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Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-04-18

Place of Birth

Bessines, Deux-Sèvres, France

Jean Richard

Biography

Jean Richard (18 April 1921 – 12 December 2001) was a French actor, comedian, and circus entrepreneur. He is best remembered for his role as Georges Simenon's Maigret in the eponymous French television series, which he played for more than twenty years, and for his circus activities. Richard was born in Bessines, Deux-Sevres. In the 1970s–1980s, he owned and managed three major circuses, two theme parks near Paris, La Mer de Sable and La Vallée des Peaux-Rouges, and a private zoo in his property of Ermenonville, Oise. He died on 12 December 2001 in Senlis, aged 80. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Richard (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Sacrée soirée

Sacrée soirée

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Apostrophes

Apostrophes

Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.

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Champs-Elysées

Champs-Elysées

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Champs-Elysées

Champs-Elysées

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Le monde est à vous

Le monde est à vous

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Midi trente

Midi trente

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Le Grand Échiquier

Le Grand Échiquier

Le Grand Échiquier is a French variety television program created and presented by Jacques Chancel. It aired at 8:30 pm on the first channel of the ORTF from January 12, 1972 to July 12, 1972, then on the second color channel of the ORTF from September 1972 to December 1974, and finally on Antenne 2 from January 1975 to December 21, 1989. The program returned to France 2 on December 20, 2018 and is hosted by Anne-Sophie Lapix.

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Discorama

Discorama

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Samedi soir

Samedi soir

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30 millions d'amis

30 millions d'amis

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Cinépanorama

Cinépanorama

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The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret

The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret

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Signé Furax

Signé Furax

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Cadet Rousselle

Cadet Rousselle

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La Joie de vivre

La Joie de vivre

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