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Catherine Hiegel
Catherine Hiegel (born 10 December 1946) is a French actress, comedian and director. Personal life Catherine Hiegel is the daughter of Pierre Hiegel, radio host, music critic, radio producer and artistic director of French houses of discs. She is also the niece of Pierre Bellemare. Career At ten, she played Cosette in a radio adaptation of Les Misérables, where her father played Jean Valjean. She sang in 1956 with André Claveau, ''Viens danser avec papa''. On the advice of her father, she stopped school to learn comedy. She took lessons with Raymond Girard and Jacques Charon, and began her career on stage to the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens with Cactus Flower, alongside Jean Poiret and Sophie Desmarets. She joined the French National Academy of Dramatic Arts in the classes of Jean Marchat then Lise Delamare, and also attended classes of Jean-Laurent Cochet. She joined the Comédie-Française in 1969. She worked with directors as varied as Philippe Adrien, Patrice Ché ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis
Montreuil (), sometimes unofficially referred to as Montreuil-sous-Bois (), is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris in Seine-Saint-Denis. With a population of 109,914 as of 2018, Montreuil is the fourth most populous suburb of Paris after Boulogne-Billancourt, Saint-Denis and Argenteuil. It is located north of Paris's Bois de Vincennes (in the 12th arrondissement), on the border with Val-de-Marne. Name The name Montreuil was recorded for the first time in a royal edict of 722 as ''Monasteriolum'', meaning "little monastery" in Medieval Latin. The settlement of Montreuil started as a group of houses built around a small monastery. History Under the reigns of Louis XIV and Louis XVI the "Peach Walls" which provided the royal court with the fruits were located in Montreuil. It was also later home to the Lumière brothers and George Méliès whose workshops were located in lower Montreuil. On 1 January 1860, the city of Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Paul Roussillon
Jean-Paul Roussillon (5 March 1931 – 31 July 2009) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 80 films and television shows between 1954 and 2008. He starred in the film '' Playing 'In the Company of Men''', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. He won the César Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in '' A Christmas Tale''. For years Roussillon had been battling lung cancer and died on 31 July 2009 in Auxerre, France. Partial filmography * ''La chair et le diable'' (1954) - Apo Ancelin * '' Deadlier Than the Male'' (1956) - Amédée * ''L'amour descend du ciel'' (1957) - Jean * '' The Fox of Paris'' (1957) - Francois, Yvonne's Brother * ''Le mariage de Figaro'' (1959) - Grippe-Soleil * ''La 1000eme fenêtre'' (1960) - Boutain * '' Weekend at Dunkirk'' (1964) - La gouape / Blackguard * ''Une affaire d'hommes'' (1981) - Le juge Dauzat * '' The Trout'' (1982) - Verjon * ''La guerre des demoiselles'' (1984) - Le juge * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Escande
Maurice Escande (14 November 1892 – 10 February 1973) was a French stage and film actor. In 1948 he starred in the film '' The Lame Devil'' under Sacha Guitry. Selected filmography *1917: ''Un vol étrange'' (Short) *1918: ''Simone'' - Michel Mignier *1920: ''L'essor'' - Max de Chéroy *1921: ''Mademoiselle de La Seiglière'' - Raoul de Vaubert *1921: ''Fromont jeune et Risler aîné'' - Fromont jeune *1921: ''Les trois lys'' (Short) *1922: ''La ferme du choquart'' - Le marquis de Montaillé *1922: ''Molière, sa vie, son oeuvre'' *1923: ''Les deux soldats'' - Julien Farjol *1924: ''Un gentleman neurasthénique'' *1925: ''Nantas'' - Desfondettes *1925: ''La damnation de Faust'' *1931: ''Luck'' *1932: '' Kiss Me'' - Gaston *1932: ''Chassé-croisé'' *1932: ''The Three Musketeers'' - Buckingham *1932: ''Totoche et compagnie'' *1933: ''Le gendre de Monsieur Poirier'' - Hector de Montmeyran *1933: ''Son altesse impériale'' - Le comte Symoff *1933: ''Jeunes filles à marier'' - J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre De 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 numerous comedies for the Comédie-Française and the Comédie-Italienne of Paris. His most important works are ''Le Triomphe de l'amour'', '' Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard'' and '' Les Fausses Confidences''. He also published a number of essays and two important but unfinished novels, ''La Vie de Marianne'' and ''Le Paysan parvenu''. Life His father was a Norman financier whose name from birth was Carlet, but who assumed the surname of Chamblain, and then that of Marivaux. He brought up his family in Limoges and Riom, in the province of Auvergne, where he directed the mint. Marivaux is said to have written his first play, the ''Père prudent et équitable'', when he was only eighteen, but it was not published until 1712, when he was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Game Of Love And Chance
