. In 1987, he started a comedy sketch group for television called Les Nuls which developed a cult following. His acting career led to four Césars awards for films and a gig dubbing the character of Shrek for the French release versions of the franchise.- Music Artist
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- Composer
Patrick Bruel was born on May 14, 1959 in Tlemcen, Oran, France as Patrick Benguigui. He is one of the most famous French singer and actor, known for Le prénom (2012), and Un secret (2007). He was married to writer Amanda Sthers from September 2004 to 2008 . They have two children Oscar and Leon.- Actress
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Nicole Garcia was born on 22 April 1946 in Oran, France [now Algeria]. She is an actress and writer, known for From the Land of the Moon (2016), My American Uncle (1980) and Alias Betty (2001).- Actress
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Marilyne Canto was born on 18 October 1961 in Oran, Algeria. She is an actress and director, known for Fais de beaux rêves (2005), Sense of Humor (2013) and Nouilles (1987). She was previously married to Benoît Régent.- Miloud Mourad Benamara was born on 28 October 1977 in Oran, Algeria. He is an actor, known for House of Gucci (2021), Spectre (2015) and Humam (2019).
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Bernard-Henri Lévy is a French philosopher and one of the most esteemed and bestselling writers in Europe. He is the author of over 30 books, including works of philosophy, fiction, and biography. American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville was a New York Times bestseller (2006). Subsequent books in English are Left in Dark Times: A Stand Against the New Barbarism (2008) and, with Michel Houellebecq, Public Enemies: Dueling Writers Take on Each Other and the World (2011). His play, "Hotel Europe," which premiers in Sarajevo on June 27, 2014, and in Paris on September 9, is a cry of alarm about the crisis facing the European project and the dream behind it. Lévy gained renown for his documentary film about the Bosnian conflict, Bosna! (1994). After starting his career as a war reporter for Combat - the legendary newspaper founded by Albert Camus during the Nazi occupation of France - for which he covered the war between Pakistan and India over Bangladesh, Lévy was instrumental in the founding of the New Philosophers group. His 1977 book Barbarism with a Human Face launched an unprecedented controversy over the European left's complicity with totalitarianism. Lévy's cultural commentary, novels and journalism have continued to stir up such excitement that The Guardian noted he is 'accorded the kind of adulation in France that most countries reserve for their rock stars.' Lévy has undertaken several diplomatic missions for the French government. He was appointed by French President Jacques Chirac to head a fact-finding mission to Afghanistan in 2002 in the wake of the war against the Taliban, a war that Lévy supported. He has traveled to the world's most troubled areas. He followed the trail of Daniel Pearl in Pakistan to research his 'investigative novel' Who Killed Daniel Pearl? (2003). His book War, Evil, and the End of History (2004) took him to the sites of what he calls the world's forgotten wars, from Colombia to Sri Lanka. His reportage and commentary from Israel during the 2006 Lebanon war appeared to wide acclaim, in among others, the New York Times Magazine. And after an extensive, clandestine visit to Darfur in 2007, he reported on the ethnic cleansing and genocide there for Le Monde and for The New Republic. His first-hand account of the fall of Moammar Gaddafi in Libya appeared in the form of a writer's journal and a documentary film (The Oath of Tobruk, which debuted at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival). His new book "The Genius of Judaism", published in France this year, in February, is very successful. Since many months, Bernard-Henri Lévy is a strong support of the Kurdish cause in Irak against ISIS and he is working also on a film about the "Peshmergas", the Kurdish fighters in Iraq. His film Peshmerga (2016) has been added to the Cannes Film Festival in may 2016.- Anne Alvaro was born on 29 October 1951 in Oran, Algeria, France. She is an actress, known for The Taste of Others (2000), The Clink of Ice (2010) and Last Love (2013).
