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Louis Jouvet (1887–1951)

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Louis Jouvet was a living glory of the French theatre where he debuted in 1910. In his life he has worked as pharmacist, manager of a theatre, actor and theatre teacher. He debuted at the movies in 1932 and his best films were of the Golden Age of French cinema called the "poetical realism", e.g. "Hotel du Nord (1938)" or "La La fin du jour (1939)"... See full bio »

Born:

Jules Eugène Louis Jouvet
in Crozon, Finistère, France

Died:

(age 63) in Paris, France
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1951 Une histoire d'amour
L'inspecteur Ernest Plonche
 
1951 Knock
Docteur Knock
 
1950 Lady Paname
Gambier, dit Bagnolet - un photographe anarchiste
 
1950 Miquette
Monchablon
 
1949 Return to Life
Jean Girard (segment 3 : "Le retour de Jean")
 
1949 Between Eleven and Midnight
L'inspecteur Carrel
 
1948 Monelle
Gérard Favier
 
1947 Quai des Orfèvres
L'inspecteur adjoint Antoine
 
1947 Copie conforme
Manuel Ismora - un cambrioleur de grande envergure/Gabriel Dupon - son sosie, un brave homme/Le duc de Niolles/Le déménageur/Le Norvégien
 
1946 Un revenant
Jean-Jacques Sauvage
 
1943 Immortal France
Pierre Froment/Félix Froment
 
1941 Volpone
Mosca
 
1940 Sérénade
Le baron Hartmann
 
1940 L'école des femmes
 
1939 The Phantom Wagon
Georges
 
1939 La fin du jour
Raphaël Saint Clair
 
1938 Hôtel du Nord
Monsieur Edmond
 
1938 The Shanghai Drama
L'aventurier Ivan
 
1938 Bargekeepers Daughter
René Cercleux
 
1938 The Curtain Rises
Le professeur Lambertin
 
1938 Sirocco
Rossignol
 
1938 Ramuntcho
Itchoua
 
1938 La Marseillaise
Roederer, le procureur du département
 
1937 The Alibi
Le commissaire Calas
 
1937 The Cheat
Valfar
 
1937 Drole de Drame
Archibald Soper
 
1937 Dance Program
Pierre Verdier, dit Jo
 
1937 Mademoiselle Docteur
Simonis
 
1936 The Lower Depths
Le baron / The Baron
 
1936 Mr. Flow
Durin/Mr. Flow
 
1935 Carnival in Flanders
Le chapelain/The Priest
 
1933 Knock, ou le triomphe de la médecine
Dr. Knock
 
1933/II Topaze
Albert Topaze
 
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1994 Tot assajant Dom Juan (TV movie) (play)
 
1963 Les abysses (uncredited)
 
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1951 Knock (drama director)
 
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1957 Stars Never Die (documentary)
Himself
 
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2010 L'Occupation sans relâche - Les artistes pendant la guerre (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Fantasia Lusitana (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Empreintes (TV series documentary)
 
2003 Louis Jouvet ou L'amour du théâtre (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1988 Cinema Paradiso
Le Baron (uncredited)
 
1985 Carné, l'homme à la caméra (documentary)
Himself
 
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Personal Quote:

One works in the theatre because one senses that one has never been oneself, that one cannot be oneself - that, at last, one has found the way to become oneself. See more »

Trivia:

Dedicated his life to the theatre and took on film roles solely for the purpose of financing his theatre company. See more »

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