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Moroccan actor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hamidou Benmessaoud (Arabic: حميدو بنمسعود; 2 August 1935 – 19 September 2013), best known as Amidou, was a Moroccan-French film, television, and stage actor.[citation needed]
Amidou | |
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Born | Hamidou Benmessaoud 2 August 1935 |
Died | 19 September 2013 78) | (aged
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1935–2013 |
Awards | Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, Cairo Film Festival |
Born in Rabat, at 17 Amidou moved to Paris to attend the CNSAD. In 1968 he made his debut on stage, in Jean Genet's Les paravents.[1]
Amidou was best known for his association with director Claude Lelouch, with whom he shot eleven films, including Lelouch's film debut Le propre de l'homme (1960).[2] He made his debut in a Moroccan film in 1969, starring in Soleil de printemps directed by Latif Lahlou.[1] His career included roles in Spaghetti Westerns like Buddy Goes West and several American productions, including William Friedkin's Sorcerer, John Frankenheimer's Ronin and John Huston's Escape to Victory.[2]
In 1969, Amidou was awarded best actor at the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival for his role in Life Love Death by Claude Lelouch,[3] and later won best actor awards at the Cairo Film Festival (for Pursuit by Leila Triquie) and at the Tangier Film Festival (for Rachid Boutounes's Here and There).[2] In 2005 he received, from the hands of Martin Scorsese, a Lifetime Career Award at the International Film Festival of Marrakech.[3] He was also the first Moroccan actor to have won an acting award at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art.[2]
Amidou died on 19 September 2013 in Paris, France, from an undisclosed illness.[2]
Year | Title | Author | Director |
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1961 | Ross | Terence Rattigan | Michel Vitold |
1965 | The Siege of Numantia | Miguel de Cervantes | Jean-Louis Barrault |
1966 | Henry VI | William Shakespeare | Jean-Louis Barrault |
The Screens | Jean Genet | Roger Blin | |
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