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Eddie Constantine (born Edward Israël Constantinowsky; October 29, 1917 – 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 '60s.

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Eddie Constantine
Constantine in 1972
Born	Edward Israël Constantinowsky (1917-10-29)29 October 1917 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	25 February 1993(1993-02-25) (aged 75) Wiesbaden, Germany
Occupation	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

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), Agnès Varda, Rosa von Praunheim, Lars von Trier, William Klein and Mika Kaurismäki.

Early life

Constantine was born Edward Israël Constantinowsky[2][3] in Los Angeles, California to Jewish immigrant parents, a Russian father and Polish mother; his father was a jeweler. In pursuit of a singing career, he went to Vienna for voice training. However, when he returned to the United States, his career failed to take off, and he started taking work as a film extra.[4]

Career

Having failed to make a career in the United States, Constantine returned to Europe in the early 1950s and started singing and performing in Paris cabarets. He was noticed by Edith Piaf, who cast him in the musical La p'tite Lili. Constantine also helped Piaf with translations for her 1956 album La Vie en Rose/Édith Piaf Sings In English and so he has songwriting credits on the English versions of some of her most famous songs (especially "Hymne à l'amour"/"Hymn to Love").[5]

In the 1950s Constantine was a star in France because of his role as the hard-boiled detective/secret agent Lemmy Caution (from Peter Cheyney's novels) in a series of French B-pictures, including La môme vert-de-gris (1953), This Man Is Dangerous (1953), Je suis un sentimental (1955), Lemmy pour les dames (1961) and Your Turn, Darling (1963).

When not playing Lemmy Caution, Constantine would have a character that was still typically be a suave-talking, seductive, smooth guy although he often played that for laughs. He turned his accent and perceived American cockiness to advantage in such roles, and he later described his film persona as having been "James Bond before James Bond".[6] One of his best remembered later roles was as the visiting Mafia boss Charlie in the British gangster film The Long Good Friday (1980), a rare English-speaking role.

One of his most notable roles was in Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville (1965) in which he reprised (to a more radical end) the role of Lemmy Caution, in a departure from the style of his other films. His box-office appeal in France waned in the mid-1960s. Having remarried to a German television producer, he eventually relocated to Germany, where he worked as a character actor, appearing in German television dramas as well as film. Constantine later claimed that he had never taken his acting career seriously, as he considered himself to be a singer by trade, and that had been an actor strictly for the money.[6] In 1982 he appeared in Rosa von Praunheim's film Red Love. He nevertheless worked with directors including Godard and Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and his last notable film appearance was in Lars Von Trier's Europa in 1991. He had taken up the part of Lemmy for the last time that year, in Godard's experimental film Germany Year 90 Nine Zero.[4]

Personal life

Constantine was married three times: to Helene Musil (1942-1976, divorced), with whom he had three children; Dorothea Gibson (1977, divorced); and the film producer Maya Faber-Jansen (1979–1993, Constantine's death), with whom he had one child.[4] His daughter Tanya Constantine, born in 1943, is a photographer. His daughter Barbara (b. 1955,)is a writer, his son Lemmy (b. 1957) is also a singer and actor. His daughter Mia (b. 1981) is a theater director.

