Jean-Paul Moulinot (30 June 1912 – 3 December 1989) was a French actor,
sociétaire of the Comédie-Française.
Elisabeth (Yvette) Hardy (1917-2000), a comedian at the
TNP, was his wife. Close to
Jean Vilar
Jean Vilar (25 March 1912– 28 May 1971) was a French actor and theatre director.
Vilar trained under actor and theatre director Charles Dullin, then toured with an acting company throughout France. His directorial career began in 1943 in a sma ...
, he took part to the first
Festival d'Avignon
The ''Festival d'Avignon'', or Avignon Festival, is an annual arts festival held in the French city of Avignon every summer in July in the courtyard of the Palais des Papes as well as in other locations of the city. Founded in 1947 by Jean Vila ...
in 1947 and from 1951, the year the TNP reopened, he belonged to the troupe where he
remained during all the years Jean Vilar was the director, then joined the
Comédie-Française
The Comédie-Française () or Théâtre-Français () is one of the few state theatres in France. Founded in 1680, it is the oldest active theatre company in the world. Established as a French state-controlled entity in 1995, it is the only state ...
until his death.
Career at the Comédie-Française
* Admission at the
Comédie-Française
The Comédie-Française () or Théâtre-Français () is one of the few state theatres in France. Founded in 1680, it is the oldest active theatre company in the world. Established as a French state-controlled entity in 1995, it is the only state ...
in 1966
* Sociétaire in 1989
* 481st
sociétaire
*1937: ''
Business is business
''Business is business'' (french: :fr:Les affaires sont les affaires, Les affaires sont les affaires) is a French comedy in three acts, by the novelist and playwright Octave Mirbeau, performed in April 1903 on the stage of Comédie-Française, in ...
'' by
Octave Mirbeau
Octave Mirbeau (16 February 1848 – 16 February 1917) was a French novelist, art critic, travel writer, pamphleteer, journalist and playwright, who achieved celebrity in Europe and great success among the public, whilst still appealing to the ...
, directed by
Fernand Ledoux
Fernand Ledoux (born Jacques Joseph Félix Fernand Ledoux, 24 January 1897, Tirlemont – 21 September 1993, Villerville) was a French film and theatre actor of Belgian origin. He studied with Raphaël Duflos at the CNSAD, and began his ca ...
*1938: ''
Cyrano de Bergerac
Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac ( , ; 6 March 1619 – 28 July 1655) was a French novelist, playwright, epistolarian, and duelist.
A bold and innovative author, his work was part of the libertine literature of the first half of the 17th cen ...
'' by
Edmond Rostand
Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (, , ; 1 April 1868 – 2 December 1918) was a French poet and dramatist. He is associated with neo-romanticism and is known best for his 1897 play ''Cyrano de Bergerac''. Rostand's romantic plays contrasted with t ...
, directed by
Pierre Dux
Pierre Dux (21 October 1908 – 1 December 1990) was a French stage director, stage actor, and film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1932 and 1990.
Filmography
References
External links
*
*
1908 births
1990 deaths
Burials ...
*1966: ''
Les Femmes savantes
''Les Femmes savantes'' (''The Learned Ladies'') is a comedy by Molière in five acts, written in verse. A satire on academic pretension, female education, and préciosité (French for preciousness), it was one of his most popular comedies and ...
'' by
Molière
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (, ; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, , ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and world ...
, directed by
Jean Meyer
Jean Meyer Barth (born February 8, 1942) is a French-Mexican historian and author, known for his writings on early 20th-century Mexican history. He has published extensively on the Mexican Revolution and Cristero War, the history of Nayarit, and ...
*1966: ''
Le commissaire est bon enfant'' by
Georges Courteline
Georges Courteline born Georges Victor Marcel Moinaux (25 June 1858 – 25 June 1929) was a French dramatist and novelist, a satirist notable for his sharp wit and cynical humor.
Biography
His family moved from Tours in Indre-et-Loire to Pari ...
and
Jules Lévy, directed by
Robert Manuel
*1967: ''
Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard
''The Game of Love and Chance'' (french: Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard) is a three-act romantic comedy by French playwright Marivaux. ''The Game of Love and Chance'' was first performed 23 January 1730 by the Comédie Italienne. In this play ...
'' by
Marivaux
Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux (4 February 1688 – 12 February 1763), commonly referred to as Marivaux, was a French playwright and novelist.
He is considered one of the most important French playwrights of the 18th century, writing nume ...
, directed by
Maurice Escande
Maurice Escande (14 November 1892 – 10 February 1973) was a French stage and film actor. In 1948 he starred in the film '' The Lame Devil'' under Sacha Guitry.
Selected filmography
*1917: ''Un vol étrange'' (Short)
*1918: ''Simone'' - Mich ...
*1967: ''
Le Malade imaginaire
''The Imaginary Invalid'', ''The Hypochondriac'', or ''The Would-Be Invalid'' ( French title ''Le Malade imaginaire'', ) is a three- act ''comédie-ballet'' by the French playwright Molière with dance sequences and musical interludes (H.495, H. ...
'' by Molière, directed by Robert Manuel
*1967: ''
La Commère'' by Marivaux, directed by
Michel Duchaussoy
Michel René Jacques Duchaussoy (29 November 1938 – 13 March 2012) was a French film actor, who appeared in more than 130 films between 1962 and 2012. At first a theatre actor, he worked for many years in the Comédie Française, where he ...
*1967: ''L'Émigré de Brisbane'' by
Georges Schéhadé
Georges Schehadé (2 November 1905 – 17 January 1989) was a Lebanese playwright and poet writing in French.
Life and career
Georges Schehadé was born in Alexandria, Egypt, in an aristocratic Greek orthodox family of Lebanese origin but spe ...
, directed by
Jacques Mauclair
Jacques Mauclair (12 January 1919 – 21 December 2001) was a French film actor. He appeared in 30 films between 1950 and 2000. He was born in Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,00 ...
*1967: ''
L'Étourdi'' by Molière, directed by
Jean-Paul Roussillon
Jean-Paul Roussillon (5 March 1931 – 31 July 2009) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 80 films and television shows between 1954 and 2008. He starred in the film '' Playing 'In the Company of Men, which was screened in the Un C ...
*1967: ''
Le Médecin malgré lui
''Le Médecin malgré lui'' (; "The doctor/physician in spite of himself") is a farce by Molière first presented in 1666 (published as a manuscript in early 1667) at le théâtre du Palais-Royal by la Troupe du Roi. The play is one of sever ...
