1893-1962
French actor Jean Albert Duvaleix was born on this day in the Bordeaux region of the country. His career in film spanned between the years of 1928 and 1956; and in France is well remembered for his character roles in the 30's, 40's and 50's. He did make one appearance in a film in the 1920's, though it was an early short full sound film by directed Jacques Séverac. Les rigolos was both Duvaleix and Séverac's debut into film and was one of the first fully talking films produced in France; it was released on the 24th of February, 1928. He did not appear in another film for some four years, when, in 1932, he acted in his first feature length film--Beauty Spot--a comedy based on a play by Georges Dolley. His last film appearance also came in a comedy: The Whole Town Accuses (1956). That film marked the directorial debut of Claude Boissol. Albert Duvaleix died in Paris on the 21st of December in 1962 at the age of 69. He is reportedly buried--along with his son, actor Christian Duvaleix--at the Cimetiere des Garches in Garches, Hauts-de-Seine in the Île-de-France region of the country. For much of his career he was credited simply as "Duvaleix." He, and his son, both were specialist in comedy extraordinaire.
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