Jules-Charles Truffier (1856 - 3 December 1943) was a French stage

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

. After he performed for a while at the Théâtre de l'Odéon, in 1875 Truffier was admitted in 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 ...

where he made his debut in ''Tabarin'', before he became the 319th sociétaire in 1888.Base documentaire La Grange
sur le site de la Comédie-Française Named an honorary sociétaire in 1922, he also was a professor at the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

Theatre (very short selection)

Outside the Comédie-Française

*1875 : ''Un drame sous Philippe II'' by

Georges de Porto-Riche Georges de Porto-Riche (20 May 1849, Bordeaux, Gironde – 5 September 1930, Paris) was a French dramatist and novelist. Biography Georges was born into a Jewish-Italian assimilated family. At the age of twenty, his pieces in verse began to b ...

, Théâtre de l'Odéon

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19th-century French male actors French male stage actors Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française 1856 births 1943 deaths {{France-stage-actor-stub