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Tony Leblanc | |
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| Born | Ignacio Fernández Sánchez 7 May 1922 |
| Died | 24 November 2012 (aged 90) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1944 - 2012 |
| Spouse | Isabel Páez de la Torre |
| Children | 8 |
Ignacio Fernández Sánchez, better known as Tony Leblanc (May 7, 1922 – November 24, 2012) was a Spanish actor, director and comedian.[1]
Biography
Tony Leblanc was born in the grounds of the Museo del Prado at Madrid, where his family lived because of his father's employment as the museum's janitor.
In his teens he was fond of boxing, becoming champion of the lightweight Castilla "amateur", while participating in amateur theatre. He was also a soccer player in the Real Club Deportivo Carabanchel in the Third Division in which he scored 23 goals, making him the top scorer of the Third Division.
Leblanc had his professional debut in 1944 with Celia Gámez's company. His earliest appearances in film were in Eugenia de Montijo (1944), Los últimos de Filipinas (1945, Antonio Román), and Por el gran premio (1946, directed by Pierre-Antoine Caron). His prominence extended from the second half of the 1950s through the 1960s, with popular titles of Spanish cinema of the era, such as El Tigre de Chamberí (1957, Pedro Luis Ramírez), Muchachas de azul (1957), Los tramposos (1959, both by Pedro Lazaga), Las chicas de la cruz roja (1960, by Rafael J. Salvia), Tres de la Cruz Roja (1961, by Fernando Palacios) or Historias de la televisión (1964, by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia). During this decade, Leblanc made an artistic partnership with Concha Velasco which was to endure for many years. He was also involved in an comedy trio with José Luis Ozores and Manolo Gómez Bur. In this way, he established his popularity working mainly in comedy roles, both in film and on stage. Leblanc found success in theatre with revue productions such as Te espero en el Eslava (1957-1958) and Ven y ven...al Eslava (1958-1959), both alongside Nati Mistral.
Tony Leblanc's decline began in the mid-70s after theatrical hits like Paloma palomita palomera and Esta es mi vida (1975), when an old ailment is aggravated, leaving him semi-invalid and unable to continue his acting career. However, before his retire, Leblanc did some of his best performances in El astronauta (1970, by Javier Aguirre) and the remake of Rafael Gil's El hombre que se quiso matar in 1973.
A true pioneer of television in the Spain of the 1950s and 1960s, Tony Leblanc combined his cinema career with comedy specials, varied comic performances and few programmes by TVE such as Las Gomas (1956), La Goleta (1957), Gran Parada (1963-1964), El que dice ser y llamarse (1965), En órbita (1967), Cita con Tony Leblanc (1969) and Canción 71 (1971).
When Tony Leblanc decided to retire from cinema in 1975 after his starring role in Tres suecas para tres Rodríguez, he never thought that a serious road accident occurred on May 6, 1983, would truncate his theatrical career. The accident left him temporarily incapacitated.
After nearly 15 years of retirement, he was seen by Santiago Segura on television in the Premio Isbert de Teatro award ceremony. Following this, Segura convinced him to accept a role in Segura's film Torrente (1998), which earned Leblanc a Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor. The collection of this award in January 1998 was especially emotional because of the almost miraculous recovery of the actor, who managed to walk after being in a wheelchair for several years. Tony Leblanc agreed to continue in Segura's Torrente saga, with films in 2001, 2005, and 2011.
In 2001 Tony Leblanc appeared in TVE's series Cuéntame cómo pasó, in the role of Cervan, an old and charming newsagent. Since April 2007, he has also collaborated with Santiago Segura in the comedy program Sabías a lo que venías, of laSexta channel.
Tony Leblanc has also produced, directed and written several films, debuting as director of El pobre García, a comedy starring Lina Morgan and Manolo Gómez Bur. He finally abandoned work as a producer and director after failing to achieve commercial success.
Tony Leblanc was the author of a successful pasodoble: Cántame un pasodoble español, [2] written for the magazine Un Pasodoble Español (1970), by folk artist Lolita Sevilla, following which he continued to collaborate with her in other pasodobles: Las piedras del camino, Te digo sinceramente and Un abanico español, the latter with Maestro Quiroga.[3]
On May 10, 2008, Leblanc received a tribute by the municipality of Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid, where he has lived for the past 30 years.[4] He died in Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid, aged 90, in 2012.
Awards
- Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor (1998) for Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley.
- Honorary Goya Award in 1994.
- Gold Medal of the Círculo de Bellas Artes.
- Premio de Interpretación del Sindicato del Espectáculo.
- Medalla del Mérito al Trabajo, 1980.
- II National Theatre Award "Pepe Isbert"
- Honorary President of Amigos del Teatro de España (AMITE, Friends of Theatre)
- Gold Medal of AMITE, 2010
- LeBlanc has a star on Madrid's Walk of Fame.
References
- ^ Mérida, Pablo (2002). El cine español: historia, actores y directores, géneros, principales películas. Larousse. p. 2002. ISBN 978-84-8332-304-5.
- ^ Cántame un pasodoble español
- ^ http://www.sellamacopla.com/noticias/el-repertorio-de-la-semana.html (Consultado el 29/12/2008)
- ^ Tony Leblanc descubre emocionado la placa que da su nombre a una calle de Villaviciosa de Odón
External links
- Tony LeBlanc at IMDb