Raymond Nègre was a French

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born on 13 July 1908 in

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and died on the 8th of July 1985 in

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). He was active in the

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from the 1930s until the 1970s in more than sixty films of this period.Hayward p.241

Family

Raymond Nègre is the father of the painter Osanne and the chief decorator and artistic director Alain Nègre.

Posterity

The municipality of

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paid homage to him by christening one of the roads in the Palissy district '.

Selected filmography

Cinema: * ''

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'' (1943) * '' My First Love'' (1945) * '' Resistance'' (1945) * '' Not So Stupid'' (1946) * '' Women's Games'' (1946) * ''Devil's Daughter'' (1946) * '' Four Knaves'' (1947) * '' Monsieur de Falindor'' (1947) * '' The Village of Wrath'' (1947) * '' Three Boys, One Girl'' (1948) * ''

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'' (1948) * ''

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'' (1948) * ''

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'' (1948) * '' White as Snow'' (1948) * '' The Nude Woman'' (1949) * '' The Chocolate Girl'' (1950) * '' Mademoiselle Josette, My Woman'' (1950) * ''

We Will All Go to Paris ''We Will All Go to Paris'' (French: ''Nous irons à Paris'') is a 1950 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer. The film stars Ray Ventura, Philippe Lemaire and Françoise Arnoul.A Companion to Contemporary French Cinema p.533 It was shot a ...

'' (1950) * '' King Pandora'' (1950) * ''

Bernard and the Lion ''Bernard and the Lion'' (French: ''Bertrand coeur de lion'') is a 1951 French comedy film directed by Robert Dhéry and starring Dhéry, Gérard Calvi and Roger Saget.Rège p.325 The film's art direction was by Raymond Nègre. Cast * Robert ...

'' (1951) * '' The King of Camelots'' (1951) * ''

Never Two Without Three ''Never Two Without Three'' (French: ''Jamais deux sans trois'') is a 1951 French comedy film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Roger Nicolas, Marthe Mercadier and Alice Tissot.Bessy & Chirat p.106 The film's sets were designed by the art ...

'' (1951) * '' The Crime of Bouif'' (1952) * '' Jocelyn'' (1952) * '' Wonderful Mentality'' (1953) * '' After You Duchess'' (1954) * ''

Four Days in Paris ''Four Days in Paris'' (French: ''Quatre jours à Paris'') is a 1955 French musical comedy film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Luis Mariano, Geneviève Kervine and Jane Sourza.Shiri p.147 It was shot in Eastmancolor at the Boulo ...

'' (1955) * '' The Duratons'' (1955) * '' In the Manner of Sherlock Holmes'' (1956) * ''

Love in Jamaica ''Love in Jamaica'' (French: ''À la Jamaïque'') is a 1957 French musical comedy film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Luis Mariano, Jane Sourza and Paquita Rico.Rège p.726 It is an operetta film, adapted from a stage work compos ...

'' (1957) * ''

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'' (1958) * '' Certains l'aiment froide'' (1960) starring French star

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* ''

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'' (1961) starring

* ''L'Âne et le Bœuf'' (1962), short film For television: * ''Hauteclaire ou le Bonheur dans le crime'' (Television film, 1961) * ''La Belle Équipe'' (Television, 1962) * ''Marie Tudor'', TV film of

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for the ORTF (1966) * ''En votre âme et conscience, épisode : L'Affaire Lacoste'' from René Lucot (1969) * ''Ubu enchaîné'' (television, 1971) * ''Melody'' (television, 1971)

References

Bibliography

* Hayward, Susan. ''Simone Signoret: The Star as Cultural Sign''. Continuum, 2004.

External links

* Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown French art directors 1908 births {{France-film-bio-stub