About
François Jean Blanche, known as "Francis Blanche" (20 July 1921 – 6 July 1974) was a French actor, singer, humorist and author. He was a very popular figure on stage, radio and in films, during the 1950s and 1960s. His two daughters, Barbara & Dominique, are artists with their studios in Eze. Blanche was born in an artistic family, mainly of stage actors—including his father Louis Blanche and his uncle, Emmanuel Blanche, who was a painter—. He completed his secondary schooling at fourteen, the youngest in France to do so at the time. In the 1940s and 1950s, Blanche was part of Robert Dhéry's theatrical company Les Branquignols, with whom he played in the film Ah! Les belles bacchantes, starring Robert Dhéry, Colette Brosset (Dhéry's then-wife), and Louis de Funès; directed by Jean Loubignac in 1954. Blanche teamed up with Pierre Dac to form a comic duo best remembered for Le Sâr...
Known for
Belle de JourMovie • 1967
La Grande BouffeMovie • 1973
The Black TulipMovie • 1964
The EroticistMovie • 1972
Crooks in CloverMovie • 1963
Peek-a-booMovie • 1954
The Great Spy ChaseMovie • 1964
The Oldest ProfessionMovie • 1967
No Pockets in a ShroudMovie • 1974
Dandelions by the RootsMovie • 1964
Light-Fingered GeorgeMovie • 1963
The Seventh JurorMovie • 1962
Babette Goes to WarMovie • 1959
Some Like It... ColdMovie • 1960
The World's Most Beautiful SwindlersMovie • 1964
Male HuntMovie • 1964
The Green MareMovie • 1959
Loose in the TriggerMovie • 1967
People in LuckMovie • 1963
The Big ScareMovie • 1964
Toto in ParisMovie • 1958
The Big WashMovie • 1968