'' by Molière, directed by Jean-Paul Roussillon
*1968: ''
Le Joueur
''The Gambler'' (French: ''Le joueur'') is a 1958 French-Italian drama film directed by Claude Autant-Lara and starring Gérard Philipe, Liselotte Pulver and Françoise Rosay.Monaco p.30 It is an adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1866 novel '' T ...
'' by
Regnard, directed by
Jean Piat
Jean Piat (23 September 1924 – 18 September 2018) was a French actor and writer.
Life
Piat was born in Lannoy, Nord. He enlisted in the Comédie-Française on 1 September 1947, and became a member on 1 January 1953. He left the Comédie-Fra ...
*1968: ''
Ruy Blas
''Ruy Blas'' is a tragic drama by Victor Hugo. It was the first play presented at the Théâtre de la Renaissance and opened on November 8, 1838. Though considered by many to be Hugo’s best drama, the play was initially met with only average ...
'' by
Victor Hugo
Victor-Marie Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. He is considered to be one of the great ...
, directed by
Raymond Rouleau
Raymond Rouleau (4 June 1904 – 11 December 1981) was a Belgian actor and film director. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1928 and 1979. He also directed 22 films between 1932 and 1981. Rouleau studied at the Royal Conservatory of B ...
*1969: ''Les Italiens à Paris'' by
Charles Charras and
André Gille
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after
Évariste Gherardi, directed by
Jean Le Poulain
Jean Le Poulain (12 September 1924 – 1 March 1988) was a French stage actor and stage director.
He attended the cours Simon in Paris and won the first prize of Comedy at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in 1949. He was t ...
*1969: ''
Port-Royal Port Royal is the former capital city of Jamaica.
Port Royal or Port Royale may also refer to:
Institutions
* Port-Royal-des-Champs, an abbey near Paris, France, which spawned influential schools and writers of the 17th century
** Port-Royal A ...
'' by
Henry de Montherlant
Henry Marie Joseph Frédéric Expedite Millon de Montherlant (; 20 April 1895 – 21 September 1972) was a French essayist, novelist, and dramatist. He was elected to the Académie française in 1960.
Biography
Born in Paris, a descendant o ...
, directed by Jean Meyer
*1970: ''
Malatesta Malatesta may refer to:
People Given name
* Malatesta (I) da Verucchio (1212–1312), founder of the powerful Italian Malatesta family and a famous condottiero
* Malatesta IV Baglioni (1491–1531), Italian condottiero and lord of Perugia, Bettona, ...
'' by
Henry de Montherlant
Henry Marie Joseph Frédéric Expedite Millon de Montherlant (; 20 April 1895 – 21 September 1972) was a French essayist, novelist, and dramatist. He was elected to the Académie française in 1960.
Biography
Born in Paris, a descendant o ...
, directed by
Pierre Dux
Pierre Dux (21 October 1908 – 1 December 1990) was a French stage director, stage actor, and film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1932 and 1990.
Filmography
References
External links
*
*
1908 births
1990 deaths
Burials ...
*1970: ''
A Dream Play
''A Dream Play'' ( sv, Ett drömspel) is a fantasy play in 14 scenes written in 1901 by the Swedish playwright August Strindberg. It was published in Swedish in 1902 and first performed in Stockholm on 17 April 1907. It remains one of Strindberg' ...
'' by
August Strindberg
Johan August Strindberg (, ; 22 January 184914 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter.Lane (1998), 1040. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg wrote more than sixty p ...
, directed by
Raymond Rouleau
Raymond Rouleau (4 June 1904 – 11 December 1981) was a Belgian actor and film director. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1928 and 1979. He also directed 22 films between 1932 and 1981. Rouleau studied at the Royal Conservatory of B ...
*1971: ''
Becket ou l'Honneur de Dieu'' by
Jean Anouilh
Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh (; 23 June 1910 – 3 October 1987) was a French dramatist whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1944 play ''Antigone'', an ad ...
, directed by the author and
Roland Piétri
Roland Piétri (1910 in Paris – 27 October 1986 in the same city), was a French actor and theatre director.
Biography
Roland Piétri was co-director of the Comédie des Champs-Élysées from 1944 to 1948 with Claude Sainval and for one season ...
*1972: ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' by Edmond Rostand, directed by
Jacques Charon
Jacques Charon (27 February 1920 – 15 October 1975) was a French actor and film director.
Born in Paris, Charon trained at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique (CNSAD) and made his début at the Comédie-Française in 1941. D ...
*1972: ''Volpone'' by
Jules Romains
Jules Romains (born Louis Henri Jean Farigoule; 26 August 1885 – 14 August 1972) was a French poet and writer and the founder of the Unanimism literary movement. His works include the play '' Knock ou le Triomphe de la médecine'', and a cycle ...
and
Stefan Zweig
Stefan Zweig (; ; 28 November 1881 – 22 February 1942) was an Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist, and biographer. At the height of his literary career, in the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most widely translated and popular write ...
, directed by
Gérard Vergez
Gérard ( French: ) is a French masculine given name and surname of Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constit ...
, Comédie-Française at the
Théâtre de l'Odéon
*1972: ''Graf Öderland'' by
Max Frisch
Max Rudolf Frisch (; 15 May 1911 – 4 April 1991) was a Swiss playwright and novelist. Frisch's works focused on problems of identity, individuality, responsibility, morality, and political commitment. The use of irony is a significant featur ...
, directed by
Jean-Pierre Miquel
Jean-Pierre Miquel (22 January 1937 – 22 February 2003) was a French actor and theatre director, as well as an administrator of the Comédie française.
Biography
Artistic director at the Théâtre de l'Odéon from 1971 to 1977, he b ...
, Comédie-Française at the Théâtre de l'Odéon
*1972: ''
La Station Champbaudet'' by
Eugène Labiche
Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin".Marc-Michel
Marc-Antoine-Amédée Michel, known as Marc-Michel (22 July 1812 in Marseille – 12 March 1868 in Paris) was a French poet, playwright and journalist. He is perhaps best known today for the 1851 farce he co-wrote with Eugène Marin Labiche, ''The ...
, directed by
Jean-Laurent Cochet
Jean-Laurent Cochet (28 January 1935 – 7 April 2020) was a French director and actor.
Biography
He was best known for starring in movies such as '' A Thousand Billion Dollars'' and ''Fort Saganne''.
