Yves Afonso

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Yves Afonso
Yves Afonso.jpg
Afonso in 2004
Born(1944-02-13)13 February 1944
Saulieu, Côte-d'Or
Died21 January 2018(2018-01-21) (aged 73)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationActor
Years active1966 – 2018

Yves Afonso (13 February 1944 – 21 January 2018) was a French actor of Portuguese descent. [1] He was born in Saulieu in the Côte-d'Or département. Since his uncredited debut in the movie Masculin, féminin in 1966, he had many roles, both in movies and on television. [2] He normally plays supporting roles, and may have been best known for his role as Inspector Bricard in L'Horloger de Saint-Paul , and the black comedy Week End , where he played Tom Thumb. He died on 21 January 2018 at the age of 73. [3]

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References

  1. "La mort de l'acteur Yves Afonso". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
  2. "Yves Afonso, par Rozier | L'Humanité". www.humanite.fr (in French). 1993-02-10. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  3. Yves Afonso est mort à l'âge de 73 ans, telestar.fr; accessed 22 January 2018. (in French)