Charles Denner

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BIRTHDAY

May 29, 1926

Tarnow, Poland

DIED

September 10, 1995

RECENT CREDITS

Golden Eighties (FILM) Apr. 17, 1992

La Verdad Sobre el Caso Savolta (FILM) Jan. 1, 1979

Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me (FILM) Jan. 1, 1978

The Man Who Loved Women (FILM) Jan. 1, 1976

Peur sur la Ville (FILM) Jan. 1, 1975

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BIOGRAPHY

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A stage-experienced French performer who emigrated from Poland at the age of four, Denner worked with many of the major filmmakers of post-war France. After making his film debut in 1955 , he appeared in Louis Malle's "Ascenseur pour l'echafaud/Elevator to the Gallows" (1957). Throughout the 1960s and 70s, Denner worked with Claude Chabrol a total of five times, notably playing a murderous womanizer in "Landru" (1962), and a Jewish taxi driver in "Robert et Robert" (1978). Claude Berri chose Denner to portray a character based on the director's father in "Le Vieil Homme et l'Enfant" (1966), which dealt with a Jewish child hidden during the Nazi occupation of France. He was featured in Costa-Gavras' award-winning "Z" (1969). Denner teamed with Francois Truffaut for three appearances: "The Bride Wore Black" (1968); "Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me" (1972); and most memorably as the unlikely title character in "The Man Who Loved Women" (1977). His last film appearance was in the musical comedy "Golden Eighties" in 1986.

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