He was an important teacher for acting. Hund ...
*1973: ''
Le Malade imaginaire
''The Imaginary Invalid'', ''The Hypochondriac'', or ''The Would-Be Invalid'' ( French title ''Le Malade imaginaire'', ) is a three- act ''comédie-ballet'' by the French playwright Molière with dance sequences and musical interludes (H.495, H. ...
'' by Molière, directed by Jean-Laurent Cochet
*1973: ''
Dom Juan
''Dom Juan ou le Festin de pierre'' ("Don Juan or The Feast of the Stone tatue) is a five-act 1665 comedy by Molière based upon the Spanish legend of Don Juan Tenorio. The aristocrat Dom Juan is a rake who seduces, marries, and abandons Elvir ...
'' by Molière, directed by
Antoine Bourseiller 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 dra ...
*1973: ''
Les Femmes savantes
''Les Femmes savantes'' (''The Learned Ladies'') is a comedy by Molière in five acts, written in verse. A satire on academic pretension, female education, and préciosité (French for preciousness), it was one of his most popular comedies and ...
'' by Molière, directed by Jean Piat
*1973: ''
L'École des femmes
''The School for Wives'' (french: L'école des femmes; ) is a theatrical comedy written by the seventeenth century French playwright Molière and considered by some critics to be one of his finest achievements. It was first staged at the Palai ...
'' by Molière, directed by Jean-Paul Roussillon
*1974: ''
Hernani'' by Victor Hugo, directed by
Robert Hossein
Robert Hossein (30 December 1927 – 31 December 2020) was a French film actor, director, and writer. He directed the 1982 adaptation of ''Les Misérables'' and appeared in '' Vice and Virtue'', '' Le Casse'', '' Les Uns et les Autres'' and '' ...
*1974: ''L'Impromptu de Marigny'', by
Jean Poiret, directed by
Jacques Charon
Jacques Charon (27 February 1920 – 15 October 1975) was a French actor and film director.
Born in Paris, Charon trained at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique (CNSAD) and made his début at the Comédie-Française in 1941. D ...
*1975: ''Dialogues with Leucò'' by
Cesare Pavese
Cesare Pavese ( , ; 9 September 1908 – 27 August 1950) was an Italian novelist, poet, short story writer, translator, literary critic, and essayist. He is often referred to as one of the most influential Italian writers of his time.
Early li ...
, directed by
Antoine Bourseiller 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 dra ...
, Comédie-Française at the
Petit Odéon
*1976: ''
Trafic
''Trafic'' (''Traffic'') is a 1971 Italian-French comedy film directed by Jacques Tati. ''Trafic'' was the last film to feature Tati's famous character of Monsieur Hulot, and followed the vein of earlier Tati films that lampooned modern society.
...
'' by
Louis Calaferte
Louis Calaferte (French pronunciation: wi kalafɛrt; 14 July 1928 - 2 May 1994) was an Italian-born French naturalized novelist. He was born in Turin, Italy, but emigrated to France with his parents when he was very young, settling in a Lyon sub ...
, directed by
Jean-Pierre Miquel
Jean-Pierre Miquel (22 January 1937 – 22 February 2003) was a French actor and theatre director, as well as an administrator of the Comédie française.
Biography
Artistic director at the Théâtre de l'Odéon from 1971 to 1977, he b ...
, Comédie-Française at the Petit Odéon
*1976: ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' by
Edmond Rostand
Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (, , ; 1 April 1868 – 2 December 1918) was a French poet and dramatist. He is associated with neo-romanticism and is known best for his 1897 play ''Cyrano de Bergerac''. Rostand's romantic plays contrasted with t ...
, directed by Jean-Paul Roussillon
*1976: ''
Lorenzaccio
''Lorenzaccio'' is a French play of the Romantic period written by Alfred de Musset in 1834, set in 16th-century Florence, and depicting Lorenzino de' Medici, who killed Florence's tyrant, Alessandro de' Medici, his cousin. Having engaged in de ...
'' by
Alfred de Musset, directed by
Franco Zeffirelli
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*1977: ''
Doit-on le dire ?'' by Eugène Labiche, directed by Jean-Laurent Cochet
*1978: ''
A Flea In Her Ear
''A Flea in Her Ear'' (french: La Puce à l'oreille) is a play by Georges Feydeau written in 1907, at the height of the Belle Époque. The author called it a vaudeville, but in Anglophone countries, where it is the most popular of Feydeau's play ...
'' by Eugène Labiche, directed by Jean-Laurent Cochet
*1979: ''
Ruy Blas
''Ruy Blas'' is a tragic drama by Victor Hugo. It was the first play presented at the Théâtre de la Renaissance and opened on November 8, 1838. Though considered by many to be Hugo’s best drama, the play was initially met with only average ...
'' by Victor Hugo, directed by
Jacques Destoop
*1979: ''
L'Œuf'' by
Félicien Marceau
Félicien Marceau (16 September 1913 – 7 March 2012) was a French novelist, playwright and essayist originally from Belgium. His real name was Louis Carette. He was close to the Hussards right-wing literary movement, which in turn was close t ...
, directed by
Jacques Rosny
*1980: ''Simul et singulis'', Soirées littéraires consacrées au Tricentenaire de la Comédie-Française, directed by
Simon Eine
Simon Eine (8 August 1936 – 30 September 2020) was a French actor. He studied at CNSAD under the direction of Jean Yonnel. He was once honorary secretary of the Comédie-Française.
Filmography Cinema
*''Le Roi Lear'' (1965)
*''Au théâtre ce ...
,
Alain Pralon and
Jacques Destoop
*1981: ''
La Dame de chez Maxim'' by
Georges Feydeau
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Feydeau was born in Paris to middle-class parent ...
, directed by Jean-Paul Roussillon
*1983: ''Triptychon ''by Max Frisch, directed by
Roger Blin
Roger Blin (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 22 March 1907 – Évecquemont, France, 21 January 1984) was a French actor and director. He staged world premieres of Samuel Beckett's '' Waiting for Godot'' in 1953 and ''Endgame'' in 1957.C. J. Ackerle ...
, Comédie-Française at the Théâtre de l'Odéon
*1983: ''
Amphitryon
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'' by Molière, directed by
Philippe Adrien
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Actor
Adrien appeared in the 1959 war film, '' Green Harvest''.
Playwright
A ...