Death

Constantine died of a heart attack on 25 February 1993 in Wiesbaden, Germany, aged 75. His remains were cremated and remanded to Paris.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1953	Egypt by Three	Nick	Victor Stoloff	(third episode)
	La môme vert-de-gris	Lemmy Caution	Bernard Borderie
	This Man Is Dangerous		Jean Sacha
1954	The Women Couldn't Care Less		Bernard Borderie
	Avanzi di galera [it]	Franco Cesari	Vittorio Cottafavi
	Yours Truly, Blake	Larry Blake	Jean Laviron
1955	Ça va barder [fr]	Johnny Jordan	John Berry
	Je suis un sentimental	Barney Morgan	John Berry
	Vous pigez ? [fr]	Lemmy Caution	Pierre Chevalier
1956	Ce soir les jupons volent [fr]	Monsieur Howard	Dimitri Kirsanoff	Uncredited
	Folies-Bergère [fr]	Bob Wellington	Henri Decoin
	L'Homme et l'Enfant [fr]	Fred Barker	Raoul André
	Bonsoir Paris, bonjour l'amour [fr]	cameo appearance	Ralph Baum
1957	Et par ici la sortie	Eddie	Willy Rozier	Uncredited
	Le Grand Bluff [fr]	Eddie F. Morgan	Patrice Dally [fr]
	Ces dames préfèrent le mambo	Burt Brickford	Bernard Borderie
	Les Truands	Jim Esposito	Carlo Rim
1958	Incognito [fr]	Bob Stanley	Patrice Dally [fr]
	Hoppla, jetzt kommt Eddie [de]	Eddie Petersen	Werner Klingler
	Passport to Shame	Johnny McVey	Alvin Rakoff
1959	Du rififi chez les femmes	Interpol Agent Williams	Alex Joffé
	The Treasure of San Teresa (Hot Money Girl)	Larry Brennan	Alvin Rakoff
	SOS Pacific	Mark Reisner	Guy Green
1960	Bombs on Monte Carlo	Captain Eddie Cronen	Georg Jacoby
	Women Are Like That	Lemmy Caution	Bernard Borderie
	Jack of Spades	Patrick	Yves Allégret
	Ravishing	cameo appearance	Robert Lamoureux	Uncredited
	Ça va être ta fête [fr]	John Lewis / John Jarvis	Pierre Montazel
1961	Me faire ça à moi [fr]	Eddie MacAvoy	Pierre Grimblat [fr]
	Destination Fury	Felice Esposito	Giorgio Bianchi
	Cause toujours, mon lapin [fr]	Jackson	Guy Lefranc
1962	Une grosse tête [fr]	Napoléon "Naps" Dubois	Claude de Givray
	The Seven Deadly Sins	cameo appearance	Jean-Luc Godard	(segment "La paresse")
	Lemmy pour les dames	Lemmy Caution	Bernard Borderie
	Cléo from 5 to 7	cameo appearance	Agnès Varda	Uncredited
	Lykke og krone	cameo appearance	Colbjørn Helander [no] and Stein Saelen
	Bonne chance, Charlie	Charlie	Jean-Louis Richard
	L'Empire de la nuit [fr]	Eddie	Pierre Grimblat [fr]
	Nous irons à Deauville	Friend of Pin-Up Girl	Francis Rigaud [fr]	Uncredited
1963	Jeff Gordon, Secret Agent	Jeff Gordon	Raoul André
	Les Femmes d'abord [fr]	Bobby Carao	Raoul André
	Tela de araña	Eddie Ross	José Luis Monter
	Your Turn, Darling	Lemmy Caution	Bernard Borderie
1964	Die ganze Welt ist himmelblau [de]	Himself	Franz Antel
	How Do You Like My Sister?	Himself	Michel Boisrond
	Laissez tirer les tireurs [fr]	Jeff Gordon	Guy Lefranc
	Nick Carter va tout casser	Nick Carter	Henri Decoin
	Lucky Jo	Lucky Jo	Michel Deville
1965	Ces dames s'en mêlent	Jeff Gordon	Raoul André
	Faites vos jeux, mesdames [fr]	Mike Warner	Marcel Ophuls
	Cent briques et des tuiles	Le consommateur au bar	Pierre Grimblat [fr]
	Alphaville	Lemmy Caution	Jean-Luc Godard
	Je vous salue, mafia!	Rudy Hamberg	Raoul Lévy
	Nick Carter and Red Club	Nick Carter	Jean-Paul Savignac [fr]
1966	Cartas boca arriba [fr] (Attack Of The Robots)	Al Pereira	Jesus Franco
	Residencia para espías [it] (Residence for Spies)	Dan Leyton	Jesus Franco
1968	Ces messieurs de la famille [fr]	Cousin Lemmy	Raoul André
	À tout casser	Ric	John Berry
1969	Les Gros Malins [fr]	Eddie	Raymond Leboursier
	Lions Love	Himself	Agnès Varda
1970	Malatesta	Malatesta	Peter Lilienthal	TV movie
	Eine Rose für Jane	Boss	Hans W. Geißendörfer	TV movie
