François Vincent Giannelli, known professionally as Francis Linel, was a French
actor, singer, and dancer born on February 26, 1928, in Marseille, France. He
made his performance debut at age 15 on the stage of the Alcazar in Marseille.
In 1948, he joined the Parisian theater scene after Jean Nohain cast him in the
operetta Plume au vent, later winning the Grand Prix de la chanson française de
Deauville in 1950 with his hit song "Le Consul de Curitiba". Linel expanded his
artistic career into cinema with roles in feature films such as Le Boulanger de
Valorgue (1953) and performed...