Valérie Benguigui
Nacimiento : 1965-11-06, Oran, Algeria
Muerte : 2013-09-02
Historia
Valérie Benguigui (8 July 1961 – 2 September 2013) was a French actress and theater director. Born in Oran, Algeria, she took acting courses at the Cours Florent and the National Chaillot Theatre School. Her first film role was in Francis Huster's On a volé Charlie Spencer (1986).
Her most successful television role was in the series Avocats et associés, in which she appeared from 2000 to 2005. She also produced and directed several plays at this time. In 2012, she portrayed Élisabeth in the film What's in a Name? (Le Prénom), which earned her a César Award for Best Supporting Actress, as well as a Molière Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
Benguigui was married to actor and restaurant manager Eric Wapler, whom she met while studying at Cours Florent. They had two children.
Benguigui died from breast cancer, aged 52, on 2 September 2013 in Paris. She battled the disease for three years. Benguigui was buried at Montparnasse Cemetery.
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Sophie
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Elisabeth
Maggy Soldignac
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Élisabeth
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Claudia, snob du « Country Club »
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Hélène
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Karine
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Yelda
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Michèle Dalembert
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Marianne
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Myriam
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Magalie
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France Laud
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Solange
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Louise
Véronique Alvaro
Former school friends get together one weekend a year, this year in the mountains.
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Alice
Isa, Alice, Léa and Nina, linked by their Sephardic families as much as by their friendship, share their lives between love affairs, a beauty institute under fiscal control, children to raise, an undocumented Moroccan nanny to marry, repeated diets, family and religious holidays to honor, but before being beautiful, their biggest challenge is to be themselves.
Eva
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Viviane
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Audrey
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Stéphanie
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La jet-set parisina está acostumbrada a salir en las portadas de las revistas de actualidad. Para conseguirlo, le piden a Mike, actor en paro, que se infiltre en la jet set para hacerse con una agenda de contactos VIP. Entre todas las estrellas efímeras del show-business, hijos de papá, viudas de millonarios, etc. Mike se convierte en el imprescindible “Príncipe di Segafredi”. Pero frecuentando este ambiente se arriesga a perder más que su alma...
l'interprète
Pierre Richard directed, co-scripted and stars in this French comedy. Former top film comedian Romain (Richard) is on a downward spiral -- rehearsing a play directed by his sister while also dealing with his wife, mistress, taxes, low self-esteem, demands for attention from his two children, and a private detective attempting to snap incriminating photos. Producer Jean-Louis Levi appears in a cameo as a poverty-stricken bum.
The sentimental and comedic adventures of Eddie, a non-Jew trying to pass as Jewish though totally ignorant of Jewish traditions, as he works in a Jewish community
