Antoine Bourseiller (8 July 1930 – 21 May 2013) was a French comedian and opera and theatre director. Born in Paris in 1930, from 1960 to 1963 Bourseiller headed the Studio des Champs-Elysées. In 1966, he was named director of the Centre dramatique national d'Aix-en-Provence. He also directed the

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. From 1982 until 1996 he was director of the

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. Bourseiller won the Prix du Concours des Jeunes compagnies in 1960 and the Grand Prix du théâtre du Syndicat de la critique in 1963.

Personal life

He had a daughter,

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, from his relationship with director

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. He had a second daughter, the rejoneadora (bullfighter) Marie Sara (born Marie Bourseiller), from his marriage to actress Chantal Darget (born Marie Chantal Chauvet). From this marriage he also had a stepson,

Christophe Bourseiller Christophe Bourseiller (; born Christophe Gintzburger; born 27 September 1957 in Paris) is a French actor, writer, freemason and journalist. He began as a child actor and starred in Yves Robert's '' War of the Buttons'' (''La Guerre des boutons'') ...

(born Christophe Gintzburger).

Filmography

* 1981: ''

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'' * 1961: '' Cléo de 5 à 7''

References

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