René Rocher (5 August 1890, in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

''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

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

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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: '' Hernani'' 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

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, 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 a ...

* 1927: ''Ventôse'' by

Jacques Deval Jacques Deval (27 June 1895 – 19 December 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 thre ...

, 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 – 6 November 1970) 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 1900 in Paris. His fathe ...

, 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 ''Tartuffe, or The Impostor, or The Hypocrite'' (; , ), first performed in 1664, is a theatrical comedy (or more specifically, a farce) by Molière. The characters of Tartuffe, Elmire, and Orgon are considered among the greatest classical theat ...

'' 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 ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪdʑ bʊlˈɡakəf; – 10 March 1940) was a Russian and Soviet novelist and playwright. His novel ''The M ...

, 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,

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* 1950: ''Mort pour rien'' by

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* 1952: ''Enfant du miracle'' by Paul Gavault and Robert Charvay, Théâtre de l'Apollo * 1955: ''La Monnaie de ses rêves'' by André Ransan, Théâtre du Grand-Guignol * 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