Anne Doat (born 16 September 1936
Neuilly-sur-Seine
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) is a French actress.
Life
She is the daughter of
Jan Doat
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.
She studied at the Saint-Cloud high school but interrupted them to take drama classes with Jean Valcourt. She won a prize at the Léopold Bellan Drama and Declamation Competition.
In 1955, she played with
Jean Gabin
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, in ''Chiens perdus sans collier'' by
Jean Delannoy
Jean Delannoy (12 January 1908 – 18 June 2008) was a French actor, film editor, screenwriter and film director.
Biography
Although Delannoy was born in a Paris suburb, his family was from Haute-Normandie in the north of France. He was a P ...
. This role earned her the
Prix Suzanne-Bianchetti.
In 1956, she appeared, in the film ''Marie-Antoinette, queen of France'', of Jean Delannoy, where she played Rosalie, the devoted servant of the Queen.
In the 1960s, she appeared in many dramas and television soap operas.
In 1963, she married director
Jean Vautrin
Jean Vautrin (17 May 1933 – 16 June 2015), real name Jean Herman, was a French writer, filmmaker and film critic.
Life and career
After studying literature at Auxerre, he took first place in the Id'HEC competition. He studied French lite ...
.
In 1970, she appeared in her last film, ''Teresa'', by
Gérard Vergez
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, based on the play by
Natalia Ginzburg
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. In 1978, she appeared in her last role on television, ''Le temps d'une republic: Le chien de Munich'' by
Michel Mitrani Michel Mitrani (1930 - 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter. He was the founder of the Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels in 1987. His 1974 film '' Les Guichets du Louvre'' was entered into the 24th Berlin International F ...
. She acted in about twenty films, and plays.
In 1977, Anne Doat stopped her acting career after the birth of an autistic son. She devoted herself to her three children, and founded Autisme solidarité.
Since the death of Jean Vautrin in 2015, she has worked to promote his work, gives readings, and donated the Jean Vautrin fund to the Gradignan media library, which participates in the project to digitize these archive documents.
References
External links
* {{Cite web , title=Anne Doat , url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0229561/bio , access-date=2023-01-27 , website=IMDb
1936 births
French actors