Magali Vendeuil (18 September 1926 – 12 January 2009) was a French

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and

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who also appeared in television productions. She was a member of the

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between 1950 and 1961. She played the

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in several films including the 1955 thriller ''

More Whiskey for Callaghan ''More Whiskey for Callaghan'' (French: ''Plus de whisky pour Callaghan'') is a 1955 French thriller film directed by Willy Rozier and starring Tony Wright, Magali Vendeuil and Robert Berri. It is an adaptation of the 1941 novel ''It Couldn't M ...

''.Goble p.82 She was married to fellow actor

Robert Lamoureux Robert Lamoureux (4 January 1920 – 29 October 2011) was a French actor, screenwriter and film director. He appeared in more than 30 films between 1951 and 1994. He starred in the film ''The Adventures of Arsène Lupin'', which was entered ...

Selected filmography

* '' Drôle de noce'' (1952) * '' Procès au Vatican'' (1952) * '' Beauties of the Night'' (1952) * ''

'' (1955) * ''

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'' (1955) * '' Jugez-les bien'' (1961) * ''

Impossible Is Not French ''Impossible Is Not French'' (French: ''Impossible... pas français'') is a 1974 French comedy film directed by Robert Lamoureux and starring Jean Lefebvre, Pierre Mondy and Pierre Tornade.Rège p.589 Cast * Jean Lefebvre as Louis Brisset * Pie ...

'' (1974)

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Hayward, Susan. ''French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film''. Intellect Books, 2010.

External links

* 1926 births 2009 deaths French stage actresses French film actresses French television actresses People from Gard 20th-century French actresses Troupe of the Comédie-Française {{France-stage-actor-stub