# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/claude-laydu
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:42:05.221Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/claude-laydu"
name: "Claude Laydu"
slug: "claude-laydu"
description: "Claude Laydu was a Belgian-born Swiss actor on stage and in films. He was renowned for his performance in his film debut in the role of the young priest in Robert Bresson's Diary of a Country Priest (1951), which has been described as one of the greatest in the history of film."
tagline: "Swiss actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ClaudeLaydu-1951-Harcourt.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1927-03-10"
deathDate: "2011-07-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.01
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.50119066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0493508/"
    handle:    "nm0493508"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "کلود لیدو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Клод Ледю"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Laydu"
    title: "Claude Laydu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Laydu"
    title: "Claude Laydu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Laydu"
    title: "Claude Laydu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF_%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%88"
    title: "کلود لیدو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Laydu"
    title: "Claude Laydu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Laydu"
    title: "Claude Laydu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Laydu"
    title: "Claude Laydu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Laydu"
    title: "Claude Laydu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Laydu"
    title: "Claude Laydu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Laydu"
    title: "Claude Laydu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B4%D1%8E%2C_%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4"
    title: "Лейдю, Клод"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B4%D1%8E"
    title: "Клод Лейдю"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2977664"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump