Sami Frey
Sami Frey (* 13. October 1937 as Samuel Open in Paris ) is a French actor .
Life
Frey's parents fell victim to the National Socialist persecution of the Jews and he grew up with his grandmother. He decided on the acting career and attended the drama school Cours Simon . In 1956 he had his first film role in The Wolves by Robert Hossein . He became known for his role as the lover of Brigitte Bardot in The Truth (1960, directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot ), to which a private affair with Bardot also contributed, and in Wednesday between 5 and 7 by Agnès Varda (1961).
In the 1960s, Frey was then seen in many French films, including The act of Thérèse D. (after François Mauriac , directed by Georges Franju ) and 1964 in Bande à part of Jean-Luc Godard , where he was one of a wannabe gangster in The love triangle with Claude Brasseur and Anna Karina played. He had further successes alongside Yves Montand and Romy Schneider in Claude Sautet's César and Rosalie (also a very successful triangle story) as well as in costume films such as Musketeer with blow and stab and Angélique and the King (from the Angélique series ), but also in the comedy Why not! by Coline Serreau .
At the same time, he also pursued a career as a theater actor. In the 1980s, he was the near victim of Theresa Russell in The Black Widow and the blind lover of Isabelle Adjani in The Eye . He made his American film debut in 1984 in Die Libelle .
In the 1990s he played the Antonin Artaud in En Companie d´Antonin Artaud by Gérard Mordillat in 1993 and the Aramis in 1994 in D'Artagnan's daughter by Bertrand Tavernier with Sophie Marceau . At the side of Marceau he was also seen in the thriller Anthony Zimmer (2005) by Jérôme Salle .
Filmography (selection)
- 1954: Napoleon
- 1959: The night of the hunted (La nuit des traqués)
- 1960: The Truth (La vérité)
- 1961: Wednesday between 5 and 7 (Cléo de 5 à 7)
- 1964: The outsider gang (gang à part)
- 1966: Angélique and the King (Angélique et le roi)
- 1968: Unrestrained Manon (Manon 70)
- 1970: The Marquise von B. (TV two-part)
- 1971: Musketeer with blow and stab (Les mariés de l'An II)
- 1972: César and Rosalie (César et Rosalie)
- 1974: Sweet Movie
- 1976: Nea - A girl discovers love (Néa)
- 1977: why not! (Pourquoi pas!)
- 1983: The Eye (Mortelle randonnée)
- 1984: Die Libelle (The Little Drummer Girl)
- 1986: Laputa
- 1986: The love of Florence Vannier (L'état de grâce)
- 1987: The Black Widow (The Black Widow)
- 1994: D'Artagnan's daughter (La fille de d'Artagnan)
- 2004: Pipermint - life, possibly
- 2005: Anthony Zimmer
- 2008: That Night (Nuit de chien)
- 2017: Numéro une
Web links
- Biography (french)
- Sami Frey in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Cours d´art dramatique René Simon , founded in 1925 by René Simon (1898–1971) as his private drama school, at the same time he was professor at the Conservatoire National d´Art Dramatique in Paris from 1937 to 1968.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Frey, Sami |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Free Samuel (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |