Pierre Jean Marie Meyrand (3 August 1932 – 25 October 1999) was a French actor.

Biography

Pierre Meyrand was born on 3 August 1932 in the 11th arrondissement of Paris. In 1958, he began his career in theatre with

Roger Planchon Roger Planchon (born 12 September 1931 in Saint-Chamond, Loire, died on 12 May 2009 in Paris), was a French playwright, director, and filmmaker. Biography Roger Planchon spent his childhood in the Ardèche, notably in Dornas. He found its inspir ...

at the Théâtre de la Cité in

Villeurbanne Villeurbanne (; frp, Velorbana) is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France. It is situated northeast of Lyon, with which it forms the heart of the second-largest metropolitan area in France after ...

. He played in ''

George Dandin ou le Mari confondu ''George Dandin ou le mari confondu'' (''George Dandin or The Thwarted Husband'') is a French Comédie-ballet in three acts by Molière, with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully, choreography by Pierre Beauchamp, and architecture/staging by Carlo Vigaran ...

'' and ''

Le Bourgeois gentilhomme ''Le Bourgeois gentilhomme'' (, translated as ''The Bourgeois Gentleman'', ''The Middle-Class Aristocrat'', or ''The Would-Be Noble'') is a five-act ''comédie-ballet'' – a play intermingled with music, dance and singing – written by Molière ...

'' of

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 worl ...

, ''

Life of Galileo ''Life of Galileo'' (), also known as ''Galileo'', is a play by the 20th century German dramatist Bertolt Brecht and collaborator Margarete Steffin with incidental music by Hanns Eisler. The play was written in 1938 and received its first theatri ...

'' of Bertolt Brecht and also ''

The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' (french: Les Trois Mousquetaires, links=no, ) is a French historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is in the swashbuckler genre, which has heroic, chivalrous swordsmen who fight ...

'' of Alexandre Dumas, where he played

D'Artagnan Charles de Batz de Castelmore (), also known as d'Artagnan and later Count d'Artagnan ( 1611 – 25 June 1673), was a French Musketeer who served Louis XIV as captain of the Musketeers of the Guard. He died at the siege of Maastricht in the ...

. In 1973, he met Arlette Téphany with whom he created their own company named ''Théâtre en Liberté''. From 1975 to 1985, he was the director of the Chelles theatre, and was after that named co-director of the national dramatic centre of Limoges, the Théâtre de l'Union, with Arlette, who became his wife. In 1995, he became widely famous obtaining the

Molière Award for Best Actor Molière Award for Best Actor. Winners and nominees. 1980s *1987 : Philippe Clévenot in ''Elvire Jouvet 40'' ** Michel Bouquet in ''The Imaginary Invalid'' (''Le Malade imaginaire'') ** Jacques Dufilho in ''Staircase (play), Staircase'' (''L'Es ...

for his memorable role of Isodore Lechat in ''

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 ...

'' of

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 ...

. But it is also that same year that the French Minister of Culture Jacques Toubon decided to liberate him and his wife of the directoral responsibilities of the national dramatic centre. In 1995, he played the role of Charles-Henri Rougemont in '' The Three Brothers'', the future father-in-law of Didier Latour, one of the main characters portrayed by

Didier Bourdon Didier Bourdon (; born 23 January 1959) is a French actor, screenwriter and film director. He first reached stardom in France when he created the comedic trio Les Inconnus with Bernard Campan and Pascal Légitimus, which was very popular thro ...

. Pierre Meyrand died on 25 October 1999 in

Brunoy Brunoy () is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France, France. It is located from the center of Paris. The tenor Louis Nourrit (1780–1831) died in Brunoy. The city has a church Saint-Medard, richly decorated in the Lou ...

of cancer at age 67.

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