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- Costume Designer
Saint Laurent was the son of senior insurance executive Charles Saint-Laurent and his wife Lucienne Mathieu. The grandparents of both families came from Alsace-Lorraine and fled to North Africa during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71. When he was 17, Saint Laurent moved alone to Paris, where he trained as a fashion and stage designer at the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture fashion school. Saint Laurent first gained recognition in 1954 when he won first prize from the International Wool Secretariat. Now the then editor-in-chief of "Vogue", Michel de Brunhoff, became aware of his work, and he published numerous designs in the French edition of the fashion magazine that same year.
The response was overwhelming and Saint Laurent got a job as a designer at Christian Dior, where he also received further training. Within a few months he rose to become the second key couturier, alongside Christian Dior as his protege, who was significantly involved in all the innovations. After a heart attack, Christian Dior died on October 24, 1957 and Saint Laurent became his successor as art director at Dior. In 1958 he created his first complete collection for Dior with great success, in which he continued Dior's typical "New Look line". In his 1959 collection, he broke the house's tradition and instead presented a completely new and avant-garde work with American influences, which he christened "Beat-Look". However, the House of Dior did not want to give up its traditional line, which is why Saint Laurent left the Dior company.
In 1960, after many years of exemption, Saint Laurent was drafted into military service. In 1962 he returned to Paris, where, with the help of his friend Pierre Bergé, he opened his own couture house under his own name. In the first year, Saint Laurent took part in the ready-to-wear show in Paris with the continuation of the "Beat Look" collection. He celebrated his international breakthrough as a fashion designer in 1963 with the so-called "Op Art fashion". Colorful costumes in the style of Piet Mondriaan followed in 1965 and the "Zhivago look" emerged in 1966 with the first transparent tops and trench coats. These models were sold within the newly founded "Rive Gauche" line, for which the first boutique was opened in Paris in 1966. Other popularizing impulses from the house of Yves Saint Laurent were a new "nostalgic look" at the end of the 1960s and the "noble farmer's wife look" in trendy colors in the mid-1970s.
At the beginning of the 1980s, Saint Laurent designed bolero and lift boy jackets and his fragrance "Opium" became the most internationally successful perfume alongside "No. 5" by Coco Chanel. He also attracted attention in the 1980s, as in 1967 for "Belle de Jour", with his design for numerous theater and ballet pieces. In 1983, works by Yves Saint Laurent were exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. He was the first living fashion designer to receive this honor. In 1985 he received the fashion world's highest award, the "Oscar de la mode", for his entire work and was elevated to the Legion of Honor by President François Mitterand. After further successful years in which Yves Saint Laurent was appointed Officer of the Legion of Honor in 1995, he showed the last ready-to-wear collection for the "Rive Gauche" label in October 1998.
In 1999, the company, which over the years also designed men's fashion, furs, jewelry, perfumes and a range of accessories in its haute couture, was acquired by the Italian fashion house Gucci. In the following years, Gucci designer Tom Ford was also one of the leading creative staff at Yves Saint Laurent. He also stepped down as a consultant and designer in 2002.
Yves Saint Laurent died on June 1, 2008 in Paris.- Jean Benguigui was born on 8 April 1944 in Oran, Oran, France [now Algeria]. He is an actor, known for Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002), Aïcha (2008) and Ali Baba (2007).
- Orane Demazis was born on 4 September 1894 in Oran, Oran, France [now Algeria]. She was an actress, known for Angele (1934), Marius (1931) and Les Misérables (1934). She died on 25 December 1991 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Marc Missonnier was born on 21 November 1970 in Oran, Algeria. He is a producer, known for 8 Women (2002), Swimming Pool (2003) and The Next Three Days (2010).
