Georges Vitray (1888–1960) was a French
film actor
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Biography
Georges Victor Leporcher was born in Paris, France to Constant Leporcher and Victorine Victoire Bricier. Georges took the name Vitray as a stage name. Georges' mother was born in
Bréal-sous-Vitré.
He participated in 46 French films ( with the exception of two co-productions with Germany and Italy in 1954 ) from 1931 to 1958 as well as a TV movie in 1959. He also played in the theater. He received the Knighthood of the
Legion of Honour
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in 1959 for military service during
World War I
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and 43 years of service to the
Comédie-Française
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. He was married to the American author and newspaper editor
Laura Vitray (ne Yard). They had a son in 1924, George Alain Vitray.
Selected filmography
* ''
Happy Hearts'' (1932)
* ''
If I Were Boss'' (1934)
* ''
The Mysteries of Paris'' (1935)
* ''
Forty Little Mothers'' (1936)
* ''
The Tender Enemy'' (1936)
* ''
Ultimatum
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'' (1938)
* ''
Rasputin
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'' (1938)
* ''
The Novel of Werther'' (1938)
* ''
Mollenard'' (1938)
* ''
Savage Brigade'' (1939)
* ''
La Symphonie fantastique'' (1942)
* ''
The Man Who Played with Fire
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'' (1942)
* ''
Chiffon's Wedding'' (1942)
* ''
White Wings'' (1943)
* ''
Star Without Light'' (1946)
* ''
Devil and the Angel'' (1946)
* ''
Mandrin'' (1947)
* ''
The Secret of Monte Cristo'' (1948)
* ''
Three Investigations'' (1948)
* ''
The Nude Woman'' (1949)
* ''
Maya
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'' (1949)
* ''
La Marie du port'' (1950)
* ''
The Road to Damascus'' (1952)
* ''
Their Last Night'' (1953)
* ''
A Woman's Treasure'' (1953)
* ''
Flesh and the Woman'' (1954)
* ''
A Double Life'' (1954)
References
Bibliography
* Crisp, C.G. ''The Classic French Cinema, 1930-1960''. Indiana University Press, 1993.
External links
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1888 births
1960 deaths
French male film actors
Male actors from Paris
Knights of the Legion of Honour
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