What is Robert Hossein?
{{ infobox person | name = Robert Hossein | image = Robert Hossein 2013.jpg | caption = Robert Hossein in 2013 | birth_date = {{birth date|1927|12|30|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Paris]], [[France]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|12|31|1927|12|30|df=y}} | death_place = [[Essey-lès-Nancy]], France | occupation = Actor<br>Film director | years active = 1948–2020 }} '''Robert Hossein''' ( 30 December 1927 &ndash; 31 December 2020) was a [[French people|French]] movie actor, director, and writer of Iranian <ref>[http://azkultura.com/stati/velikie-azerbajdzhantsy-v-oblasti-kino?start=5 Робер Оссейн -Настоящая фамилия Гусейнов ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113213117/http://azkultura.com/stati/velikie-azerbajdzhantsy-v-oblasti-kino?start=5 |date=2013-11-13 }} {{in lang|ru}}</ref> and Uzbek<ref>[http://www.harissa.com/news/article/robert-hossein-et-son-fils-le-rabbin-aaron-eliacheff Rav Aaron Eliacheff: «Les racines juives de mon père, Robert Hossein, remontent à son grand-père, un certain Minkowski»]</ref> origin. He directed the [[1982 in movie|1982]] adaption of ''[[Les Misérables (1982 movie)|Les Misérables]]'', and appeared in ''[[Vice and Virtue]]'', ''[[Le Casse]]'', ''[[Les Uns et les Autres]]'' and ''[[Venus Beauty Institute]]''. Hossein died on 31 December 2020 in [[Essey-lès-Nancy]], [[France]] from [[COVID-19]], one day after his 93rd birthday.<ref>[https://www.lepoint.fr/culture/info-le-point-robert-hossein-le-geant-du-theatre-populaire-est-mort-31-12-2020-2407755_3.php Robert Hossein, le géant du théâtre populaire, est mort] {{in lang|fr}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} *{{IMDb name|0396136}} {{actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hossein, Robert}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in France]] [[Category:Actors from Paris]] [[Category:Movie directors from Paris]] [[Category:Writers from Paris]]