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Jean-Louis Barrault

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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 in nearly 50 movies including Les beaux jours, Jenny, L'Or dans la Montagne and Sous les Yeux d'occident. In 1940, he married the actress Madeleine Renaud. They founded a number of theatres together and toured extensively, including in South America. He was the uncle of actress Marie-Christine Barrault and sometime sponsor of Peter Brook. He died from a heart attack in Paris at the age of 83. Jean-Louis Barrault is buried with his wife Madeleine Renaud in the Passy Cemetery in Paris. Jean-Louis Barrault, Reflections on the Theatre:     "In fact it is the simplest things that are the most tricky to do well. To read, for example. To be able to read exactly what is written without omitting anything that is written and at the same time without adding anything of one's own. To be able to capture the exact context of the words one is reading. To be able to read!" Barrault from Melinda Camber Porter's Through Parisian Eyes: Reflections on Contemporary French Arts and Culture:     "When I wake up in the morning I want to feel hungry for life. Desire is what drives me. When I go to sleep, I feel I have experienced a small death, so that I can wake up in the morning renewed and reborn." Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean-Louis Barrault, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​


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Born:
Sep 8, 1910 In Le Vésinet, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France
Movie/TV Credits:
38
First Appeared:
In the movie Happy Days 1935-11-08
Latest Project:
Movie Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff 2020-09-09
Known For
Poster of Venom and Eternity
Poster of Montmartre on the Seine
Poster of Mlle. Desiree
Poster of Youth in Revolt
Filmography
Movie Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff Self (archive footage) 2020-09-09
Movie The Night of Varennes Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne 1982-05-15
Movie The Birth of Children of Paradise Self 1967-01-01
Movie Chappaqua Dr. Benoit 1966-08-30
Movie The Big Scare 1964-10-28
Movie The Longest Day Father Louis Roulland 1962-09-25
Movie Blood on His Sword Louis XI 1961-09-06
Movie The Dialogue of the Carmelites 1960-06-01
Movie Experiment in Evil Dr. Cordelier / Opale 1960-07-04
Movie Musée Grévin Self 1958-01-01
Movie Royal Affairs in Versailles Fénelon 1954-02-10
Movie With André Gide Self 1952-02-22
Movie Venom and Eternity Self 1951-04-20
Movie La Ronde The Poet 1950-09-27
Movie Man to Men Henri Dunant 1948-10-01
Movie Children of Paradise Baptiste Debureau 1945-03-15
Movie Blind Desire Michel Kremer 1945-12-07
Movie Angel of the Night Jacques Martin, le jeune sculpteur 1944-01-19
Movie La Symphonie fantastique Hector Berlioz 1942-04-01
Movie Montmartre on the Seine Michel Courtin 1941-11-19
Movie Mlle. Desiree Napoléon Bonaparte 1941-07-03
Movie Parade in 7 Nights Lucien Ardouin 1941-09-24
Movie I Accuse 1938-01-23
Movie The Puritan Francis Ferriter 1938-01-13
Movie Mirages Pierre Bonvais 1938-01-28
Movie Orage L'Africain 1938-04-28
Movie Youth in Revolt Armand 1938-07-21
Movie The Southern Trail Olcott 1938-09-07
Movie À nous deux, madame la vie Paul Briançon 1937-03-26
Movie The Life and Loves of Beethoven Karl van Beethoven 1937-01-15
Movie Social Police Scoppa 1937-04-09
Movie Bizarre, Bizarre William Kramps, le tueur de bouchers 1937-10-20
Movie Street of Shadows le client fou 1937-04-13
Movie The Pearls of the Crown Bonaparte jeune 1937-05-12
Movie Under Western Eyes Haldin 1936-03-20
Movie Hélène Pierre Régnier 1936-10-17
Movie Jenny le Dromadaire 1936-09-18
Movie Happy Days René 1935-11-08