*1984: ''
Ivanov'' by Tchekov, directed by
Claude Régy Claude may refer to:
__NOTOC__ People and fictional characters
* Claude (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
* Claude (surname), a list of people
* Claude Lorrain (c. 1600–1682), French landscape painter, draughtsman and etch ...
*1986: ''
The Liar'' by
Corneille
Pierre Corneille (; 6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine.
As a young man, he earned the valuable patronag ...
, directed by
Alain Françon Alain may refer to:
People
* Alain (given name), common given name, including list of persons and fictional characters with the name
* Alain (surname)
* "Alain", a pseudonym for cartoonist Daniel Brustlein
* Alain, a standard author abbreviation u ...
*1986: ''
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
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'' by Molière, directed by
Jean-Luc Boutté
Jean-Luc may refer to:
In politics:
* Jean-Luc Bennahmias (born 1954), a French politician and Member of the European Parliament
* Jean-Luc Dehaene (1940–2014), a Flemish politician
* Jean-Luc Laurent (born 1957), a French politician
* Jean-Luc ...
*1986: ''The Liar'' by Corneille, directed by Alain Françon
*1987: ''La Manivelle'' by
Robert Pinget
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, directed by Jean-Paul Roussillon, Comédie-Française at the Festival d'Avignon
*1988: ''
Endgame
Endgame, Endgames, End Game, End Games, or similar variations may refer to:
Film
* ''The End of the Game'' (1919 film)
* ''The End of the Game'' (1975 film), short documentary U.S. film
* ''Endgame'' (1983 film), 1983 Italian post-apocalyptic f ...
'' by
Samuel Beckett
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, directed by
Gildas Bourdet
Outside the Comédie-Française
*1945: ''
Tartuffe
''Tartuffe, or The Impostor, or The Hypocrite'' (; french: Tartuffe, ou l'Imposteur, ), first performed in 1664, is a theatrical comedy by Molière. The characters of Tartuffe, Elmire, and Orgon are considered among the greatest classical thea ...
'' by Molière, directed by
Marcel Herrand
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He appeared in over 25 films between 1932 and 1952, but Herrand's best remembered role i ...
,
Théâtre des Mathurins
*1946: ''Primavera'' by Claude Spaak, directed by Marcel Herrand, Théâtre des Mathurins
*1947: ''Je vivrai un grand amour'' by
Steve Passeur, Théâtre des Mathurins
*1949: ''
Le Légataire universel'' by
Jean-François Regnard
Jean-François Regnard (7 February 1655 – 4 September 1709), "the most distinguished, after Molière, of the comic poets of the seventeenth century", was a dramatist, born in Paris, who is equally famous now for the travel diary he kept of a vo ...
, directed by
Georges Douking
Georges Douking (born Georges Ladoubée; 6 August 1902 – 20 October 1987) was a French stage, film, and television actor. He also directed stage plays such as the premier presentation of Jean Giraudoux's ''Sodom and Gomorrah'' at the Thé ...
,
Théâtre des Célestins
The Théâtre des Célestins is a theatre building on Place des Célestins in Lyon, France. It was designed by Gaspard André, and inaugurated in 1877, then in 2005. Alongside the Comédie-Française and the théâtre de l'Odéon, it is one of fe ...
*1949: ''
Héloïse et Abélard'' by
Roger Vailland
Roger Vailland (16 October 1907 – 12 May 1965) was a French novelist, essayist, and screenwriter.
Biography
Vailland was born in Acy-en-Multien, Oise. His novels include the prize winning ''Drôle de jeu'' (1945), ''Les mauvais coups'' (1948) ...
, directed by
Jean Marchat
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Selected filmography
* '' Depar ...
, Théâtre des Mathurins
*1950: ''
Henry IV'' by
Luigi Pirandello
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, directed by
André Barsacq
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,
Théâtre de l'Atelier
The Théâtre de l'Atelier is a theatre at 1, place Charles Dullin in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France.
History
The theatre opened on 23 November 1822 under the name Théâtre MontmartreEdward Foreman, ''Historical dictionary of French t ...
*1951: ''
Mother Courage
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'' by
Bertolt Brecht
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a pl ...
, directed by
Jean Vilar
Jean Vilar (25 March 1912– 28 May 1971) was a French actor and theatre director.
Vilar trained under actor and theatre director Charles Dullin, then toured with an acting company throughout France. His directorial career began in 1943 in a sma ...
,
TNP Théâtre de la Cité Jardins
Suresnes
Suresnes () is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. Located in Hauts-de-Seine, from the centre of Paris, it had a population of 49,145 as of 2016. The nearest communes are Nanterre, Puteaux, Rueil-Malmaison, Saint-Cloud an ...
*1952: ''
The Miser
''The Miser'' (french: L'Avare; ; also known by the longer name ''L'Avare ou L'École du Mensonge,'' meaning The Miser, or the School for Lies) is a five-act comedy in prose by the French playwright Molière. It was first performed on September ...
'' by Molière, directed by Jean Vilar, TNP
Théâtre national de Chaillot
The Théâtre National de Chaillot (English: Chaillot National Theatre) is a theatre located in the Palais de Chaillot at 1, place du Trocadéro, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. Close by the Eiffel Tower and the Trocadéro Gardens—the Th ...
,
Festival d'Avignon
The ''Festival d'Avignon'', or Avignon Festival, is an annual arts festival held in the French city of Avignon every summer in July in the courtyard of the Palais des Papes as well as in other locations of the city. Founded in 1947 by Jean Vila ...
*1952: ''
Lorenzaccio
''Lorenzaccio'' is a French play of the Romantic period written by Alfred de Musset in 1834, set in 16th-century Florence, and depicting Lorenzino de' Medici, who killed Florence's tyrant, Alessandro de' Medici, his cousin. Having engaged in de ...
'' by
Alfred de Musset, directed by
Gérard Philipe
Gérard Philipe (born Gérard Albert Philip, 4 December 1922 – 25 November 1959) was a prominent French actor who appeared in 32 films between 1944 and 1959. Active in both theatre and cinema, he was, until his early death, one of the main ...
, TNP Festival d'Avignon
*1956: ''
Les Femmes savantes
''Les Femmes savantes'' (''The Learned Ladies'') is a comedy by Molière in five acts, written in verse. A satire on academic pretension, female education, and préciosité (French for preciousness), it was one of his most popular comedies and ...
