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Jean-Louis Barrault
Biography:
Jean-Louis Barrault (8 September 1910, Le Vésinet, Yvelines – 22 January 1994) was a French actor, director and mime artist, training that served him well when he portrayed the 19th-century mime Jean-Gaspard Deburau (Baptiste Debureau) in Marcel Carné's 1945 film Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise).
Jean-Louis Barrault studied with Charles Dullin in whose troupe he acted from 1933 to 1935. At 25 years of age, he met and studied with the mime Étienne Decroux. From 1940 to 1946 he was a member of the Comédie-Française, where he directed productions of Paul Claudel's Le Soulier de satin and Jean Racine's Phèdre, two plays that made his reputation.
Over his career, he acted... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff as Self (archive footage) | 2020-09-09 |
La lumière du lac as Le vieux | 1988-11-23 |
To Be Hamlet as Self | 1985-01-19 |
The Night of Varennes as Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne | 1982-05-15 |
The Birth of Children of Paradise as Self | 1967-01-01 |
Chappaqua as Dr. Benoit | 1966-08-30 |
The Big Scare | 1964-10-28 |
The Longest Day as Father Louis Roulland | 1962-09-25 |
Blood on His Sword as Louis XI | 1961-09-06 |
Experiment in Evil as Dr. Cordelier / Opale | 1960-07-04 |
The Dialogue of the Carmelites | 1960-06-01 |
Musée Grévin as Self | 1958-01-01 |
Royal Affairs in Versailles as Fénelon | 1954-02-10 |
With André Gide as Self | 1952-02-22 |
Venom and Eternity as Self | 1952-01-25 |
La Ronde as The Poet | 1950-09-27 |
Vagabonds imaginaires as Narrator (segment 'Le bateau ivre') (voice) | 1950-04-26 |
Man to Men as Henri Dunant | 1948-10-01 |
La Rose et le réséda as Narrator (voice) | 1947-07-10 |
Blind Desire as Michel Kremer | 1945-12-07 |
Children of Paradise as Baptiste Debureau | 1945-03-15 |
Angel of the Night as Jacques Martin, le jeune sculpteur | 1944-01-19 |
La Symphonie fantastique as Hector Berlioz | 1942-04-01 |
Montmartre on the Seine as Michel Courtin | 1941-11-19 |
Parade in 7 Nights as Lucien Ardouin | 1941-09-24 |
Mlle. Desiree as Napoléon Bonaparte | 1941-07-03 |
L'Or dans la montagne as Maurice Farinet, le jeune paysan | 1939-05-12 |
The Southern Trail as Olcott | 1938-09-07 |
Youth in Revolt as Armand | 1938-07-21 |
Orage as L'Africain | 1938-04-28 |
Mirages as Pierre Bonvais | 1938-01-28 |
I Accuse | 1938-01-23 |
The Puritan as Francis Ferriter | 1938-01-13 |
Bizarre, Bizarre as William Kramps, le tueur de bouchers | 1937-10-20 |
The Pearls of the Crown as Bonaparte jeune | 1937-05-12 |
Street of Shadows as le client fou | 1937-04-13 |
Social Police as Scoppa | 1937-04-09 |
À nous deux, madame la vie as Paul Briançon | 1937-03-26 |
The Life and Loves of Beethoven as Karl van Beethoven | 1937-01-15 |
Hélène as Pierre Régnier | 1936-10-17 |
Jenny as le Dromadaire | 1936-09-18 |
Under Western Eyes as Haldin | 1936-03-20 |
Happy Days as René | 1935-11-08 |