Jean-Claude Pascal

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Jean-Claude Pascal in 1945.

Grave of Jean-Claude Pascal's family in the Montparnasse cemetery in Paris.

Jean-Claude Pascal (French pronunciation: ​[ʒɑ̃ clod paskal], 24 October 1927 in Paris, France – 5 May 1992), born Jean-Claude Villeminot, was a French comedian and singer.

After surviving World War II in Strasbourg, Pascal studied at the Sorbonne before turning to fashion-designing for Christian Dior. While working on costumes for the theater production of the play Don Juan, he was exposed to acting. His first acting role was in the film Le jugement de Dieu (1949, released in 1952) and afterwards in "Le rideau cramoisi", 1951, opposite Anouk Aimée, followed by several films including Die schöne Lügnerin (La Belle et l'empereur 1959, 'Beautiful Liar') with Romy Schneider, and Angelique and the Sultan (Angélique et le sultan, 1968) with Michèle Mercier.

Pascal won the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest for Luxembourg with the song "Nous les amoureux" ('We the lovers'), with music composed by Jacques Datin and lyrics by . He later represented Luxembourg again in the 1981 contest and finished 11th of 20 with the song "C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique" ('It may not be America'), with words and music he composed together with and Jean-Claude Petit.

Discography[]

• "Lili Marleen" (French and German)
• "Nous les amoureux"
• "C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique"

Filmography[]

• Great Man (1951), as L'interne Marcillac
• Ils étaient cinq (1952), as Philippe
• Four Red Roses (1951), as Pietro Leandri
•  [fr] (1952), as Jean-Pierre
• Judgement of God (1952), as Albert III, Duke of Bavaria
•  [fr] (1952), as Michel Brissac
• The Crimson Curtain (1953), as The officer
• A Caprice of Darling Caroline (1953), as Livio
• Children of Love (1953), as Doctor Jacques Baurain
• Alarm in Morocco (1953), as Jean Pasqier
• Le Chevalier de la nuit (1953), as Chevalier Georges de Ségar
• Tempest in the Flesh (1954), as Gino
• Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954), as Axel von Fersen
• Flesh and the Woman (1954), as Pierre Martel
• The Three Thieves (1954), as Gastone Cascarilla
• Caroline and the Rebels (1955), as Juan d'Aranda / de Sallanches
• Bad Liaisons (1955), as Blaise Walter
• Milord l'Arsouille (1955), as Lord Henry Seymour
•  [fr] (1956), as Jean de Charvin
• The Lebanese Mission (1956), as Jean Domèvre
• Les Lavandières du Portugal (1957), as Jean-François Aubray
• Guinguette (1959), as Marco
• Pêcheur d'Islande (1959), as Guillaume Floury
•  [fr] (1959), as Jacques Moulin
•  [de] (1959), as Tsar Alexander I
• The Opportunists (1960), as Philippe Brideau
• Préméditation (1960), as Bernard Sommet
• The Crossroads (1960), as Javier
• Le Rendez-vous (1961), as Pierre
•  [fr] (1962), as Antoine de Montpezat
•  [fr] (TV film, 1964), as Franck
• Vol 272 (TV miniseries, 1964), as Marc
•  [fr] (TV film, 1965), as Robert
• The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966), as Galam Khan
•  [fr] (TV series, 1966), as Commandant Jean Leroy-Dantec
•  [es] (1967), as Frank Moore
• Untamable Angelique (1967), as Osman Ferradji
• Angelique and the Sultan (1968), as Osman Ferradji
• Under the Roofs of St. Pauli (1970), as Doctor Pasucha
• Au théâtre ce soir: Les Français à Moscou (TV play, 1972), as Blanchet
• Le Temps de vivre, le temps d'aimer (TV series, 1973), as Jean Moser
• Le Chirurgien de Saint-Chad (TV series, 1976), as Doctor Patrick Villaresi
• Liebe läßt alle Blumen blühen (TV film, 1984), as Marquis de Formentière
• Au théâtre ce soir: Adieu Prudence (TV play, 1985), as Fred Russel

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jean-Claude Pascal.

• Jean-Claude Pascal Myspace Page : https://www.myspace.com/jeanclaudepascal
• Jean-Claude Pascal at IMDb

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Jacqueline Boyer with "Tom Pillibi"	Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1961	Succeeded by Isabelle Aubret with "Un premier amour"
Preceded by Camillo Felgen with "So laang we's du do bast"	Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961	Succeeded by Camillo Felgen with "Petit bonhomme"
Preceded by Sophie & Magaly with "Papa Pingouin"	Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981	Succeeded by Svetlana with "Cours après le temps"