René Rocher (5 August 1890, in

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 ...

''Archives numérisées de l'état civil de Paris'', acte de naissance n° 9/1177/1890, avec mention marginale du décès, date et lieu indiqués: 24 juin 1970 in

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(accessdate 7 November 2012) – 24 June 1970) was a France stage actor and theater director. In 1923, René Rocher gave its name to the current

Comédie-Caumartin The Comédie-Caumartin is a 380-seat capacity theatre located at 25 rue de Caumartin in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. Histoire Inaugurated in 1901 under the name Comédie-Royale, the venue is dedicated to humour and particularly to plays be ...

. He was managing director of the Théâtre Antoine from 1928 to 1933, then the

Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier The Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier is a theatre located at 21, rue du Vieux-Colombier, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. It was founded in 1913 by the theatre producer and playwright Jacques Copeau. Today it is one of the three theatres in Paris u ...

from 1935 to 1943, and the Théâtre de l'Odéon from 1940 to 1944.

Theatre

Comedian

* 1913: ''

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'' by

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, directe by Irénée Manget, Théâtre des Arts * 1914: '' Le destin est maître'' by

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, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin * 1917: ''Les Noces d'argent'' by

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* 1918: ''

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'' by

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* 1919: ''L'Hérodienne'' by Albert du Bois, Comédie-Française * 1920: ''

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'' by

, Comédie-Française * 1920: ''Maman Colibri'' by

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, Comédie-Française * 1922: '' L'Impromptu de Versailles'' by

, Comédie-Française * 1929: ''L'Ennemie'' by

André-Paul Antoine André-Paul Antoine (1892–1982) was a French screenwriter.Klossner p.33 He also directed two films and a documentary during the early 1930s. Selected filmography * ''The Mysteries of Paris'' (1922) * '' Le Miracle des loups'' (1924) * '' My He ...

, mise en scène René Rocher, Théâtre Antoine * 1933: ''Trois pour 100'' by

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, mise en scène

Gabriel Signoret Gabriel Signoret (November 15, 1878 – March 16, 1937, in Paris, France) was a French silent film actor. He starred in some 70 films between 1910 and 1938. In 1920 he appeared in Guy du Fresnay's ''Flipotte''. His brother Jean Signoret (bor ...

, Théâtre Antoine * 1936: ''Elizabeth, la femme sans homme'' by André Josset, mise en scène René Rocher,

* 1937: ''Les Borgia, famille étrange'' by André Josset, mise en scène René Rocher, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier

Metteur en scène

* 1924: ''Le singe qui parle'' by

René Fauchois René Fauchois (31 August 1882 – 10 February 1962) was a French dramatist, librettist and actor. Stagestruck from his youth he moved from his native Rouen to Paris as a teenager to pursue a stage career. He had early success both as an actor and ...

* 1927: ''Ventôse'' by

Jacques Deval Jacques Deval (1895–1972) was a French playwright, screenwriter and film director. Novels *''Marie Galante'' (1931) Plays *''Une faible femme''; a comedy in three acts (1920) *''Dans sa candeur naïve''; a comedy in three acts (1926); translate ...

, Comédie-Caumartin * 1928: ''J'ai tué'' by

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, Théâtre Antoine * 1928: ''Toi que j'ai tant aimée'' 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 ...

, Comédie-Caumartin * 1929: ''Le Pêcheur d'ombres'' by

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, Comédie-Caumartin * 1929: ''L'Ennemie'' by

, Théâtre Antoine * 1930: ''Bobard'' by

, Théâtre Antoine * 1930: ''La Petite Catherine'', Théâtre Antoine * 1935: '' Tartuffe ou l'Imposteur'' by

* 1936: ''Elizabeth, la femme sans homme'' by André Josset, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier * 1937: ''

Les Précieuses ridicules ''Les Précieuses ridicules'' (, ''The Absurd Précieuses'' or ''The Affected Ladies'') is a one-act satire by Molière in prose. It takes aim at the ''précieuses'', the ultra-witty ladies who indulged in lively conversations, word games and, in ...

'' by Molière, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier * 1937: ''L'Appartement de Zoïka'' by

Mikhaïl Boulgakov Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov ( rus, links=no, Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪtɕ bʊlˈɡakəf; – 10 March 1940) was a Soviet writer, medical doctor, and playwright active in the fir ...

, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier * 1937: ''Les Borgia, famille étrange'' by André Josset, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier * 1938: ''Septembre'' by Constance Coline, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier * 1949: ''Les Amants d'Argos'' by Jean-Claude Eger,

Théâtre Verlaine The Théâtre Verlaine was a theater located at 66 rue de Rochechouart in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. It opened in 1946 with 750 seats.

* 1950: ''Mort pour rien'' by Alfred Fabre-Luce,

Théâtre de l'Œuvre The Théâtre de l'Œuvre is a Paris theatre on the Right Bank, located at 3, Cité Monthiers, entrance 55, rue de Clichy, in the 9° arrondissement. It is commonly conflated and confused with the late-nineteenth-century theater company named Th� ...

* 1952: ''Enfant du miracle'' by

Paul Gavault Paul Armand Marcel Gavault (1 September 1866 - 25 December 1951) was a French dramatist, playwright and former director of the théâtre de l'Odéon. Biography He enjoyed a hit with his 1906 comic play '' Mademoiselle Josette, My Woman'' whi ...

and

Robert Charvay Robert Charvay, (5 March 1858 – 1925) is the pen name of Adrien Lefort, a French dramatist and journalist who worked for the daily '' Écho de Paris'', where he signed his papers with the nickname "The Yellow Dwarf". He was the son of Charlot ...

, Théâtre de l'Apollo * 1955: ''La Monnaie de ses rêves'' by André Ransan,

Théâtre du Grand-Guignol ''Le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol'' (: "The Theatre of the Great Puppet")—known as the Grand Guignol–was a theatre in the Pigalle district of Paris (7, cité Chaptal). From its opening in 1897 until its closing in 1962, it specialised in natur ...

* 1956: ''Je suis seule ce soir'' by

, Théâtre du Grand-Guignol

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rocher, Rene French male stage actors French theatre directors French male film actors French male silent film actors 20th-century French male actors French theatre managers and producers Male actors from Paris 1890 births 1970 deaths