Marcel Achard

Birthday: 7/5/1899
Deathday: 9/4/1974
Place of birth: Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France
Fame for: Writing

Biography

Marcel Achard (b. 5 July 1899, in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, Rhône; d. 4 September 1974, Paris) was a French playwright and screenwriter whose popular sentimental comedies maintained his position as a highly-recognizable name in his country's theatrical and literary circles for five decades. He was elected to the Académie Française in 1959. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marcel Achard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.