Robert Hossein

Robert Hossein (born as Hosseinoff; 30 December 1927 – 31 December 2020) was a French movie actor, director, and writer of Azerbaijani[1][2] and Jewish[3] origin. He directed the 1982 adaption of Les Misérables, and appeared in Vice and Virtue, Le Casse, Les Uns et les Autres and Venus Beauty Institute.

Robert Hossein
Robert Hossein in 2013
Born(1927-12-30)30 December 1927
Paris, France
Died31 December 2020(2020-12-31) (aged 93)
Essey-lès-Nancy, France
Occupation(s)Actor
Film director
Years active1948–2020

Hossein died on 31 December 2020 in Essey-lès-Nancy, France from COVID-19, one day after his 93rd birthday.[4]

References
  1. Всемирно известный азербайджанец из Франции Робер Оссейн-Гусейнов, или граф Жофрей де Пейрак (in Russian)
  2. Робер Оссейн -Настоящая фамилия Гусейнов Archived 2013-11-13 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  3. Rav Aaron Eliacheff: «Les racines juives de mon père, Robert Hossein, remontent à son grand-père, un certain Minkowski»
  4. Robert Hossein, le géant du théâtre populaire, est mort (in French)

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