Actor. Belgian-born French actor, Claude Laydu was a theatre actor when he was cast in Robert Bresson's "Journal d'un Curé de Campagne" (Diary of a Country Priest), based on the novel of the same name by Georges Bernanos, in 1951. Bringing his own spirituality, instinctive presence and intense ascetic looks to the role, his portrayal prompted Jean Tulard to write in his "Dictionary of Film" that - "no other actor deserves to go to heaven as much as Laydu". In order to accustom himself to the holy life, Laydu spent some time in a monastery. He also fasted a great deal during the shooting, which helped give him the appearance of a man suffering both physically and spiritually. Laydu appeared in a total of 20 movies, playing a priest again in "I Was a Parish Priest" (1953), and "Rasputin" (1954). He died of a heart condition in Paris.
Actor. Belgian-born French actor, Claude Laydu was a theatre actor when he was cast in Robert Bresson's "Journal d'un Curé de Campagne" (Diary of a Country Priest), based on the novel of the same name by Georges Bernanos, in 1951. Bringing his own spirituality, instinctive presence and intense ascetic looks to the role, his portrayal prompted Jean Tulard to write in his "Dictionary of Film" that - "no other actor deserves to go to heaven as much as Laydu". In order to accustom himself to the holy life, Laydu spent some time in a monastery. He also fasted a great deal during the shooting, which helped give him the appearance of a man suffering both physically and spiritually. Laydu appeared in a total of 20 movies, playing a priest again in "I Was a Parish Priest" (1953), and "Rasputin" (1954). He died of a heart condition in Paris.
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Leon Louis Balliman
7/7/1881-4/27/1886
Léon Balliman
8/4/1845-4/7/1892
Emile Balliman
3/9/1840-1/30/1900
Mme Léon Balliman
née Marie Isabelle Goepfert
10/22/1850-9/22/1925
Mme Jean Balliman
née Jeanne Louise Bourges
7/27/1883-10/26/1952
André Balliman
11/23/1881-11/29/1946
Jacques Balliman
11/10/1905-2/14/1960
Raymond Balliman
8/7/1874=6/9/1947
Jean Balliman
5/2/1876-7/20/1962
Marie Françoise Julie Comiti
1/1/1907-12/10/1999
Claude René Laydu
3/10/1927-7/29/2011
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