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Born in Algeria but now based in France, Khaled is known as the king of rai. He was born Khaled Hadj Brahim in 1960 in Sidi-El-Houri. Along with Egyptian, Spanish and French music influences, Khaled also listened to the Beatles and James Brown as a child. After learning to sing and play accordion, he left school at age 16 to record his first single. With a blend of funk, reggae and Arabic music, Khaled soon pioneered the transformation of rai from a local style to worldwide popularity by adding a synthesizer and drum machine. He moved to France in 1986 and released Kutche, his debut album. His first domestic work was a 1993 self-titled album. N'ssi N'ssi appeared the following year. 1996 saw the release of Sahra, and three years later King of Rai appeared. In early 2000, 1,2,3 Soleils, a trio recording also featuring Rachid Taha and Faudel, was released. Elle Ne Peut Pas Vivre Sans Lui was issued later that fall with El Lil Ou Nour appearing in early 2001.- Actress
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Valérie Benguigui was born on 8 July 1961 in Oran, Algeria. She was an actress, known for What's in a Name? (2012), The Class (2008) and I Got a Woman (1997). She was married to Eric Wapler. She died on 2 September 2013 in Paris, France.- Writer
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- Additional Crew
Mehdi Charef was born on 21 October 1952 in Marnia, Oran, France [now Algeria]. He is a writer and director, known for Tea in the Harem (1985), Au pays des Juliets (1992) and Daughter of Keltoum (2001).- Marcellin "Marcel" Cerdan was a French professional boxer and world middleweight champion who was considered by many boxing experts and fans to be France's greatest boxer, and beyond to be one of the best to have learned his craft in Africa. His life was marked by his sporting achievements, social lifestyle and ultimately, tragedy, being killed in an airplane crash.
- Producer
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- Cinematographer
Mustapha Barat was born on 2 August 1959 in Oran, Algeria. He is a producer and cinematographer, known for Estátua de Lama (2004), Moisture (2023) and Pátria Minha (1994).- Director
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Yvon Marciano was born on 13 February 1953 in Marnia, Oran, France [now Algeria]. He was a director and writer, known for Emilie Muller (1994), La part de l'ombre (1999) and La face cachée de la lune (1987). He died on 23 November 2011 in Nimes, France.- Actress
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Marie France was born on 9 February 1946 in Oran, Oran, France [now Algeria]. She is an actress, known for 4 Days in France (2016), Spermula (1976) and Hunter Nights.- Actor
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Étienne Daho was born on 14 January 1956 in Oran, Oran, France [now Algeria]. He is an actor and writer, known for Irreversible (2002), Killing Eve (2018) and The Pillow Book (1995).- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Descended from French naval officers, Simone Melchior married Jacques-Yves Cousteau in Paris on 12 July 1937. She was an integral part of the many expeditions of film-making and oceanography that made Cousteau famous. She spent years living about Calypso, the converted WWII minesweeper that Cousteau outfitted as an oceanographic vessel. Her two sons, Jean-Michel Cousteau (b. 1938) and Philippe Cousteau (b. 1940 d. 1979) were also active in film-making and marine exploration and conservation.- Yasmina Djaballah was born on 2 April 1971 in Oran, Algeria. She is an actress, known for Die Deutschen (2008), Tatort (1970) and Märzfieber (2003).
