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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1899-07-05 (125 years old)

Place of Birth

Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France

Marcel Achard

Biography:

Marcel Achard (b. 5 July 1899, in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, Rhône; d. 4 September 1974, Paris) was a French playwright and screenwriter whose popular sentimental comedies maintained his position as a highly-recognizable name in his country's theatrical and literary circles for five decades. He was elected to the Académie Française in 1959.

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Known For

Acting

2019

Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol as Self (archive footage)

1971

Samedi soir as Self

1964

Cherchez l'idole as Self, guest at Sylvie Vartan's show (uncredited)

1954

1952

Love, Madame as Self (uncredited)

1924

Entr'acte as A man following the hearse (uncredited)

Writing

1991

The Idiot as Theatre Play

1982

Jean de la lune as Author
Patate as Writer

1980

A bolond lány as Writer

1978

Idiotka as Theatre Play

1977

La bagatelle as Author

1976

Domino as Theatre Play

1974

Pétrus as Writer

1972

Noix de coco as Author

1967

Domino as Theatre Play

1966

1964

Friends of the family as Screenplay
A Shot in the Dark as Theatre Play

1961

1958

1955

1954

Storm as Writer

1947

1946

Pétrus as Screenplay
Lunegarde as Screenplay

1943

Immortal France as Writer
Domino as Writer

1942

Alibi as Story

1939

The Deserter as Screenplay

1937

Gribouille as Screenplay
Alibi as Writer
The Messenger as Writer
Under Secret Orders as Adaptation

1936

Mayerling as Screenplay

1935

Folies Bergère as Writer

1932

Directing

1950

Paris Waltz as Director

1949

Jean de la Lune as Director

1935

Folies Bergère as Director