Georges Descrières (15 April 1930 – 19 October 2013) was a French actor. He appeared in 52 films and television shows between 1954 and 1996. He starred alongside

Anna Karina Anna Karina (born Hanne Karin Blarke Bayer; 23 September 1940 – 14 December 2019)

in the 1962 film '' Sun in Your Eyes'' and portrayed the gentleman-burglar

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in the internationally successful TV series ''

Arsène Lupin Arsène Lupin () is a fictional gentleman thief and master of disguise created in 1905 by French writer Maurice Leblanc. The character was first introduced in a series of short stories serialized in the magazine '' Je sais tout''. The first ...

''. He was appointed an Officer of the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...

in January 2004 and appointed Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit in May 2011.

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* 1930 births 2013 deaths French male film actors French male television actors Male actors from Bordeaux Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française 20th-century French male actors French male stage actors French National Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni Conservatoire de Bordeaux alumni Deaths from cancer in France Officers of the Legion of Honour {{France-film-actor-1930s-stub