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Georges de Caunes
Acting

Georges de Caunes
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1919-04-26,Toulouse, France
Gender
Male
Biography
Louis Georges Gustave de Caunes (26 April 1919 – 28 June 2004), professionally known as Georges de Caunes, was a well-known French television and radio presenter, journalist, writer and producer whose career spanned over six decades in French language television and radio. De Caunes joined broadcasting in 1945, shortly after the Second World War, there he translated Voice of America into French for the National broadcaster Radiodiffusion française. When television was launched in 1949, De Caunes became one of the first newsreaders on National TV, for which he co-anchored with Pierre Tchernia and Claude Dargat. He later went freelance and in 1953 was offered a full-time presenting job on TMC, following a success on Monacan television, De Caunes was later offered a radio presenting job on the newly formed station Europe 1. Between 1964 and 1966 he was head anchor for the evening news on O.R.T.F and by 1967 he had moved to Radio Luxembourg to front the morning show. He made guest appearances in other television productions including a few episodes of Le Voyageur des siècles. He was also the French commentator at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1971, 1975 and 1977. He was also had a passion for theatre and in 1979 wrote a play entitled Comédie pour un meurtre. He was also a keen sports presenter fronting several football matches across the world for French television. De Caunes was married three times. His first wife was the writer Benoîte Groult, they had two daughters Blandine (born 1946) and Lison (born 1950). He left Groult for television presenter Jacqueline Joubert from whom they had a son Antoine (who is now one of France's best known entertainers and the host of Eurotrash). In 1960 De Caunes divorced Joubert and in 1967 he married reporter Anne-Marie Carmentrez they had two children together Marie and Pierre (who is now a presenter). De Caunes became a grandfather in 1977, when his son Antoine's wife gave birth to a girl: Emma de Caunes who is now a well-known actress in France. He was awarded both National Order of Merit and the Legion of Honour by President François Mitterrand. Following a long time of illness, De Caunes died on 28 June 2004. Since his death, tributes rendered him, streets and avenues named after him. Writers of adventure books receive the "literary Prix Georges de Caunes" as the book festival in La Rochelle. Since 2005, the Festival Georges de Caunes, Human Adventure Sports and takes place in Vallauris (formerly Fidlas, International Film Festival and the Book of Sports Adventure). Source: Article "Georges de Caunes" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

Route des Cimes

10

Route des Cimes
1957-09-18

4.864

À la Mode
1993-09-10

10

Greenland
1952-04-23

9

Over the waves
1951-05-11

The Fuhrer Runs Amok

4.5

The Fuhrer Runs Amok
1974-04-12

0

Jeu de dames
1973-05-17

Secret professionnel

7

Secret professionnel
1959-10-21

6.5

Chance at Love
1964-10-30

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

7.2

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022-01-07

Tartarin de Tarascon

5.286

Tartarin de Tarascon
1962-11-22

Alibi pour un meurtre

0

Alibi pour un meurtre
1961-08-23

10

Tahiti
1957-05-17

Mitterrand et la télé

8.7

Mitterrand et la télé
2021-05-11

La Chance aux chansons

6.5

La Chance aux chansons
1984-03-26

8

Discorama
1959-02-04

6.75

Champs-Elysées
1982-01-16

8

Discorama
1959-02-04

6

40° à l'ombre
1987-06-29

En direct de...

0

En direct de...
1956-02-16

30 millions d'amis

6.167

30 millions d'amis
1976-01-06

5.7

Sacrée soirée
1987-09-02