Bozzufi, Marcel

(Marcel Bozzuffi / October 28, 1929, Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France - February I, 1988, Paris, France)

   The son of Italian immigrants, he played with amateur companies before attending drama courses at the Cours Simon. He performed onstage in such plays as Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge (Vu du Pont, directed by Peter Brook, 1959) and Lilian Hellman's The Little Foxes (Les Petits Renards, directed by Pierre Mondy, 1963) and played supporting, second lead, and a few leading roles in almost 100 films and TV mov­ies (from 1954 Le Fils de Caroline chérie / UK: Caroline and the Rebels / USA: The Son of Dear Caroline, Jean Devaivre, to 1988 Il colpo, TV movie, Sauro Scavolini, Italy). He co-wrote the screenplay of Patrick Jamain's Le Mandarin (also actor, 1980). From 1963 to his death, he was the companion and then husband to actress Françoise Fabian (b. 1933).

 Filmography

1969 ◘ L'Américain (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, actor)

 Television Filmography

        ◘ Les Grands Ducs (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, actor)

        ◘ Bon Anniversaire Juliette (also screenwriter, dialogist)