Michel Blanc, the French actor who He became very well known in his country for his comic role as the character Jean-Claude Dusse in ‘Les Bronzés’ in 1978, died on the night from Thursday to Friday due to a heart attack at the age of 72.
The information, initially revealed by the magazine Paris Match and confirmed later by Blanc’s press officer to the BFMTV channel, caused a great commotion in Francewhere his work had been recognized and distinguished, notably with a César in 2012 for his work on ‘L’Exercice de l’État’.
His journey in the world of entertainmenthad started in the 1970s in Le Splendid, a café-theater in the Montparnasse neighborhood of Paris, especially with roles as a sympathetic loser in comedies.
The one who truly consecrated him was Jean-Claude Dusse in ‘Les Bronzés’ and then in ‘Les Bronzés font du ski’, an alleged clumsy and a little desperate flirt.
After the enormous success popular of that series, Blanc wanted to take a turn and changed register firstly with ‘Tenue de soirée’ (1986), by Bernard Blier, a dramatic comedy in which he represented a man who discovered his homosexuality, and which earned him the award for best performance at the Cannes Festival.
In the 1980s and 1990s He was involved in films of a diverse nature and acted for foreign directors such as Peter Greenaway (‘Prospero’s Books’), Robert Altman (‘Prêt-à-porter’) or Roberto Benigni (‘Le Monstre’).
Blanc also directed several films, such as ‘Marche à l’ombre’ in 1984. In 2002 he achieved his first major commercial success behind the camera with the comedy ‘Embrassez qui vous voudrez’, which had more than a million admissions in France.
a prelude of what would come later with ‘Les Bronzés 3’ (10 million admissions) and ‘Je vous trouve très beau’ (3.3 million).
After the reward at the 2012 Césars for ‘L’Exercice de l’État’, by Pierre Schoeller, a political story, returned to comedy.
He wrote with Pascal Chaumeil ‘Un petit boulot’ (2016), a police comedyand acted in some great productions such as ‘Les Nouvelles Aventures d’Aladin’ (2015) or ‘Raid dingue’ (2016), by Dany Boon.
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