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Born in Figeac, Lot, Midi-Pyrénées, France, Boyer started on the stage, but he found his success in European and Hollywood movies during the 1920s and 1930s. He continued to make films over the next several decades.

Charles Boyer is best known for his role in the 1944 film "Gaslight" in which he tried to convince Ingrid Bergman'sIngrid Bergman (b. August 29, 1915 Stockholm, Sweden, d. August 29, 1982 London, England) was an Academy Award-winning Swedish actress. When still very young, she lost both of her parents and was raised by some relatives; she studied at the Royal Dramatic character that she was going insane. Some years earlier, it was Boyer who uttered the immortal words, "Come with me to the Casbah", in Algiers ( 1938Events January -June January 3 The March of Dimes is established by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. January 11 Frances Moulton is the first woman to become president of a US national bank. January 20 Wedding of king Farouk I of Egypt and Farida Zulficar in Cai).

In 1948 Charles Boyer was made a chevalier of the French Legion of HonorLegion of Honor or Legion of Honour can refer to: The Legion d'honneur, one of the highest decorations awarded by France The Palais de la Legion d'Honneur, a building in Paris constructed as a tribute to the members of the Legion d'honneur The California. He continued to act until a few years before his death, his last major film role being that of the High Lama in a musical version of Lost HorizonThis article is about the novel. For the band, see Lost Horizon (band). Lost Horizon is a fantasy adventure novel by James Hilton. Hugh Conway, a veteran member of the British diplomatic service, finds inner peace, love, and a sense of purpose in Shangri- ( 1973Events January events January 1 United Kingdom, Ireland, and Denmark enter the European Economic Community now known as the European Union January 3 Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) sells the New York Yankees for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led).

Two days after the death of his wife, Pat Paterson , from cancer, Charles Boyer committed suicide. Notwithstanding his suicide, he was interred in Holy Cross CemeteryHoly Cross Cemetery is located at 5835 W. Slauson Avenue in Culver City, California. A Roman Catholic cemetery operated by the Los Angeles Archdiocese, it contains among others the graves and tombs of some of Hollywood's biggest names and their relatives., Culver City, CaliforniaCulver City is a city located in western Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 38,816. Since the 1920s, Culver City has been a major center for motion picture and later television production, in part bec, United StatesThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in with his wife and son Michael Charles Boyer (1943-1965).