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- Actor
- Director
Bernard Murat was born on 24 November 1941 in Oran, Algeria, France [now Algeria]. He is an actor and director, known for Desired (1995), La mémoire de l'eau (2007) and What's in a Name? (2012).- Editor
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Henri Lanoë was born on 16 September 1929 in Oran, Algeria. He was an editor and composer, known for La Menace (1977), Ne jouez pas avec les Martiens (1968) and He Died with His Eyes Open (1985). He died on 27 January 2024 in Paris, France.- Director
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- Actor
Jacques Davila was born on 25 December 1941 in Oran, Algeria. He was a director and writer, known for La campagne de Cicéron (1990), Certaines nouvelles (1980) and Qui trop embrasse... (1986). He died on 14 October 1991 in Paris, France.- Even if theater has always been Antoinette Moya's prime activity (she has been in stage plays by such great names as Molière, Marivaux, Gorki, Pirandello, Jules Romain, Anouilh, Audiberti, Duras, Dario Fo, ...), the French actress is not averse to cinema. Agreed, her first appearances in the fifties and sixties are scant, but from the 1970's she has become a regular of Gallic movies. She can be a bit player, a character actress or even the female star : in Michel Soutter's interesting 'L'Escapade' (1974), and in Jan Saint-Hamont's mediocre comedy 'Qu'est-ce que j'ai fait au Bon Dieu pour avoir une femme qui boit dans les cafés avec les filles?', whose only distinctive sign is the longer than average title. Often a mother (Isabel Adjani's mum in 'L'année prochaine ... si tout va bien'/1981, Samuel Le Bihan's one in 'Jet Set'/1999) or a mother-in-law ( 'Coup de sang'/2006), she can also be spotted as a customer or a roadside diner cashier, a makeup artist or an estate agent. She is rarely crotchety or peevish (Michel Serrault's wife in Robert Enrico's very good noir 'Pile ou face'/1980). Most of the time she is next-door neighbor or your local shopkeeper, the good-natured person with whom you chat about one thing or another, with whom you deal only with safe unimportant subjects but who makes you feel you are still connected with the others. Antoinette Moya has a particular knack for making such characters credible, so true-to-life that viewers are unable to remember her name. On the other hand, she has been a very faithful follower of a director who is anything but federative, Jean Marboeuf. Her reward in 1994 was the very unexpected role of Eugénie Pétain, the wife of Philippe Pétain, the controversial historical figure, once the savior of France then a puppet in the Nazis' hands in old age.
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Cheb Hasni, whose real name is Hasni Chakroun, was born on February 1, 1968 in Gambetta, a popular suburb of Oran, the son of a welder and father of seven children. Young, he pushed his voice right out of school.
He was also a footballer, which he started at the age of 9 with ASMO. At 15, he was injured and remained hospitalized for several weeks. Back on the field, his weight had increased, and despite the encouragement of the coaches, he was unable to continue his sporting career.
Hasni reportedly performed for the first time at the club leader's brother's wedding. In the process, one of the wedding guests offers him to perform in the cabarets of Oran.
In 1986, Hasni Chakroun recorded his first cassette with Saint-Crépain editions. In 1987, he performed songs in duet with the raï singer Chaba Zahouania.
He married in 1987, at the age of 19, and had a child, whose name was Abdellah, born in 1989. His wife "Melouka", whose real name is Zahzouh Malika, was the main one. inspiration for years. of his greatest titles like "Tal Ghyabek ya ghzali" or "El Bayda mon amour".
Singer adored by young people in Algeria and around the world, Cheb Hasni likes to sing about sentimental love, while the stars of his time sing about divorces and adulteries. He becomes the most prolific and the biggest seller of cassettes in the country.
Coming from the second generation of raï, which appeared after 1985, the year of the first raï festival in Algeria, and of which cheb Hasni and his emulator cheb Nasro were the first representatives. Their music is labeled "Raï sentimental" or "Raï love" compared to the "vulgar" and harsh raï of their predecessors. More melodious, the genre is widely popularized through weddings, so much so that the bar and the cabaret are no longer essential spaces for the dissemination of the genre.
Hasni's lyricists succeeded Aziz Kourbali, Laàredj (brother of Hasni), Hasni (himself), Khaled Bendouda (1st lyricist of Hasni), Mohamed Nouna, Mekki Nouna, Ahmed Hamadi, Kader Jidar (Kader Sonacome), Houari Damache, Bousekrine Baby, etc. The musicians were Ali Bouabdellah, Noureddine Tiger, Hocine Cheriet, Hocine Nahal, Kouider Berkane, Mohamed Meghni, etc.
In 1990, prolific, he recorded 10 clips with a French company: "Dawrou El'auto V3", "Katba V1", "Bayda Mon Amour V1", "Ma Nssit'ha Ra Rahet Men Bali", "Mazel souvenir aandi" ,"Tebaatek Sahti Rchet V1", "It's over Alik Ya Mehanti V1", "Hada Mektoubi", "Dayek Dayek".
In 1992, he signed a contract with manager Nourredine Gafaïti (manager of Chaba Zahouania, Cheb Sahraoui and Chaba Fadela) and went on tour around the world with other stars.