1971	Supergirl	Partygast bei Polonsky	Rudolf Thome	TV movie
	Beware of a Holy Whore	Himself	Rainer Werner Fassbinder
	Haytabo (Eddie geht weiter)	the professor	Ulli Lommel
1973	Geen paniek	Bill Silkstocking	Ko Koedijk
	World on a Wire	Man in car	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	TV serial
1974	Une baleine qui avait mal aux dents [fr]	Eddie	Jacques Bral
1975	Souvenir of Gibraltar	Father Jo	Henri Xhonneux
	A Second Spring [de]	Frank Cabot	Ulli Lommel
1976	Raid on Entebbe	Capt. Michel Bacos	Irvin Kershner	TV movie
1977	Bloedverwanten	Priest	Wim Lindner
	Le Couple témoin	Dr. Goldberg	William Klein
1978	It Lives Again	Dr. Forrest	Larry Cohen
1979	The Third Generation	Peter Lurz	Rainer Werner Fassbinder
	Ticket of No Return (Bildnis einer Trinkerin)	Küstler	Ulrike Ottinger
1980	Exit... nur keine Panik	Poigrard	Franz Novotny
	Panic Time	Lemmy Caution	Udo Lindenberg
	Car-napping	police officer Laroux	Wigbert Wicker
	The Long Good Friday	Charlie	John Mackenzie
1981	Die Alptraumfrau		Lothar Lambert
	Tango durch Deutschland	Eddie	Lutz Mommartz
	Neige	Pierrot	Juliet Berto et Jean-Henri Roger
	Freak Orlando	Säulenheiliger	Ulrike Ottinger
1982	Red Love	Pawel Pawlowitsch	Rosa von Praunheim
	Boxoffice	Hugh Barren	Josef Bogdanovitch
1983	Non-Stop Trouble with Spies [de]	Gregori Ustinov	Ottokar Runze
	La Bête noire [fr]	the bar proprietor	Patrick Chaput
	Das Mikado-Projekt	Lemmy Caution	Torsten Emrich
1984	Rambo Zambo	Harry	Reinhard Donga	TV movie
	Fluchtpunkt Berlin	Himself	Christopher Petit
	Uno scugnizzo a New York [it]	Sammy	Mariano Laurenti
	Tiger: Springtime in Vienna [de]	Lemmy Caution	Peter Patzak
	Seifenblasen		Alfred Ninaus
1985	Seifenblasen	cameo appearance	Alfred Ninaus [de]
	Paul Chevrolet en de ultieme hallucinatie [nl]	Boy Pappa	Pim de la Parra
1986	Makaroni Blues [no]	Lemmy Caution	Bela Csepesanyi
	Roncalli	Pablo	Michael Mackenroth	TV Series
1987	Frankenstein's Aunt	Alois - Water Spirit	Juraj Jakubisko	TV Series, 7 episodes
	Freckled Max and the Spooks	Alojz	Juraj Jakubisko
	Helsinki Napoli All Night Long	Old Gangster	Mika Kaurismäki
1989	Le retour de Lemmy Caution	Lemmy Caution	Josée Dayan	TV movie
	Europa, abends	Mr. Hardayle	Claudia Schröder
1991	Europa	Colonel Harris	Lars von Trier
	Germany Year 90 Nine Zero	Lemmy Caution	Jean-Luc Godard
	Tokyo no kyujitsu [ja]	William Wright	Naoki Nagao
1993	Three Shake-a-leg Steps to Heaven [lb]	Don Fabrizzi	Andy Bausch

References

External links

• Eddie Constantine at Uni France (in English)
• Eddie Constantine at IMDb
• Eddie Constantine at AllMovie

На других языках

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[de] Eddie Constantine

Eddie Constantine (* 29. Oktober 1917 in Los Angeles als Edward Constantinowsky; † 25. Februar 1993 in Wiesbaden) war ein US-amerikanischer Filmschauspieler und Chansonnier.

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- [en] Eddie Constantine

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[es] Eddie Constantine

Eddie Constantine (Los Ángeles, California, 29 de octubre de 1917–Wiesbaden, Alemania, 25 de febrero de 1993) fue un actor y cantante estadounidense, cuya carrera se llevó a cabo en Europa.[1]

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[ru] Эдди Константин

Э́дди Ко́нстантин (англ. Eddie Constantine; 29 октября 1917[1] или 29 октября 1913[2], Лос-Анджелес, Калифорния — 25 февраля 1993[1], Висбаден), настоящее имя Э́двард Константино́вский (англ. Edward Constantinowsky) — французский певец и киноактёр. Современному зрителю наиболее известен благодаря главной роли в антиутопии «Альфавиль» (1965).

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