Jean Desailly
Jean Desaily | |
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| Born | 24 August 1920 Paris, France |
| Died | 11 June 2008 (aged 87) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1943–1999 |
Jean Desailly (24 August 1920 – 11 June 2008) was a French actor. He was a member of the Comédie-Française from 1942 to 1946, and later participated in about 90 movies.
Life and career
Desailly studied at the
Bérénice and Le Songe d'une nuit d'été
.
With the Renaud-Barrault at the
le Mariage de Figaro
: Figaro on tour in the provinces and Count Almaviva in Paris.
Desailly's second wife was the French actress Simone Valère, with whom he formed a theatre company which they directed successively at the Théâtre Hébertot and the Théâtre de la Madeleine.[1] A wide repertoire was played at the two theatres from 1972 to 2002.[2]
In music he was the narrator on the 1965 recording of Stravinsky's Le roi David under Charles Dutoit for Erato (with Valère as the prophetess).
Partial filmography
- 1943: Strange Inheritance - Gilles Mauvoisin
- 1945: Father Goriot - Bianchon
- 1945: The Last Judgment - Kyril
- 1946: Sylvie and the Ghost - Frédéric
- 1946: Pastoral Symphony - Jacques Martens - son fils
- 1946: Patrie (directed by Louis Daquin) - Karloo
- 1946: The Revenge of Roger - Raymond de Noirville
- 1947: Loves, Delights and Organs - Jean Pelletier dit 'Pivoine'
- 1947: Four Knaves - Jacques de la Bastide
- 1948: Une grande fille toute simple - Michel
- 1949: L'échafaud peut attendre - Michel Vincent
- 1949: Daybreak - Larzac
- 1949: The Widow and the Innocent - Claude Girelle
- 1949: Keep an Eye on Amelia (Occupe-toi d'Amélie) - Marcel Courbois
- 1950: Chéri - Fred Peloux, dit 'Chéri'
- 1950: Véronique - Florestan
- 1951: Tomorrow We Get Divorced - Max Blachet
- 1952: Jocelyn - Jocelyn
- 1954: Royal Affairs in Versailles - Marivaux
- 1955: Les Grandes manoeuvres (directed by René Clair) - Victor Duverger
- 1955: On ne badine pas avec l'amour - Perdican
- 1958: Maigret tend un piège- Marcel Maurin
- 1958: Les Grandes Familles (directed by Denys de La Patellière) - François Schoudler
- 1959: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Sen noci svatojánské) (animation directed by Jiří Trnka) - Narrator (French version) (voice)
- 1959: 125 Rue Montmartre - Commissaire Dodelot
- 1959: Le secret du Chevalier d'Éon - Louis XV
- 1960: Préméditation - Le juge Lenoir
- 1960: The Baron of the Locks - Maurice Montbernon
- 1960: Le Saint mène la danse - Fred Pellmann
- 1960: Love and the Frenchwoman - Voice of the speaker (segment "Adolescence, L'")
- 1961: Un soir sur la plage - Dr. Francis
- 1961: La Mort de Belle(directed by Édouard Molinaro) - Stéphane Blanchon
- 1961: Legge di guerra - Rade
- 1961: Famous Love Affairs - Le baron de Jonchère (segment "Comédiennes, Les")
- 1962: The Seven Deadly Sins - Monsieur Duparc - le père de Bernard (segment "Luxure, La")
- 1962: Le Doulos (directed by Jean-Pierre Melville) - Le commissaire Clain
- 1964: Graduation Year - M. Terrenoire
- 1964: Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival in 1964; received the Bodil Award for Best European Filmin 1965) - Pierre Lachenay
- 1965: The Two Orphans - Le comte de Linières
- 1966: De Dans van de Reiger - Edouard
- 1967: The 25th Hour - Cabinet Minister
- 1967: Le Franciscain de Bourges - Monsieur Toledano
- 1967: La Vie parisienne (directed by Yves-André Hubert) (television version of 1958 stage production by Jean-Louis Barrault) - Raoul de Gardefeu[3]
- 1970: L'ardoise - Le commissaire Clair
- 1971: Comptes à rebours - Michel St Rose
- 1972: The Assassination of Trotsky - Alfred Rosmer
- 1972: Un flic - L'homme distingué
- 1972-1973: Les Rois maudits(TV Mini-Series) - Récitant / Narrator
- 1973: The Inheritor - Jean-Pierre Carnavan
- 1973: Night Flight from Moscow - Narrator (voice, uncredited)
- 1974: L'Ironie du sort - M. Desvrières
- 1979: Le cavaleur - Charles-Edmond
- 1979: Jeu de la barbichette - Le directeur de la Police Judiciaire
- 1979: Le mouton noir - De Brugères
- 1980: Pile ou face - Bourgon-Massenet
- 1981: Le Professionnel (won the Golden Screen Award, 1983)[4]- Le ministre
- 1984: Le fou du roi - Louis XIV
- 1990: Équipe de nuit - Le père
- 1990: Le Radeau de la Méduse- Tullaye
- 1999: La dilettante - Edmond Thibault
- 2000: En face - (voice) (final film role)
Awards and nominations
- 1960: Nominated for the Maigret tend un piège.
- 2002: Awarded the Molière acting prize.[5]
References
- ^ L'acteur Jean Desailly est décédé (Short obituary in Le Figaro, 12 June 2008, accessed 25 May 2015.
- ^ Don des archives de la Compagnie Valère-Desailly (ARchives of the company), accessed 25 May 2015
- ^ Yon, Jean-Claude. Jacques Offenbach. Éditions Gallimard, Paris, 2000, p663.
- ^ "Golden Screen, Germany" (Retrieved on June 17, 2008)
- ^ “French actor Desailly, famed on stage and screen, dies”, MSNBC, 12. Juni 2008 (Retrieved on June 17, 2008)
External links
- Jean Desailly at IMDb
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