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Roger Blin
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Roger Blin
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1907-03-22,Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Gender
Male
Biography
Roger Blin (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 22 March 1907 – Évecquemont, France, 21 January 1984) was a French actor and director. He staged world premieres of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot in 1953 and Endgame in 1957. Blin was the son of a doctor; however, despite his father's wishes, Blin forged a career in the theatre. As a teenager he was 'fascinated' by the Surrealists and their conception of revolutionary art. He was initially part of the left-wing theatre collectives The Company of Five and The October Group. In 1935 Blin served as Antonin Artaud's assistant director for his production of Les Cenci [The Cenci] at the Folies-Wagrams theatre in 1935. Following his work with Artaud, Blin focused on 'political street-theatre.' During the war, Blin was a liaison between the Resistance and the French Army. His extensive career as both director and actor in both film and theatre has been largely defined by his work and relationship with Artaud, Samuel Beckett and Jean Genet. In addition to being a close friend and confidant of Artaud during the latter's nine years of internment, he directed the first performances of Beckett's Waiting For Godot, Happy Days and Endgame as well as directing the initial performance of Genet's The Blacks and the controversial The Screens. Genet's key correspondences to Blin have been published by Editions Gallimard. The 1986 Faber and Faber publication, "Samuel Beckett: The Complete Dramatic Works" carries only three dedications from Beckett: "Endgame" is dedicated to Blin, while "Come and Go" is for John Calder, and "Catastrophe" is for Václav Havel. Source: Article "Roger Blin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff

6

Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
2020-09-09

That Most Important Thing: Love

7.1

That Most Important Thing: Love
1975-02-12

7.6

Orpheus
1950-09-29

A Taste for Women

3.4

A Taste for Women
1964-05-13

7.5

Le Corbeau
1943-09-28

7.3

Strange Tales
1949-10-26

The Devil's Envoys

6.9

The Devil's Envoys
1942-12-05

Street Without a Name

0

Street Without a Name
1934-02-02

6.5

Alibi
1937-12-22

The Time of the Cherries

0

The Time of the Cherries
1938-01-26

Adrienne Lecouvreur

5

Adrienne Lecouvreur
1938-10-28

The Curtain Rises

7.9

The Curtain Rises
1938-10-06

The World Will Shake

6.7

The World Will Shake
1939-05-10

4

The Trump Card
1942-09-02

Captain Fracasse

6.4

Captain Fracasse
1943-06-19

5.2

Adieu Léonard
1943-09-01

0

L'âge d'or
1942-01-28

6

Checkerboard
1959-05-06

7.2

Douce
1943-11-09

7.2

First in Line
1944-02-23

The Bohemian Life

7

The Bohemian Life
1945-10-17

The Ideal Couple

5

The Ideal Couple
1946-05-31

The Last Judgment

0

The Last Judgment
1945-12-08

5.9

Jenny
1936-09-18

Vagabonds imaginaires

0

Vagabonds imaginaires
1950-04-26

5

The Convict
1951-03-07

Adventures of Captain Fabian

5.1

Adventures of Captain Fabian
1951-10-06

Torticola versus Frankensberg

4

Torticola versus Frankensberg
1952-04-19

Piédalu fait des miracles

0

Piédalu fait des miracles
1952-10-10

Too Small My Friend

6

Too Small My Friend
1971-08-06

L'illusion comique

0

L'illusion comique
1970-04-14

Law of Survival

5.4

Law of Survival
1967-04-19

Vendredi ou la vie sauvage

0

Vendredi ou la vie sauvage
1983-02-25

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

6.6

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1956-12-19

Jamais plus toujours

6.5

Jamais plus toujours
1976-03-10

Egypt, oh Egypt: Images of Heaven

0

Egypt, oh Egypt: Images of Heaven
1963-01-01

5

The Star Ship
1962-12-11

Calligraphie Japonaise

0

Calligraphie Japonaise
1958-01-01

The Knight of the Night

5.6

The Knight of the Night
1953-11-22

Quatrevingt-treize

0

Quatrevingt-treize
1962-12-29

One Must Live Dangerously

4.3

One Must Live Dangerously
1975-09-03

The Life and Loves of Beethoven

6.8

The Life and Loves of Beethoven
1937-01-15

The King and the Mockingbird

7.8

The King and the Mockingbird
1980-03-19

0

Marie Soleil
1964-12-19

Colonel Chabert

6.9

Colonel Chabert
1943-12-01

The Invitation to the Waltz

0

The Invitation to the Waltz
1954-01-01

Les trois soeurs

0

Les trois soeurs
1960-01-31

5.4

The Adolescent
1979-01-24

The Shadow Line

6

The Shadow Line
1973-08-29

6.211

Beating Heart
1940-02-01

6.2

Stars at Noon
1959-01-01

6.7

Volpone
1941-05-10

The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died

5.2

The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died
1977-08-08

The Sunday of Life

5.3

The Sunday of Life
1967-01-13

Five and the Skin

6.4

Five and the Skin
1982-06-02

The Companions of Baal

7

The Companions of Baal
1970-06-11

The Amazing Mr. Callaghan

3.5

The Amazing Mr. Callaghan
1955-03-28

6.9

Pasha's Wives
1939-02-18

Little Claus and Big Claus

6.8

Little Claus and Big Claus
1964-12-25

5.6

Wicked City
1949-11-16

6.2

Life Is Ours
1936-04-07

6.5

Passionnelle
1947-05-14

5.3

Louise
1939-04-16

The Devil's Tricks

5.5

The Devil's Tricks
1966-06-15

L'hôpital de Leningrad

0

L'hôpital de Leningrad
1983-05-28

6.5

Paris Blues
1961-09-27

Qui donc a rêvé ?

0

Qui donc a rêvé ?
1965-12-31

The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird

7.1

The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
1953-05-29

5.6

Aloïse
1975-04-02

7

Le Colisée
1933-01-01