Jean Yonnel

Biography

Jean Yonnel (21 July 1891 – 17 August 1968) was a Romanian-born French actor. Yonnel was born in Bucharest, Romania as Jean-Estève Schachmann and began his film career in France in the 1910s. Some of his notable performance were in Obsession (1933), Amok (1934), Fanatisme (1934), White Nights of St. Petersburg (1937), The Imperial Tragedy (1939) and A Funny Parishioner (1963). Yonnel died in Paris in 1968. Source: Article "Jean Yonnel" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Thank Heaven for Small Favors

as Mattieu Lachaunaye

Captain Fracasse

Amok

as Dr. Holk

Blind Desire

as Jérôme Noblet

Crimson Dynasty

as Le grand-duc Rodolphe

Les Nuits blanches de Saint-Pétersbourg

Marianne of My Youth

as The Master

Special Mission

as Jean Sartène

Welcome

as Jean Yonnel (uncredited)

Trial at the Vatican

as L'Abbé Faure