Romuald Charles Eugène Gaudens Jean Sylve Joubé (20 June 1876 – 14 September 1949) was a French stage and film actor whose career on the stage and in films lasted approximately thirty years.
Career
Born in
Mazères, Ariège
Mazères (; oc, Maseras) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Ariège department
The following is a list of the 327 communes of the Ariège department of France.
The co ...
, Romuald Joubé began his stage career at the Odéon theatre under the direction of
André Antoine
André Antoine (31 January 185823 October 1943) was a French actor, theatre manager, film director, author, and critic who is considered the father of modern mise en scène in France.
Biography
André Antoine was a clerk at the Paris Gas Utili ...
. He was in residence at the Comédie Française from 1921 to 1922. Joubé's career was spent primarily on the theatre stage. However, he managed a lengthy film career as well, beginning in 1909. Joubé got his start in films in productions made by the early French film company Studio Film d'Art. In total, Joubé appeared in over forty films during a period of more than thirty years. He appeared as the character Jean Diaz in both the 1919
Abel Gance
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silent film
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drama ''
J'accuse!
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sound film
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Gisors
Gisors () is a commune of Normandy, France. It is located northwest from the centre of Paris.
Gisors, together with the neighbouring communes of Trie-Château and Trie-la-Ville, form an urban area of 13,915 inhabitants (2018). This urban area i ...