André Daven | |
Birth Date: | 16 March 1900 |
Birth Place: | Paris, France |
Death Date: | 17 November 1981 (aged 81) |
Death Place: | Paris, France |
Occupation: | Actor, Producer, Director |
Yearsactive: | 1920-1958 (film) |
André Daven (1900–1981) was a French film producer, actor and director. In the mid-1920s he was the artistic director of the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris when Josephine Baker was hired to appear there.[1] During the German occupation of France during the Second World War he went to the United States where he produced four films.
He was married to the actress Danièle Parola.