Claude Dauphin (
néLegrand; 19 August 1903 – 16 November 1978) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1930 and 1978, including Barbarella, The Quiet American, and a voice role in The Tale of the Fox, considered to be one of the earliest stop-motion animated films.
Dauphin's debut on film came in La Vagabonde (1930).[1] He debuted on stage in Chapeau Chinois (1930) in Paris.[2]
Private life
Dauphin married three times: first to Rosine Derean, then to the actress
Maria Mauban with whom he had a child, Jean-Claude Dauphin, also an actor. Eventually, in 1955, Dauphin married American actress
Norma Eberhardt.[3] The couple divided their time between
Paris,
Los Angeles,
New York City and
Ocean Township, New Jersey.[3][4] They remained together until Dauphin's death in Paris in 1978.[3]
^Aaker, Everett (2011). Encyclopedia of Early Television Crime Fighters: All Regular Cast Members in American Crime and Mystery Series, 1948-1959. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. pp. 175–177.
ISBN978-0-7864-6409-8.
Claude Dauphin (
néLegrand; 19 August 1903 – 16 November 1978) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1930 and 1978, including Barbarella, The Quiet American, and a voice role in The Tale of the Fox, considered to be one of the earliest stop-motion animated films.
Dauphin's debut on film came in La Vagabonde (1930).[1] He debuted on stage in Chapeau Chinois (1930) in Paris.[2]
Private life
Dauphin married three times: first to Rosine Derean, then to the actress
Maria Mauban with whom he had a child, Jean-Claude Dauphin, also an actor. Eventually, in 1955, Dauphin married American actress
Norma Eberhardt.[3] The couple divided their time between
Paris,
Los Angeles,
New York City and
Ocean Township, New Jersey.[3][4] They remained together until Dauphin's death in Paris in 1978.[3]
^Aaker, Everett (2011). Encyclopedia of Early Television Crime Fighters: All Regular Cast Members in American Crime and Mystery Series, 1948-1959. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. pp. 175–177.
ISBN978-0-7864-6409-8.