In 1993, he extracted 5 songs from the album "Aaynik Ya Aaynik". The clips that were produced by ENTV are: "Fèrketi El-Echra", "Dawini B Dwèek", "Mazal Galbi M Elkiyya Ma Bra", "Guaa Ennssa".
Inducted King of "Raï love", Hasni has recorded more than 150 cassettes during his career, with at least six songs per audio tape.
At the height of his art, on September 29, 1994, Hasni was assassinated in his neighborhood of Oran (Gambetta) at the age of 26. The Armed Islamic Group (G.I.A) claims responsibility for the assassination, the news sets the whole country ablaze. and a huge crowd gathered in his neighborhood. The following year, on February 15, 1995, it was the turn of raï producer Rachid Baba Ahmed to be assassinated in the same context.
Every Algerian, wherever he is on earth, carries his memory with him, the memory of a time when Hasni presented some hope amidst the chaos of the "dark decade". He will leave behind him the image of a martyr, a man of the people, attached to his district of Oran and to Algeria that he will never want to leave us even under the threat of terrorism, and remains the idol of all a people. , Algeria but also the whole Maghreb and its diaspora.
He will be decorated with the medal of the Order of National Merit in the grade of "Achir" posthumously.- Writer
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Emmanuel Roblès was born on 4 May 1914 in Oran, Oran, France [now Algeria]. He was a writer, known for This is Called Dawn (1956), Grande Teatro Tupi (1951) and First Performance (1955). He died on 22 February 1995 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Director
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Sofia Djama was born in Oran, Algeria. and grew up in Béjaïa. In 1999, she went to Algiers to study letters and foreign languages, the city which she settled in later. She then worked in the advertising field and simultaneously writes short stories, one of which she will shoot a few years later her short film: Mollement, un samedi matin (2012) the story of a rapist with broke erection. she won two prizes at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in 2012 for it.
Her 2017 feature film debut is The Blessed (2017) (Les Bienheureux), a coming-of-age story set in Algiers in 2008, starring Nadia Kaci and Sami Bouajila. The movie had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, and was one of only two films there from African directors. it won three awards in the Orizzonti section (Horizons) section of the Venice Film Festival, with the Best Actress award going to Lyna Khoudri, and the Brian Award for "best champions human rights, democracy, pluralism and freedom of thought", and the Lina Mangiacapre Award for a film which "changes the image of women in the cinema". and In January 2018, with her film "Les Bienheureux" she participated in the 19th edition of the Black Movie in Geneva, Switzerland where she won the public prize.- Producer
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Jean-Pierre Elkabbach was born on 29 September 1937 in Oran, French Algeria. He was a producer and actor, known for Vanille fraise (1989), Question de temps (1977) and Le mâle du siècle (1975). He was married to Nicole Avril and Holda Fonteyn. He died on 3 October 2023 in Paris, France.- Composer
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- Music Department
François Valéry was born on 4 August 1954 in Oran, Algeria. He is a composer and actor.- Director
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Mohamed Chouikh was born in 1943 in Mostaganem, Oran, France [now Algeria]. He is a director and actor, known for The Ark of the Desert (1997), The Citadel (1988) and Youcef (1994). He was previously married to Yamina Bachir.- Blaha Benziane was born on 23 November 1953 in Oran, Algeria. He was an actor, known for Nass Mlah City (2002), Rayes Korso (2019) and Sultan Ashour 10 (2015). He died on 2 May 2021 in Oran, Algeria.
- Catherine Destivelle was born on 24 July 1960 in Oran, Algeria.
- Louise Lagrange was born on 19 August 1898 in Oran, Oran, France [now Algeria]. She was an actress, known for The Side Show of Life (1924), Le petit écart (1932) and Cinderella or The Glass Slipper (1912). She was married to Maurice Tourneur and William Elliott. She died on 28 February 1979 in Paris, France.
