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Jean-Louis Barrault (1910–1994)

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Celebrated French stage actor/director/producer Jean-Louis Barrault was born on September 8, 1910. A superlative tragedian and mime, his dedication to both avant-garde and classical plays helped revive the French theatre after World War II, while presenting world premières of works by such playwrights as Samuel Beckett... See full bio »

Born:

in Le Vésinet, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France

Died:

(age 83) in Paris, France
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1990 Oh! Les beaux jours (TV movie)
Willy
 
1988 La lumière du lac
Le vieux
 
1985 Angelo, tyran de Padoue (TV movie)
Orfeo
 
1982 La nuit de Varennes
Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne
 
1982 Le soulier de satin (TV movie)
L'annoncier
 
1981 Zadig ou La destinée (TV movie)
L'hermite
 
1980 The Lovers' Exile
Introducer (for television)
 
1976 Christophe Colomb (TV movie)
Christophe Colaomb, la légende
 
1967 La route d'un homme (TV short)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1966 Chappaqua
Dr. Benoit
 
1964 The Big Scare
Douve
 
1964 La confidence fausse (TV movie)
Dubois
 
1962 The Longest Day
Father Louis Roulland
 
1961 Blood on His Sword
Louis XI.
 
1960 Le dialogue des Carmélites
Le mime
 
1959 Experiment in Evil (TV movie)
Dr. Cordelier / Opale
 
1958 La répétition ou L'amour puni (TV movie)
Le comte
 
1955 The False Confessions (TV movie)
 
1954 Royal Affairs in Versailles
Fénelon
 
1951 Venom and Eternity
Lui-même
 
1950 La Ronde
Robert Kuhlenkampf, le poète
 
1948 Man to Men
Henri Dunant
 
1947 Le cocu magnifique
Bruno
 
1945 La part de l'ombre
Michel Kremer
 
1945 Children of Paradise
Jean-Baptiste Debureau - un mime amoureux de Garance
 
1944 L'ange de la nuit
Jacques Martin
 
1942 Mlle. Desiree
Napoléon Bonaparte
 
1942 La symphonie fantastique
Hector Berlioz (as Jean Louis Barrault)
 
1941 Montmartre-sur-Seine
Michel
 
1941 Parade en 7 nuits
Lucien
 
1939 Farinet ou l'or dans la montagne
Maurice Farinet
 
1938 La piste du sud
Olcott
 
1938 Youth in Revolt
Armand
 
1938 Mirages
Pierre Bonvais
 
1938 I Accuse
 
1938 The Puritan
Francis Ferriter
 
1938 Storm
L'Africain/The African
 
1937 Drole de Drame
William Kramps dit Le tueur de bouchers - un dévoyé
 
1937 The Pearls of the Crown
Young Bonaparte (as J.L. Barrault)
 
1937/I Mademoiselle Docteur
Le client fou (as J.L. Barrault)
 
1937 Police mondaine
Scoppa
 
1937 À nous deux, madame la vie
Paul
 
1936 The Life and Loves of Beethoven
Karl Van Beethoven
 
1936 Hélène
Pierre Régnier
 
1936 Jenny
Le Dromadaire
 
1936 Under Western Eyes
Haldin
 
1936 Mayerling
Un étudiant (uncredited)
 
1935 Les beaux jours
René
 
1930 Vagabonds imaginaires (as J.L. Barrault)
 
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1985 Angelo, tyran de Padoue (TV movie) (stage director)
 
1982 Le soulier de satin (TV movie) (stage director)
 
1981 Zadig ou La destinée (TV movie) (stage director)
 
1978 Harold et Maud (TV movie) (stage director)
 
1976 Christophe Colomb (TV movie) (stage director)
 
1973 Gounod: Faust (TV movie) (directed for stage: Original production)
 
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1970 Pariser Leben (TV movie) (adaptation)
 
1962 Prosessen (TV movie) (adaptation)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
1970 Pariser Leben (TV movie) (theatre version)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1974 Les noms du père (short) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (13 titles)
1987 Kinder des Olymp: Madeleine Renaud und Jean Louis Barrault (TV movie)
Himself
 
1983-1986 La nuit des Césars (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself - Le président des Césars
– La 11ème nuit des Césars (1986) … Himself - Le président des Césars
– 8ème nuit des Césars (1983) … Himself
 
1985 Carné, l'homme à la caméra (documentary)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1985 Hommage à Charles Dullin (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1983 Jean-Louis Barrault, un homme de théâtre (documentary short)
Himself
 
1979 Profession: comédien (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1977 Jacques Prévert
Himself
 
1975 Numéro 1 (TV series)
Himself
– Guy Béart 2 (1975) … Himself
 
1972 Dans le jardin de Franc-Nohain (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1959 Fair Season Is Near (documentary short)
Himself
 
1958 Musée Grévin (short)
Himself
 
1952 With André Gide (documentary)
Himself
 
1942 Étoiles de demain (documentary short)
Himself
 
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2009 Il était une fois... Les enfants du paradis (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Cinegrafias (documentary short)
Himself
 
1976 Singing During the Occupation (documentary)
Himself
 

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Other Works:

"Memories for Tomorrow" (1974 autobiography) See more »

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Alternate Names:

J.L. Barrault | Jean Louis Barrault
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Trivia:

Barrault was named director of the Theatre de France on Paris' Left Bank in 1959. In 1968 it was announced that he had been dismissed. The coup de grâce was administered in a stern letter from old friend, André Malraux, France's Minister of Culture, who had initially asked Barrault to preside as its director... See more »

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