- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 25, 1914
- Place of Birth
- Petrograd, Russian Empire [now St. Petersburg, Russia]
- Died
- November 25, 1995
Léon Zitrone
Léon Zitrone (25 November 1914 – 25 November 1995) was a Russian-born French journalist and television presenter. Zitrone was born in Petrograd, Russia. He arrived in France with his family fleeing communism at the age of six. He graduated from the ESJ Paris. He began by training in scientific studies but his mastership of Russian, French, English and German gave him entrance in 1948 to the radio foreign broadcasting services of Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (RTF). In 1959, he joined the television activity of RTF. From 1961, he became news presenter, function he occupied for nearly 20 years, first until 1975, on the first French television channel (now TF1), then also on Antenne 2, the other public service channel. Jean-Pierre Elkabbach called him back in 1979. He then took charge of the news program during the week-end (his contract was established until 1 February 1981). He wou…
Filmography
tvIl était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieLa TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieDorothée Show
1987 · Vigile
tvTéléthon
1987 · Self
tvSacrée soirée
1987 · Self, Self - Commentary (voice)
movieMarriage of the Century
1985 · Voix du commentateur (voice)
movieAmerican Dreamer
1984 · Ivan Stranauvlitch
movieLes Mots pour le dire
1983 · TV show presenter (uncredited)
movieQuarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
1982 · Presenter of the circus games
tvChamps-Elysées
1982 · Self
movieThe Party
1980 · Self
movieDrôles de zèbres
1977 · Race Commentator
tvCérémonie des César
1976 · Self - Host
tv30 millions d'amis
1976 · Self - Host
movieFrom Hong Kong with Love
1975 · Espion français
tvLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
tvApostrophes
1975 · Self
tvMidi Première
1975 · Self
movieMarriage
1974 · Self
movieJ'ai tout donné
1972 · Self
tvMidi trente
1972 · Self
movieMenace
1972 · Le journaliste
La Lucarne magique
movieLa Lucarne magique
1971 · A personality
Samedi soir
tvSamedi soir
1971 · Self
movieLet Them Live!
1970 · Self - Narrator
movieLes gros malins
1969 · Self
tvÀ bout portant
1968 · Self - Interviewer
movieLive for Life
1967 · Le présentateur télé
movieSeventeenth Heaven
1966 · Self (voice) (uncredited)
movieThe Boss of Champignol
1966 · Self
movieOperation Double Cross
1965 · Self
tvDim Dam Dom
1965 · Self (voice)
movieClémentine chérie
1964 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Actualités télérévisées
movieActualités télérévisées
1964
movieBe Careful Ladies
1963 · Self
movieThe Bamboo Stroke
1963
movieAssassin's Check
1962 · Le journaliste télé
tvIntervilles
1962 · Self - Host
movieThree Faces of Sin
1961 · Self
movieCocagne
1961 · Self
movieLeon Garros Is Looking for His Friend
1961 · Léon Garros
Vingt mille lieues sur la Terre
movieVingt mille lieues sur la Terre
1961 · Léon Garros, journaliste
movieRue de Paris
1959 · Self
tvEurovision Song Contest
1956 · Self - Presenter
tvEn direct de...
1956 · self