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Max Régnier
Max Régnier (4 December 1907 - 5 August 1993) was a French dramatist, playwright, theater director and actor. He was managing director of the théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin from 1949 up to 1969. He was the father of actor Yves Rénier. Filmography Cinema as an actor unless stated otherwise * 1936 : ''Le Coup de trois'' by Jean de Limur : le secrétaire du commissaire * 1936 : ', short by Robert Péguy : Monsieur Croquignolle * 1937 : ''Monsieur Bégonia'' by André Hugon : Max / Monsieur Bégonia * 1938 : ' by André Hugon – short * 1948 : ' by Jean Tedesco (+ scriptwriting and dialogues) * 1950 : ''L'Art d'être courtier'' by Henri Verneuil – short (only co scriptwriter) Television Actor * 1979 : ', ''Les Petites Têtes'' by André Gillois and Max Régnier, directed by Pierre Sabbagh * 1981 : ''Au théâtre ce soir'', ''Mort ou vif'' by Max Régnier, directed by Pierre Sabbagh Theater * 1944 : ''Eclats de rire,'' directed by , théâtre des Célestins * 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Gillois
Maurice Diamant-Berger (8 February 1902 – 18 June 2004), known as André Gillois, was a French writer, radio pioneer and - during the Second World War - general Charles de Gaulle's spokesman in London. Life Before the war he worked for the cinema (with René Clair and his brother Henri), as a radio journalist and producer on Le Poste Parisien (with Jean Nohain, meeting Georges Feydeau, Edmond Rostand, Henri Bergson, Georges Courteline, Tristan Bernard or Sacha Guitry), and as an editor with François Bernouard (editing Jules Renard, Courteline, Zola). In 1940, he left Paris and spent two years in the Midi, establishing the first Résistance networks and links with the British. On 31 August 1942, he left from Cannes for Gibraltar at night on the sail-boat ''Seadog'', then went by plane to London, with Nicholas Bodington. From 17 May 1943 to 24 September 1944, he was the daily presenter of ''Honneur et patrie'', the programme for the French resistance, creating ''le Chant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1907 Births
Events January * January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000. February * February 9 – The " Mud March", the first large procession organised by The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies ( NUWSS), takes place in London. * February 11 – The French warship ''Jean Bart'' sinks off the coast of Morocco. * February 12 – The steamship ''Larchmont'' collides with the ''Harry Hamilton'' in Long Island Sound; 183 lives are lost. * February 16 – SKF, a worldwide mechanical parts manufacturing brand (mainly, bearings and seals), is founded in Gothenburg, Sweden. * February 21 – The English mail steamship ''Berlin'' is wrecked off the Hook of Holland; 142 lives are lost. * February 24 – The Austrian Lloyd steamship ''Imperatrix'', from Trieste to Bombay, is wrecked on Cape of Crete and sinks; 137 lives are lost. March * March ** The steamship ''Congo'' collide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Théâtre Hébertot in 1943. He is perhaps best known for his role in the surreal 1972 comedy ''The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie''. He was one of the favorite actors of the French filmmaker Pierre Chenal. Douking appeared in more than 75 films between 1934 and 1981.filmography of Georges Douking at Partial filmography *1934: '' |
Théâtre De La Renaissance
The name Théâtre de la Renaissance () has been used successively for three distinct Parisian theatre companies. The first two companies, which were short-lived enterprises in the 19th century, used the Salle Ventadour, now an office building on the Rue Méhul in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, 2nd arrondissement. The current company was founded in 1873, and its much smaller theatre (pictured) was built that same year next to the Porte Saint-Martin at 20 boulevard Saint-Martin, in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, 10th arrondissement. Besides performances of musical theatre, Feydeau's farces were first produced in this theatre, and plays by Victorien Sardou. Among the actors who triumphed there were Sarah Bernhardt, Eleonora Duse, and Raimu, later Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri. 1838–1841 The first company to be called Théâtre de la Renaissance opened its doors in 1838 under the sponsorship of Victor Hugo and Alexandre Dumas, père, who wanted to have a location for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 career with small roles at the Comédie-Française. He appeared in close to eighty films, with his best remembered role being the stationmaster Roubaud in Jean Renoir's ''La Bête humaine'' (1938), but he remained primarily a theatrical actor for the duration of his career. Married to Fernande Thabuy, with whom he had four children, Ledoux was an amateur painter, and lived for many years at Pennedepie in Normandy. Later he moved to Villerville, where he died and where he is buried. Selected filmography * ''L'homme à la barbiche'' (1933) * ' (1934) as Flick * ''L'homme des Folies Bergère'' (1935) as François * ''Mayerling'' (1936) as Philippe de Cobourg * ''Taras Bulba'' (1936) as Tovkatch * '' The Beloved Vagabond'' (1936) as Majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian-Gérard
Christian Gérard Mazas (4 October 1903 – 27 July 1984), known as Christian-Gérard,Sometimes spelt without hyphen. was a French stage and film actor as well as theater director. Theatre Comedian * 1932 : ' by Jacques Deval, directed by Jacques Baumer, Théâtre Saint-Georges * 1934 : ''Les Temps difficiles'' by Édouard Bourdet, Théâtre de la Michodière * 1934 : ' by Sacha Guitry, directed by the author, théâtre de la Madeleine * 1935 : ''Les Joies du Capitole'' operette by Jacques Bousquet, Albert Willemetz, music Raoul Moretti, théâtre de la Madeleine * 1936 : ''Christian'' by Yvan Noé, Théâtre des Variétés * 1937 : ''Bureau central des idées'' by Alfred Gehri, directed by Louis Tunc, théâtre de la Michodière * 1945 : ''Le Fleuve étincelant'' by Charles Morgan, directed by , théâtre Pigalle * 1946 : ''Charivari Courteline'' after Georges Courteline, directed by Jean Mercure, théâtre des Ambassadeurs * 1948 : ''La Ligne de chance'' by Albert Hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Sabbagh
Pierre Sabbagh (18 July 1918 – 30 September 1994) was a major personality in French television, as a journalist, producer and director. Early life Pierre Alain Sabbagh was born in Lannion (Côtes-d'Armor) and died in Paris. He was the younger son of the artist Georges Hanna Sabbagh and the art historian and resistance heroine Agnès Humbert. His brother was naval officer Jean Sabbagh. Television Pierre Sabbagh became a war correspondent in the hope of finding his mother Agnès in World War II. He had visited her in Fresnes Prison and the Prison de la Santé in 1942, a few days before she was deported by the Nazis, sentenced to slave labour in Germany. In 1944, he travelled into Germany behind the advancing American army, but did not find her until he returned to Paris in 1945. Pierre Sabbagh presented and directed the first television news in the world on 29 June 1949. His greatest success was the creation, in 1966, of the programme ''"Au théâtre ce soir"'' ("Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Film Festival, Edgar Allan Poe Awards, French Legion of Honor, Golden Globe Award, French National Academy of Cinema and Honorary Cesar awards. According to one obituary: For exactly 40 years, the prolific Verneuil made movies as mainstream and commercial as any to be found in America or Britain. In his best period – the 1950s and 1960s – he delivered films in the "tradition of quality" so despised by the Nouvelle Vague. Many of them proved excellent vehicles for old-timers Jean Gabin and Fernandel, and newcomers such as Jean-Paul Belmondo and Alain Delon. Life and career Early life Verneuil was born Ashot Malakian () to Armenian parents in Rodosto, East Thrace, Turkey. In 1924, when Ashot was a little child his family fled to Mars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
