Jean Claudio

March 28, 1927 – January 11, 1992

Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Jean Claudio (28 March 1927 – 11 January 1992) was a French actor. He began his acting career in the cinema at the age of ten, playing the role of the Tsarevich, son of Tsar Nicolas II in The Imperial Tragedy. In 1938, at the age of eleven, he played Mathieu Sorgue in Les Disparus de Saint-Agil by Christian-Jaque. He entered the Paris Conservatory, where, at fourteen, he was given the role of Chérubin in Le Mariage de Figaro. He has since had an international career, particularly in the United States. He wrote a collection of poems, Les faux joies (published in 1950), as well as several novels: The Hot Season, Les Torts Reciprocals, Monsieur Damoclès and L'inconnu de Genève. Source: Article "Jean Claudio" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.