Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
12
Gender
Male
Birthday
1936-01-01
Day of Death
1976-01-01 (40 years old)
Place of Birth
Morocco
Also Known As
Elhedi Ben Salem
El Hedi Ben Salem
Salem El Heïdi
Salem El Hedi
El Hedi ben Salem
Biography
El Hedi ben Salem was a Moroccan actor. He is best known as the lover and collaborator of provocative German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. He died while in prison. Fassbinder dedicated his last film, Querelle (1982), to Salem. In 2012, a documentary on Salem's life entitled My Name Is Not Ali, premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival.
