Charles Lamy or M. Lamy (28 August 1857 – 15 June 1940) was the stage name of the French actor Charles Castarède.Martin, p. 214

Life and career

Lamy was born in

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to a theatrical family. His younger brother

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became an actor. He began his stage career in 1874 in Saint-Etienne, at the Grand-Théâtre, which was directed by his father. After performing in Lyon (1875) and

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(1876–77) he spent two years at the Conservatoire de Lyon, while performing at the Théâtre des Célestins (1876-78). He began a career as a singer in Italy (1878–79), moving to Brussels (1879-80). He made his Paris debut at the

Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens The Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens () is a Parisian theatre founded in 1855 by the composer Jacques Offenbach for the performance of opéra bouffe and operetta. The current theatre is located in the 2nd arrondissement at 4 rue Monsigny with a ...

as Prince Fritellini in ''

La Mascotte ''La mascotte'' (''The Mascot'') is a three-act opéra comique with music by Edmond Audran and words by Alfred Duru and Henri Chivot. The story concerns a farm girl who is a "mascotte": someone with the mystic power to bring good luck to all aroun ...

'' (December 1880). At the same theatre he created roles in other comic operas including ''

Gillette de Narbonne ''Gillette de Narbonne'' is an ''opéra comique'' in three acts, with music by Edmond Audran and words by Alfred Duru and Henri Chivot. It is based on a fabliau from ''The Decameron'' and depicts a rejected bride posing as another woman to decei ...

'', ''Madame Boniface'', ''Joséphine'' and ''Coquelicot''. At the

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he created the role of Biju in

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's ''La Famille Vénus'', and at the Théâtre-Lyrique he created the role of Kangourou in

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's '' Madame Chrysanthème''. Returning to the Bouffes he appeared in works including ''Les Forains'', ''L'Homme de neige'', ''Fleur de vertu'', ''L'enlèvement de la Toledad'', ''La dot de Brigitte'' and ''M. Lohengrin''. At the

Théâtre du Palais-Royal The Théâtre du Palais-Royal () is a 750-seat Parisian theatre at 38 rue de Montpensier, located at the northwest corner of the Palais-Royal in the Galerie de Montpensier at its intersection with the Galerie de Beaujolais. Brief history ...

between 1897 and 1905 Lamy appeared in 22 productions:''Les Fêtards'' (Antony Mars, 1897), ''La Culotte'' (Louis Artus, 1898), ''Le Boulet'' (Pierre Wolff, 1898), ''Place aux femmes'' (Albin Valabrègue, 1898), ''Chéri!'' (Paul Gavault, 1898), ''La Mouche'' (Mars, 1899), ''L'Élu des femmes'' (Victor Cottens, 1899), ''Coralie et compagnie'' (Valabrègue, 1899), ''Moins cinq...'' (Paul Gavault, 1900), ''Sacré Léonce'' (Wolff, 1901), ''Bichette'' (Alexandre Fontanes, 1901), ''L'Affaire Mathieu'' (Tristan Bernard, 1901), ''L'Inconnue'' (Gavault, 1901), ''Le Sublime Ernest'' (Valabrègue, 1902), ''Family-Hôtel'' (Eugène Héros, 1902), ''La Carotte'' (Georges Berr, 1902), ''Les Apaches'' (Alexandre Bisson, 1903), ''Les Dragées d'Hercule'' (Paul Bilhaud, 1904), ''L'Escapade'' (Berr, 1904), ''Le Maroquin'' (Julien Berr de Turrique, 1904), ''Une affaire scandaleuse'' (Gavault, 1904), and''La Marche forcée'' (Berr, 1905)."Charles Lamy"
L'Archives du spectacle. Retrieved 28 September 2021 Between 1906 and 1926 he appeared in a further 13 productions at the Palais-Royal and six other Paris theatres. Lamy died in

Orléans Orléans (;"Orleans"
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'' (1922) * '' My Uncle Benjamin'' (1924) * ''

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'' (1925) * ''

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'' (1925) * ''

Cousin Bette ''La Cousine Bette'' (, ''Cousin Bette (given name), Bette'') is an 1846 novel by French author Honoré de Balzac. Set in mid-19th-century Paris, it tells the story of an unmarried middle-aged woman who plots the destruction of her extended fami ...

'' (1928) * ''

The Fall of the House of Usher "The Fall of the House of Usher" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839 in ''Burton's Gentleman's Magazine'', then included in the collection ''Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque'' in 1840. The short story ...

'' (1928) * '' The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard'' (1929) * ''

Tarakanova Princess Tarakanova (c. 1745 – ) was a pretender to the Russian throne. She styled herself, among other names, ''Knyazhna Yelizaveta Vladimirskaya'' (Princess of Vladimir), ''Fräulein Frank'', and ''Madame Trémouille''. Tarakanova ('' ...

'' (1930) * '' Levy and Company'' (1930) * '' Black and White'' (1931) * ''

The Darling of Paris ''The Darling of Paris'' is a 1917 American silent romantic drama film directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starring Theda Bara and Glen White. It was a very loose film adaptation of the 1831 novel ''The Hunchback of Notre-Dame'' by Victor Hugo ...

'' (1931) * '' The Levy Department Stores'' (1932) * ''

Honeymoon Trip ''Honeymoon Trip'' (French: ''Voyage de noces'') is a 1933 Austrian-French comedy film directed by Germain Fried, Joe May and Erich Schmidt. It stars Brigitte Helm, Albert Préjean and Jacqueline Made.Bock & Bergfelder p.192 A separate Germa ...

'' (1933) * ''

The Marriages of Mademoiselle Levy ''The Marriages of Mademoiselle Levy'' (French: ''Les mariages de Mademoiselle Lévy'') is a 1936 French comedy film directed by André Hugon and starring Yvette Lebon, Charles Lamy and Pierre Mingand.Rège p.511 It is the fourth and final entry i ...

'' (1936) * ''

The Green Jacket ''The Green Jacket'' (French: ''L'habit vert'') is a 1937 French comedy film directed by Roger Richebé and starring Elvire Popesco, Victor Boucher and Jules Berry. It is based on a play by Gaston Arman de Caillavet and Robert de Flers.Forman p.56 ...

'' (1937)

References

Sources

Bibliography

* Crisp, C.G. ''Genre, myth, and convention in the French cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lamy, Charles 1857 births 1940 deaths 20th-century French male actors French male film actors French male silent film actors French male stage actors Male actors from Lyon