Eddie Constantine
Eddie Constantine (born Israel Constantine; October 29, 1913 – February 25, 1993) was an American singer, actor and entertainer who spent most of his career in France. He became well-known to film audiences for his portrayal of secret agent Lemmy Caution and other, similar pulp heroes in French B-movies of the 1950s and 1960s.
Eddie Constantine | |
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Constantine in 1972 | |
| Born | Israel Constantine 29 October 1913 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | 25 February 1993 (aged 79) Wiesbaden, Germany |
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| Years active | 1936–1993 |
| Spouses | Helene Musil
(m. 1942; div. 1976)Dorothea Gibson
(m. 1977; div. 1977)Maya Faber-Jansen
(m. 1979) |
| Children | 4 |
His celebrity and status as something of a pop icon saw him work with prominent arthouse directors like Jean-Luc Godard (as Caution in Alphaville and Germany Year 90 Nine Zero), Rainer Werner Fassbinder (as himself in Beware of a Holy Whore 1971), Jesús Franco, Agnès Varda, Rosa von Praunheim, Lars von Trier, William Klein and Mika Kaurismäki.
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