Jacques Duby

Jacques Duby was born in Toulouse in 1922. As a boy, his main handicap was shyness and after experiencing serious difficulties at oral exams, his father, a physician (and dramatic critic - noblesse oblige) advised him to take elocution lessons. A nice move indeed as not only did that help him to solve his problems (he finally managed to graduate from high school) but it made Jacques discover his vocation (treading the boards) too. Following a period of high class training (Conservatoire de Toulouse, Centre du Spectacle and Conservatoire de Paris), Jacques Duby started a long career spanning five decades, primarily devoted to the theater but also to television (over forty roles in films, series or filmed plays) and, to a lesser extent, to the big screen. His stage roles includes plays by Marcel Aymé ("Clérambard"), Marcel Achard ("L'Idiote"), Jacques Audiberti ("La logeuse"), Christine Arnothy ("La Peau de Singe") or Félicien Marceau ("L'Oeuf", "Les Oiseaux de Lune"). Not forgetting his