About Jean Yonnel
Lived 1891 – 1968 (aged 77). Jean Yonnel was a French actor and film actor.
Jean Yonnel (21 July 1891 – 17 August 1968) was a Romanian-born French actor.
Yonnel was born in Bucharest, Romania as Jean-Estève Schachmann and began his film career in France in the 1910s. Some of his notable performance were in Obsession (1933), Amok (1934), Fanatisme (1934), White Nights of St. Petersburg (1937), The Imperial Tragedy (1939) and A Funny Parishioner (1963). Yonnel died in Paris in 1968.
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Who was Jean Yonnel?
French actor (1891-1968)
When was Jean Yonnel born?
Jean Yonnel was born on 21 July 1891 in Bucharest.
When did Jean Yonnel die?
Jean Yonnel died on 17 August 1968 in Paris.
What was Jean Yonnel's occupation?
Jean Yonnel was an actor and film actor.
What nationality was Jean Yonnel?
Jean Yonnel was French.
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