Personal Info
Francis-Jean Blanche
Francis Jean Blanche
Francis Blanche
Acting
Biography
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…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Les 100 vies de Francis Blanche
as Self (archive footage)
Pierre Dac et Francis Blanche : Le Meilleur du Parti d'en Rire
as Lui-même
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
as Self (archive footage)
A Whale That Had a Toothache
as Francis
No Pockets in a Shroud
as Nathaël Grissom
OK Patron
as Victor Hutin, Sophie's father
Say it with Flowers
as Gérard Rollain
By the Blood of Others
as Doctor
France, Incorporated
as Pierre, the perverted financier
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
as Wanderer