'' by Molière, directed by Jean-Paul Moulinot, TNP Théâtre de Chaillot
*1956: ''
Le Mariage de Figaro
''The Marriage of Figaro'' (french: link=no, La Folle Journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro ("The Mad Day, or The Marriage of Figaro")) is a comedy in five acts, written in 1778 by Pierre Beaumarchais. This play is the second in the Figaro trilogy, ...
'' by
Beaumarchais
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (; 24 January 1732 – 18 May 1799) was a French polymath. At various times in his life, he was a watchmaker, inventor, playwright, musician, diplomat, spy, publisher, horticulturist, arms dealer, satirist, ...
, directed by Jean Vilar, TNP Festival d'Avignon
*1956: ''
Platonov'' by
Anton Tchekov, directed by Jean Vilar, Festival de Bordeaux, TNP
*1957: ''
Le Mariage de Figaro
''The Marriage of Figaro'' (french: link=no, La Folle Journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro ("The Mad Day, or The Marriage of Figaro")) is a comedy in five acts, written in 1778 by Pierre Beaumarchais. This play is the second in the Figaro trilogy, ...
'' by
Beaumarchais
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (; 24 January 1732 – 18 May 1799) was a French polymath. At various times in his life, he was a watchmaker, inventor, playwright, musician, diplomat, spy, publisher, horticulturist, arms dealer, satirist, ...
, directed by Jean Vilar, TNP Festival d'Avignon
*1957: ''Henry IV'' by Luigi Pirandello, directed by Jean Vilar, TNP Festival d'Avignon, Théâtre de Chaillot
*1957: ''
Murder in the Cathedral
''Murder in the Cathedral'' is a verse drama by T. S. Eliot, first performed in 1935, that portrays the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral during the reign of Henry II in 1170. Eliot drew heavily on the writin ...
'' by
Thomas Stearns Eliot
Thomas Stearns Eliot (26 September 18884 January 1965) was a poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, literary critic and editor.Bush, Ronald. "T. S. Eliot's Life and Career", in John A Garraty and Mark C. Carnes (eds), ''American National Biogr ...
, directed by Jean Vilar, TNP Festival d'Avignon
*1958: ''
Ubu roi
''Ubu Roi'' (; "Ubu the King" or "King Ubu") is a play by French writer Alfred Jarry, then 23 years old. It was first performed in Paris in 1896, by Aurélien Lugné-Poe's Théâtre de l'Œuvre at the Nouveau-Théâtre (today, the Théâtre de ...
'' by
Alfred Jarry
Alfred Jarry (; 8 September 1873 – 1 November 1907) was a French symbolist writer who is best known for his play ''Ubu Roi'' (1896). He also coined the term and philosophical concept of 'pataphysics.
Jarry was born in Laval, Mayenne, France, ...
, directed by Jean Vilar, TNP Théâtre de Chaillot
*1958: ''
Œdipe'' by
André Gide
André Paul Guillaume Gide (; 22 November 1869 – 19 February 1951) was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (in 1947). Gide's career ranged from its beginnings in the Symbolism (arts), symbolist movement, to the advent o ...
, directed by Jean Vilar, TNP, Festival de Bordeaux, Festival d'Avignon
*1958: ''
L'École des femmes
''The School for Wives'' (french: L'école des femmes; ) is a theatrical comedy written by the seventeenth century French playwright Molière and considered by some critics to be one of his finest achievements. It was first staged at the Palai ...
'' by Molière, directed by
Georges Wilson
Georges Wilson (16 October 1921 – 3 February 2010) was a French film and television actor. He was the father of French actor Lambert Wilson.
Biography
Wilson was born in Champigny-sur-Marne, Seine (now Val-de-Marne) as the illegitimate s ...
, TNP Théâtre de Chaillot
*1958: ''
Lorenzaccio
''Lorenzaccio'' is a French play of the Romantic period written by Alfred de Musset in 1834, set in 16th-century Florence, and depicting Lorenzino de' Medici, who killed Florence's tyrant, Alessandro de' Medici, his cousin. Having engaged in de ...
'' by
Alfred de Musset, directed by
Gérard Philipe
Gérard Philipe (born Gérard Albert Philip, 4 December 1922 – 25 November 1959) was a prominent French actor who appeared in 32 films between 1944 and 1959. Active in both theatre and cinema, he was, until his early death, one of the main ...
, TNP Festival d'Avignon
*1959: ''La Fête du cordonnier'' by
Michel Vinaver
Michel Vinaver (born Michel Grinberg; 13 January 1927 – 1 May 2022) was a French writer and dramatist. He was born in Paris to parents who had emigrated from Russia. He was the manager of Gillette. He is the father of actress Anouk Grinberg
...
after
Thomas Dekker, directed by Georges Wilson, TNP Théâtre de Chaillot
*1959: ''Murder in the Cathedral'' by
Thomas Stearns Eliot
Thomas Stearns Eliot (26 September 18884 January 1965) was a poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, literary critic and editor.Bush, Ronald. "T. S. Eliot's Life and Career", in John A Garraty and Mark C. Carnes (eds), ''American National Biogr ...
, directed by Jean Vilar, TNP Festival d'Avignon
*1959: ''
Danton's Death
''Danton's Death'' (''Dantons Tod'') was the first play written by Georg Büchner, set during the French Revolution.
History
Georg Büchner wrote his works in the period between Romanticism and Realism in the so-called Vormärz era in German hi ...
'' by
Georg Büchner
Karl Georg Büchner (17 October 1813 – 19 February 1837) was a German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose, considered part of the Young Germany movement. He was also a revolutionary and the brother of physician and philosopher Ludwig Büchn ...
, directed by Jean Vilar, TNP Théâtre de Chaillot
*1959: ''Mother Courage'' by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Jean Vilar, TNP Festival d'Avignon
*1960: ''Erik XIV'' by
August Strindberg
Johan August Strindberg (, ; 22 January 184914 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter.Lane (1998), 1040. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg wrote more than sixty p ...
, directed by Jean Vilar, TNP Théâtre de Chaillot, Festival d'Avignon
*1960: ''Mother Courage'' by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Jean Vilar, TNP Festival d'Avignon
*1960: ''
Ubu roi
''Ubu Roi'' (; "Ubu the King" or "King Ubu") is a play by French writer Alfred Jarry, then 23 years old. It was first performed in Paris in 1896, by Aurélien Lugné-Poe's Théâtre de l'Œuvre at the Nouveau-Théâtre (today, the Théâtre de ...
