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Daniel Auteuil
Daniel Auteuil (; born 24 January 1950) is a French actor and director who has appeared in a wide range of film genres, including period dramas, romantic comedies, and crime thrillers. In 1996 he won the Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival), Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival together with Belgian actor Pascal Duquenne. He is also the winner of two César Award for Best Actor, César Awards for Best Actor, one in 1987 as Ugolin Soubeyran in ''Jean de Florette'' and ''Manon des Sources (1986 film), Manon des Sources'' and one for his role in ''Girl on the Bridge''. For his role in ''Jean de Florette'' he also won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Auteuil is considered one of France's most respected actors. Early life Daniel Auteuil was born on 24 January 1950 in Algiers, French Algeria, the son of opera singers. He grew up in Avignon and Nancy, France, Nancy, France. He began his acting career in musical comedy and made his film debut in 1972. At a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Algeria
French Algeria (french: Alger to 1839, then afterwards; unofficially , ar, الجزائر المستعمرة), also known as Colonial Algeria, was the period of French colonisation of Algeria. French rule in the region began in 1830 with the invasion of Algiers and lasted until the end of the Algerian War of Independence in 1962. While the administration of Algeria changed significantly over the 132 years of French rule, the Mediterranean coastal region of Algeria, housing the vast majority of its population, was an integral part of France from 1848 until its independence. As one of France's longest-held overseas territories, Algeria became a destination for hundreds of thousands of European immigrants known as ''colons'', and later as . However, the indigenous Muslim population remained the majority of the territory's population throughout its history. Many estimates indicates that the native Algerian population fell by one-third in the years between the French invasion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Chekhov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; 29 January 1860Old Style date 17 January. – 15 July 1904Old Style date 2 July.) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics."Stories ... which are among the supreme achievements in prose narrative.Vodka miniatures, belching and angry cats George Steiner's review of ''The Undiscovered Chekhov'', in ''The Observer'', 13 May 2001. Retrieved 16 February 2007. Along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Chekhov is often referred to as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theatre. Chekhov was a physician by profession. "Medicine is my lawful wife", he once said, "and literature is my mistress." Chekhov renounced the theatre after the reception of ''The Seagull'' in 1896, but the play was revived to acclaim in 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernand Sardou
Fernand Sardou (September 18, 1910 – January 31, 1976 p. 235.) was a French singer and actor. Sardou was the father of , and he married Jackie Rollin (), an actress. His two grandsons are French novelist Romain Sardou and French actor Davy Sardou. Partial filmography * ''Le moulin dans le soleil'' (1938) * ''Grand-père'' (1939) – Le jeune homme * ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Sardou
Jackie Sardou (7 April 1919 – 2 April 1998) was a French actress. Personal life She was born Jacqueline Labbé in Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ..., and married Fernand Sardou, a singer. She was the mother of singer Michel Sardou; and grandmother of author Romain Sardou and actor Davy Sardou. She died in 1998, five days before her 79th birthday. Theatre Filmography References French film actresses 1919 births 1998 deaths Actresses from Paris 20th-century French actresses {{France-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rellys
Henri Marius Bourrelly (12 December 190520 July 1991), known by his stage name of Rellys, was a French actor.- Selected filmography * '' Three Sailors'' (1934) * '' Merlusse'' (1935) * ''Tobias Is an Angel'' (1940) * '' Frederica'' (1942) * ''The Revenge of Roger'' (1946) * '' The Three Cousins'' (1947) * ''The Atomic Monsieur Placido'' (1950) * '' Life Is a Game'' (1951) * ''Croesus'' (1960) * '' Cocagne'' (1961) * ''The Trip to Biarritz'' (1963) * ''That Tender Age'' (1964) * ''Dis-moi qui tuer'' (1965) * ''The Gardener of Argenteuil ''The Gardener of Argenteuil'' (French: ''Le jardinier d'Argenteuil'', German: ''Blüten, Gauner und die Nacht von Nizza'') is a 1966 French-German comedy crime film directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois and starring Jean Gabin, Liselotte Pulver, and ...'' (1966) References External links * 1905 births 1991 deaths French male film actors Male actors from Marseille {{France-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Jullian
Marcel Jullian (31 January 1922—28 June 2004) was a French author, screenwriter for French film and television, and occasional director. He was one of the founders of the TV channel Antenne 2, and its first president from January 1975 to December 1977. Selected books * ''Heaven Knight: Charles Nungesser'' (1953) * ''HMS Fidelity, Mystery Ship'' (1956) * ''Air People'' (1959) * ''Jean Maridor , Hunter V1'' (1959) * ''Histoire de la France et des Français au jour le jour'' (8 volumes, with Alain Decaux, André Castelot and Jacques Levron) (1976-1977) * ''Count Henri of Paris: Memories of Exile and Struggle'' (1979) * ''La Télévision libre'' (1981) * ''Histoire de France des commerçants'' (with C. Meyer and Robert Laffont) (1983) * ''Franchise postale'' (with J Chancel) (1983) * ''I am François Villon'' (1987) * ''Introduction to the History of the Kings of France'' (1989) * ''The Time of Joan of Arc: 1408-1447'' (with Alain Decaux, André Castelot, Jacques Levron and Robe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gérard Lauzier
