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Date of Birth

24 December 1887, Crozon, France

Date of Death

16 August 1951, Paris, France (heart attack)

Birth Name

Jules Eugène Louis Jouvet

Mini Biography

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) (1939)". His character, his eagle-like profile and his unique way of speaking made him unforgetable.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Volker Boehm

Spouse

Else Collin	(1912 - 19??) 2 children, a daughter and son
Madeleine Ozeray	(? - ?) (divorced)

Trivia

In 1936 he became teacher of acting technique and theatrical history at the Conservatoire de Paris but he did not like that work and had probably had to accept it unwillingly. Very often he arrived late to lessons and compared his watch with a grandfather clock that was in the classroom. One day he explicated his habit to the students telling them: "It's always amazing for me to see something going ahead in this institution that is still since a century"

Father of actress Lisa Jouvet.

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

In 1941, having experienced serious problems with the censorship of the German occupier, he took his repertory company on international tours. He was not to return to France until the war was over.

Had a stammering and diction problem as a youth.

Auditioned for the Conservatoire National Superieur d'Art Dramatique in his early years and was rejected three times.

Uncle of Peter Wyngarde.

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