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Raymond Devos
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Raymond Devos
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1922-11-09,Mouscron, Belgium
Gender
Male
Biography
Raymond Devos (9 November 1922 – 15 June 2006) was a Belgian-French humorist, stand-up comedian and clown. He is best known for his sophisticated puns and surreal humour. Devos was born in Mouscron, Belgium, close to the French border. Both his parents were French and he moved to Tourcoing, France, at the age of two. Seven years later, his family moved to Paris. During the Second World War he was sent, like many young men of his generation, to Germany to work. On his return to France, he took acting and mime lessons at the Étienne Ducroux school, where he met Marcel Marceau. In 1948, he was part of a burlesque trio (in the older sense of the word burlesque). Devos's career took off in the 1950s when he began writing his own one man shows and was the opening act for Maurice Chevalier. Although his act still involved elements of his early years as a clown (such as juggling) he was mostly recognized because of his mastery of the French language. His unique brand of surreal humour and sophisticated puns garnered him much respect throughout the Francophone world. Devos is a leading character in Alejandro Jodorowsky's surrealist 1957 debut short film Les têtes interverties (a mime adaptation of Thomas Mann's 1940 play The Transposed Heads). Perhaps his best-known international appearance is a cameo in Jean-Luc Godard's Pierrot le Fou 1965 as a man sitting on a harbourside who is obsessed with the memory of a mysterious love song. He performed for the last time in 1999 in Paris's Olympia Theater. He died in Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, Yvelines, France. Because he was born in Belgium, the nationality of Devos was often, and still is, a source of confusion. Some media reported his death by referring to "Belgian comic Devos" or "French and Belgian comic Devos". He also has a Dutch/Flemish family name. Devos was born of French parents and raised in France, but was always respectful of his country of birth and once quipped that he was still, after all, a "fake Belgian". Source: Article "Raymond Devos" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

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Pierrot le Fou
1965-11-05

This Pretty World

4

This Pretty World
1957-09-27

Raymond Devos à l'Olympia

8.3

Raymond Devos à l'Olympia
1999-02-08

Raymond Devos : Les 100 plus grands sketches

0

Raymond Devos : Les 100 plus grands sketches
2007-12-26

You Have Nothing to Declare?

5.8

You Have Nothing to Declare?
1959-08-29

Raymond Devos - 80 ans, 80 sketches

9.5

Raymond Devos - 80 ans, 80 sketches
2002-10-28

À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

7

À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
2017-09-01

Michel Sardou - Show Sardou

0

Michel Sardou - Show Sardou
1994-12-22

Work and Freedom

0

Work and Freedom
1959-12-23

The Right of the Maddest

5.8

The Right of the Maddest
1973-03-27

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

4.8

Tartarin de Tarascon
1962-11-22

2.5

The Sicilian
1958-11-26

The Severed Heads

6.1

The Severed Heads
1957-03-31

Les 60 ans du one-man-show

5

Les 60 ans du one-man-show
2020-01-31

Raymond Devos, un hommaginaire

8

Raymond Devos, un hommaginaire
2016-11-06

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)

0

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009-10-13

0

Teuf-teuf
1963-10-05

Raymond Devos - Au Palais Royal

10

Raymond Devos - Au Palais Royal
1989-06-01

Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre Antoine

10

Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre Antoine
1978-06-01

Raymond Devos - À l'Olympia

0

Raymond Devos - À l'Olympia
1994-01-01

Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre Montparnasse

9

Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre Montparnasse
1982-01-01

Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre Romain Rolland De Villejuif

10

Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre Romain Rolland De Villejuif
1992-01-01

Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre De La Porte Saint Martin

10

Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre De La Porte Saint Martin
2002-01-01

Victoires de la musique

2

Victoires de la musique
1985-11-23

8

À bout portant
1968-12-16

Le Grand Échiquier

8

Le Grand Échiquier
1972-01-12

Le Grand Échiquier

8

Le Grand Échiquier
1972-01-12

6

Samedi soir
1971-01-09

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

6

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975-01-12

0

Discorama
1959-02-04

30 millions d'amis

5.8

30 millions d'amis
1976-01-06

6

Numéro un
1975-04-05

8

Cinépanorama
1956-02-04

8.5

Apostrophes
1975-01-10

6.2

Champs-Elysées
1982-01-16

5

Téléthon
1987-12-04

Vivement dimanche

3.2

Vivement dimanche
1998-09-20

6.2

Sacrée soirée
1987-09-02

6.2

Sacrée soirée
1987-09-02