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Louis de Funs , born Louis Germain David de Funs de Galarza, was a popular French actor of Spanish origin and one of the giants of French comedy alongside Andr Bourvil and Fernandel. His acting style is remembered for its high energy performance, wide range of facial expressions and engaging, snappy impatience and selfishness. A big part of his most famous work was in collaboration with director Jean Girault, and together, they wrote and directed the French classic Lavare in which he also starred.

Louis de Funs was born onJuly 1914 in Courbevoie, HautsdeSeine to parents from Seville, Spain. Since the couples families opposed their marriage, they settled in France in 1904. His father, Carlos Luis de Funs de Galarza, a nobleman and his mother side from family marquesses de Galarza, had been a lawyer in Spain, but became a diamond cutter upon arriving in France. His mother, Leonor Soto Reguera, was of Galician extraction, daughter of a prominent politician from Galicia, senator Teolindo Soto Barro.

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