- Born
- Died
- El Hedi ben Salem was born on March 4, 1936 in Redeyef, Gafsa, Tunisia. He was an actor and set decorator, known for Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974), The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972) and Eight Hours Don't Make a Day (1972). He died on March 14, 1976 in Nîmes, Gard, France.
- Spouse?(195? - ?) (4 children)
- Frequently cast in Rainer Werner Fassbinder films.
- He hanged himself in a French prison in 1977. The news of his death was kept hidden from Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who only heard about it a few months prior to his own death in 1982. Fassbinder dedicated Querelle (1982) to Salem.
- Was the lover of Rainer Werner Fassbinder during the early 1970s and acted in several of his films.
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