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Maurice de Féraudy (born in Joinville-le-Ponton December 3, 1859 - died in Paris May 12, 1932) was a French songwriter and actor at the Comédie-Française. He was the father of actor Jacques de Féraudy. He joined the Théâtre Français in 1880, the company in 1887,and became dean in 1929. The role of his life, which he played 1200 times innearly thirty years and of which he had a monopoly, is that of IsidoreLechat in Business is business (French: Les affaires sont les affaires),Octave Mirbeau (1903). As part of the Comedy Francaise he toured Quebec, Montrealand New York in 1922, showing two plays by Molière. He has been applauded inthe use of comedy, his playing full of cheerfulness. Féraudy also wrote thelyrics of many songs for Paulette Darty, including the famous Fascination, taken up by later by SuzyDelair and Diane Dufresne.