Louis de Funès, the king of French comedy of Spanish origin who buried gold bars in the garden of his castle

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If Marianne is the allegory of the fall of the French monarchy,

represents the

in the cinema.

His comedies are still considered

Despite the fact that this Thursday marks

due to a heart attack at the age of 68, the trail of this

continues to illuminate several generations.

With his grand gestures, the

, the

, the

, the continuous grimaces and the excess when it comes to showing feelings, he won the hearts of the French.

Turned into an

, he managed to make the film

(1966)

for 30 years until

(1997) was released and among all his works on the big screen, he sold

at the box office. only in France.

It was the actor

, protagonist of

(1972), who opened the doors of cinema for him in the mid-40s. The

and

sagas made him a star.

His Sevillian father and Galician mother

never had the approval of his family, so they

to rebuild a new life.

On his father's side, Louis de Funès

and on his mother's side from a

Galician

Before entering a star system controlled by Arletty, Jean Gabin or Claudette Colbert, little Louis

and to earn a little money he worked as a barista and pianist in the red light district of Paris (Pigalle).

He also worked as a

in some galleries, where

noticed him.

They were married in 1936, had a son named Daniel, and

later.

With regard to this marriage, a thick veil was drawn, since it was sold to the public that

whom he met at a jazz school during the German occupation, they married in 1943 and had two children, Patrick (78) and Olivier (73).

She was

famous author of Bel-Ami, who was born in the 16th century château de Miromesnil.

Gold bills and bars

Jeanne was the great love of his life,

he worked as an agent and after the end of World War II he was able to select the scripts that best suited his comic vision.

In addition, he was also in charge of

but that did not prevent

with Macha Béranger, a radio host who used to direct

sitting almost every night , in the last decade of his life.

in the technicians cabin.

De Funès, in one of his films.

Through her ancestors,

in the commune of Le Cellier, 27 kilometers from Nantes.

The couple retired to that immense 30-hectare property in 1967, where Louis de Funès gave free rein to one of his favorite hobbies,

The rhythm of the filming and theatrical performances of her left him so exhausted that in the

of the palace she found her true tranquility.

One of the most famous roses in France is named after her.

The actor and his wife, Jeanne Barthelémy de Maupassant.Getty

As a result of the French May, insecurity invaded the streets of the country, which made Louis de Funès very nervous.

It is said that

and that of his loved ones, he buried a

His austerity was marked by the bankruptcy of his father's company.

Louis de Funes.

Another of the traits that circulate in cultural circles is

that made it difficult to gear the filming, but this part of his life has been

, fed up with the fact that his image is ignored.

Despite these bickering, his

magazine

to compare them to Laurel and Hardy.

He was considered the man with 40 faces per minute.

It is not for nothing that he is known as the Chaplin of France.

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