Charles Aznavour

1924-

Biography: life and films

Charles Aznavour is a French actor and singer. He was born in Paris, France on 22nd May 1924.

His best films as an actor include Jean Cocteau's Le Testament d'Orphée (1960), François Truffaut's crime-thriller Tirez sur le pianiste (1960), Denys de La Patellière's Un taxi pour Tobrouk (1960), Pierre Granier-Deferre's comedy-thriller La Métamorphose des cloportes (1965) and Laurent Herbiet's Mon colonel (2006), and whose best work as a musician include Edmond T. Gréville's L'île du bout du monde (1959), Max Pécas's Le cercle vicieux (1960), Marcel Carné's comedy Du mouron pour les petits oiseaux (1962) and Alessandro Blasetti's Les Quatre vérités (1962).

Charles Aznavour has so far appeared in 66 films, supplied the music for 18 films and scripted 3 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Sergio Gobbi (4 films), Max Pécas (4), Denys de La Patellière (4), Pierre Granier-Deferre (2), Moshé Mizrahi (2), Jean-Pierre Mocky (2), Georges Franju (2), Claude Lelouch (2), Claude Chabrol (2) and Bernard Borderie (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (31 films), comedy (20), comedy-drama (15), Thriller (9), crime-thriller (6), War (6), romance (3), comedy-romance (3), comedy-thriller (2), Fantasy (2) and Documentary (2).

Our average rating for Charles Aznavour over all films is: 2.7

Filmography

Key: a = actor; w = writer; m = musician

La Guerre des gosses (1936) [a]

Adieu chérie (1946) [a]

Dans la vie tout s'arrange (1952) [a]

C'est arrivé à 36 chandelles (1957) [a]

Ces dames préfèrent le mambo (1957) [m]

Paris Music Hall (1957) [a]

Une gosse sensass' (1957) [a,m]

Délit de fuite (1959) [m]

L'Île du bout du monde (1959) [m]

La Tête contre les murs (1959) [a]

Les Dragueurs (1959) [a]

Oh! Qué mambo (1959) [a]

Pourquoi viens-tu si tard? (1959) [a]

Soupe au lait (1959) [m]

Le Cercle vicieux (1960) [m]

Le Passage du Rhin (1960) [a]

Le Testament d'Orphée (1960) [a]

Tirez sur le pianiste (1960) [a]

Un taxi pour Tobrouk (1960) [a]

De quoi tu te mêles Daniela! (1961) [m]

Gosse de Paris (1961) [a,w,m]

Les Lions sont lâchés (1961) [a]

Zarte Haut in schwarzer Seide (1961) [m]

C'est pas moi, c'est l'autre (1962) [m]

Douce violence (1962) [m]

Du mouron pour les petits oiseaux (1962) [m]

Horace 62 (1962) [a]

La Salamandre d'or (1962) [m]

Le Diable et les dix commandements (1962) [a,m]

Les Quatre vérités (1962) [a,m]

Pourquoi Paris? (1962) [a]

Cherchez l'idole (1963) [a]

Le Rat d'Amérique (1963) [a]

Les Vierges (1963) [a]

Tempo di Roma (1963) [a]

Alta infedelta (1964) [a]

Cent briques et des tuiles (1965) [m]

La Métamorphose des cloportes (1965) [a]

La Tête du client (1965) [m]

Thomas l'imposteur (1965) [a]

Le Facteur s'en va-t-en guerre (1966) [a]

Paris au mois d'août (1966) [a]

Candy (1968) [a]

Caroline chérie (1968) [a,m]

Le Temps des loups (1969) [a]

The Adventurers (1970) [a]

The Games (1970) [a]

La Part des lions (1971) [a]

Un beau monstre (1971) [a]

Les Intrus (1972) [a,w]

The Blockhouse (1973) [a]

1974, une partie de campagne (1974) [a]

Ein Unbekannter rechnet ab (1974) [a]

Folies bourgeoises (1976) [a]

Sky Riders (1976) [a]

Ciao, les mecs (1979) [a]

Die Blechtrommel (1979) [a]

Der Zauberberg (1982) [a]

Les Fantômes du chapelier (1982) [a]

Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David? (1982) [a]

Édith et Marcel (1983) [a]

Une jeunesse (1983) [a]

Viva la vie! (1984) [a]

Yiddish Connection (1986) [a,w]

Mangeclous (1988) [a]

Il Maestro (1989) [a]

Les Années campagne (1992) [a]

Le Comédien (1997) [a]

Pondichéry, dernier comptoir des Indes (1997) [a]

Laguna (2001) [a]

Ararat (2002) [a]

The Truth About Charlie (2002) [a]

Emmenez-moi (2005) [a]

Ennemis publics (2005) [a]

Mon colonel (2006) [a]

Deux de la Vague (2010) [a]



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