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Jacques Martin

Actor, Director, Additional Credits
Born June 22, 1933Died September 14, 2007 (74 years)
Jacques Martin (22 June 1933 – 14 September 2007) was a French television host and producer.

Martin was born in Lyon. In the late 1960s, he formed a comical duet of hosts on radio Europe 1 with French actor Jean Yanne.

In the early 1970s, he was the sidekick of Danièle Gilbert, the host of Midi Première. Martin created and hosted such popular satirical TV shows such as Le Petit Rapporteur ("The Little Snitch, 1975–1976, TF1) and La Lorgnette ("The Opera Glasses", 1976–1977, Antenne 2). He also tried a film career, writing and directing one film (Na !, 1973) and playing in others such as La Passante du Sans-Souci, without great success.

An operetta fan, he enjoyed presenting TV shows mixing popular and classical music, such as Musique and music, which he prepared with the help of French composer Pierre Porte, invariably singing a few operetta arias himself during the show.

He was a great discoverer of talents throughout his career, with future successes such as Pierre Desproges, Stéphane Collaro, Laurent Ruquier or Laurent Gerra. He was also good at creating new concepts for television shows, the most famous being Le Petit Rapporteur and L'École des Fans. He was particularly apt at interacting with small children on television, which was the reason of the success of L'École des Fans. On a side note, L'École des Fans was the first television appearance of French singer Vanessa Paradis, in 1980; she was 7 years old.

He was a regular of the radio show Les Grosses Têtes. He was also an admirer of Sacha Guitry, whom he liked to quote and whose mannerisms he tried to emulate.

Until 1998, he hosted the entire afternoon of France 2 on Sundays, with a show called Dimanche Martin.

Martin died, aged 74, from cancer, on 14 September 2007 in the Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz, where he had settled. He is buried in Guillotière Cemetery in Lyon.

He was married and divorced twice; his second wife, Cécilia Ciganer-Albéniz, was the second wife of French president Nicolas Sarkozy and France's first lady. ...

Source: Article "Jacques Martin (TV host)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

  • The Passerby
  • Le Sex Shop
  • In the Affirmative

Jacques Martin Filmography

2022
Stella in Love · as Self
2022
2022
2021
Trintignant par Trintignant · as Self (archive Footage)
2018
Le Grand Échiquier (TV Series) · as Self
1994
Les enfants de la télé (TV Series) · as Self
1987
Night of the Molières (TV Series) · as Self - Presenter
1986
Les Enfoirés (TV Series) · as Self
1985
Les Grosses Tetes (TV Series) · as Self
1985
Les Victoires de la Musique (TV Series) · as Self
1982
Champs-Elysees (TV Series) · as Self
1976
César Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Host
1975
Number One (TV Series) · as Self
1975
Sunday meetings (TV Series) · as Self
1975
Apostrophes (TV Series) · as Self
1972
Top to ... (TV Series) · as Self
1971
La maffia du plaisir · as Self (uncredited)
1970
The Festival Game · as Self - Ceremony Master
1966
1959
Télé-Dimanche (TV Series) · as Self
1958
Les Cinq dernières minutes (TV Series) · as Self

2022
Dvoe na Kryishe · as Jean-Marie Chalupot
1982
The Passerby · as Marcel
1972
Le Sex Shop · as Bernard
1969
Erotissimo · as Le Vendeur
1966
1964
1964
In the Affirmative · as Le Journaliste

2022
Dvoe na Kryishe · as Adaptation

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