Smaïn

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Smaïn (born Smaïn Fairouze, on January 3, 1958 in Constantine, Algeria) is a French comedian, humorist, writer, actor and director of Algerian descent. Born in 1958 in Constantine, Algeria, to an unknown father and mother, Smaïn Fairouze was taken in by the children's ward of the civil hospital. In 1960, brought back to France by an administrative assistant, he joined his foster family. His adoptive father, a street sweeper at the Régie immobilière de la ville de Paris, was Algerian and his adoptive mother, a cleaning lady, was Moroccan. He attended the Notre-Dame school in Saint-Mandé and then the Saint-Michel high school in St Mandé. During his childhood, he practiced choral singing for many years. Smaïn, to break into the world of show business, counted on the limitless support of his adoptive parents: «Of modest origins, they looked with suspicion at the world of artists. They...

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Camping ParadisSeries • 2006Le Théâtre de BouvardSeries • 1982The Telephone Always Rings TwiceMovie • 1985One Can Always DreamMovie • 1991Three Lives and Only One DeathMovie • 1996The Car KeysMovie • 2003The Blond Boy from the CasbahMovie • 2023PlacésMovie • 2022The Joint BrothersMovie • 1986Un p’tit gars de MénilmontantMovie • 2013La SmalaMovie • 1984The Imaginary DoctorMovie • 2022