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In this Chilean name, the first or paternal surname is Emilfork and the second or maternal family name is Berenstein.

Daniel Emilfork Berenstein (7 April 1924 – 17 October 2006), known professionally as Daniel Emilfork, was a Chilean stage and film actor who made his career in France.[1]

Early life

Emilfork was born on 7 April 1924 in Providencia[a], Chile to Jewish-Ukrainian parents.[3][1] Emilfork had one brother.[2]

Emilfork’s parents were socialists who fled persecution in the Soviet Union.[1][2][4]

Career

Emilfork was a teacher at Internado Nacional Barros Arana.[5] According to his friend Alejandro Jodorowsky, Emilfork didn’t feel comfortable being a homosexual man in Chile.[2][5][6] In 1949, aged 25, Emilfork settled in Paris to work as an English teacher.[1] Emilfork first began studying acting under Tania Balachova.[2]

Emilfork’s distinctive facial features helped contribute to his career as a character actor for films such as The City of Lost Children (1995). He specialized in roles of villains. Previously he had played in The Devil’s Nightmare (1971), Travels with My Aunt (1972) and Fellini’s Casanova (1976), in Roman Polanski‘s Pirates (1986) and in Taxandria (1994). He carried on acting up until his death, his last film appearing in 2007.

Personal life

In 1951, Emilfork married Denise Péron [fr] (1925–1996), a French actress.[1][2] Emilfork and Péron had one daughter, the actress and director Stéphanie Loïk [fr] (born 1951).[1][2]

From 1980 onwards Emilfork was the partner of the actor Frédéric Leidgens.[2][4]

On 17 October 2006 Emilfork died in Paris, aged 82.[3] Emilfork was cremated at Père Lachaise Cemetery on the 20 October 2006 .[4]

Selected filmography

Notes

  1. ^ Also cited as San Felipe.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g “Daniel Emilfork”. The Times. London. 26 October 2006. Archived from the original on 9 April 2026. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Solis, René (18 February 1998). “Daniel Emilfork, 74 ans, est une «gueule» du ciné-théâtre. Comment s’arranger d’effrayer? Dernières de son spectacle confession. Le monstre de service”. Libération (in French). Paris, France. Archived from the original on 12 August 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
  3. ^ a b “EMILFORK Daniel”. matchID (in French). Retrieved 9 April 2026.
  4. ^ a b c La Bardonnie, Mathilde (19 October 2006). “Emilfork s’est réveillé mort”. Libération (in French). Paris, France. Archived from the original on 23 September 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
  5. ^ a b Jouffe, Andre (17 March 2003). “La generación del 50 y la homosexualidad: Cuando ser gay no era un problema”. El Periodista (in French). Archived from the original on 17 July 2009.
  6. ^ “Archived copy”. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2006-10-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)[full citation needed]