Le Splendid is the name of the French café-théâtre company founded by a collection of writers and actors in the 1970s: Christian Clavier, Michel Blanc, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte (four schoolfriends from the Lycée Pasteur in Neuilly-sur-Seine), Josiane Balaska, Marie-Anne Chazel, Bruno Moynot and Claire Magnin. The members went on to become some of the most influential and important actors and directors in French cinema from the 1980s onwards and have collectively won many César Awards.