Claude Dauphin (actor)
| Claude Dauphin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Claude Marie Eugène Legrand 19 August 1903 Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne, France |
| Died | 16 November 1978 (aged 75) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1930-1978 |
| Spouse(s) | Rosine Derean Maria Mauban Norma Eberhardt (1955-1978; his death) |
Claude Dauphin (19 August 1903 – 16 November 1978) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1930 and 1978.
He was born in Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne. His father was Maurice Étienne Legrand, a poet who wrote as Franc-Nohain, and who was the librettist for Maurice Ravel's opera L'heure espagnole. His elder brother was the writer Jean Nohain.
Claude Dauphin married three times: first to Rosine Derean, then to the actress Maria Mauban who bore him a child, Jean-Claude Dauphin, also an actor. Eventually, in 1955, Dauphin married American actress Norma Eberhardt. The couple divided their time between Paris, Los Angeles, New York City and Ocean Township, New Jersey. They remained together until Dauphin's death in Paris in 1978.
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