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Saturnin Fabre

Saturnin Fabre, born April 4, 1884 in Sens (Yonne) and died October 24, 1961 in Montgeron (Essonne), is a French actor. His paternal family was from the south of France (Var and Bouches-du-Rhône). He lived in Deuil-la-Barre. He won a first prize at the Conservatoire and played dramas, boulevard comedies and operettas as well, setting himself up as the "thundering", out of phase phrasing, of French cinema. He approaches the silent cinema since 1911 with Albert Capellani to whom we owe since 1909 the first French feature film: L'Assommoir. In 1929, he switched to talking with The Road is Beautiful Robert Florey. Known for his strong personality, he is one of the most singular supporting roles of pre-war and post-war French cinema, in the tradition of Jean Tissier and Julien Carette. He occupies the screen with such a presence that he often forget the many turnips in which he participates. He is particularly remembered for his tremendous choppy voice and perfect diction. In the film Marie-Martine Albert Valentin, he addresses to Bernard Blier, who plays his nephew, his most famous replica: "Hold your candle right! ". It is said that at the third resumption of the repartee, it is the public who answered. He has played in almost 79 talking films, mostly comedies, under the direction of 57 different directors (mostly prestigious). In 1948, he signs, from the anagram Ninrutas Erbaf, perfectly wacky memories, under the title Scottish Shower. He was also a very good clarinetist, and the author of several songs and sketches he performed on stage early in his career. For the actress Danièle Delorme, "Saturnin Fabre was a hallucinated comedian". Still according to her, "It was a baroque actor, certainly, there was a grain of madness in him. But he was furiously intelligent, with great lucidity ... He embodied excess. " Saturnin Fabre died in 1961 in his property in Montgeron, overwhelmed by pulmonary edema. He is buried in the Carrières-sous-Poissy cemetery in the Yvelines. He never consoled himself for the death of his wife, Suzanne Marie Benoist, in 1957 with whom he was married on November 26, 1925 in Paris XVIII. The Cannes Film Festival paid him a late tribute, and posthumously, in 1962. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Description above from the Wikipedia article Saturnin Fabre, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Apr 4, 1884 In Sens, Yonne, France
Movie/TV Credits:
73
First Appeared:
In the movie She Played and Paid 1920-04-16
Latest Project:
Movie Service Entrance 1954-08-16
Known For
Poster of We Request a Household
Poster of Gargousse
Poster of We Found a Naked Woman
Poster of The Road Is Fine
Filmography
Movie Service Entrance Mr Delécluze, père et bourreau officiel 1954-08-16
Movie It's the Paris Life Comte Gontran de Barfleur 1954-05-28
Movie Carnival Dr. Caberlot 1953-05-25
Movie Virgile Le président 1953-11-18
Movie The Most Wanted Man W.W. Stone 1953-12-02
Movie Holiday for Henrietta Antoine - a consumer 1952-12-17
Movie Les Petites Cardinal Horace Cardinal 1951-06-22
Movie Rome Express Le professeur 1950-01-18
Movie Miquette Le marquis 1950-04-14
Movie Brasil 1950-12-31
Movie Girl from Maxim's Le général Petypon du Grêlé 1950-09-15
Movie Dr. Laennec Laennec Père 1949-06-17
Movie La Veuve et l'innocent Achille Panoyau, accused 1949-08-24
Movie Si jeunesse savait... Abdul 1948-04-30
Movie Scandals of Clochemerle Alexandre Bourdillat 1948-06-09
Movie Ploum, ploum, tra-la-la Basile Samara 1947-08-22
Movie A Friend Will Come Tonight Philippe Prunier 1946-04-09
Movie The J3 The high school principal 1946-04-17
Movie Lunegarde Monsieur de Vertumne 1946-01-16
Movie Christine se marie Sébastien Aurelle, the musician 1946-06-30
Movie Women's Games Uncle Hubert 1946-05-13
Movie We Request a Household Horace Rouvière 1946-10-16
Movie Gates of the Night Monsieu Sénéchal 1946-12-03
Movie The French Way Monsieur Dalban 1945-06-27
Movie The White Blackbird Jules Leroy 1944-12-06
Movie Marie-Martine l'oncle Parpain 1943-05-11
Movie White Wings Siméon 1943-03-10
Movie Le Soleil de minuit Ireniev 1943-06-30
Movie Jeannou Frochard 1943-11-10
Movie Opéra-musette Monsieur Honoré 1942-02-18
Movie Fantastic Night Thalès 1942-07-10
Movie Mademoiselle Swing Grégoire Dimitresco 1942-06-12
Movie The Suitors Club Cabarus 1941-09-26
Movie Ne bougez plus ! Andromaque de Miremir 1941-10-30
Movie Beating Heart Aristide 1940-02-01
Movie Coral Reefs Hobson 1939-03-01
Movie Pasha's Wives Djemal Pacha 1939-02-18
Movie The Mayor's Dilemma le père Rossignol 1939-03-23
Movie Nine Bachelors Count Adhémar Colombinet de La Jonchère 1939-09-29
Movie Monsieur Brotonneau 1939-08-04
Movie Cavalcade of Love Monsieur Dupont-Dufort 1939-11-06
Movie The Woman Thief Academician 1938-03-30
Movie Golden Venus 1938-05-13
Movie Gargousse Lebrennois, le maire 1938-07-27
Movie The Tamer 1938-12-14
Movie Beautiful Star Lemarchal 1938-11-24
Movie Tricoche and Cacolet Monsieur Van der Pouf 1938-09-06
Movie Confessions of a Newlywed Professeur Puget 1937-02-26
Movie Pépé le Moko Le Grand Père 1937-01-28
Movie The Smart People of the 11th Inspector General Burnous 1937-03-12
Movie Le Chanteur de minuit 1937-12-16
Movie Ignace Le baron Gédéon des Orfrais 1937-04-30
Movie Désiré Adrien 1937-12-03
Movie Colonial Canteen 1937-07-09
Movie Train de plaisir Mr. Bring 1936-03-14
Movie Toi, c'est moi 1936-01-01
Movie Generals Without Buttons 1936-10-27
Movie The Bureaucrats Le tondu 1936-12-15
Movie Seven Men, One Woman Derain, député à la Chambre 1936-08-28
Movie Le Roman d'un jeune homme pauvre Bévallan 1935-02-21
Movie L'enfant du carnaval 1934-04-26
Movie Casanova 1934-04-13
Movie Son autre amour Monsieur Léopard, director 1934-02-23
Movie Les Deux Canards 1934-04-19
Movie We Found a Naked Woman 1934-05-18
Movie The Free Trade Hotel M. Mathieu 1934-11-10
Movie Mam'zelle Spahi Le Colonel du 32ème Spahis 1934-11-09
Movie The Improvised Son Mr. Brassart 1932-11-22
Movie Hearts Are Trumps 1931-10-06
Movie The Darling of Paris 1931-10-09
Movie Love Songs Monsieur Crespin 1930-11-21
Movie The Road Is Fine Le professeur Pique 1929-12-20
Movie She Played and Paid comte de Bréchebel 1920-04-16