Michel Drucker | |
|---|---|
 Drucker in 2011 | |
| Born | 12 September 1942 Vire, France |
| Occupation(s) | Television and radio host |
| Employer(s) | France 2, Europe 1 |
| Spouse | Dany Saval |
| Relatives | Jean Drucker (brother) Marie Drucker (niece) Léa Drucker (niece) |
Michel Drucker, CQ (born 12 September 1942 in Vire) is a popular French journalist and TV host. He has been on screen for so long on various shows and different networks, both public and private, that he once said that some people joked that he was included in the price of their TV sets.
Career
He started a journalistic career in 1965 at the ORTF as sports reporter and commentator. Although he kept doing live coverage of major soccer matches until 1986, he soon turned to hosting variety shows, such as Champs-Élysées on Antenne 2 in the 1980s, then Stars 90 on TF1 in the 1990s, then finally Vivement dimanche on France 2 every Sunday afternoon since 1998.
Drucker is known for his polite, toned-down attitude towards show-business stars, and is best known outside France for the incident between Serge Gainsbourg and American singer Whitney Houston on the television programme, Champs-Élysées.[1]
Personal life
Drucker is Jewish. His father, Abraham Drucker, was a Jewish immigrant who arrived in France in 1925 to study medicine. Drucker's younger brother, Jacques, is a doctor, and his older brother, Jean, was a television executive.
Drucker is married to French actress Dany Saval and is an uncle of Léa Drucker, an actress, and Marie Drucker, a telejournalist on France 2.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Un fil à la patte | The florist | Francis Perrin | TV movie |
| 2006 | Trois jeunes filles nues | Richard Valverde | TV movie | |
| 2007 | Trois contes merveilleux | The priest | Hélène Guétary | TV movie |
| 2012 | Stars 80 | Himself | Frédéric Forestier & Thomas Langmann | |
| 2013 | Y'a pas d'âge | Michel Jocker | July Hygreck | TV series (1 episode) |
| Platane | Himself | Éric Judor & Denis Imbert | TV series (1 episode) | |
| La grande boucle (fr) | Himself | Laurent Tuel | ||
| 2014 | Number One Fan | Himself | Jeanne Herry | |
| Avis de mistral | Himself | Rose Bosch | ||
| 2015 | L'Hôtel du Libre-Echange | Monsieur | François Goetghebeur | TV movie |
| 2016 | Arrête ton cinéma | Himself | Diane Kurys | |
| Un chapeau de paille d'Italie | The client | François Goetghebeur (2) | TV movie | |
| 2017 | Coexister | Himself | Fabrice Eboué | |
| Call My Agent ! | Himself | Laurent Tirard | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2018 | Guy | Himself | Alex Lutz | |
Honours
National honours
France:
- Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour (1994)
- Knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (1984)
Foreign honours
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Canada:
Quebec: Knight (2001), now Officer (2010) of the National Order of Quebec[2]
References
- ↑ Ina: Rencontre mémorable entre Whitney Houston et Serge Gainsbourg Archived 15 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ National Order of Quebec's recipients, Michel Drucker
External links
- Official website
- Vivement Dimanche
- Michel Drucker on the website on France 2 TV Archived 2009-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Michel Drucker biographie (in French)