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Claude Laydu
Acting
10 Mar 1927
† 29 Jul 2011
Etterbeek, Belgique
Biography
Claude Laydu ([klod lɛjdy]; 10 March 1927 – 29 July 2011) was a Belgian-born Swiss actor on stage and in films. He was renowned for his performance in his film debut in the role of the young priest in Robert Bresson's Diary of a Country Priest (1951), which has been described as one of the greatest in the history of film. Laydu was born and grew up in Brussels. He moved to Paris to study at the National Academy of Dramatic Arts. He became a member of Madeleine Renaud and Jean-Louis Barrault's c...
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Claude Laydu's Movies
75%
Diary of a Country Priest
07 Feb 1951
66%
We Are All Murderers
21 May 1952
53%
Attila
27 Dec 1954
55%
Good Lord Without Confession
09 Oct 1953
70%
I Was a Parish Priest
30 Sept 1953
71%
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
01 Jun 1960
42%
Price of Love
05 Jan 1955
60%
The Wheel
02 Jul 1957
70%
Heart of the Casbah
24 Jan 1952
40%
Napoleon Road
14 Oct 1953
100%
Italienisches Capriccio
08 Jun 1961
65%
Symphony of Love
04 Aug 1954
50%
Rasputin
19 Jul 1954
0%
The Road to Damascus
11 Dec 1952
0%
Mafia alla sbarra
15 Feb 1963
0%
Altair
09 Feb 1956
60%
Trip to America
31 Oct 1951
0%
Bonne nuit les tipeu
18 May 2018
