Portrait of Jean Yonnel

Jean Yonnel

Acting

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.

Born: July 21, 1891

Place of Birth: Bucharest, Romania

Filmography

1963
Thank Heaven for Small Favors

as Mattieu Lachaunaye

1961
Captain Fracasse

as Prince of Moussy

1955
1953
Welcome

as Jean Yonnel (uncredited)

1952
Trial at the Vatican

as L'Abbé Faure

1950
The Big Meeting

as Baron Darvey

1946
Special Mission

as Jean Sartène

1945
Blind Desire

as Jérôme Noblet

1939
Les 3 tambours

as Abbot Pessonneau

1937
Boissière

as Hector Le Barois

1936
The Call

as Charles de Foucauld

1935
Crimson Dynasty

as Le grand-duc Rodolphe

1934
Fanatisme

as Le prince de Valnéro

1934
Obsession

as Raymond

1934
Amok

as Dr. Holk