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20th-century French comedians
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The list 20th-century French comedians includes
Henri Salvador, Armand Bernard, Frigide Barjot and Emmanuel Peterfalvi.
The list consists of 36 members.
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Louis de Funès
French actor and comedian (1914–1983)
Overview: Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a French actor and comedian. He is France's favourite actor, according to a series of polls conducted since the late 1960s ...Date of birth: 31 July 1914Date of death: 27 January 1983Age: 68 (age at death)Nationality: FrenchOccupation: ActorGender: MaleHeight: 5' 4" (163 cm)
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Maurice Chevalier
French singer, actor, and entertainer (1888–1972)
Overview: Maurice Auguste Chevalier (12 September 1888 – 1 January 1972) was a French actor, cabaret singer and entertainer. He is perhaps best known for his signature songs, including "Livin' In The Sunlight" ...Date of birth: 12 September 1888Date of death: 1 January 1972Age: 83 (age at death)Nationality: FrenchOccupation: ActorGender: MaleHeight: 6' (183 cm) 0
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Henri Salvador
French Guinean musician
Overview: Henri Salvador (18 July 1917 – 13 February 2008) was a French Caribbean comedian, singer and cabaret artist.Date of birth: 18 July 1917Date of death: 13 February 2008Age: 90 (age at death)Nationality: FrenchOccupation: SingerGender: Male 0
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Jacques Tati
French filmmaker
Overview: Jacques Tati (born Jacques Tatischeff, 9 October 1907 – 5 November 1982) was a French mime, filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. Throughout his long career, he worked as a comic actor, writer, and director ...Date of birth: 9 October 1907Date of death: 4 November 1982Age: 75 (age at death)Nationality: FrenchOccupation: ActorGender: MaleHeight: 6' 3" (190 cm) 0
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Fernandel
French actor and singer
Overview: Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin (8 May 1903 – 26 February 1971), better known as Fernandel, was a French actor and singer. Born in Marseille, France, to Désirée Bedouin and Denis Contandin, originating ...Date of birth: 8 May 1903Date of death: 26 February 1971Age: 67 (age at death)Nationality: FrenchOccupation: ActorGender: Male 1
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Coluche
French actor
Overview: Michel Gérard Joseph Colucci (28 October 1944 – 19 June 1986), better known under his stage name Coluche (), was a French stage comedian and cinema actor. He adopted Coluche as a stage name at age 26 ...Date of birth: 28 October 1944Date of death: 19 June 1986Age: 41 (age at death)Nationality: FrenchOccupation: ActorGender: Male 0
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Bourvil
Actor
Overview: André Bourvil, born André Robert Raimbourg (27 July 1917 – 23 September 1970), often known mononymously as Bourvil, was a French actor and singer best known for his roles in comedy films, most notably ...Date of birth: 27 July 1917Date of death: 23 September 1970Age: 53 (age at death)Nationality: FrenchOccupation: ActorGender: Male 1
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Les Charlots
French group of musicians, comedians, and actors
Overview: Les Charlots, known as The Crazy Boys in the English-speaking world, was a group of French musicians, singers, comedians and film actors, who were popular in the 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s. 0
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Muriel Robin
French actress (born 1955)
Overview: Muriel Robin (born 2 August 1955) is a French actress and comedian. She won an International Emmy Award for Best Actress in 2007 and received a nomination for a César Award in 2001 and six nominations ...Date of birth: 2 August 1955Age: 69Nationality: FrenchOccupation: ComedianGender: FemalePartner: Anne Le Nen (Married) 0
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Paul Préboist
French actor
Overview: Paul Préboist (21 February 1927 – 4 March 1997) was a French actor. He appeared in more than hundred films, mostly in supporting roles, and is best known as a comic actor.Date of birth: 21 July 1927Date of death: 8 March 1997Age: 69 (age at death)Nationality: FrenchOccupation: ActorGender: Male 0
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Thierry Le Luron
French comedian
Overview: Thierry Le Luron (2 April 1952 – 13 November 1986) was a French impressionist and humorist.Date of birth: 2 April 1952Date of death: 13 November 1986Age: 34 (age at death)Nationality: FrenchOccupation: EntertainerGender: Male 0
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Ray Ventura
French musician
Overview: Raymond Ventura (16 April 1908, Paris, France – 29 March 1979, Palma de Mallorca, Spain) was a French jazz pianist and bandleader. He helped popularize jazz in France in the 1930s. His nephew was singer ...Date of birth: 16 April 1908Date of death: 29 March 1979Age: 70 (age at death)Nationality: FrenchOccupation: MusicianGender: Male 0
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Raymond Devos
Belgian comedian
Overview: Raymond Devos (9 November 1922 – 15 June 2006) was a Belgian-French humorist, stand-up comedian and clown. He is best known for his sophisticated puns and surreal humour.Date of birth: 9 November 1922Date of death: 15 June 2006Age: 83 (age at death)Nationality: BelgianOccupation: ComedianGender: Male 0
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Overview: Les Inconnus ("The Unknowns") are a French trio of humorists: Didier Bourdon, Bernard Campan and Pascal Légitimus. While their first successes were on stage, they are most famous for their satirical sketch ... 0
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Pierre Repp
French humorist and actor
Overview: Pierre Repp (5 November 1909 in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, France – 1 November 1986 in Plessis-Trévise, France) was a French humorist and actor. His real name was Pierre Alphonse Léon Frédéric Bouclet. On ...Date of birth: 5 November 1909Date of death: 1 November 1986Age: 76 (age at death)Nationality: FrenchOccupation: ActorGender: Male 0
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Frigide Barjot
French humorist
Overview: Virginie Tellenne (née Merle; born September 25, 1962) better known by her alias Frigide Barjot, is a French humorist, columnist and political activist. A former socialite of the Parisian nightlife, who ...Date of birth: 25 September 1962Age: 61Nationality: FrenchOccupation: ActivistGender: FemalePartner: Basile De Koch (Married) 0
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Marie Dubas
French singer
Overview: Marie Dubas (3 September 1894 – 21 February 1972) was a French music-hall singer, diseuse and comedian.Date of birth: 3 September 1894Date of death: 12 March 1972Age: 77 (age at death)Occupation: SingerGender: Female 0
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Émile Drain
French actor
Overview: Émile Drain (1890–1966) was a French actor and comedian.Date of birth: 1 February 1890Date of death: 22 November 1966Age: 76 (age at death)Nationality: FrenchOccupation: ComedianGender: Male 0
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Fernand Raynaud
French actor
Overview: André Gustave Fernand Raynaud, best known as Fernand Raynaud (May 19, 1926 – September 28, 1973), was a French stand-up comic star, an actor and a singer.Date of birth: 17 May 1926Date of death: 28 September 1973Age: 47 (age at death)Nationality: FrenchOccupation: ActorGender: Male 0
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Sylvie Joly
French actress and comedian
Overview: Sylvie Joly (18 October 1934 – 4 September 2015) was a French actress and comedian. She was best known for her roles in the films Going Places (1974) and Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978).Date of birth: 28 October 1934Date of death: 4 September 2015Age: 80 (age at death)Nationality: FrenchOccupation: ComedianGender: Female 0
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