Biography
Pierre Sabbagh (18 July 1918 – 30 September 1994) was a major personality in French television, as a journalist, producer and director.
Pierre Alain Sabbagh was born in Lannion (Côtes-d'Armor) and died in Paris. He was the younger son of the artist Georges Hanna Sabbagh and the art historian and resistance heroine Agnès Humbert. His brother was naval officer Jean Sabbagh.
Pierre Sabbagh became a war correspondent in the hope of finding his mother Agnès in World War II. He had visited her in Fresnes Prison and the Prison de la Santé in 1942, a few days before she was deported by the Nazis, sentenced to slave labour in Germany. In 1944, he travelled into Germany behind the advancing American army, but did not find her until he returned to Paris in 1945.
Pierre Sabbagh presented and directed the first television news in the world on 29 June 1949.
His greatest success was the creation, in 1966, of the programme "Au théâtre ce soir" ("The Theatre Tonight") following a strike on French television and the success of a Belgian television comedy called "La Bonne planque", which provoked the appetite of the public for this kind of programme: over 300 plays were produced in the series. To his credit also is the first audiovisual game which reunited France of the 1960s in front of the black-and-white screen: "L'Homme du XXe siècle" ("20th Century Man"), a game of general cultural questions which went on for many years and which finished with the final "Super homme du XXe siècle" ("20th Century Superman") which brought together all the previous winners of whom the comedian, Robert Manuel, beat a professor of complementary medicine, Georges Rivault.
He was Director-General of the television network France 2 between September 1971 and July 1972.
His wife was the French television presenter and actress Catherine Langeais.
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Filmography
all 132
Movies 129
Director 118
Producer 9
self 4
TV Shows 3
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président (2022)
Il était une fois le journal télévisé (2019)
Le Malade imaginaire (1986)
La Pomme (1985)
Dom Juan (1985)
Chacun pour moi (1985)
Georges Courteline au travail & Boubouroche (1985)
Attends-moi pour commencer (1984)
Nono (1984)
Un Parfum De Miel (1984)
La vie est trop courte (1984)
Monsieur Masure (1983)
Un dîner intime (1983)
Et ta sœur ? (1983)
Je l'aimais trop (1983)
Allô Hélène (1983)
Jean de la lune (1982)
Histoire de rire (1982)
Champs-Elysées (1982)
Pieds nus dans le parc (1982)
La Cruche (1981)
L'Azalée (1981)
L'Amant de Bornéo (1981)
Le Traité d'Auteuil (1981)
Silence on aime (1981)
Ce que femme veut (1981)
Une sacrée famille (1981)
Comédie pour un meurtre (1981)
Il est important d'être aimé (1981)
Peau de vache (1980)
La Maîtresse de bridge (1980)
Divorçons (1980)
La chambre mandarine (1980)
Beaufils et fils (1980)
Hold Up (1980)
La Route des Indes (1980)
Nina (1979)
Volpone (1978)
Acapulco Madame (1978)
Les coucous (1978)
Miam-miam ou le Dîner d'affaires (1978)
La Plume (1978)
Les Deux Vierges (1978)
Les deux timides (1978)
Monsieur chasse (1978)
La fessée (1978)
Les petits oiseaux (1977)
L'École des cocottes (1977)
Une femme presque fidèle (1977)
Appelez-moi maître (1977)
Les Filles (1977)
Le Faiseur (1977)
Le Coin tranquille (1977)
La bagatelle (1977)
La Femme de paille (1976)
Le Cœur sous le paillasson (1976)
Am Stram Gram (1976)
Le Pirate (1976)
La facture (1976)
Le noir te va si bien (1975)
Chat en poche (1975)
Ah! La police de Papa (1975)
Trésor party (1975)
Le Système Ribadier (1975)
L'amant de Madame Vidal (1975)
Folle Amanda (1974)
Pétrus (1974)
L'Or et la paille (1974)
Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (1974)
Folie douce (1973)
La Tête des autres (1973)
Maître Bolbec et son mari (1973)
The Novice Lovers (1973)
La Main passe (1972)
Noix de coco (1972)
Ferraille et chiffons (1972)
Detective Story (1972)
Le don d'Adèle (1972)
An Ideal Husband (1972)
Les oeufs de l'autruche (1972)
L'École des contribuables (1972)
La Pèlerine écossaise (1972)
La voyante (1972)
Huit femmes (1972)
Cash-Cash (1971)
Fric-Frac (1971)
Herminie (1971)
S.O.S. homme seul (1971)
Pour Karine (1971)
Échec et meurtre (1971)
Un fil à la patte (1970)
La Manière forte (1970)
Dix petits nègres (1970)
Les Dix Petits Nègres (1970)
La Brune que voilà (1970)
Le Mari, la femme et la mort (1970)
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (1970)
Les assassins associés (1970)
Frédéric (1970)
Un ange passe (1970)
Doris (1970)
L'Amour des 4 colonels (1969)
Constance (1969)
La Perruche et le Poulet (1969)
Le minotaure (1969)
Le deuxième coup de feu (1969)
Je veux voir Mioussov (1969)
La Toile d'araignée (1969)
La Coquine (1968)
Azaïs (1968)
Le Dindon (1968)
Feu la mère de madame (1968)
Mademoiselle (1968)
Monsieur le Trouhadec saisi par la débauche (1968)
Le système Fabrizzi (1967)
Docteur Glass (1967)
Auguste (1967)
Vacances pour Jessica (1967)
Ami-Ami (1967)
Domino (1967)
Pour avoir Adrienne (1967)
Bon appétit monsieur (1967)
Interdit au public (1966)
Les portes claquent (1966)
La Mamma (1966)
Chérie Noire (1966)
At Theatre Tonight (1966)
J'y suis, j'y reste (1966)
Les Quatre Vérités (1966)
En direct de... (1956)
Volpone (1941)
Les hussards
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1918-07-18
Deathday1994-09-30 (76 years old)
Birth PlaceLannion, France
Height
SpouseCatherine Langeais
FatherGeorges Hanna Sabbagh
MotherAgnès Humbert
CitizenshipsFrance
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