'' by
Alfred Jarry
Alfred Jarry (; 8 September 1873 – 1 November 1907) was a French symbolist writer who is best known for his play ''Ubu Roi'' (1896). He also coined the term and philosophical concept of 'pataphysics.
Jarry was born in Laval, Mayenne, France, ...
, directed by Jean Vilar, TNP Théâtre de Chaillot
*1960: ''
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
''The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui'' (german: Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui, links=no), subtitled "A parable play", is a 1941 play by the German playwright Bertolt Brecht. It chronicles the rise of Arturo Ui, a fictional 1930s Chicago m ...
'' by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Jean Vilar and Georges Wilson, TNP Théâtre de Chaillot
*1960: ''
Antigone
In Greek mythology, Antigone ( ; Ancient Greek: Ἀντιγόνη) is the daughter of Oedipus and either his mother Jocasta or, in another variation of the myth, Euryganeia. She is a sister of Polynices, Eteocles, and Ismene.Roman, L., & Roma ...
'' by
Sophocles
Sophocles (; grc, Σοφοκλῆς, , Sophoklễs; 497/6 – winter 406/5 BC)Sommerstein (2002), p. 41. is one of three ancient Greek tragedians, at least one of whose plays has survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or co ...
, directed by Jean Vilar, Festival d'Avignon
*1961: ''Antigone'' by Sophocles, directed by Jean Vilar, Festival d'Avignon
*1965: ''
La Seconde Surprise de l'amour'' by Marivaux, directed by Maurice Guillaud, Festival du Marais
*1966: ''The Miser'' by Molière, directed by Jean Vilar, Festival du Marais
Hôtel de Rohan
The Archives nationales (, "National Archives" in English; abbreviated AN) are the national archives of France. They preserve the archives of the French state, apart from the archives of the Ministry of Armed Forces (France), Ministry of Armed F ...
Filmography
Cinema
*
1946
Events January
* January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
* January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...
: ''
La Foire aux chimères'' (by
Pierre Chenal
Pierre Chenal (; 5 December 1904 – 23 December 1990) was a French director and screenwriter who flourished in the 1930s. He was married to Czech-born French film actress Florence Marly from 1937 to 1955.
Work
Chenal was best known for film no ...
)
*
1950: ''
A Certain Mister
''A Certain Mister'' (French: ''Un certain monsieur'') is a 1950 French crime film directed by Yves Ciampi and starring René Dary, Hélène Perdrière and Pierre Destailles. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were de ...
'' (by
Yves Ciampi
Yves Ciampi (; 9 February 1921 – 5 November 1982) was a French film director. He was married to Japanese actress Kishi Keiko from 1957 to 1975. His 1965 film '' Heaven on One's Head'' was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Fest ...
)
*1950: ''
Lady Paname
''Lady Paname'' was a 1950 French comedy film directed and written by Henri Jeanson and starring Louis Jouvet, Suzy Delair, Henri Guisol and Henri Crémieux.Crisp p.130 It tells the story of a young female singer who tries to become a star in the ...
'' (by
Henri Jeanson
Henri Jules Louis Jeanson (6 March 1900 in Paris – 6 November 1970 in Équemauville) was a French writer and journalist. He was a "satrap" in the "College of 'Pataphysics".
As a journalist before World War II
Jeanson was born on 6 March ...
) - Bit part (uncredited)
*1950: ''
Gunman in the Streets
''Gunman in the Streets'' (Canadian title ''Gangster at Bay'') is a French/US-produced 1950 black-and-white film noir directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Dane Clark and Simone Signoret. Unreleased for theatrical screening in the US, the film ...
'' (by
Boris Lewin) - (uncredited)
*
1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the United ...
: ''
Paris Vice Squad
''Paris Vice Squad'' (french: Identité judiciaire) is a 1951 French thriller film directed by Hervé Bromberger. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.
Cast
* Odette Barencey as La concierge (as Odette Barancey)
* Luc Barney as Ma ...
'' (by
Hervé Bromberger
Hervé Bromberger (11 November 1918 – 25 November 1993) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed 16 films between 1951 and 1982. His 1951 film ''Paris Vice Squad'' was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.
Selected ...
) - L'inspecteur qui prend la déposition au début du film (uncredited)
*1951: ''
The Strange Madame X
''The Strange Madame X'' (french: L'Étrange Madame X) is a 1951 French drama film directed by Jean Grémillon. The screenplay was written by Marcelle Maurette, Pierre Laroche (dialogue) and Albert Valentin (adaptation). It stars Michèle Morgan a ...
'' (by
Jean Grémillon
Jean Grémillon (; 3 October 1901 – 25 November 1959)Note that, despite attempts at correction, thIMDb entry on the directorlists his date of birth erroneously as 4 March 1898. The correct date is given in his standard biography, by Geneviève S ...
) - Le majordome
*1951: ''
Victor
The name Victor or Viktor may refer to:
* Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname
Arts and entertainment
Film
* ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film
* ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...
'' (by
Claude Heymann
Claude Heymann (13 November 1907 – 13 April 1994) was a French screenwriter and film director.Frey p.78
Selected filmography
* '' American Love'' (1931)
* '' Idylle au Caire'' (1933)
* ''The Brighton Twins'' (1936)
* ''Paris-New York'' (1 ...
) - Le directeur de la banque
*1951: ''
La plus belle fille du monde'' (by
Christian Stengel)
*1951: ''
My Wife Is Formidable
''My Wife Is Formidable'' (French: ''Ma femme est formidable'') is a 1951 French comedy film directed by André Hunebelle and starring Fernand Gravey, Sophie Desmarets and Simone Valère.Rège p.43 It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Par ...
'' (by
André Hunebelle
André Hunebelle (1 September 1896 – 27 November 1985) was a French maître verrier (master glassmaker) and film director.
Master Glass Artist
After attending polytechnic school for mathematics, he became a decorator, a designer, and then a mas ...
) - Le docteur
*
1952: ''
We Are All Murderers
''We Are All Murderers'' (french: Nous sommes tous des assassins, also known as ''Are We All Murderers?'') is a 1952 French film written and directed by André Cayatte, a former attorney. It tells the story of René, a young man from the slums, tra ...
'' (by
André Cayatte
André Cayatte (3 February 1909, in Carcassonne – 6 February 1989, in Paris) was a French filmmaker, writer and lawyer, who became known for his films centering on themes of crime, justice, and moral responsibility.
