Funes, Louis de

Louis de Funes de Galarza was born July 31, 1914 in Courbevoie . Parents of the future star of the French and world screen were born in Spanish Seville . His father, Carlos Luis de Funes de Galarza, received a law degree, but after moving to France he became a diamond cutter . Mother was of Spanish and Portuguese roots. Louis's parents moved to France in 1904 to officially marry, as their families were against this marriage in their homeland.

As a child, Louis de Funes friends called "Fufu." The boy knew French, Spanish and English well. In his youth he was fond of drawing and playing the piano . It is not surprising that in the end Louis became a pianist, playing mainly jazz on Pigalle . Visitors to the institution sincerely had fun watching the musician grimacing during the game.

In 1936, Louis de Funes married Germaine Louise Elodie Carroie. The young couple had a son, Daniel ( July 12, 1937 - January 23, 2017 ^[1] ), but at the end of 1942 they divorced.

During the occupation of Paris by German troops, Louis de Funes taught solfeggio at a music school, where he fell in love with secretary Jeanne Augustine de Barthelemy de Maupassant, the granddaughter of the famous writer Guy de Maupassant . She reciprocated "to a little man who played jazz like a god." The lovers married in 1943 and lived together for 40 years, until the death of Louis de Funes in 1983. In this marriage two sons were born - Patrick (born January 27, 1944 ) and Olivier (born August 11, 1949 ).

After the war, de Funes tries himself in cinema; Louis previously attended the drama courses of Rene Simon . In 1945, starred in the film "The Barbizon Temptation " directed by Jean Steli. This picture did not bring much fame to the beginning actor.

In the film " Not Caught - Not a Thief " directed by Yves Robert , shot in 1958 , de Funes gets the main role - the poacher Blair. This film brings him fame. After the film was released on a wide screen abroad, the main character was nicknamed Donald Duck . In Russia, this film is better known as "Blero".
The 1960s brought de Funes real popularity and audience recognition; Each year, the actor starred in three or four films. Another success comes from the role of Commissioner Juve in the Fantômas trilogy directed by Andre Younebel . It was originally planned to shoot ten episodes about the adventures of the famous criminal, but the rental of the last part of the trilogy, the film Fantomas vs Scotland Yard , showed that popularity was falling and the director decided not to shoot.

Other acting work, such as The Big Walk and Razinya , was enthusiastically received by tens of millions of viewers around the world. As well as a serial film about the adventures of the Gendarme and his subordinates, filmed in the 1960s . Louis de Funes himself spoke of his acting career as follows:

In the 1970s , de Funes was still a popular and beloved actor. He continued to act actively and on March 15, 1973 was awarded the highest award in France: the Order of the Legion of Honor .

In 1975, de Funes survived two heart attacks at once. At the insistence of doctors, the actor left the cinema and moved to the 17th-century country estate Chateau de Clermont near Nantes , where he enthusiastically engaged in growing roses ^[2] . One of the varieties of roses obtained by the company " Meyan ", named after him ^[3] .

However, de Funes could not refuse Claude Zidi's offer to star in the film “ Wing or Leg ”. After filming in this picture, the actor brilliantly played in several more. The film " Gendarme and Gendarmes " was the last in his film career.

Louis de Funes died of a heart attack on January 27, 1983 .

The actor has three sons left: Daniel de Funes ( July 12, 1937 - January 23, 2017 ^[1] ), Patrick de Funes (born January 27, 1944 ) and Olivier de Funes (born August 11, 1949 ).

Patrick became a doctor. Olivier in his childhood starred with his father in six films ( Fantômas raged , Mr. Septim ’s Restaurant , Big Vacations , Frozen , Orchestra Man , and Climbing the Tree ). Louis wanted Olivier to become a professional actor, but the young man was against it. As a result, he enrolled in a flight school and spent his whole life (until retiring in 2010 at the age of 60), worked as a civil aviation pilot on Airbus A320 aircraft at Air France .

• 1973 : Cavalier of the Legion of Honor
• 1980 : Cesar Award - “ For Outstanding Service in Cinema ”

In the Soviet film distribution, all films with the participation of Louis de Funes came with a duplicate translation . A significant role in the popularity of the actor in the Soviet Union was played by the image created by Vladimir Kenigson . To this day he is considered the best actor of duplication , ever voiced by Louis de Funes ^{[4] [5]} . There is a legend that when Louis himself saw his films with the duplication of Koenigson , he said sincerely: “I did not know that I was such a good actor” ^[6] .

