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Jean-Louis Bernard Barrault ( French: [baʁo]; 8 September 1910 – 22 January 1994) was a French actor, director and mime artist who worked on both screen and stage. Biography. Barrault was born in Le Vésinet in France in 1910. His father was 'a Burgundian pharmacist who died in the First World War.'
Jean-Louis Barrault (born Sept. 8, 1910, Le Vésinet, France—died Jan. 22, 1994, Paris) was a French actor, director, and producer whose work with both avant-garde and classic plays helped revive French theatre after World War II.
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25 Photos. Celebrated French stage actor/director/producer Jean-Louis Barrault was born on September 8, 1910. A superlative tragedian and mime, his dedication to both avant-garde and classical plays helped revive the French theatre after World War II, while presenting world premières of works by such playwrights as Samuel Beckett, Eugène ...
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Biography: life and films. I n his lifetime, Jean-Louis Barrault was one of the most revered figures of the French stage, not only a formidable actor but also a director and company manager who strove tirelessly to make theatre accessible to all by reviving the old classics and bringing a popular appeal to challenging contemporary works.
May 17, 2018 · BARRAULT, Jean-Louis. Nationality: French. Born: Le Vésinet, 8 September 1910. Education: Attended Collège Chaptal and École du Louvre, Paris, received bachelor's degree; studied theater with Charles Dullin and pantomime with Ètienne Decroux. Family: Married the actress Madeleine Renaud, 1940.
Jan 23, 1994 · Jean-Louis Barrault, one of the great actor-directors of 20th-century French theater, died early today in his Paris home at the age of 83. Associates said he died in his sleep, apparently of...
Jan 22, 1994 · 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).
