A.-M. Julien, real name Aman-Julien Maistre, (24 July 1903 – 15 January 2001) was a French actor, singer and theatre manager. He was François Maistre's father.

Life

Born in Toulon (

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), Julien joined the troupe of the Copiaus founded by

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in the 1920s and which became the Compagnie des Quinze (1930-1932) in 1929 when it was installed at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in Paris. It is within this group that he met a Swiss actor, singer and composer

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, known as Gilles, with whom he created a vocal duo from 1932 to 1939, under the name "Gilles and Julien", which met with great success. From 1947 to 1966, he directed the Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt, where he founded the Festival d'Art dramatique de Paris in 1954 (renamed "Théâtre des Nations" in 1957), thanks to which he made the Parisian public discover, among others

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's '' Berliner Ensemble'' and Giorgio Strehler's '' Piccolo Teatro di Milano''. From 1959 to 1962, he was also director of the (RTLN), which included the Opéra Garnier and the

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. In this capacity, he chaired the jury of the International singing competition of Toulouse on 2 occasions. Julien died in

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( Aveyron).

Selected appearances

* 1935: '' Monsieur Sans-Gêne'' * 1941: ' * 1944: ' by Léo Joannon * 1967: ', Marcel Pagnol's '' Topaze'', staged by

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, directed by

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* 1969: '' Jacquou le Croquant'', miniseries by

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References

External links

A.-Julien
on "Les Archives du spectacle" * {{DEFAULTSORT:Julien, AM 1903 births 2001 deaths Actors from Toulon 20th-century French male singers 20th-century French male actors French theatre managers and producers Directors of the Paris Opera Musicians from Toulon Businesspeople from Toulon