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François Cavanna(1923-2014)

  • Writer
  • Actor
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François Cavanna was born on 22 February 1923 in Paris, France. He was a writer and actor, known for Merci Bernard (1982), Le petit rapporteur (1975) and La fête des mères (1969). He died on 29 January 2014 in Créteil, Val-de-Marne, France.
BornFebruary 22, 1923
DiedJanuary 29, 2014(90)
BornFebruary 22, 1923
DiedJanuary 29, 2014(90)
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Known for

Merci Bernard (1982)
Merci Bernard
7.0
TV Series
  • Writer
Le petit rapporteur (1975)
Le petit rapporteur
7.2
TV Series
  • Writer
La fête des mères (1969)
La fête des mères
3.7
Short
  • Writer
  • 1969
Paulette, la pauvre petite milliardaire (1986)
Paulette, la pauvre petite milliardaire
4.5
  • Un ex-détenu
  • 1986

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Writer

  • Les ritals
    6.8
    TV Movie
    • novel
    • 1991
  • Merci Bernard (1982)
    Merci Bernard
    7.0
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1982–1984
  • Le petit rapporteur (1975)
    Le petit rapporteur
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1975
  • La fête des mères (1969)
    La fête des mères
    3.7
    Short
    • short story
    • 1969

Actor

  • Paulette, la pauvre petite milliardaire (1986)
    Paulette, la pauvre petite milliardaire
    4.5
    • Un ex-détenu
    • 1986
  • Long Live Women! (1984)
    Long Live Women!
    4.9
    • Le paysan au béret (as Cavanna)
    • 1984
  • Y a-t-il un Français dans la salle? (1982)
    Y a-t-il un Français dans la salle?
    5.7
    • Malgençon
    • 1982
  • L'an 01 (1973)
    L'an 01
    6.2
    • Un conspirateur (as L'équipe Hara-Kiri)
    • 1973

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Cavanna
  • Born
    • February 22, 1923
    • Paris, France
  • Died
    • January 29, 2014
    • Créteil, Val-de-Marne, France(Parkinson's disease)

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  • Trivia
    He was a journalist and novelist.
  • Quotes
    Nothing is sacred. Not even your own mother, not the Jewish martyrs, not even people starving of hunger. Laugh at everything, ferociously, bitterly, to exorcise the old monsters.

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