Gérard Lauzier (30 November 1932 – 6 December 2008) was a French comics author and movie director, best known as one of the leading authors in the more adult-oriented French comics scene of the 1970s and 1980s. Biography Gérard Lauzier was born in Marseille on 30 November 1932. He studied philosophy and afterwards architecture at the ''École des Beaux-Arts'' in Paris.Lietta Tornabuoni Il lamento di Gérard Lauzier' He worked in a press agency before travelling to Brazil, where he collaborated on the new capital Brasilia. In 1959, he got conscription for the Algerian War. In Brazil, he contributed editorial cartoons to '' Jornal do Bahia'' until he left the country in the wake of the 1964 military coup. Back in France, he worked for a number of magazines, most notably the soft erotic ''Lui'' where he made the series ''Les sextraordinaires aventures de Zizi et Peter Panpan''. His major comics work appeared in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine, ''Pilote'', where he worked b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Périer
François Périer (born François Pillu; 10 November 1919 – 29 June 2002), was a French actor renowned for his expressiveness and diversity of roles. He made over 110 film and TV appearances between 1938 and 1996, with notable excursion into the French avant-garde. He was also prominent in the theatre. Among his best-known parts was that of Hugo in the first production of Jean-Paul Sartre's '' Les Mains Sales'' in 1948. He was the narrator of the French-language version of ''Fantasia'', and made several commercial audio recordings (with commentary) popularizing classical music in France. In 1957 he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film '' Gervaise''. Life Périer was born in Paris, France, on 10 November 1919. He had two daughters with his first wife, Jacqueline Porel: photographer Jean-Marie and journalist Anne-Marie. He died on 29 June 2002 in Paris of a heart attack during his sleep. His remains were interred at Passy Cemetery in Paris next ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Pacôme
Maria Pacôme (18 July 1923 – 1 December 2018) was a French actress and playwright. Biography Born on 18 July 1923 in Paris, Maria Pacôme was the daughter of Maurice Pacôme and Germaine Hivonait. Her father was deported to Buchenwald concentration camp and her brother was shot for being a Communist. When her father came back, Pacôme often found herself defending her mother against her father's violence. Maria began her higher education at Le Cours Simon in 1941, when she was 18. She was classmates with Michèle Morgan, Danièle Delorme, and her future spouse, Maurice Ronet. Pacôme married Ronet in 1950. She would set aside her career until their divorce in 1956. Theatre She began her stage acting career in 1956 with ''La Reine et les Insurgés'', written by Ugo Betti and directed by Michel Vitold. In 1958, she acted in ''Oscar'', written by . She acted alongside Pierre Mondy and Jean-Paul Belmondo in the play. Pacôme also appeared in ''N'écoutez pas, mesdames !'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwige Feuillère
Edwige Feuillère (born Edwige Louise Caroline Cunatti; October 29, 1907 – November 13, 1998) was a French stage and film actress. Biography She was born Edwige Louise Caroline Cunatti to an Italian architect father and an Alsace-born mother. She was raised primarily in Dijon. In 1931 she married actor Pierre Feuillère, from whom she separated two years later (1933), but kept his surname. She acted from 1931 until 1995. Death She died of natural causes, aged 91. Selected filmography *1931: ''La Fine Combine'' (Short, dir. André Chotin) – Mado, the mistress *1931: ''Mam'zelle Nitouche'' (dir Marc Allégret) – Une théâtreuse (uncredited) *1931: '' The Champion Cook'' (dir. Alberto Cavalcanti) – Régine *1932: '' Monsieur Albert'' (dir. Karl Anton) – Comtesse Peggy Ricardi *1932: ''La Perle'' (dir. René Guissart) – Viviane Lancenay *1932: ''Une petite femme dans le train'' (dir. Karl Anton) – Adolphine *1932: '' Maquillage'' (dir. Karl Anton) – Kett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godspell
''Godspell'' is a musical composed by Stephen Schwartz with book by John-Michael Tebelak. The show is structured as a series of parables, primarily based on the Gospel of Matthew, interspersed with music mostly set to lyrics from traditional hymns, with the passion of Christ appearing briefly near the end. ''Godspell'' began as a project by drama students at Carnegie Mellon University and then moved to the off-off-Broadway theater La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in the East Village of Manhattan. The show was rescored for an off-Broadway production, which opened on May 17, 1971, and became a long-running success. Many productions have followed worldwide, including a 2011 Broadway revival. An abbreviated one-act version of the musical designed for performers aged 18 and under also exists, titled ''Godspell Junior''. Several cast albums have been released over the years. " Day by Day", from the original cast album, reached #13 on the '' Billboard'' pop singles chart in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Théâtre National Populaire
The Théâtre national populaire (French for ''People's National Theater'') is a theatre now at Villeurbanne, France. It was founded in 1920 by Firmin Gémier in Paris. Today, the TNP has a company of ten resident actors and the building is currently being completely renovated. History The Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) was founded in 1920 in Paris at the Palais de Chaillot by Firmin Gémier. During World War II, activity was suspended and the building was occupied by the United Nations. In 1951, Jean Vilar was appointed head of the new theater by Jeanne Laurent. The theater reopened at Suresnes pending the return to the Palais de Chaillot. Vilar thought of the theater as a public service, and gave it a new image. Under his leadership the theater offered performances shown at prices and times to suit the general public. The TNP attracted a group of young actors including Gérard Philipe. Productions from this time include '' Le Cid'' and '' Der Prinz von Homburg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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