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Found unconscious and suffering from exposure near Oxon Hill, Md, home; believed stricken by heart attack; por
Econ Advisers Council annual rept to pres Truman sees strikes threatening stability; Council policy outlined
Yugoslav-Cominform split seen growing as territorial disputes increase; Serbia Premier Stambolitch charges neighbor states incite foreign populations in Voyvodina; Macedonia and S Slav fed disputes revd; map
10 degrees above zero season's coldest; travel normal
carrier slowed by storm; illus before sailing, Norfolk, Va; map of route; weather foils new USAF rescue attempt; 3d glider and Arctic expert Col Balchen on way
1948GĂ©rard Depardieu, French-Russian actor[â ]
Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu is a French actor. Considered an icon of French cinema in the same way as Jean Gabin and Alain Delon, he has completed over 250 films since 1967, most of which as a lead actor. He is also a film producer, businessman, vineyard owner, and occasional director. Depardieu has worked with over 150 film directors including François Truffaut, Bertrand Blier, Maurice Pialat, Alain Resnais, Claude Chabrol, Ridley Scott, Jean-Luc Godard, and Bernardo Bertolucci. He is the second highest-grossing actor in the history of French cinema behind Louis de FunÚs. His body of work also includes many television productions, several records and, as of 2025, 19 stage plays and 9 books. He is known for having portrayed numerous leading historical and fictitious figures including Cyrano de Bergerac, Georges Danton, Honoré de Balzac, Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Rodin, Christopher Columbus, Jean Valjean, Edmond DantÚs, Porthos, commissioner Maigret, Joseph Stalin and Grigori Rasputin, as well as Obelix in four of the live action Asterix films.