Cayatte began his directoral ...
) - Le directeur de la "santé"
*1952: ''
Monsieur Taxi
''Monsieur Taxi'' is a 1952 French comedy film directed André Hunebelle and starring Michel Simon and Jane Marken and Jean Brochard.Bessy & Chirat p.189 It is about Pierre Verger, who is nicknamed Monsieur Taxi and always in company of a smart ...
'' (by André Hunebelle) - L'homme accidenté
*1952: ''Le rideau rouge / Ce soir on joue Macbeth'' (by André Barsac)
*
1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...
: ''
Black Dossier'' (by André Cayatte)
*
1957
1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...
: ''
Amour de poche
''Amour de poche'' (''Girl in His Pocket'') is a French comedy fantasy film from 1957, directed by Pierre Kast, written by France Roche, starring Jean Marais. The scenario was based on a novel ''Diminishing Draft'' of Waldemar Kaempffert.< ...
'' (by
Pierre Kast
Pierre Kast (; 22 September 1920, Paris20 October 1984, Rome) was a French people, French screenwriter and film and television director.
Biography
A member of the ''Cahiers du cinéma'' in the 1950s, Kast created many short films and documentarie ...
) - Cahuzac
*
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
: ''
La Millième Fenêtre'' (by
Robert Ménégoz) - (uncredited)
*
1962: ''
The Devil and the Ten Commandments'' (by
Julien Duvivier
Julien Duvivier (; 8 October 1896 – 29 October 1967) was a French film director and screenwriter. He was prominent in French cinema in the years 1930–1960. Amongst his most original films, chiefly notable are ''La Bandera (film), La Bandera'', ...
) - Le directeur de la banque (segment "Bien d'autrui ne prendras")
*
1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
: ''
OSS 117 se déchaîne'' (by André Hunebelle)
*1963: ''
The Fire Within
''The Fire Within'' (french: Le Feu follet , meaning "The Manic Fire" or "Will-o'-the-Wisp") is a 1963 drama film written and directed by Louis Malle, based on the 1931 novel ''Will O' the Wisp'' by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, which itself was in ...
'' (by
Louis Malle
Louis Marie Malle (; 30 October 1932 – 23 November 1995) was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked in both Cinema of France, French cinema and Cinema of the United States, Hollywood. Described as "eclectic" and "a fi ...
) - Le docteur La Berbinais
*1963: ''
La Foire aux cancres
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States.
La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
* La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
* "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...
'' (by
Louis Daquin
Louis Daquin (20 May 1908 – 2 October 1980) was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed 14 films between 1938 and 1963. He also appeared in 11 films between 1937 and 1979.
Selected filmography
* '' The Man from Nowher ...
) - Le maire
*
1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...
: ''
Mort, où est ta victoire ?'' (by
Hervé Bromberger
Hervé Bromberger (11 November 1918 – 25 November 1993) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed 16 films between 1951 and 1982. His 1951 film ''Paris Vice Squad'' was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.
Selected ...
) - Belignat
*1964: ''
Monsieur
( ; ; pl. ; ; 1512, from Middle French , literally "my lord") is an honorific title that was used to refer to or address the eldest living brother of the king in the French royal court. It has now become the customary French title of resp ...
'' (by
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Jean-Paul Étienne Dreyfus, better known as Jean-Paul Le Chanois (25 October 1909 – 8 July 1985), was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. His film '' ...Sans laisser d'adresse'' won the Golden Bear (Comedies) award at the 1st ...
) - Maître Flament, le notaire
*1964: ''
Nick Carter va tout casser
''Nick Carter va tout casser'' is a French action film starring Eddie Constantine as Nick Carter. An English version was dubbed by Eddie Constantine dubbing himself. Constantine repeated his role in '' Nick Carter et le trèfle rouge'' (1965). ...
'' (by
Henri Decoin) - Didier Formentaire
*1964: ''Rien ne va plus'' (by Jean Bacqué) - Le baron
*1964: ''
Behold a Pale Horse'' (by
Fred Zinnemann
Alfred ''Fred'' Zinnemann (April 29, 1907 – March 14, 1997) was an Austrian Empire-born American film director. He won four Academy Awards for directing and producing films in various genres, including thrillers, westerns, film noir and play ...
) - Le père Estéban
*
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...
: ''
Diamonds Are Brittle'' (by
Nicolas Gessner
Nicolas Gessner (born 17 August 1931, in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian-born filmmaker who mostly worked in France.
His movies are often characterized by strange, quirky atmospheres and unusual cast mixing French and international actors. Sta ...
) - Le bijoutier
*
1966: ''
Lost Command
''Lost Command'' (aka ''Les Centurions'') is a 1966 American war film directed and produced by Mark Robson and starring Anthony Quinn, Alain Delon, George Segal, Michèle Morgan, Maurice Ronet and Claudia Cardinale. It is based on the best-sel ...
'' (by
Mark Robson) - De Guyot
*1966: ''
Sale temps pour les mouches'' (by
Guy Lefranc
Guy Lefranc (21 October 1919 - 1 February 1994) was a French director
Director may refer to:
Literature
* ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine
* ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker
* ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 ...
) - Le général André Pujol
*
1968: ''
Guns for San Sebastian
''Guns for San Sebastian'' () is a 1968 action- adventure film based on the 1962 novel ''A Wall for San Sebastian'', written by Rev. Fr. William Barnaby "Barby" Faherty, S.J. The film is directed by Frenchman Henri Verneuil, it stars Anthony ...
'' (by
Henri Verneuil
Henri Verneuil (; born Ashot Malakian; 15 October 1920 – 11 January 2002) was a French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker, who made a successful career in France. He was nominated for Oscar and Palme d'Or awards, and won Locarno International Fi ...
)
*1968: ''Tu seras terriblement gentille'' (by
Dirk Sanders) - Le directeur du magasin
*
1969: ''
Under the Sign of the Bull
''Under the Sign of the Bull'' (French: ''Sous le signe du taureau'') is a 1969 French drama film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Jean Gabin, Suzanne Flon and Colette Deréal.Harriss p.197
It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Pa ...
'' (by
Gilles Grangier) - Pierre, le valet
*
1970
Events
January
* January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC.
* January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...
