Marcel Achard

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1899-07-05 (75 years old)

Deathday

1974-09-04

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marcel Achard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1952

Love, Madame

as Self (uncredited)

1964

Hard Boiled Ones

as Self (uncredited)

2019

Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol

as Self (archive footage)

1964

Cherchez l'idole

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

1924

Entr'acte

as A man following the hearse (uncredited)

Production

1939

The Deserter

as Screenplay

1937

Gribouille

as Screenplay

1946

Pétrus

as Screenplay

1961

1967

Domino

as Theatre Play

1976

Domino

as Theatre Play

1944

Twilight

as Writer

1961

1954

Storm

as Writer

1964

1935

Folies Bergère

as Director

1957

La Garçonne

as Writer

1937

Alibi

as Writer

1943

Domino

as Writer

1980

1935

1936

Mayerling

as Screenplay

1958

1942

Alibi

as Story

1950

Paris Waltz

as Director

1978

Idiotka

as Theatre Play

1964

A Shot in the Dark

as Theatre Play

1947

1974

Pétrus

as Writer

1982

1972

Noix de coco

as Author

1977

La bagatelle

as Author

1949

Jean de la Lune

as Director

1937

The Messenger

as Writer

1937

Under Secret Orders

as Adaptation

1946

Lunegarde

as Screenplay

1991

The Idiot

as Theatre Play

1982

Patate

as Writer

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