Eddie Constantine

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Eddie Constantine
Constantine in 1972
Born	Israel Constantine (1913-10-29)October 29, 1913 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	February 25, 1993(1993-02-25) (aged 79) Wiesbaden, Germany
Occupations	Singer Actor
Years active	1936–1993
Spouses	Helene Musil ​ ​ (m. 1942; div. 1976)​ Dorothea Gibson ​ ​ (m. 1977; div. 1977)​ Maya Faber-Jansen ​ ​ (m. 1979)​
Children	4

Eddie Constantine (born Israel Constantine; October 29, 1913 – February 25, 1993) was an American singer, actor and entertainer who spent most of his career in France.^[1] He became well-known to film audiences for his portrayal of secret agent Lemmy Caution and other, similar pulp heroes in French B-movies of the 1950s and 1960s.

His celebrity and status as something of a pop icon saw him work with prominent arthouse directors like Jean-Luc Godard (as Caution in Alphaville and Germany Year 90 Nine Zero), Rainer Werner Fassbinder (as himself in Beware of a Holy Whore 1971 and also World on a Wire), Jesús Franco, Agnès Varda, Rosa von Praunheim, Lars von Trier, William Klein and Mika Kaurismäki.