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Jean-Louis Bernard Barrault (French:; 8 September 1910 – 22 January 1994) was a French actor, director and mime artist who worked on both screen and stage. Biography [ edit ] Barrault was born in Le Vésinet in France in 1910.
YearTitleRoleDirector1935René1936Student1936Haldin1936Le DromadaireImprobably, the actor crops up in Jean-Pierre Mocky's cult black comedy La Grande frousse (1964) and even puts in a respectful appearance in Ken Annakin's overblown war film The Longest Day (1962). The actor's last notable screen role was in Ettore Scola's La Nuit de Varennes (1982), to which he brings a fitting gravitas.
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Jean-Louis Barrault. Actor: Children of Paradise. 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 Ionesco and ...
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Jan. 22, 1994, Paris (aged 83) 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. Barrault, a student of Charles Dullin, first appeared on the stage as a servant in ...
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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). Jean-Louis Barrault studied with Charles Dullin in whose troupe he acted from ...
May 17, 2018 · Though Jean-Louis Barrault made his greatest contribution to French theater, his performance in Les Enfants du paradis is frequently cited as a singular illustration of pantomimic art on film. After studying with Charles Dullin and the famous mime Ètienne Decroux, Barrault made his Paris debut in a 1931 production of Volpone .
Jean-Louis Barrault (8 September 1910 – 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 ...
