Alexandre-Pierre Georges "
Sacha"
Guitry (; 21 February 188524 July 1957) 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, often in
boulevardier roles, in the many plays he wrote, of which there were more than 120. 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.