Fantomas film complete louis de funes biography
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Biography: life and films
It's a myth that the French do not know how to make great film comedies. Comedy has and will always be one of the mainstays of French cinema, thanks in part to France's abundance of superb comedy performers. In film, the greatest French comic actor of them all is Louis de Funès, the star of some of France's most successful screen comedies and a popular cultural icon. Affectionately known as Fufu, this giant among comedy giants made making people laugh an art and it is impossible to watch any of his performances without succumbing to his genius for farce, mimicry or general off-the-wall lunacy. In a career that spanned five decades, Louis de Funès lent his inestimable talents to over 150 films, although it wasn't until the mid-1960s that he became a star, the brightest and most enduring in the French comedy firmament.Born in Courbevoie on 31st July 1914, Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (to give him his full name) was descended from the Spanish nobility and was the third child of Carlos Luis de Funes de Galarza, a lawyer who became a diamond merchant with vain hopes of making a fortune after settling with his family in France. His sister Marie ended up marrying the film director François Gir (who gave him one of his first substantial fil
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Fantômas
For other uses, see Fantômas (disambiguation).
Fictional character
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Louis de Funès de Galarza was born on July 31st, 1914 in Courbevoie, in the Hauts-de-Seine French département, of Spanish parents. His father was a senior lawyer at Sevilla. But, being conscious that he had to work a lot to earn enough for his family, decided to become a diamond cutter.
We can hardly believe this today as he's remembered by many people, but Louis took near than twenty years to get recognized in the actors world. His adult life started by switching from little job to little job; industrial draughtsman, photography apprentice, sewing house employee... His employers have been discouraged by his