Marcel Maréchal (25 December 1937 – 11 June 2020) was a French actor, writer, and director.
Biography
Since 1958, Maréchal had a successful acting career. That year, he founded the Théâtre du Cothurne in
Lyon
Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...
. Other theatres he worked at included the Théâtre du Huitième, the Théâtre du Gymnase, Théâtre National de la Criée,
Théâtre du Rond-Point
The Théâtre du Rond-Point () is a theatre in Paris, located at 2bis avenue Franklin-D.-Roosevelt, 8th arrondissement.
History
The theatre began with an 1838 project of architect Jacques Ignace Hittorff for a rotunda in the Champs Elysees. I ...
, and
Trétaux de France.
In 2001, Maréchal founded the Festival Théâtral de Figeac. Throughout his career, he dedicated himself to contemporary playwrights such as
Jacques Audiberti,
Jean Vauthier, and
Louis Guilloux. He was invited to the
Festival d'Avignon
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on several occasions.
Marcel Maréchal died on 11 June 2020 in
Paris
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at the age of 82.
Filmography
Cinema
*''Trotsky'' (1967)
*''
I as in Icarus'' (1979) - Rivoli, un cobaye
*''Instinct de femme'' (1981) - Pierre, le mari de Marthe
*''Il y a maldonne'' (1988) - William
*''
Simple mortel'' (1991) - L'homme du parking
*''
Fanfan
''Fanfan'' (''Fanfan & Alexandre'') is a 1993 French romantic comedy film written and directed by Alexandre Jardin and starring Sophie Marceau and Vincent Perez. This film is based on the director's best-selling 1990 novel, which was translated ...
'' (1993) - Le père de Fanfan
*''Le Plus Beau Pays du monde'' (1999) - Roland, commissaire aux affaires juives
Television
*''Fracasse'' (1974, TV Movie) - Professeur
*''La Belle Époque'' (1979, TV Movie) - Gustave Hervé
*''Cinéma 16'' (1980) - Teddy Marly
*''C'améra une première'' (1981) - Eole Epifanio
*''Le Fleuve rouge'' (1981, TV Movie) - Le prof. Roland / L'homme à la canne / Zaganski / Stanislavski / Staline
*''Nous te mari-e-rons'' (1981, TV Movie) - Jeannot
*''
Life of Galileo
''Life of Galileo'' (), also known as ''Galileo'', is a Play (theatre), play by the 20th century Germany, German dramatist Bertolt Brecht and collaborator Margarete Steffin with incidental music by Hanns Eisler. The play was written in 1938 and re ...
'' (1982) - Galilée
*''Lettres d'une mère à son fils'' (1984, TV Short) - Jouhandeau
*''Le Cœur du voyage'' (1984, TV Movie) - Le commandant
*''
Julien Fontanes, magistrat'' (1987) - Arnaud Surruguet
*''
Au nom du peuple français'' (1988) - Louis XVI
*''
Navarro'' (1991)
*''L'histoire du samedi'' (1996) - Serge
*''Commandant Nerval: À qui profite le crime ?'' (1996) - Valadol
*''Meurtres sans risques'' (1998, TV Movie) - Marcel Gallais
*''Nestor Burma : La Plus Noble Conquête de Nestor'' (1998) - Godefroy
*''La femme du boulanger'' (1999, TV Movie) - Le marquis Castan de Venelles
*''La Trilogie Marseillaise'' (2000, TV Movie) - Le docteur (final film role)
Publications
*''La Mise en théâtre'' (1974)
*''Une anémone pour Guignol'' (1975)
*''Les Trois Mousquetaires'' (1982)
*''Approches de "la Vie de Galilée" de Bertolt Brecht'' (1982)
*''Conversation avec Marcel Maréchal'' (1983)
*''L'Arbre de mai'' (1984)
*''Capitaine Fracasse'' (1987)
*''Un colossal enfant'' (1991)
*''Rhum-Limonade'' (1995)
*''Saltimbanque'' (2004)
*''La Très Mirifique Épopée Rabelais'' (2005)
Awards
*Prix du Syndicat de la critique for Best Comedian (1969)
*
Molière Award
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director nomination for ''
Mr Puntila and his Man Matti
''Mr Puntila and His Man Matti'' () is an epic comedy by the German modernist playwright Bertolt Brecht. It was written in 1940 and first performed in 1948.
The story describes the aristocratic land-owner Puntila's relationship to his servant, Ma ...
'' (1992)
*Molière Award actor nomination for ''Mr Puntila and his Man Matti'' (1992)
References
1937 births
2020 deaths
20th-century French male actors
21st-century French male actors
French directors
Mass media people from Lyon
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