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Birth Name: Michael Edward Lonsdale-Crouch
Date of Birth: 24 May, 1931
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Date of Death: 21 September, 2020
Place of Death: Paris, France
Ethnicity: * father – English, some Northern Irish * mother – French
Michael Lonsdale, also billed as Michel Lonsdale, was a French actor and author. His roles include the films Is Paris Burning? , The Bride Wore Black , Stolen Kisses , Murmur of the Heart , The Old Maid , The Day of the Jackal (1973), The Phantom of Liberty , The Suspects (1974), Serious as Pleasure , The Romantic Englishwoman , Mr. Klein , Bartleby (1976), The Passage (1979), Moonraker , Chariots of Fire , The Holcroft Covenant , The Name of the Rose , My Life Is Hell , The Remains of the Day , Jefferson in Paris , Nelly and Mr. Arnaud , Don Juan (1998), Ronin , A Monkey’s Tale , Actors (2000), Kaena: The Prophecy , Strange Crime , Good Girl , Munich (2005), Goya’s Ghosts , Heartbeat Detector , To Each His Own Cinema , The Last Mistress , Agora , Park Benches , Gebo and the Shadow , and Maestro (2014); the made-for-tv movie The Bunker (1981); the mini-series Smiley’s People and Le Tiroir secret ; and the series Maigret .
Michael was the son of Simone and Edward Crouch, a British Army officer. His father was born in Sussex, England. His mother was French. Michael was raised primarily on Jersey, then in London, and Casablanca, Morocco, and returned to France in his teens.
Michael’s paternal grandfather was named Warwick Wyatt Crouch (the son of John Crouch and Elizabeth). Warwick was born in Somerset, England.
Michael’s paternal grandmother was Frances Mildred Standage (the daughter of Alfred Standage and Charlotte Roe Frazer). Frances was born in Lancashire, England. Charlotte was the daughter of Robert Frazer and Bessie Ann Roe.
Michael’s maternal grandfather was Étienne-Gabriel Béraud (the son of Jean Joseph Achille Béraud and Ernestine Nicolas).
Michael’s maternal grandmother was Suzanne Pélléfigue (the daughter of Bertrand Dieudonné Armand Pélléfigue and Marie Castay).
Sources: Genealogies of Michael Lonsdale – https://jansomers.com.au https://blacknee.com
Baptismal record of Michael’s paternal grandfather, Warwick Wyatt Crouch – https://www.familysearch.org