Pierre Fresnay

Pierre Fresnay, French actor and screenwriter (died 1975)

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Born: April 4, 1897
Died: January 9, 1975
Zodiac sign: Aries
Birth year: 1897

About Pierre Fresnay

Pierre Fresnay was a French stage and film actor. Pierre Fresnay was born on April 4, 1897 and died on January 9, 1975. Fresnay won excellent reviews, and his stage partnership with Printemps was greatly admired. In 1947, he played Vincent de Paul in Monsieur Vincent, for which he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival. As well as theatre work covering 130 plays, he appeared in over 70 films, some still classics, and at the end of his life on television such as Le Neveu de Rameau.

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The world when Pierre Fresnay was born

Pierre Fresnay was born in 1897. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

Top headlineKlondike Gold Rush begins in Canada
Technology milestoneFirst practical diesel engine built
Defining fadKlondike Gold Rush fever
World population~1.57B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley
U.S. population70.0M

1897 versus 2026

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Measure	1897	2026
Population	70.0M	341 million

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