Jean-Pierre Granval, stage name of Jean-Pierre Charles Gribouval, (10 December 1923 – 28 May 1998) was a 20th-century French

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and

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as well as a

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. Jean-Pierre Granval is the son of

Charles Granval Charles Granval (born Charles Louis Gribouval; December 21, 1882 – July 28, 1943) was a French stage and film actor.Macdonald p.244 He was Jean-Pierre Granval's father. Selected filmography * '' Golgotha'' (1935) * ''La belle équipe'' (1936) ...

and Madeleine Renaud, both

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. He appeared in 4 feature films and some TV films, including some classics : '' The Satin Slipper'', '' Harold and Maude'', ''

The Cherry Orchard ''The Cherry Orchard'' (russian: Вишнёвый сад, translit=Vishnyovyi sad) is the last play by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. Written in 1903, it was first published by '' Znaniye'' (Book Two, 1904), and came out as a separate editio ...

'', '' Double Inconstancy''. He is buried in

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Filmography

Film

1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

: '' Maigret et l'Affaire Saint-Fiacre'' (by Jean Delannoy) - the journalist *1959: ''

Picnic on the Grass ''Picnic on the Grass'' (french: Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe) is a 1959 French comedy film written and directed by Jean Renoir, starring Paul Meurisse, Fernand Sardou and Catherine Rouvel. It is known in the United Kingdom by its original title or ...

'' (by Jean Renoir) - Ritou *

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

: ''Life Love Death''

Television

: '' The Doctor's Horrible Experiment'' (TV Movie, by Jean Renoir) - le patron de l'hôtel de passe *

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...

: '' Les Fossés de Vincennes'' (TV Movie, by Pierre Cardinal) - le conseiller Réal

Theatre

Comedian

* 1946: ''

Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

'' by

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

, directed by

Jean-Louis Barrault Jean-Louis Bernard Barrault (; 8 September 1910 – 22 January 1994) was a French actor, director and mime artist who worked on both screen and stage. Biography Barrault was born in Le Vésinet in France in 1910. His father was 'a Burgundia ...

Théâtre Marigny The Théâtre Marigny is a theatre in Paris, situated near the junction of the Champs-Élysées and the Avenue Marigny in the 8th arrondissement. It was originally built to designs of the architect Charles Garnier for the display of a panora ...

* 1946: ''

Les Fausses Confidences ''Les Fausses Confidences'' is a three-act comedy in prose by the French playwright Pierre de Marivaux, Pierre de Carlet de Chamberlain de Marivaux. It was first performed on the 16 March 1737 by the actors of the Comédie Italienne at the Hôtel ...

'' by

Marivaux Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux (4 February 1688 – 12 February 1763), commonly referred to as Marivaux, was a French playwright and novelist. He is considered one of the most important French playwrights of the 18th century, writing num ...

, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault, Théâtre Marigny * 1946: ''Baptiste'' by

Jacques Prévert Jacques Prévert (; 4 February 1900 – 11 April 1977) was a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools. His best-regarded films formed part of the poetic realist moveme ...

Joseph Kosma Joseph Kosma (22 October 19057 August 1969) was a Hungarian-French composer. Biography Kosma was born József Kozma in Budapest, where his parents taught stenography and typing. He had a brother, Ákos. A maternal relative was the photographe ...

, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault, Théâtre Marigny * 1947: ''Les Fausses Confidences'' by Marivaux, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault,

Théâtre des Célestins The Théâtre des Célestins is a theatre building on Place des Célestins in Lyon, France. It was designed by Gaspard André, and inaugurated in 1877, then in 2005. Alongside the Comédie-Française and the théâtre de l'Odéon, it is one of fe ...

* 1947: ''Baptiste'' by Jacques Prévert & Joseph Kosma, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault, Théâtre des Célestins * 1947: ''La Fontaine de jouvence'' by Boris Kochno, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault, Théâtre Marigny * 1947: ''

The Trial ''The Trial'' (german: Der Process, link=no, previously , and ) is a novel written by Franz Kafka in 1914 and 1915 and published posthumously on 26 April 1925. One of his best known works, it tells the story of Josef K., a man arrested and p ...

'' after

Franz Kafka Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic. It ...

, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault, Théâtre Marigny * 1948: ''

The State of Siege ''The State of Siege'' (french: L'État de siège) is the fourth play by Albert Camus. Written in 1948, ''The State of Siege''—the original sense is closer to state of emergency—is a play in three acts presenting the arrival of pl ...

'' by

Albert Camus Albert Camus ( , ; ; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, author, dramatist, and journalist. He was awarded the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44, the second-youngest recipient in history. His work ...

, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault, Théâtre Marigny * 1948: '' Occupe-toi d'Amélie'' by

Georges Feydeau Georges-Léon-Jules-Marie Feydeau (; 8 December 1862 – 5 June 1921) was a French playwright of the era known as the Belle Époque. He is remembered for his farces, written between 1886 and 1914. Feydeau was born in Paris to middle-class parent ...

, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault, Théâtre Marigny * 1949: '' Le Bossu'' by

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and

Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois Auguste Anicet, later Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois (25 December 1806 – 12 January 1871) was a French dramatist. He was born in Paris. The first play to bear his name is ''L'Ami et le mari, ou le Nouvel Amphitryon'', a vaudeville in one act. It ...

, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault, Théâtre Marigny * 1951: '' The Satin Slipper'' by

Paul Claudel Paul Claudel (; 6 August 1868 – 23 February 1955) was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. He was most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devout Catholicism. Early lif ...

, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault, Théâtre des Célestins * 1953: '' Occupe-toi d'Amélie!'' by Georges Feydeau, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault, Théâtre des Célestins * 1955: ''

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'' by

Jean Giraudoux Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux (; 29 October 1882 – 31 January 1944) was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II. His wo ...

, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault, Théâtre Marigny, Théâtre des Célestins * 1955: ''The Cherry Orchard'' by Anton Chekhov, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault, Théâtre des Célestins * 1955: ''Le Chien du jardinier'' by

Georges Neveux Georges Neveux (1900–1982) was a French dramatist and poet. Neveux's first notable work was the play ''Juliette ou la clé des songes (Juliet or the key to dreams)'', written in 1927 and produced in 1930. It became the basis of Theodor Schae ...

after Lope de Vega, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault, Théâtre Marigny * 1955: ''Occupe-toi d'Amélie'' by Georges Feydeau, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault, Théâtre Marigny * 1956: ''

The Misanthrope ''The Misanthrope, or the Cantankerous Lover'' (french: Le Misanthrope ou l'Atrabilaire amoureux; ) is a 17th-century comedy of manners in verse written by Molière. It was first performed on 4 June 1666 at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris b ...

'' by

Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (, ; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, , ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and worl ...

, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault, Théâtre des Célestins * 1956: ''Le Chien du jardinier'' by Lope de Vega, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault, Théâtre des Célestins * 1956: ''Histoire de Vasco'' by

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, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault, Théâtre des Célestins * 1958: ''The Satin Slipper'' by Paul Claudel, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault,

Théâtre du Palais-Royal The Théâtre du Palais-Royal () is a 750-seat Parisian theatre at 38 rue de Montpensier, located at the northwest corner of the Palais-Royal in the Galerie de Montpensier at its intersection with the Galerie de Beaujolais. Brief history ...

* 1959: ''

'' by Marivaux, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault, Odéon-Théâtre de France * 1960: ''

'' by Anton Chekhov, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault, Odéon-Théâtre de France * 1960: ''

Christophe Colomb (''Christopher Columbus'') is an opera in two parts by the French composer Darius Milhaud. The poet Paul Claudel wrote the libretto based on his own play about the life of Christopher Columbus, ''Le Livre de Christophe Colomb''. The opera was fi ...

'' by Paul Claudel, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault, Odéon-Théâtre de France * 1960: '' Occupe-toi d'Amélie'' by Georges Feydeau, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault, Odéon-Théâtre de France * 1961: ''

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'' by Molière, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault, Odéon-Théâtre de France * 1963: ''The Cherry Orchard '' by Anton Chekhov, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault, Odéon-Théâtre de France * 1965: '' Amerika'' by

Max Brod Max Brod ( he, מקס ברוד; 27 May 1884 – 20 December 1968) was a German-speaking Bohemian, later Israeli, author, composer, and journalist. Although he was a prolific writer in his own right, he is best remembered as the friend and biog ...

after

, directed by

Antoine Bourseiller 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 dra ...

, Odéon-Théâtre de France * 1973: '' Harold and Maude'' by

Colin Higgins Colin Higgins (28 July 1941 – 5 August 1988) was an Australian-American screenwriter, actor, director, and producer. He was best known for writing the screenplay for the 1971 film ''Harold and Maude'', and for directing the films '' Foul Play' ...

, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault,

Théâtre Récamier The théâtre Récamier was a Parisian theatre located at 3 rue Récamier in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, inaugurated in 1908 and closed in 1978. History Originally, it was an entertainment venue built by Charles Blondel for the Ligue de ...

* 1974: ''

Thus Spoke Zarathustra ''Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None'' (german: Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen), also translated as ''Thus Spake Zarathustra'', is a work of philosophical fiction written by German philosopher Friedrich Niet ...

'' by

Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (; or ; 15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, prose poet, cultural critic, philologist, and composer whose work has exerted a profound influence on contemporary philosophy. He began his ...

, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault,

Théâtre d'Orsay The théâtre d'Orsay was a theater located on the rive gauche of the Seine, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris It was inaugurated in 1972 in the former gare d'Orsay originally conceived by the architect Victor Laloux in 1898. Jean-Louis Barra ...

* 1975: ''

'' by Paul Claudel, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault, Théâtre d'Orsay * 1975: ''Les Nuits de Paris'' after Rétif de la Bretonne, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault, Théâtre d'Orsay * 1980: ''Harold and Maude'' by

, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault, Théâtre d'Orsay

Theatre director

* 1974: ''Sous le vent des îles Baléares'' by Paul Claudel,

* 1983: ''Lettres d'une mère à son fils'' by

Marcel Jouhandeau Marcel Jouhandeau (July 26, 1888 Guéret – April 7, 1979) was a French writer. Biography Born in Guéret, Creuse, France, Marcel Jouhandeau grew up in a world of women presided over by his grandmother. Under the influence of a young woman from ...

, , Théâtre Renaud-Barrault * 1984: ''Pense à l’Afrique'' after ''Think of Africa'' by Gordon Dryland, Théâtre Renaud-Barrault * 1986: ''Les Salons'' by Bernard Minoret and Claude Arnaud, Théâtre Renaud-Barrault

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