Georges Renavent
Birthday: 1892-04-23
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Biography: From Wikipedia Georges Renavent (April 23, 1894 – January 2, 1969) was an American actor in film, Broadway plays and operator of American Grand Guignol. He was born in Paris, France. His first American film appearance was in The Seven Sisters (1915). Fourteen years later he played an impressive starring role as the Kinkajou in the musical spectacular Rio Rita (1929). Renavent also starred in East of Borneo (1931), a film that went on to achieve latter-day fame when avant-garde filmmaker Joseph Cornell spliced together all of the leading lady's close-ups and came up with a surrealistic exercise titled Rose Hobart (1936). Renavent's final film, Mara Maru, was made in 1952.
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Rose Hobart
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History Is Made at Night
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The Light
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The Mask of Dimitrios
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Whipsaw
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Experiment Perilous
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Sullivan's Travels
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Secrets of Monte Carlo
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Fashions of 1934
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Tarzan and the Huntress
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Rio Rita
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Saratoga Trunk
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
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Tarzan and the Leopard Woman
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Stingaree
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The Catman of Paris
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Erstwhile Susan
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Spy Smasher Returns
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Gold Diggers in Paris
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East of Borneo
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Spy Smasher
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The White Cockatoo
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Casablanca
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Whistlin' Dan
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The Three Musketeers
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Moulin Rouge
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Mara Maru
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Folies Bergère
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Old Hickory
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The Sheik Steps Out
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The Hoodlum Saint
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The Hard Way
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The Invisible Ray
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It's a Great Feeling
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Till We Meet Again
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The Searching Wind
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The Seven Sisters
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Strangers on a Train
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Son of Ali Baba
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