''The Game of Love and Chance'' (french: Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard) is a three-act romantic comedy by French playwright Marivaux. ''The Game of Love and Chance'' was first performed 23 January 1730 by the Comédie Italienne. In this play, a young woman is visited by her betrothed, whom she does not know. To get a better idea of the type of person he is, she trades places with her servant and disguises herself. However, unbeknownst to her, her fiancé has the same idea and trades places with his valet. The "game" pits the two false servants against the two false masters, and in the end, the couples fall in love with their appropriate counterpart. Like many of Marivaux's other comedies, ''The Game of Love and Chance'' makes use of stock characters from the Commedia dell'arte. In this play, Arlequin is featured. Lisette, who appears in other Marivaux plays, also takes on a stock personality as the feisty servant. Plot summary Silvia is engaged to marry Dorante, a man s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Imaginary Invalid
''The Imaginary Invalid'', ''The Hypochondriac'', or ''The Would-Be Invalid'' (French title ''Le Malade imaginaire'', ) is a three- act '' comédie-ballet'' by the French playwright Molière with dance sequences and musical interludes (H.495, H.495 a, H.495 b) by Marc-Antoine Charpentier. It premiered on 10 February 1673 at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris and was originally choreographed by Pierre Beauchamp. Molière had fallen out with the powerful court composer Jean-Baptiste Lully, with whom he had pioneered the ''comédie-ballet'' form a decade earlier, and had opted for the collaboration with Charpentier. ''Le malade imaginaire'' was Molière's last work. He collapsed during his fourth performance as Argan on 17 February and died soon after. Characters * Argan, a severe hypochondriac. * Toinette, witty maid-servant of Argan. * Angélique, daughter of Argan, in love with Cléante. * Béline, second wife of Argan. * Cléante, lover of Angélique. Kind, but not very ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Manuel (actor)
Robert Manuel (7 September 1916 – 8 December 1995) was a 20th-century French stage, television, and film actor, and film director. Filmography *1935: ''La Petite Sauvage'' (by Jean de Limur) *1937: '' Salonique, nid d'espions'' (by Georg Wilhelm Pabst) - un invité au consulat *1938: '' Orage'' (by Marc Allégret) - Gilbert *1938: ''La Marseillaise'' (by Jean Renoir) *1938: ''Le Drame de Shanghaï'' (by Georg Wilhelm Pabst) - Le client attaqué *1939: '' Jeunes filles en détresse'' (by Georg Wilhelm Pabst) - Robert (uncredited) *1946: '' The Captain'' (by Robert Vernay) - Le comte Hercule de Nesle *1946: '' Comédie avant Molière'' (by Jean Tedesco) (Short) *1950: '' The Paris Waltz'' (by Marcel Achard) - José Dupuis *1955: '' Le Fils de Caroline chérie'' (by Jean Devaivre) - Le Roi Joseph *1955: ''Napoléon'' (by Sacha Guitry) - Joseph Bonaparte (uncredited) *1955: ''Rififi'' (''Du rififi chez les hommes'') (by Jules Dassin) - Mario Ferrati *1955: '' Milord l'Arsouil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 world literature. His extant works include comedies, farces, tragicomedies, comédie-ballets, and more. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed at the Comédie-Française more often than those of any other playwright today. His influence is such that the French language is often referred to as the "language of Molière". Born into a prosperous family and having studied at the Collège de Clermont (now Lycée Louis-le-Grand), Molière was well suited to begin a life in the theatre. Thirteen years as an itinerant actor helped him polish his comedic abilities while he began writing, combining Commedia dell'arte elements with the more refined French comedy. Through the patronage of aristocrats includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Camoletti (playwright)
