Claude Laydu

Acting

18 Movies 1 TV Shows

Born

March 10, 1927

Died

July 29, 2011

Place of Birth

Etterbeek, Belgique

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Biography

Claude Laydu ([klod lɛjdy]; 10 March 1927 – 29 July 2011) was a Belgian-born Swiss actor on stage and in films. He was renowned for his performance in his film debut in the role of the young priest in Robert Bresson's Diary of a Country Priest (1951), which has been described as one of the greatest in the history of film. Laydu was born and grew up in Brussels. He moved to Paris to study at the N…