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Antoine Bourseiller (8 July 1930 – 21 May 2013) was a French comedian and opera and theatre director. Born in Paris in 1930, from 1960 to 1963 Bourseiller headed the Studio des Champs-Elysées. In 1966, he was named director of the Centre dramatique national d'Aix-en-Provence. He also directed the Théâtre Récamier. From 1982 until 1996 he was director of the Opéra de Nancy et de Lorraine. Bourseiller won the Prix du Concours des Jeunes compagnies in 1960 and the Grand Prix du théâtre du Syndicat de la critique in 1963.


Personal life

He had a daughter, Rosalie Varda, from his relationship with director
Agnès Varda Agnès Varda (; born Arlette Varda; 30 May 1928 – 29 March 2019) was a Belgian-born French film director, screenwriter and photographer. Varda's work employed location shooting in an era when the limitations of sound technology made it easier ...
. He had a second daughter, the rejoneadora (bullfighter) Marie Sara (born Marie Bourseiller), from his marriage to actress Chantal Darget (born Marie Chantal Chauvet). From this marriage he also had a stepson, Christophe Bourseiller (born Christophe Gintzburger).


Partial filmography as actor

* '' Cléo de 5 à 7'' (1961) * '' Clara et les Chics Types'' (1981)


Filmography as director

* ''Marie Soleil'' (1966) * ''Jean Genet: Entretien avec Antoine Bourseiller'' (''Jean Genet: An Interview with Antoine Bourseiller'') (1981)


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bourseiller, Antoine French male comedians French theatre directors French opera directors 1930 births 2013 deaths Comedians from Paris