Léonard Groguhet (1939 – 4 September 2021) was an Ivorian actor and humorist.

Biography

Born in 1939 in

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, Léonard was the son of Gbaily Groguhet. He worked as an administrative clerk before completing his military service from 1954 to 1958. In 1959, he moved to Saint-Louis and began studying at the Centre National d'Art Dramatique, where he performed in plays such as ''

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''. In 1961, he joined the in

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, where he studied for three years. In 1965, he enrolled at the Institut d'Études Théâtrales de la Sorbonne, where he studied under Jacques Scherer. He finished his studies at the Université Internationale du Théâtre from 1966 to 1968. Upon his return to Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Groguhet became a professor of theatre at the . In 1969, he began working for

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and directed programs such as ''Le Stop dans le vent'', ''Télé-week-end'', and ''Comment ça va ?''. In 2007, an Ivorian street was named in his honor, linking Boulevard Latrille to the Lycée Technique in

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. He and

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were two of the few Ivorian artists to be honored this way. Léonard Groguhet died on 4 September 2021.

Filmography

*''Mamie Watta'' (1998) *''Un mariage pas comme les autres'' (2000) *''

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'' (2002–2007) *' (2016)

Theatre

*''Pantagleize'' (

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, 1965) *''La Tribu'' (, 1967)

References

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