Pierre Batcheff

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Pierre Batcheff 23 June 1907 13 April 1932 was a French actor whose original name was Piotr Bacev from Russia born in Harbin Manchuria His bestknown film was Un chien andalou 1929 by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali He was married to French film editor Denise Piazza Both Batcheff and the leading actress in Un chien andalou Simone Mareuil committed suicide Mareuil by setting herself on fire in 1954 Batcheff reportedly by overdosing on Veronal Description above from the Wikipedia article Pierre Batcheff licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia