''Papa, Mama, the Maid and I'' (french: Papa, maman, la bonne et moi) is a French
comedy
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film from 1954, directed by
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Jean-Paul Étienne Dreyfus, better known as Jean-Paul Le Chanois (25 October 1909 – 8 July 1985), was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. His film '' ...Sans laisser d'adresse'' won the Golden Bear (Comedies) award at the 1s ...
, written by
Marcel Aymé
Marcel Aymé (29 March 1902 – 14 October 1967) was a French novelist and playwright, who also wrote screenplays and works for children.
Biography
Marcel André Aymé was born in Joigny, in the Burgundy region of France, the youngest of si ...
, starring
Robert Lamoureux
Robert Lamoureux (4 January 1920 – 29 October 2011) was a French actor, screenwriter and film director. He appeared in more than 30 films between 1951 and 1994. He starred in the film ''The Adventures of Arsène Lupin'', which was entered ...
and
Louis de Funès
Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (; 31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a French actor and comedian. He is France's favourite actor, according to a series of polls conducted since the late 1960s, having played over 150 roles in fil ...
.
Cast
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Robert Lamoureux
Robert Lamoureux (4 January 1920 – 29 October 2011) was a French actor, screenwriter and film director. He appeared in more than 30 films between 1951 and 1994. He starred in the film ''The Adventures of Arsène Lupin'', which was entered ...
: Robert Langlois, the son, future lawyer
*
Gaby Morlay
Gaby Morlay (born Blanche Pauline Fumoleau; 8 June 1893 – 4 July 1964) was a film actress from France. : Gabrielle Langlois, mother
*
Fernand Ledoux : Fernand Langlois, father
*
Nicole Courcel
Nicole Marie Jeanne Andrieu (21 October 1931 – 25 June 2016), better known as Nicole Courcel, was a French actress who achieved popularity through the 1950s and 1960s, though she is mostly unknown outside of France. Born in Saint-Cloud, in ...
: Catherine Liseray, future spouse of Robert
*
Madeleine Barbulée
Madeleine Barbulée (2 September 1910 – 1 January 2001) was a French film, stage and television actress.''French Cinema in the 1970s: The Echoes of May'' p.265
Selected filmography
* ''Métier de fous'' (1948)
* '' Les Casse Pieds'' (1948) - ...
: Marie-Louise
*
Louis de Funès
Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (; 31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a French actor and comedian. He is France's favourite actor, according to a series of polls conducted since the late 1960s, having played over 150 roles in fil ...
: Mr Calomel, the neighbouring handy man
*
Yolande Laffon
Yolande Laffon (1895–1992) was a French stage and film actress.Goble p.38
Selected filmography
* ''Love Songs'' (1930)
* '' Suzanne'' (1932)
* ''Mayerling'' (1936)
* '' Beethoven's Great Love'' (1937)
* '' The Mysteries of Paris'' (1943)
* ''Th ...
: Madeleine Sautopin, friend of Mum
*
Robert Rollis
Robert Rollis (16 March 1921 - 6 November 2007) was a French actor. He mainly starred as a film actor, but also appeared in television and also in theatre in the 1950s and early 1960s. Amongst many roles, he starred in Yves Robert's '' War of t ...
: Léon « alibi », campaign of Robert
*
Sophie Sel
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* Sophie, Countess of Bar (c. 1004 or 1018–1093), sovereign Countess of Bar and lady of Mousson
* Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess o ...
: Mss Leconte, a pupil
*
Dominique Davray
Dominique Davray (born Marie-Louise Gournay; 27 January 1919 in Paris
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: the butcher
*
Françoise Hornez
Françoise () is a French feminine given name (equivalent to the Italian Francesca) and may refer to:
* Anne Françoise Elizabeth Lange (1772–1816), French actress
* Claudine Françoise Mignot (1624–1711), French adventuress
* Françoise Ad ...
: Nicole, a neighbour
*
Judith Magre
Judith Magre (born 20 November 1926) is a French actress, born in Montier-en-Der, Haute-Marne
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: German, an employee of the office of mister Turpin
*
Hubert Deschamps
Hubert Deschamps (13 September 1923 – 29 December 1998) was a French actor.
He was the son of the museum curator Paul Deschamps (1888–1974) and uncle of the French stage director Jérôme Deschamps.
Selected filmography
* ''The Strol ...
: the spectator who did not have dinner
*
Léon Arvel
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Places
Europe
* León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León
* Province of León, Spain
* Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again f ...
: parent
*
Claude Castaing Claude may refer to:
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* Claude (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
* Claude (surname), a list of people
* Claude Lorrain (c. 1600–1682), French landscape painter, draughtsman and etch ...
See also
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Papa, maman, ma femme et moi
''Papa, maman, ma femme et moi'' french: Papa, Mama, My Woman and Me, is a French comedy film from 1955, directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois, written by Marcel Aymé, starring Robert Lamoureux and Louis de Funès. The film is known under the titl ...
- sequel
References
External links
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Papa, maman, la bonne et moi... (1954)at the ''Films de France''
1954 films
French comedy films
1950s French-language films
French black-and-white films
Films directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Films with screenplays by Marcel Aymé
1954 comedy films
1950s French films
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