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Jean-Louis Barrault
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Jean-Louis Barrault

60 titles on file · died at 83 · Le Vésinet, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France · IMDb ↗

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.​

known for

Filmography · 56

Ciné regards
TV

Ciné regards

1978 · Self

Midi Première
TV ★ 4.5

Midi Première

1975 · Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV ★ 3.0

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975 · Self

Le Grand Échiquier
TV ★ 4.0

Le Grand Échiquier

1972 · Self

Numéro un
TV ★ 3.8

Numéro un

1975 · Self

Discorama
TV ★ 4.0

Discorama

1959 · Self

30 millions d'amis
TV ★ 3.1

30 millions d'amis

1976 · Self

Cérémonie des César
TV ★ 2.3

Cérémonie des César

1976 · Self - President

The Longest Day
Film ★ 3.8

The Longest Day

1962 · Father Louis Roulland

À bout portant
TV ★ 4.0

À bout portant

1968 · Self

Pour le plaisir
TV

Pour le plaisir

1964 · Self

Children of Paradise
Film ★ 4.1

Children of Paradise

1945 · Baptiste Debureau

Man to Men
Film ★ 2.5

Man to Men

1948 · Henri Dunant

Mirages
Film ★ 3.5

Mirages

1938 · Pierre Bonvais

That Night of Varennes
Film ★ 3.4

That Night of Varennes

1982 · Nicolas Edmé Restif de...

Royal Affairs in Versailles
Film ★ 3.3

Royal Affairs in Versailles

1953 · Fénelon

Morceaux de Cannes
Film ★ 1.0

Morceaux de Cannes

2021

La Ronde
Film ★ 3.7

La Ronde

1950 · The Poet

Chappaqua
Film ★ 3.2

Chappaqua

1966 · Dr. Benoit

Experiment in Evil
Film ★ 3.4

Experiment in Evil

1960 · Dr. Cordelier / Opale

Orage
Film ★ 3.4

Orage

1938 · The African

To Be Hamlet
Film

To Be Hamlet

1985 · Self

Bizarre, Bizarre
Film ★ 3.5

Bizarre, Bizarre

1937 · William Kramps, le tue...

Vagabonds imaginaires
Film ★ 4.0

Vagabonds imaginaires

1950 · Narrator (segment 'Le...

Montmartre on the Seine
Film ★ 2.9

Montmartre on the Seine

1941 · Michel Courtin

Blood on His Sword
Film ★ 3.0

Blood on His Sword

1961 · Louis XI

Musée Grévin
Film ★ 4.5

Musée Grévin

1958 · Self

With André Gide
Film ★ 1.5

With André Gide

1952 · Self

L'Or dans la montagne
Film

L'Or dans la montagne

1939 · Maurice Farinet, le je...

The Dialogue of the Carmelites
Film ★ 3.7

The Dialogue of the Carmelites

1960 · Mime

Carné, Prévert : drôle de duo
Film

Carné, Prévert : drôle de duo

2019 · Self (archive footage)

À nous deux, madame la vie
Film ★ 4.8

À nous deux, madame la vie

1937 · Paul Briançon

Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
Film ★ 3.0

Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff

2020 · Self (archive footage)

La lumière du lac
Film ★ 4.0

La lumière du lac

1988 · Le vieux

Jenny
Film ★ 3.0

Jenny

1936 · le Dromadaire

The Pearls of the Crown
Film ★ 3.2

The Pearls of the Crown

1937 · Bonaparte jeune

Under Western Eyes
Film ★ 3.2

Under Western Eyes

1936 · Haldin

Social Police
Film ★ 4.5

Social Police

1937 · Scoppa

The Life and Loves of Beethoven
Film ★ 3.4

The Life and Loves of Beethoven

1937 · Karl van Beethoven

J'Accuse
Film ★ 3.3

J'Accuse

1938

Happy Days
Film ★ 3.5

Happy Days

1935 · René

Street of Shadows
Film ★ 3.4

Street of Shadows

1937 · le client fou

The Big Scare
Film ★ 2.9

The Big Scare

1964

Mlle. Desiree
Film ★ 3.0

Mlle. Desiree

1942 · Napoléon Bonaparte

Les Fausses Confidences
Film

Les Fausses Confidences

1964 · Dubois

Parade in 7 Nights
Film ★ 2.8

Parade in 7 Nights

1941 · Lucien Ardouin

Hélène
Film ★ 2.8

Hélène

1936 · Pierre Régnier

La Symphonie fantastique
Film ★ 3.2

La Symphonie fantastique

1942 · Hector Berlioz

Venom and Eternity
Film ★ 3.5

Venom and Eternity

1952 · Self

The Puritan
Film ★ 3.0

The Puritan

1938 · Francis Ferriter

La Répétition ou l'Amour puni
Film

La Répétition ou l'Amour puni

1958 · Le comte

Angel of the Night
Film ★ 4.5

Angel of the Night

1944 · Jacques Martin, le jeu...

Rhinocéros
Film

Rhinocéros

1965

Blind Desire
Film ★ 3.1

Blind Desire

1945 · Michel Kremer

The Southern Trail
Film ★ 2.9

The Southern Trail

1938 · Olcott

Youth in Revolt
Film ★ 4.0

Youth in Revolt

1938 · Armand

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