Jean de Limur
Jean de Limur (13 November 1887 – 5 June 1976) was a French film director, actor and screenwriter. His works include La Garçonne (1936) and The Letter (1929). He was born in Vouhé, Charente-Maritime.
Jean de Limur
- Name
- Jean de Limur
- Birth Name
- Jean François Marie Chenu de Limur
- Born
- 13 November 1887
- Birthplace
- Vouhé, Charente-Maritime, Paris
- Died
- 5 June 1976
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Occupation
- Film director
- Full name
- Jean François Marie Chanu de Limur.
- Nationality
- France.
- Languages
- French.
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Jean de Limur (13 November 1887 – 5 June 1976) was a French film director, actor and screenwriter. His works include La Garçonne (1936) and The Letter (1929). He was born in Vouhé, Charente-Maritime.
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A French army officer and a designer, he first came to the United States with his parents, Count and Countess de Limur in September 1920; their destination was Burlingame, California, where lived Jean's brother André (who married Ethel, daughter of William Henry Crocker). He died in Paris in 1976.
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• Name — Jean de Limur • Birth Name — Jean François Marie Chenu de Limur • Born — 13 November 1887 • Birthplace — Vouhé, Charente-Maritime, Paris • Died — 5 June 1976 • Place of death — Paris, France • Occupation — Film director
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Selected filmography
• The Arab (1924) actor • Human Desires (1924) • The Legion of the Condemned (1928) co-screenplay • The Letter (1929) director • Jealousy (1929) director • My Childish Father (1930) • Monsieur the Duke (1931) • Paprika (1933) director • L'Auberge du Petit-Dragon (1935) • The Slipper Episode (1935) • La Garçonne (1936) director; with Arletty, Edith Piaf, and Marie Bell • Runaway Ladies (1938) • The City of Lights (1938) • The Man Who Played with Fire (1942) • The Golden Age (1942) • Apparition (1943) • The Great Pack (1945)
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