Coluche
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 28, 1944
- Died
- June 19, 1986 (aged 41)
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
Biography
Michel Gérard Joseph Colucci (28 October 1944 – 19 June 1986), better known under his stage name Coluche, was a French stand-up comedian, film actor, activist and philanthropist. He adopted Coluche as a stage name at age 26, as he began his entertainment career. He became known for his irreverent attitude towards politics and the establishment, and he incorporated this into much of his material. Coluche was one of the first major comedians to regularly use profanities as a source of humor on French television. Having become a bankable star of comedy films, he also proved himself a capable dramatic performer by winning the César Award for Best Actor for his performance in So Long, Stooge (1983). Coluche also founded in 1985 the charity "Les Restaurants du Cœur" which still provides free meals and other products to people in need. Early life Colucci was born on 28 October 1944 in a hospital in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. His mother, Simone Bouyer (called "Monette"), worked as a florist in the Boulevard du Montparnasse. His father, Honorio Colucci, an Italian immigrant from Casalvieri, Lazio, was a painter and decorator. His father died in 1947 at age 31 from poliomyelitis; his wife struggled thereafter to raise the young Michel and his sister (Danièle, 18 months older than Michel) on a meagre salary. Coluche showed little promise at school, and left after completing his primary studies (June 1958). He tried various temporary jobs, and had several run-ins with authorities. During this time his mother bought him a guitar, which he taught himself to play. In 1964 he joined the 60th Infantry Regiment de Lons-le-Saunier, but was imprisoned for insubordination. On his return to civilian life, he worked in his mother's florist shop which she had been able to open on rue d'Aligre, and later in a larger shop which she opened near la Gare de Lyon. He found this work dull, and suddenly quit, which caused a long-lasting breach with his mother. At the end of the 1960s he tried his luck as a singer in cafes, then turned to comedy. In 1969, Coluche took part with Romain Bouteille to the founding of the Café de la Gare, a Parisian café-théâtre that would become the meeting place of a group of young comedic actors practically all of whom were to become famous: Patrick Dewaere, Henri Guybet, Miou-Miou, Martin Lamotte, etc. Among the patrons of the Café de la Gare were Georges Moustaki, Raymond Devos, Jean Ferrat, Jacques Brel, Leny Escudero, Pierre Perret and Jean Yanne. Other actors who performed the Café de la Gare early in their careers include Gérard Lanvin, Renaud, Rufus, Diane Kurys, Coline Serreau, Anémone, Gérard Depardieu, Thierry Lhermitte, Josiane Balasko and Gérard Jugnot. Coluche's first sketch C'est l'histoire d'un mec (It's the story of a guy) was about the difficulties of telling a funny story. He quickly found success but his alcohol issues led to scuffles with Dewaere and Bouteille and eventually forced him to leave the Café de la Gare, though he later returned to perform there. ... Source: Article "Coluche" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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Filmography
Journal Bête Et Méchant Presente: Hara-Kiri N°1
Movie · as Self
My Coluche
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Coluche : La liberté de rire, 40 ans déjà
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Restos du Cœur, 40 ans de solidarité en France
Movie · as Self (archives)
Coluche, la véritable histoire d'un mec
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Fous rires sur les ondes
Movie · as Self - actor (archive footage)
Feet in the Mayonnaise: The Irreverent Ones of the 70s
Movie · as Self - actor (archive footage)
Drôles de familles
Movie · as Self
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
10 mai 1981 : Changer la vie ?
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Coluche, une époque formidable
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Coluche, les plus grands sketchs
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Les 60 ans du one-man-show
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Coluche : le bouffon devenu roi
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Cavanna, jusqu'à l'ultime seconde j'écrirai
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
Movie
Du Schmilblick aux Restos du Cœur, la folle histoire de Coluche
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Coluche - Quand je serai grand je serai con - Vol 1 & 2
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Coluche - Quand je serai grand je serai con - Vol 1
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Coluche - Quand je serai grand je serai con - Vol 2
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Coluche, l'ami public numéro un
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Coluche : Un Clown ennemi d'État
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Le mieux du mieux de Coluche
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Coluche, la France a besoin de toi
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Coluche - Ses plus grands sketches
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Renaud, le Rouge et le Noir
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Coluche - Le jeu de la vérité
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Vivement dimanche
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
Stars 90
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Madman at War
Movie · as Oscar Pilli
All Mixed Up
Movie · as Coyotte
Les Rois du gag
Movie · as Georges
Coluche 1 faux l'intégrale
Movie · as Self
Coluche - Le jeu de la vérité
Movie · as self
Victoires de la musique
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Coluche 1 faux
TV · as Self - Host · 3 eps
Good King Dagobert
Movie · as Dagobert 1er
The Vengeance of the Winged Serpent
Movie · as Loulou Dupin
Journal Bête Et Méchant Presente: Hara-Kiri N°2
Movie · as Self
My Best Friend's Girl
Movie · as Micky
Banzaï
Movie · as Michel Bernardin
So Long, Stooge
Movie · as Lambert
Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
Movie · as Ben-Hur Marcel / Aminemephet
Elle voit des nains partout !
Movie · as Un hallebardier
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self, Self (archive footage) · 6 eps
Droit de Réponse
Movie · as Self
The School Teacher
Movie · as Gérard Barbier
Signé Furax
Movie · as L'agent double 098 / 099
Reporters
Movie · as self
Inspector Blunder
Movie · as L'inspecteur stagiaire Michel Clément / Le commissaire Jules Clément
You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine
Movie · as Le roi Gros Pif Ier
Drôles de zèbres
Movie · as Chef
The Wing or the Thigh?
Movie · as Gérard Duchemin
The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside
Movie · as L'inspecteur Charbonnier
Mosaïque
Movie · as Self
Coluche : C'est pour rire
Movie · as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Numéro un
TV · as Self, Self (archive footage) · 9 eps
Système 2
TV · as Self, Self - Co-Host · 4 eps
Midi Première
TV · as Self · 8 eps
La Cloche tibétaine
TV · as André Cécillon · 7 eps
Spécial cinéma
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Year 01
Movie · as The office manager
La Ligne de démarcation
Movie · as L'évadé
The Big Store
Movie · as L'homme du couple visitant l'appartement
Themroc
Movie · as The young neighbor / A worker / A cop
Le Grand Échiquier
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Midi trente
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Troubleshooters
Movie · as le barman
Cadet Rousselle
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Samedi soir
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Man with Connections
Movie · as Marquand
Donkey Skin
Movie · as Chanteur
À bout portant
TV · as Self · 1 ep