Charles Boyer (28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978) was a French actor who appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976. After receiving a dramatic education, Boyer started on the stage, but he found his success in European and Hollywood movies during the 1930s. Although moving to the U.S., he maintained a connection with french cinema. His most famous role was opposite Ingrid Bergman in the 1944 mystery-thriller Gaslight, in which he played ...
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Charles Boyer (28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978) was a French actor who appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976. After receiving a dramatic education, Boyer started on the stage, but he found his success in European and Hollywood movies during the 1930s. Although moving to the U.S., he maintained a connection with french cinema. His most famous role was opposite Ingrid Bergman in the 1944 mystery-thriller Gaslight, in which he played a thief/murderer who tries to convince his his newlywed wife that she is going insane. Other memorable performances were possibly in the era's highly praised romantic dramas, Algiers (1938) and Love Affair (1939). During his lifetime, he received four Academy Award nominations for Best Actor.
Born in Figeac, Lot, Midi-Pyrenees, France, to Maurice and Louise Boyer, Charles was a shy, small-town boy who discovered the movies and theater at the age of eleven. Boyer performed comic sketches for soldiers while working as a hospital orderly during...
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