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Antonin Berval

French singer and actor (1891–1966)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ2857107 ↗
Source-derived summary

Antonin Berval (1891–1966) was a French film actor. He is sometimes credited simply as Berval.

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References

Bibliography

Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Antonin Berval” as french singer and actor (1891–1966). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Antonin, Berval and French.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1891, 1966, 1999—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1891-12-12, 1891-09-12—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Antonin, Berval and French providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Antonin Berval”, the useful work is to connect “french singer and actor (1891–1966)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2857107. VIAF identifies the subject as 261909276. The Library of Congress control number is no2009101171. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1891, 1966 and 1999.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Antonin Berval”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Antonin Berval primary sources, Antonin Berval archive and Antonin research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  3. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
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This entry incorporates text from “Antonin Berval” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.