Jean-Yves Lafesse
Jean-Yves Lafesse | |
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Born | Jean-Yves Lambert 13 March 1957 |
Died | 22 July 2021 | (aged 64)
Nationality | French |
Occupation | Actor Humorist |
Jean-Yves Lafesse, stage name of Jean-Yves Lambert (13 March 1957 – 22 July 2021), was a French actor and humorist.[1] He was known for making prank calls, as well as hidden camera pranks.
Biography[]
Lafesse was born in Pontivy.[2] He left Brittany in 1974. He travelled for four years through Djibouti, Italy, and England, where he joined the punk counterculture in 1976.[3] During his youth, he was a footballer for Stade pontivyen, and he played as a defender.[4]
Lafesse studied film at the [5] In 1984, he joined Radio Nova, for which he began making prank calls.
from 1978 to 1981. In 1981, he became a radio show host for , , and .In 1985, Lafesse joined Europe 1 and Canal+, as well as France 2, TF1, France 3, M6, Paris Première, and Télévision Suisse Romande for the radio show Lafestival.[6] For , he hosted a show called Radio carotte, in which he pranked passersby through placing a carrot in their hands.[7] He became known for using his pinky finger as an imitation microphone.[8]
Lafesse published two books: Les Grandes Impostures téléphoniques in 1992 and Petit Précis de l'imposture in 1994. In 2000, he launched a website called Uniqueaumonde.com, which allowed users to see his pranks on the internet. He played the character Commissioner San-Antonio in two audiobooks, adapted from novels by Frédéric Dard (La Rate au court-bouillon and Votez Bérurier).[9]
On 28 March 2014, Lafesse appeared on a stage for the first time in a production of Lafesse en réhet, a show he had written. It was shown at the Palais des congrès de Pontivy in front of 700 people. That same year, he played Pierre Dac in , a telefilm broadcast by France 3. After a period of silence, he moved to Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 2019 and organized sketches there, as well as in Poissy.[10] Later that year, he left the Paris area and moved back to Brittany.[11] He was recruited by the radio station for the 2019–2020 season,[12] broadcasting humorous tales he wrote with his brother.[13]
Jean-Yves Lafesse died of ALS in Vannes on 22 July 2021 at the age of 64.[14]
Filmography[]
Cinema[]
- (1983)
- Baby Blood (1990)
- La Classe américaine (1993)
- (1998)
- (1999)
- Heartbreaker (2010)
- (2019)
Television[]
- J'arrive ! (1982)
- (2014)
- (2019)
- Murders in... (2020)
Publications[]
- Les Grandes Impostures téléphoniques (1992)
- Petit Précis de l'imposture (1994)
- Mes impostures (2011)
- Punk Mamy (2019)[15]
References[]
- ^ "Jean-Yves Lafesse, l'humoriste breton est décédé". France 3 Bretagne (in French). Morbihan. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "L'humoriste Jean-Yves Lafesse est mort à l'âge de 64 ans, annonce sa famille". Franceinfo (in French). 23 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ Lafesse comme vous ne l'avez jamais vu (Dailymotion) (in French). L'Express. 25 November 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ Besnard, Jacques (23 July 2021). "Quand Jean-Yves Lafesse nous racontait son amour du foot". So Foot (in French). Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ Baronian, Renaud (6 June 2016). "Face à face avec Lafesse ****". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Lafestival". Radio télévision suisse (in French).
- ^ "Mort de Jean-Yves Lafesse: cinq de ses canulars les plus mémorables". Yahoo! News (in French). 23 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Mort de l'humoriste Jean-Yves Lafesse à 64 ans". Libération (in French). 23 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Jean-Yves LAFESSE (2 livres audio)". Book d'Oreille (in French).
- ^ Richardson, Thomas (24 January 2019). "Yvelines. Jean-Yves Lafesse adopte Saint-Germain-en-Laye et fait le pitre à Poissy". Actu.fr (in French). Poissy. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "L'humoriste Jean-Yves Lafesse est mort". Le Monde (in French). 23 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "France Bleu Breizh recrute Jean-Yves Lafesse". La Lettre Pro de la Radio & des Médias (in French). 6 September 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Jean-Yves Lafesse. Nouveau chroniqueur France Bleu Breizh Izel". Le Télégramme (in French). Brittany. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Jean-Yves Lafesse, l'humoriste breton est décédé". BFM TV (in French). 23 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Punk Mamy, attention les vieux". Ligne claire (in French). 7 September 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- 1957 births
- 2021 deaths
- People from Pontivy
- French humorists
- Deaths from motor neuron disease