Nicolas Bataille (14 March 1926 – 28 October 2008) was a French actor and director.

Biography

The son of a

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

ian architect, Nicolas Bataille (born Roger Bataille) debuted as an actor during the

Occupation of France The Military Administration in France (german: Militärverwaltung in Frankreich; french: Occupation de la France par l'Allemagne) was an interim occupation authority established by Nazi Germany during World War II to administer the occupied zo ...

while following the dramatic teachings of

René Simon René Simon (1898 in Troyes – 1971) was a French actor and founder in 1925 of the Cours Simon drama school in Paris. Notable alumni of Cours Simon include Benoît Petitjean and Jean Reno Jean Reno () (born 30 July 1948), is a French acto ...

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, and the comedian Solange Sicard. He was the first director of the absurdist play "The Bald Soprano" in 1950 on May 11 at the

Théâtre des Noctambules The Théâtre des Noctambules was a former Parisian cabaret established in 1894 by the chansonnier Martial Boyer (1872–1941) and located at 7 rue Champollion in the 5th arrondissement of Paris (Latin Quarter). In 1939, Pierre Leuris and Jean Clau ...

in the

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1926 births 2008 deaths French theatre directors Male actors from Paris French male film actors French male stage actors 20th-century French male actors {{France-stage-actor-stub