Jacqueline Joubert

Announcer, TV Personality

1921 – 2005

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Who was Jacqueline Joubert?

Jacqueline Joubert, born Jacqueline Annette Édith Pierre, was a French television continuity announcer, producer and director.

Alongside Arlette Accart, Joubert was one of the first two in-vision continuity announcers when television commenced in France after the Second World War. She was married to the journalist Georges de Caunes between 1953 & 1960, was the mother of Canal+ TV star Antoine de Caunes, and the grandmother of the actress Emma de Caunes. She had also been the wife of Philippe Lagier.

Alongside continuity duties, she also presented the 1959 and 1961 Eurovision Song Contests from Cannes.

She began to produce and direct entertainment shows in 1966 before switching to producing children's programming for Antenne 2 between 1970 and 1980 - in the process, devising the popular magazine show Récré A2 and launching the television career of singer and actress Dorothée.

She died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France in 2005, aged 83.

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Born
Mar 29, 1921
Paris
Also known as
  • Jacqueline Annette Édith Pierre
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  • France
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Died
Jan 8, 2005
Neuilly-sur-Seine

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on July 23, 2013

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