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Jean-Louis Barrault
Acting

Jean-Louis Barrault
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1910-09-08,Le Vésinet, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France
Gender
Male
Biography
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.

Filmography

Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff

6

Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
2020-09-09

Experiment in Evil

6.72

Experiment in Evil
1960-07-04

0

To Be Hamlet
1985-01-19

Children of Paradise

8

Children of Paradise
1945-03-15

L'Or dans la montagne

0

L'Or dans la montagne
1939-05-12

The Longest Day

7.6

The Longest Day
1962-09-25

6.333

Chappaqua
1966-08-30

That Night of Varennes

6.9

That Night of Varennes
1982-05-15

Venom and Eternity

6.9

Venom and Eternity
1952-01-25

Royal Affairs in Versailles

6.656

Royal Affairs in Versailles
1953-12-15

The Pearls of the Crown

6.45

The Pearls of the Crown
1937-05-12

À nous deux, madame la vie

9.5

À nous deux, madame la vie
1937-03-26

9

Social Police
1937-04-09

6.467

I Accuse
1938-01-23

La Symphonie fantastique

6.45

La Symphonie fantastique
1942-04-01

Parade in 7 Nights

5.667

Parade in 7 Nights
1941-09-24

6.067

Jenny
1936-09-18

Angel of the Night

9

Angel of the Night
1944-01-19

Vagabonds imaginaires

8

Vagabonds imaginaires
1950-04-26

Bizarre, Bizarre

6.949

Bizarre, Bizarre
1937-10-20

Blood on His Sword

5.935

Blood on His Sword
1961-09-06

Street of Shadows

6.857

Street of Shadows
1937-04-13

With André Gide

3

With André Gide
1952-02-22

5.774

The Big Scare
1964-10-28

6

Mlle. Desiree
1942-09-04

Under Western Eyes

6.333

Under Western Eyes
1936-03-20

7.266

La Ronde
1950-09-27

6.833

Orage
1938-01-12

The Life and Loves of Beethoven

6.833

The Life and Loves of Beethoven
1937-01-15

6

The Puritan
1938-01-13

4.9

Man to Men
1948-08-29

The Dialogue of the Carmelites

7.444

The Dialogue of the Carmelites
1960-06-01

La lumière du lac

8

La lumière du lac
1988-11-23

The Birth of Children of Paradise

0

The Birth of Children of Paradise
1967-01-01

Montmartre on the Seine

5.833

Montmartre on the Seine
1941-11-19

7

Mirages
1938-01-28

7

Happy Days
1935-11-08

5.5

Hélène
1936-10-17

Youth in Revolt

8

Youth in Revolt
1938-07-21

9

Musée Grévin
1958-01-01

The Southern Trail

5.75

The Southern Trail
1938-09-07

La Rose et le réséda

10

La Rose et le réséda
1947-07-10

6.25

Blind Desire
1945-12-07

La Répétition ou l'Amour puni

0

La Répétition ou l'Amour puni
1958-02-10

Les Fausses Confidences

0

Les Fausses Confidences
1964-03-23

Carné, Prévert : drôle de duo

0

Carné, Prévert : drôle de duo
2019-10-16

0

Rhinocéros
1965-04-27

Morceaux de Cannes

2

Morceaux de Cannes
2021-07-02

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

6

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975-01-12

9

Midi Première
1975-01-06

8

À bout portant
1968-12-16

Le Grand Échiquier

8

Le Grand Échiquier
1972-01-12

Le Grand Échiquier

8

Le Grand Échiquier
1972-01-12

7.5

Numéro un
1975-04-05

Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

9

Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
1978-09-24

8

Discorama
1959-02-04

30 millions d'amis

6.167

30 millions d'amis
1976-01-06

6

Samedi soir
1971-01-09

Cérémonie des César

4.6

Cérémonie des César
1976-04-03