Jean-Louis Barrault | |
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 1952 photograph | |
| Born | (1910-09-08)8 September 1910 Le Vésinet, France |
| Died | 22 January 1994(1994-01-22) (aged 83) Paris, France |
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Jean-Louis Bernard Barrault (French:[ʒɑ̃lwibɛʁnaʁbaʁo]; 8 September 1910 – 22 January 1994) was a French actor, director andmime artist who worked on both screen and stage.
Barrault was born inLe Vésinet in France in 1910. His father was "a Burgundian pharmacist who died in the First World War."[1]:87 He studied at theCollége Chaptal until 1930, when he began his studies at theÉcole du Louvre.[1]:87
From 1931 to 1935 Barrault studied and acted atCharles Dullin'sL'Atelier.[2]:32 His first performance was a small role in Ben Jonson'sVolpone. At the time, Barrault was unable to afford rent and Dullin allowed him to sleep in the theatre on Volpone's bed.[3]:16 It was atL'Atelier that he first met and studied underÉtienne Decroux,[4]:41 with whom he would create the pantomimeLa Vie Primitive in 1931.[1]:87
He was a member of theComédie-Française from 1942 to 1946, performing lead roles inShakespeare'sHamlet andCorneille'sLe Cid.[2]:32 He and his wife, actressMadeleine Renaud, formed their own troupe, Compagnie Renaud-Barrault, in 1946 at Paris' Théâtre Marigny.[5]:161 In 1951 he published his memoirs,Reflections on the Theatre.[6]
He was made director of Théâtre de France in 1959, and remained in the role until 1969. In 1971 he was reappointed director ofThéâtre des Nations. He retired from the theatre in 1990.[1]:87
In 1935 he had his first film role inMarc Allégret'sLes Beaux Jours.[1]:87 He would go on to act in nearly 50 movies over the course of his career. One of his most famous performances was inMarcel Carné's filmLes Enfants du Paradis (1945), in which he played the mimeJean-Gaspard Deburau.[5]:161
He was the uncle of actressMarie-Christine Barrault and sometime sponsor ofPeter Brook.[citation needed] In 1940, he married the actressMadeleine Renaud. They founded a number of theaters together and toured extensively, including in South America.[citation needed]
Barrault died from aheart attack in Paris on 22 January 1994, at the age of 83.[1]:87 He is buried with his wife Madeleine in thePassy Cemetery in Paris.[citation needed]
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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| 1935 | Beautiful Days | René | Marc Allégret | |
| 1936 | Mayerling | Student | Anatole Litvak | Uncredited |
| Under Western Eyes | Haldin | Marc Allégret | ||
| Jenny | Le Dromadaire | Marcel Carné | ||
| Helene | Pierre Régnier | Jean Benoît-Lévy | ||
| Beethoven's Great Love | Karl van Beethoven | Abel Gance | ||
| 1937 | À nous deux, madame la vie | Paul Briançon | René Guissart and Yves Mirande | |
| Police mondaine | Scoppa | Michel Bernheim and Christian Chamborant | ||
| Street of Shadows | Le client fou | G. W. Pabst | ||
| The Pearls of the Crown | young Napoleon | Sacha Guitry andChristian-Jaque | ||
| Bizarre, Bizarre | William Kramps | Marcel Carné | ||
| 1938 | Orage | the African | Marc Allégret | |
| Le puritain | Francis Ferriter | Jeff Musso | ||
| J'accuse! | Abel Gance | |||
| Mirages | Pierre Bonvais | Alexandre Ryder | ||
| Altitude 3.200 | Armand | Jean Benoît-Lévy and Marie Epstein | ||
| La Piste du sud | Olcott | Pierre Billon | ||
| 1939 | Farinet ou l'or dans la montagne | Maurice Farinet | Max Haufler | |
| 1941 | Parade en sept nuits | Lucien Ardouin | Marc Allégret | |
| Montmartre-sur-Seine | Michel Courtin | Georges Lacombe | ||
| 1942 | La Symphonie fantastique | Hector Berlioz | Christian-Jaque | |
| Le Destin fabuleux de Désirée Clary | Napoléon Bonaparte | Sacha Guitry | ||
| 1944 | L'Ange de la nuit | Jacques Martin | André Berthomieu | |
| 1945 | Children of Paradise | Baptiste Deburau | Marcel Carné | |
| Blind Desire | Michel Kremer | Jean Delannoy | ||
| 1947 | Le Cocu magnifique | Bruno | E.G. de Meyst | |
| 1948 | Man to Men | Henri Dunant | Christian-Jaque | |
| 1950 | Vagabonds imaginaires | Le récitant | Alfred Chaumel and Jacques Dufilho | Voice, (segment 'Le bateau ivre') |
| La Ronde | Robert Kuhlenkampf, the poet | Max Ophüls | ||
| 1951 | Traité de bave et d'éternité | Himself | Isidore Isou | |
| 1954 | Royal Affairs in Versailles | Fénelon | Sacha Guitry | |
| 1959 | The Doctor's Horrible Experiment | Doctor Cordelier / Opale | Jean Renoir | TV movie |
| 1960 | Le dialogue des Carmélites | Le mime | Philippe Agostini and Raymond Leopold Bruckberger | |
| 1961 | Le Miracle des loups | Louis XI of France | André Hunebelle | |
| 1962 | The Longest Day | Father Roulland | Ken Annakin | |
| 1964 | La grande frousse | Douve | Jean-Pierre Mocky | |
| 1966 | Chappaqua | Doctor Benoit | Conrad Rooks | |
| 1977 | Jacques Prévert | Himself | Jean Desvilles | |
| 1980 | The Lovers' Exile | Introducer | Marty Gross | |
| 1982 | That Night in Varennes | Nicolas-Edme Rétif | Ettore Scola | |
| 1988 | La Lumière du lac | Le vieux | Francesca Comencini |
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