Vladimir Kenigson
Dubbing at the Soyuzmultfilm movie studio

• Fantomas , 1964
• Razinia , 1965
• Fantomas was raging , 1965
• Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard , 1966
• The Big Walk , 1966
• " Mr. Septim 's Restaurant " 1966
• Oscar , 1967 ; duplicated in 1968
• " Man Orchestra ", 1970

Mikhail Gluzsky
Dubbing at the Mosfilm film studio

• The Gendarme in New York , 1965
• The Little Bather , 1968 ;
• "The Gendarme and Aliens ", 1979 ; duplicated in 1981.

Leo Lemke

• The Gendarme Marries , 1968; duplicated in 1977 at the film studio " Lenfilm ".

Alexander Belyavsky

• " Frozen ", 1969 ; duplicated at the Mosfilm film studio.

Evgeny Vesnik
Dubbing at the M. Gorky film studio

• “ Dad, Mom, Servant and Me, ” 1954 ;
• “ Not Caught - Not a Thief ”, 1958 ; duplicated in 1960;
• The Devil and the Ten Commandments , 1962 .

Zinovy ​​Gerdt

• " Beautiful American ", 1961 ; duplicated at the M. Gorky film studio.

Artyom Karapetyan
Dubbing at the M. Gorky film studio

• “ Mean ”, 1980 ; duplicated in 1982;
• The Gentleman of Epsom , 1962; duplicated in 1983.

• Dolinsky, S. Chertok. “Louis de Funes” (“Comedians of the World Screen”, Moscow, from the “Art”, 1966)
• Patrick and Olivier de Funes. “Louis de Funes. Don't talk too much about me, my children! ”( Louis de Funes: Ne parlez pas trop de moi, les enfants! ). Publisher: Text , 2007. ISBN 978-5-7516-0650-3 , ISBN 978-985-16-2150-3
• Nikita Shevtsov. Maestro of laughter (Labor, March 29, 2003)
• V. Vladimirtseva. "Introvert. Louis de Funes ” (CINEMA - Persons)
• Valer Novarina. “Louis de Funes” (Novaya Gazeta, No. 54, August 2, 2001)
• Alexander Minaev “Laughter and Roses”
• Yudin K. A. Louis de Funes and cinema of France of the era of the "glorious thirty years": from Charles de Gaulle to Francois Mitterrand. The experience of historical and philosophical analysis // On the way to civil society. - 2014. - No. 3. - Page 67-77. Available at: https://www.academia.edu/29058017/Yudin_K.A._Louis_de_Funes_and_film_of_french_thirty_of_Charles_de_Goll_to_Francois_Mittereran._Experience
• M. Yampolsky. Masks of Louis de Funes (The Soviet Screen, Moscow, No. 9, 1978)
• M. Yampolsky. “Louis de Funes” (screenbook “Screen”, 1977-1978, Moscow, Art, 1979)
• M. Chernenko . “Louis de Funes” (screenbook “ Screen ”, 1982-1983, Moscow, Art, 1985)
• A. Ivanov. “A portrait beyond the prescription of years. Yesterday! Today ... Tomorrow? ... "(February 28, 1994, GoldInform, 1998)
• V. Leonova. “The French believed that Fantomas dishonored their nation” (Sobesednik weekly, Moscow, No. 24, 2000)
• Louis de Funes: a comedian in the nobility - an article in the 26th issue of the weekly Telenedelya on June 24, 2000. (Ural region)
• N. Rybinskaya. “The Hunt for the Golden Luidor” - an article in the April issue of the magazine “Caravan of stories” for 2001.
• Brigitte Kernel , Louis de Funes, 1987.
• Jean-Marc Loubier , "Louis de Funes, le berger des roses", 1991.
• Jean-Jacques Jelot-Blanc , "Louis de Funes Une legende", 1993.

• Louis de Funes on the Internet Movie Database
• The first Russian site about Louis de Funes (rus.)
• defunes.ru - Louis de Funes Russian site (rus.)
• Official site of the actor (fr.)
• A site with links to video materials, including a TV message about the death of an actor in 1983 (fr.)
• Site dedicated to Louis de Funes (fr.)
• Louis de Funes on peoples.ru
• funes.ru - Russian fan site of Louis de Funes
• Info on the site "Russian Paris"
• CHÂTEAU DE CLERMONT - palace of Louis de Funes // angelfire.com (fr.)
• defunes.org.ua - a site dedicated to Louis de Funes
• Articles about Louis de Funes on maksart.org (rus.)
• Louisdefunes.ru - a site dedicated to the life and work of the French comedian Louis de Funes (rus.)

• d / f “Louis de Funes. Man - Orchestra ”( Channel One , 2015)