- Benaïssa Ahaouari was born on 11 January 1939 in Oran, Algeria. He was an actor, known for 22 Bullets (2010), Salam (2001) and Fabio Montale (2001). He died on 21 April 2017 in Marseille, France.
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Claude Vital was born on 1 November 1933 in Oran, Algeria, France. He was an assistant director and director, known for Le temps des vacances (1979), O.K. patron (1974) and Le maestro (1977). He was married to Armelle de Goascaradec. He died on 19 April 2022 in Rambouillet, Yvelines, France.- Claude Romain was born on 3 June 1928 in Oran, Algeria. He is an actor, known for La Marie du Port (1950), To Paris with Love (1955) and La fleur de l'âge (1947).
- Ahmed Ben Bella was born on 25 December 1916 in Maghnia, Oran, France [now Algeria]. He was married to Zohra Sellami. He died on 11 April 2012 in Algiers, Algeria.
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- Music Department
Rachid Taha was born on 18 September 1958 in Sig, Oran, Algeria. He was a composer and actor, known for Lionheart (1990), The Hunting Party (2007) and Black Hawk Down (2001). He died on 12 September 2018 in Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis, île-de-France, France.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Yves Heuzé was born on 31 October 1942 in Oran, Algeria. He was an assistant director and actor, known for Les oiseaux rares (1969), Noële aux quatre vents (1970) and Les créatures du bon Dieu (1967). He died on 7 April 1997 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France.- Music Department
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born Halima Mazzi, in Oran, Algeria. Her father was born in morocco and her mother is Algerian. She is an Algerian singer known for Raï music. She has lived in France since her singing partner, the legend of raï music Cheb Hasni, was murdered in 1994.
Under the name Chaba Zahouania, she became a popular singer of Raï, a hybrid Algerian folk music style. In 1986, five years after the start of her career, she achieved recognition with her album "Khali ya khali".- Sound Department
Pierre Gauthier was born on 9 July 1960 in Oran, Oran, France [now Algeria]. He is known for Manipulations (2022), Coeurs Noirs (2023) and Pseudonym (2014).- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Fabien Collin was born on 19 November 1917 in Oran, Algeria, France. He was an assistant director and director, known for Un chien dans un jeu de quilles (1962), Et la femme créa l'amour (1966) and Love Play (1961). He died on 27 October 2007 in Paris, France.- Composer
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Hector Zazou was born on 11 July 1948 in Sidi Bel Abbès, Oran, France [now Algeria]. He was a composer, known for Pygmées (1986), Djanta (2007) and Der lange Schatten der Melancholie (1994). He died on 8 September 2008 in Paris, France.- Habib Benglia was born on 25 August 1895 in Oran, Oran, France [now Algeria]. He was an actor, known for Children of Paradise (1945), La Confession (1959) and Tu seras Duchesse (1932). He died on 2 December 1960 in Paris, France.
- El Kebir was born on 1 February 1930 in Oran, Algeria. He was an actor, known for Pas de problème! (1975), The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973) and Le complot (1973). He died on 21 July 2017 in Paris, France.
- Pierre Kalfon was born on 1 April 1930 in Oran, Algeria. He was an actor and writer, known for El Che, Ernesto Guevara, enquête sur un homme de légende (1997), Vine a decirles que me voy (1995) and Lo + plus (1995). He died on 14 October 2019 in Paris, France.
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Roméo Carlès was born on 16 January 1897 in Oran, Algeria. He was an actor and writer, known for Ne bougez plus (1941), Story of Women (1988) and Sins of Paris (1952). He died on 18 September 1971 in Auxerre, Yonne, France.- Actor
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Pierre Bénichou was born on 1 March 1938 in Oran, French Algeria. He was an actor and writer, known for Mora (1982), Pêcheur d'Islande (1959) and Turf (2013). He was married to Alix Dufaure. He died on 31 March 2020 in Paris, France.- Imed Gaba was born on 25 October 1985 in Oran, Algeria. He is known for Les portes du soleil: Algérie pour toujours (2014).