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Philippe Clair
Sign in to saveFrench film director (1930-2020)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Sociétés contemporaines n83 (French Edition)
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Film & TV
Ahfir, Moroco
Prosper Charles Bensoussan professionally known as Philippe Clair (14 September 1930 – 28 November 2020) was a Moroccan-French actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and popular humorist. Along with fellow French directors Max Pécas and Richard Balducci, his name is synonymous with the golden age of camp and low comedy in French cinema. Philippe Clair moved to Paris in 1950 to study acting at…
Known for
- The Foreign Eye — Self2006
- Arte 1 Documenta2006
- Si tu vas à Rio... tu meurs — Shipowner1987
- Cayenne Palace — José Morgan1987
- Si t'as besoin de rien, fais-moi signe — Simon1986
- How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave — Prosper de Courtaboeuf1984
- More Beautiful Than Me You Die — Prosper1982
- Shut Up When You Speak! — Ahmed1981
- Rodriguez au pays des merguez — Roro1980
- Ces flics étranges venus d'ailleurs — L'adjudant Prosper Perez, dit 'Tonton Merguez'1979
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- France
- Active from
- 1930
- Active to
- 2020
Discography
- Philippe Clair1977
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 32
- Total plays
- 61
Tags
humour
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Ahfir
- Place of death
- Courbevoie
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
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- date of birth
- 1930-00-00
- Commons category
- Philippe Clair
- birth name
- Prosper Bensoussan
- date of death
- 2020-11-28
- name in native language
- Philippe Clair
- start of work period
- 1950-00-00
- end of work period
- 2013-00-00
- place of burial
- Cimetière de Pantin
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