: ''Une drôle de bourrique / L'âne de Zigliara'' by
Jean Canolle) - L'évêque
*1971 in film, 1971: ''Mourir d'aimer'' (by André Cayatte) - Monsieur Guénot
*1973 in film, 1973: ''The Dominici Affair (film), The Dominici Affair'' (by Claude Bernard-Aubert) - Le médecin légiste
*1974 in film, 1974: ''Impossible Is Not French'' (by Robert Lamoureux) - De Sica
*1976 in film, 1976: ''Mado (film), Mado'' (by Claude Sautet) - Papa
*1983 in film, 1983: ''Les Oiseaux noirs'' (''Svarta Faglar'') (by Lasse Glomm) - Le père de Simone (final film role)
Television
*1950 in television, 1950: ''Agence Nostradamus'' (by Claude Barma)
*1959 in television, 1959: ''La Confession'' (TV Movie) - Ledward
*1961 in television, 1961: ''La caméra explore le temps'' - Le prince de Condé / Le roi Louis-Philippe
*1961–1962: ''Le Théâtre de la jeunesse'' - Blazius / Gilles
*1962 in television, 1962: ''La Belle et son fantôme'' (by Bernard Hecht) - Walter de Lestrange
*1962: ''Les Cinq Dernières Minutes'' (by Pierre Nivollet) - Le docteur
*1962: ''L'inspecteur Leclerc enquête'' (by Jean Laviron) - Marquet
*1963 in television, 1963: ''Siegfried (play), Siegfried'' (by Marcel Cravenne) - Robineau
*1963: ''Commandant X'' - Le consul
*1964 in television, 1964: ''Rocambole (French TV series), Rocambole'' (by Jean-Pierre Decourt) - Lord Charring
*1964: ''Une fille dans la montagne'' (TV Movie) - Gardin
*1964: ''La montre en or'' (TV Movie) - Toupin
*1965 in television, 1965: ''Le Roi Lear (telefilm), Le Roi Lear'' (TV Movie, by Jean Kerchbron) - Le comte de Gloucester
*1965: ''Sens interdit'' (TV Movie) - Daniel
*1965: ''Merlusse'' (TV Movie) - Le proviseur
*1966 in television, 1966: ''Le Chevalier d'Harmental (mini-série), Le Chevalier d'Harmental'' - Mallézieux
*1966: ''
The Miser
''The Miser'' (french: L'Avare; ; also known by the longer name ''L'Avare ou L'École du Mensonge,'' meaning The Miser, or the School for Lies) is a five-act comedy in prose by the French playwright Molière. It was first performed on September ...
'' (TV Movie) - Maître Jacques
*1967 in television, 1967: ''Saturnin Belloir'' (by Jacques-Gérard Cornu) - Saturnin Belloir
*1967: ''Marion Delorme'' (TV Movie) - La marquis de Mangis
*1968 in television, 1968: ''Princesse Czardas'' (TV Movie) - Le prince
*1968: ''Graf Yoster'' - Dr. Leander
*1969 in television, 1969: ''Le distrait'' (TV Movie) - Valère
*1969: ''Fortune (TV serial), Fortune'' (by Henri Colpi) - Docteur Robinson
*1970 in television, 1970: ''Monsieur de Pourceaugnac'' (TV Movie) - Un suisse, Comédie-Française
*1971 in television, 1971: ''Si j'étais vous'' (TV Movie, by Ange Casta) - Oncle Firmin
*1972 in television, 1972: ''Ruy Blas'' (TV Movie) - Marquis de Santa Cruz, Comédie-Française
*1972: ''
La Station Champbaudet'' (TV Movie, Comédie-Française, by Georges Folgoas)
*1973 in television, 1973: ''La Porteuse de pain (mini-serial), La porteuse de pain'' - Jules Labroue
*1973: ''L'étang de la Breure'' - M. de la Cazère
*1973: ''Marie Dorval'' (TV Movie) - Merle
*1973: ''Molière pour rire et pour pleurer'' (TV Movie, by Marcel Camus) - Le chancelier de Lamoignon
*1974 in television, 1974: ''Les Faucheurs de marguerites'' (TV Mini-Series, by Marcel Camus) - M. Perrier
*1974: ''L'implantation'' (TV Movie) - Paul
*1974: ''Jean Pinot, médecin d'aujourd'hui'' (by Michel Fermaud) - Dr. Clavé
*1975 in television, 1975: ''La médecin malgré lui'' (TV Movie) - Robert
*1977 in television, 1977: ''Madame Ex'' (TV Movie) - Le père de Louis
*1977: ''Richelieu (téléfilm), Richelieu'' (by Jean-Pierre Decourt) - Le pape
*1977: ''
Lorenzaccio
''Lorenzaccio'' is a French play of the Romantic period written by Alfred de Musset in 1834, set in 16th-century Florence, and depicting Lorenzino de' Medici, who killed Florence's tyrant, Alessandro de' Medici, his cousin. Having engaged in de ...
'' (TV Movie) - Guicciardini,
Comédie-Française
The Comédie-Française () or Théâtre-Français () is one of the few state theatres in France. Founded in 1680, it is the oldest active theatre company in the world. Established as a French state-controlled entity in 1995, it is the only state ...
*1977: ''Ou vont les poissons rouges?'' (TV Movie) - Le pêcheur
*1978 in television, 1978: ''Ce diable d'homme'' (TV Mini-Series) - M. Arouet
*1978: ''On ne badine pas avec l'amour'' (TV Movie) - La paysan, Comédie-Française
*1980 in television, 1980: ''L'œuf'' (TV Movie) - Eugène, Comédie-Française
*1980: ''Julien Fontanes, magistrat'' - Me Tasille
*1980: ''Jean-Sans-Terre'' (TV Movie) - Le beau-père
*1982 in television, 1982: ''La double inconstance'' (TV Movie) - Un seigneur, Comédie-Française
*1982: ''Les Caprices de Marianne'' (TV Movie) - Malvolio
*1982: ''Emmenez-moi au théâtre: Lorsque l'enfant paraît'' (TV Movie) - M. Jacquet
*1982: ''La démobilisation générale'' (TV Movie) - Albert Sarraut
Dubbing
*
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
: Ben-Hur (1959 film), Ben-Hur: French voice of the narrator.
Bibliography
* Yvan Foucart: ''Dictionnaire des comédiens français disparus'', Mormoiron : Éditions cinéma, 2008, 1185 p.
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moulinot, Jean-Paul
20th-century French male actors
Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française
1912 births
People from Nice
1989 deaths