Name Georges Cravenne Role Film producer | Movies Heads or Tails Siblings Marcel Cravenne | |
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Died January 10, 2009, Paris, France Spouse Francoise Arnoul (m. 1956–1960), Danielle Batisse (m. ?–1973) Children Francois-David Cravenne, Charles Cravenne, Julie Cravenne Similar People Francoise Arnoul, Marcel Cravenne, Virginie Calmels, Robert Enrico, Philippe Noiret | ||
Tombes de Georges Cravenne et Marguerite Duras au cimetière de Montparnasse
Georges Cravenne (24 January 1914 – 10 January 2009), real name Joseph-Raoul Cohen, was a French film producer, publicity agent and founder of the César Award. He received an Honorary César in 2000.
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Marriages
He married French actress Françoise Arnoul in 1956. They divorced in 1964.
On 18 October 1973, his second wife Danielle Cravenne was shot dead by a police sniper at Marignane airport. Danielle, who was mentally unstable, had tried to hijack a Boeing 727 to protest against the release of the film The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob which was being promoted by Cravenne and which she considered "anti-palestinian".
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