- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 8, 1910
- Place of Birth
- Le Vésinet, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France
- Died
- January 22, 1994
Jean-Louis Barrault
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 toure…
Filmography
movieMorceaux de Cannes
2021
movieLe Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieCarné, Prévert : drôle de duo
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieLa lumière du lac
1988 · Le vieux
movieTo Be Hamlet
1985 · Self
movieThat Night of Varennes
1982 · Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
tvEncyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
1978 · Self (archive footage)
tvCérémonie des César
1976 · Self - President
tv30 millions d'amis
1976 · Self
tvNuméro un
1975 · Self
tvLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
tvMidi Première
1975 · Self
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self, Self - Main Guest
Samedi soir
tvSamedi soir
1971 · Self
tvÀ bout portant
1968 · Self
The Birth of Children of Paradise
movieThe Birth of Children of Paradise
1967 · Self
movieChappaqua
1966 · Dr. Benoit
movieRhinocéros
1965
movieThe Big Scare
1964
movieLes Fausses Confidences
1964 · Dubois
movieThe Longest Day
1962 · Father Louis Roulland
Prosessen
movieProsessen
1962 · Writer
movieBlood on His Sword
1961 · Louis XI
movieExperiment in Evil
1960 · Dr. Cordelier / Opale
movieThe Dialogue of the Carmelites
1960 · Mime
tvDiscorama
1959 · Self
movieLa Répétition ou l'Amour puni
1958 · Le comte
movieMusée Grévin
1958 · Self
movieRoyal Affairs in Versailles
1953 · Fénelon
movieWith André Gide
1952 · Self
movieVenom and Eternity
1952 · Self
movieLa Ronde
1950 · The Poet
movieVagabonds imaginaires
1950 · Narrator (segment 'Le bateau ivre') (voice)
movieMan to Men
1948 · Henri Dunant
La Rose et le réséda
movieLa Rose et le réséda
1947 · Narrator (voice)
movieBlind Desire
1945 · Michel Kremer
movieChildren of Paradise
1945 · Baptiste Debureau
movieAngel of the Night
1944 · Jacques Martin, le jeune sculpteur
movieMlle. Desiree
1942 · Napoléon Bonaparte
movieLa Symphonie fantastique
1942 · Hector Berlioz
movieMontmartre on the Seine
1941 · Michel Courtin
movieParade in 7 Nights
1941 · Lucien Ardouin
movieL'Or dans la montagne
1939 · Maurice Farinet, le jeune paysan
movieThe Southern Trail
1938 · Olcott
movieYouth in Revolt
1938 · Armand
movieMirages
1938 · Pierre Bonvais
movieJ'Accuse
1938
movieThe Puritan
1938 · Francis Ferriter
movieOrage
1938 · The African
movieBizarre, Bizarre
1937 · William Kramps, le tueur de bouchers
movieThe Pearls of the Crown
1937 · Bonaparte jeune
movieStreet of Shadows
1937 · le client fou
movieSocial Police
1937 · Scoppa
movieÀ nous deux, madame la vie
1937 · Paul Briançon
movieThe Life and Loves of Beethoven
1937 · Karl van Beethoven
movieHélène
1936 · Pierre Régnier
movieJenny
1936 · le Dromadaire
movieUnder Western Eyes
1936 · Haldin
movieHappy Days
1935 · René