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Henri Désiré Landru (12 April 1869 – 25 February 1922) (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi deziʁe lɑ̃dʁy]) was a French serial killer, nicknamed the Bluebeard of Gambais. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He murdered at least seven women in the village of Gambais between December 1915 and January 1919.
Art dealer Henri Landru becomes infatuated with burlesque performer, Odette, who already has a lover and is only interested in Landru for money. She tricks Landru into thinking her mother is sick and needs money for an important operation. Landru vows to raise the money to fund the operation. Landru attempts to find furniture that he can sell.
Pages in category "Cultural depictions of Henri Désiré Landru" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Monsieur Verdoux is a 1947 American black comedy film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, who plays a bigamist wife killer inspired by serial killer Henri Désiré Landru. The supporting cast includes Martha Raye , William Frawley , and Marilyn Nash .
Henri Désiré Landru (1869–1922) was a French serial killer. Landru may also refer to: Landrú, byline of Argentine political cartoonist Juan Carlos Colombres (1923–2017) Landru, a 1963 French film about the serial killer; Landru, a character in the 1963 Star Trek episode "The Return of the Archons
Webb Miller (February 10, 1891 [1] – May 7, 1940 [2]) was an American journalist and war correspondent.He covered the Pancho Villa Expedition, World War I, the Spanish Civil War, the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, the Phoney War, and the Russo-Finnish War of 1939.
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Landry: It was not until the early Middle Ages that surnames were introduced to distinguish between numbers of people bearing the same personal or Christian name. Landry is of patronymic origin, coming from Landericus, belonging to that category of names derived from the first name of the father or ancestor.