El Hedi ben Salem
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- 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
- IMDB:nm0373289
El Hedi ben Salem is a Moroccan actor. He is best known as the lover and collaborator of provocative German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. He died of a heart attack 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.