Alexandre-Pierre Georges "Sacha" Guitry was a French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright of the boulevard theatre. He was the son of a leading French actor, Lucien Guitry, and followed his father into the theatrical profession. He became known for his stage performances, particularly in boulevardier roles. He was also a prolific playwright, writing 115 plays throughout his career. He was married five times, always to rising actresses whose careers he furthered. Probably his best-known wife was Yvonne Printemps to whom he was married between 1919 and 1932.
Sacha Guitry in 1931
Guitry and Printemps in Mozart (1925)
Guitry by Léon Gard
Yvonne Printemps was a French singer and actress who achieved stardom on stage and screen in France and internationally.
Printemps in 1943
Georges Feydeau, Sarah Bernhardt (witnesses), with the groom and bride (r) at the wedding of Sacha Guitry and Printemps, 1919
Guitry and Printemps in Mozart (1925)
Her grave with Pierre Fresnay in Neuilly-sur-Seine.