Marc Camoletti (16 November 1923 – 18 July 2003) was a French playwright best known for the farce '' Boeing-Boeing''. Early life Camoletti was born a French citizen in Geneva, Switzerland, though his family had Italian origins. His grandfather was the architect who designed the concert venue Victoria Hall in Geneva, the Musée d'art et d'histoire and the Hôtel des postes du Mont-Blanc. Marc Camoletti was a painter before starting a theatrical career. Career Camoletti's theatrical career began in 1958 when three of his plays were presented simultaneously in Paris, the first, ''La Bonne Anna'', running for 1,300 performances and going on to be performed throughout the world. '' Boeing-Boeing'' (1960) was an even greater success, and remains Camoletti's signature hit. The original 1962 London production, in an adaptation by Beverley Cross, opened at the Apollo Theatre, transferred to the Duchess, and ran for seven years, racking up more than 2,000 performances. A later pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Roux (actor)
Michel Roux (22 July 1929 in Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine - 2 February 2007 in Paris) was a French actor. He was also the French voice for many American and Italian actors, such as Jack Lemmon, Peter Sellers, Alec Guinness and Tony Curtis. The main part of this actor's work was in theatre. Roux died of cardiac arrest at the age of 77 on February 2, 2007, in Paris. Filmography * Videography * 1950 : Alec Guinness dans ''Noblesse oblige'' * 1950 : Edgar Buchanan dans ''La porte du diable'' * 1952 : Ben Gazzara dans ''Autopsie d'un meurtre'' * 1954 : Adrian Hoven dans ''Les jeunes années d'une Reine'' * 1954 : John Forsythe dans ''Fort Bravo'' * 1954 : Keenan Wynn dans ''L'escadrille Panthère'' * 1954 : Robert Francis dans ''Ouragan sur le Caine'', '' The Caine Mutiny'' * 1955 : Alec Guinness dans ''Le cygne'' * 1955 : Cliff Robertson dans ''Picnic'' * 1956 : Bing Crosby dans ''Haute Société'' * 1956 : Claus Biederstaedt dans ''Feu d'artifice'' * 1956 : Dan Dailey dans ''V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Achard
Marcel Achard (5 July 1899 – 4 September 1974) was a French playwright and screenwriter whose popular sentimental comedies Garzanti p. 3 maintained his position as a highly recognizable name in his country's theatrical and literary circles for five decades.New York Times He was elected to the Académie française in 1959. Themes and variations within a philosophical outlook A native of the Rhône département's Urban Community of Lyon, France's second largest metropolitan area, Marcel-Auguste Ferréol was born in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, one of the city's suburbs, and adopted his pen name at the start of his writing career in the early 1920s. Able to absorb knowledge quickly, he became, in 1916, in the midst of World War I, a village schoolteacher at the age of 17. In 1919, a few months after the end of the war, the 20-year-old aspiring writer arrived in Paris and found jobs as a prompter at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier and as a journalist for various publications, includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Pierre Gredy
Jean-Pierre Grédy, often anglicised as Gredy (16 August 1920 – 6 February 2022) was a French playwright. Biography After studying literature and law, Grédy entered IDHEC because he wanted to write screenplays. He wrote the screenplay for the film '' Julie de Carneilhan'', based on a 1941 novel by the French writer Colette, directed by Jacques Manuel and starring Edwige Feuillère. He then met Pierre Barillet with whom he wrote "for fun" ''Le Don d'Adèle'', which was an unexpected success, exceeding a thousand performances and receiving the Tristan-Bernard prize. Over the next several decades, Grédy and Barillet wrote more than 20 plays together. Certain of their plays were adapted to Broadway, including ''Fleur de cactus'' ('' Cactus Flower'', written by Abe Burrows) and ''Quarante carats'' (''Forty Carats''). Grédy died on 6 February 2022, at the age of 101. Works Film adaptations (selected)2013: ''Théâtre de Barillet et Grédy'', éditions Omnibus () *', direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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