Richard benguigui biography

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    Jean Benguigui

    Year Title Role Director Notes 1967 VampirismeTaxi driver Bernard Chaouat & Patrice Duvic Short 1972 Les camisardsJean-Baptiste Fort René Allio1973 George Who?The musical critic Michèle RosierLa ligne de démarcationThe driver Jacques ErtaudTV series (1 episode) 1974 La mort d'Ivan IlitchGuerassime Nat Lilienstein TV movie 1975 The Story of PaulThe Italian René FéretLe pain noirLa Reynie's son Serge MoatiTV mini-series 1976 Little MarcelJacques FanstenDon César dem BazanGregorio Jean-Pierre Marchand TV movie 1977 La questionClaude Laurent Heynemann L'amour en herbeLangelin Roger Andrieux On ne badine pas avec l'amourBridaine Caroline HuppertTV movie Brigade des mineursThe baker Claude Loursais TV series (1 episode) 1978 StephenJean-Jacques Bernard Short Une épouse romantiqueRobert
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    Richard Benguigui

    Born March 31, 1937 - Oran, Algeria

    Richard Benguigui was born in Oran, Algeria, on March 31, 1937. At the time of Richard's birth, Algeria still belonged to France, and was home to nearly 120,000 Jews. Seeking to improve the chances for a better life for her children, Mrs. Benguigui moved the family shortly before the war to the bustling port city of Marseilles, France. When the Germans conquered France in 1940, the 350,000 Jews living in the country found themselves the targets of ever-growing persecution.

    The Germans divided France, occupying all of the north, allowing French collaborators to rule most of the southern zone, where Richard lived. The government in the south was directly responsible to the Germans and usually cooperated with them against the Jews. On July 31, 1943, Richard's mother was arrested by French collaborators and was deported to the Auschwitz death camp in Poland, where she was subjected to horrific medical experiments. Richard, six ye

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    Biography

    Richard Berry (born Richard Élie Benguigui, 31 July 1950) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. He has appeared in more than 100 films since 1972. He starred in The Violin Player, which was entered into the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.

    He has a daughter, Coline, born 1976, from his relationship with actress Catherine Hiegel. He married singer and actress Jeane Manson in 1984. The couple divorced in 1986. With his former wife Jessica Forde, a photographer and actress, he has a daughter, actress Joséphine Berry, born in 1992.

    Since 2009, he has been in a relationship with actress Pascale Louange, with whom he has a daughter, born in 2014.

    In 2005, he made headlines for donating one of his kidneys to his sister Marie Berry, who was born with Alport syndrome, a genetic kidney disease.

    His brother, Philippe Berry, is a sculptor and the former husband of actress Josiane Balasko.

    On 2 February 2021, it was revealed that Berry's daughter Coline had recently file