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Léon Zitrone
Acting

Léon Zitrone
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1914-11-25,Petrograd, Russian Empire [now St. Petersburg, Russia]
Gender
Male
Biography
Léon Zitrone (25 November 1914 – 25 November 1995) was a Russian-born French journalist and television presenter. Zitrone was born in Petrograd, Russia. He arrived in France with his family fleeing communism at the age of six. He graduated from the ESJ Paris. He began by training in scientific studies but his mastership of Russian, French, English and German gave him entrance in 1948 to the radio foreign broadcasting services of Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (RTF). In 1959, he joined the television activity of RTF. From 1961, he became news presenter, function he occupied for nearly 20 years, first until 1975, on the first French television channel (now TF1), then also on Antenne 2, the other public service channel. Jean-Pierre Elkabbach called him back in 1979. He then took charge of the news program during the week-end (his contract was established until 1 February 1981). He would come back for those news programs also during the Easter and Pentecost week-ends. But Léon Zitrone's celebrity is due to the programs he presented or co-presented. He was host of the televised program Intervilles (French counterpart of Britain's It's a Knockout) with Guy Lux. He commented 6 times the Tour de France, and he is remembered for his prodigious memory for names of riders. He presented the Olympics for 8 times, commented the Eurovision Song Contest on 4 occasions and presented 16 Bastille Day military parades. Above all, he was the key-commenter for big events, such as weddings, burials or investitures of world's key figures, some thirty of them during the course of his career. In 1978, following French singer Marie Myriam's victory the previous year, the Eurovision song contest took place in Paris. Léon Zitrone co-presented with Denise Fabre and made the presentation in English. He was the oldest host of the Eurovision Song Contest, aged 63. In 1984, Zitrone took a leading role in the movie American Dreamer. He died from a cerebral hemorrhage on his 81st birthday, 25 November 1995, at the Val-de-Grâce hospital in Paris. Source: Article "Léon Zitrone" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Filmography

7.5

Dorothée Show
1987-12-26

5.65

Marriage
1974-12-31

Marriage of the Century

5.4

Marriage of the Century
1985-10-08

Clémentine chérie

6.167

Clémentine chérie
1964-08-04

0

Let Them Live!
1970-02-20

Drôles de zèbres

3.688

Drôles de zèbres
1977-03-22

5

Cocagne
1961-03-08

Assassin's Check

10

Assassin's Check
1962-08-10

6.6

Rue de Paris
1959-10-21

Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ

6.1

Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
1982-10-06

La Lucarne magique

0

La Lucarne magique
1971-10-04

Three Faces of Sin

7.25

Three Faces of Sin
1961-09-12

Les Mots pour le dire

6.667

Les Mots pour le dire
1983-10-12

5

Menace
1972-02-18

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

7.2

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

Les gros malins

5

Les gros malins
1969-05-13

Be Careful Ladies

6.5

Be Careful Ladies
1963-10-02

The Boss of Champignol

8

The Boss of Champignol
1966-03-16

J'ai tout donné

9.333

J'ai tout donné
1972-06-21

American Dreamer

6.338

American Dreamer
1984-10-26

The Bamboo Stroke

4.5

The Bamboo Stroke
1963-04-11

Seventeenth Heaven

5.6

Seventeenth Heaven
1966-04-27

Operation Double Cross

5

Operation Double Cross
1965-11-10

Actualités télérévisées

0

Actualités télérévisées
1964-04-01

Leon Garros Is Looking for His Friend

9.5

Leon Garros Is Looking for His Friend
1961-01-13

6.375

Live for Life
1967-09-13

6.6

The Party
1980-12-17

From Hong Kong with Love

5.132

From Hong Kong with Love
1975-12-17

Vingt mille lieues sur la Terre

0

Vingt mille lieues sur la Terre
1961-01-01

8

À bout portant
1968-12-16

Eurovision Song Contest

7.2

Eurovision Song Contest
1956-05-24

8

Dim Dam Dom
1965-03-07

6

Midi trente
1972-03-06

6

Samedi soir
1971-01-09

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

6

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975-01-12

30 millions d'amis

6.167

30 millions d'amis
1976-01-06

9

Midi Première
1975-01-06

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

6.6

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022-12-21

8.5

Apostrophes
1975-01-10

6.75

Champs-Elysées
1982-01-16

En direct de...

0

En direct de...
1956-02-16

30 millions d'amis

6.167

30 millions d'amis
1976-01-06

5

Téléthon
1987-12-04

5.7

Sacrée soirée
1987-09-02

5.7

Sacrée soirée
1987-09-02

7

Intervilles
1962-07-19

Cérémonie des César

4.6

Cérémonie des César
1976-04-03