Fabbri, Jacques

(Jacques Fabbricotti / July 4, 1925, Paris, France - December 24, 1997, Tourgeville, Calvados, France)

   He already was a cabaret entertainer when he made his acting debut onstage in 1947, playing in Marcel Aymé's Lucienne et le Boucher at the Théâtre of Vieux-Colombier. By 1952, he had joined various theatrical companies and soon created his own group, soberly called La Compagnie Jacques Fabbri. He gained a durable fame as stage actor and director and played in about fifty films (from 1949 Rendez-vous de Juillet, Jacques Becker, to 1990 La Femme fardée, José Pin-heiro) including the one he co-directed with Pierre Lary. Autobiography: 1978 Être Saltimbanque (Editions Robert Laffont).

 Filmography

1965 ◘ Les Pieds dans le Plâtre (also co-screenwriter; co-director with Pierre Lary)