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Paul Leyssac

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Occupation
  
Actor, writer

Name
  
Paul Leyssac

Years active
  
1937–43 (film)

Died
  
August 20, 1946

Born
  
21 June 1881
Copenhagen, Denmark

Paul Leyssac (born Paul Andri Jurgensen Leyssac, June 21, 1881 – August 20, 1946) was a Danish writer, and stage and film actor. He played Abraham Lincoln in the 1937 British film Victoria the Great. He also was a translator of the works of Hans Christian Andersen.

Selected filmography

  • Victoria the Great (1937)
  • Head Over Heels (1937)
  • Arise, My Love (1940)
  • Paris Calling (1941)
  • Assignment in Brittany (1943)

    • References

    Paul Leyssac Wikipedia
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