Habib Benglia was a French dancer, born in 1895 in Oran, who died in 1960.
Biography
Habib Benglia (25 August 1895 – 2 December 1960) was a French film actor. He was the first French-African actor to land major roles in both cinema (he acted in Renoir and Pujol movies among others) and theater (performing in over 100 plays), having his first successes in the 1920s.
From the Wikipedia article “Habib Benglia”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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