Louis de Funès was born on 31 July 1914 in Courbevoie. A French actor and comedian, de Funes was famous for his hyperactive, grimacing, comic style, playing irritable, authoritarian and often cowardly characters. After years in small roles, he became a star in the 1960s with films such as The Gendarme of Saint-Tropez, The Sheep Has Five Legs and Fantomas, and he had huge box-office successes with Le Grand Restaurant and The Wing or the Thigh. He often worked with Bourvil, with whom he made The Great Walk (La Grande Vadrouille), which was a record-breaking hit in France. He retired after a heart attack in 1975.
Before and after
- 28 June 1914Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
- 21 July 1914Discovery of Sinope
- from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918World War I
- from 28 July 1914 to 3 November 1918Serbian campaign
- 31 July 1914Birth of Louis de Funès
- from August 1914 to October 1918Kurdish rebellions during World War I
- from 3 August 1914 to 11 November 1918Western Front
- from 3 August 1914 to 11 November 1918Balkans Theater
- from 6 August 1914 to 10 March 1916Kamerun campaign
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