Achille Zavatta

Template:Short description Template:Expand French Template:Infobox person Achille Zavatta (6 May 1915 – 16 November 1993) was a French clown, artist and circus operator.

Biography

Zavatta was born in La Goulette, Tunisia, the son of Federico Zavatta, a circus owner. He started performing in his family's circus show at the age of three, forming with his brothers Michel and Rolph, the Zavatta Trio. He was the interval act at the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest in Luxemburg. To this day the Zavatta Circus tours France and surrounding countries, these performances include live tiger acts, which means the circus cannot tour Britain under the Animal Welfare Act. The circus is rated as a top show in France.

He became famous for his skills as a pantomime.<ref>Achille Zavatta : «Le clown est un homme universel»</ref>

He committed suicide<ref>Vie et mort d'un Auguste</ref> in 1993 in Ouzouer-des-Champs, Loiret and was interred in the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.<ref>Paul Bauer. Deux siècles d'histoire au Père Lachaise Mémoire et Documents, 2006, Template:ISBN</ref>

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1951	Au fil des ondes	Himself
1956	Trapeze	Achille Zavatta	Uncredited
1957	Du sang sous le chapiteau	Boniface
1959	Visa pour l'enfer	Le Gitan
1959	The Green Mare	Déodat - le facteur
1959	Match contre la mort	Le clown
1964	Rien ne va plus	Achille
1964	Tintin and the Blue Oranges	Un invité au château de Moulinsart	Uncredited
1967	Fire of Love	Pierre Michaux
1967	The Curse of Belphegor	Hubert
1971	La grande maffia...	Le papa #2

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