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Eddie Constantine

Eddie Constantine
Constantine in 1972
Born
Israel Constantine

(1913-10-29)October 29, 1913
DiedFebruary 25, 1993(1993-02-25) (aged 79)
Wiesbaden, Germany
Occupations
  • Singer
  • Actor
Years active1936–1993
Spouses
Helene Musil
(m. 1942; div. 1976)
Dorothea Gibson
(m. 1977; div. 1977)
Maya Faber-Jansen
(m. 1979)
Children4

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.[1] 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.

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 and also World on a Wire), Jesús Franco, Agnès Varda, Rosa von Praunheim, Lars von Trier, William Klein and Mika Kaurismäki.

  1. ^ "Eddie Constantine (obituary)". Variety. March 5, 1993. Retrieved April 24, 2017.

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