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French stage actor and stage director
Jean Le Poulain |
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Born | 12 September 1924
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Died | 1 March 1988(1988-03-01) (aged 63)
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Occupation | Stage actor |
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Jean Le Poulain (12 September 1924 – 1 March 1988) was a French stage actor and stage director.
He attended the
cours Simon in Paris and won the first prize of Comedy at the
Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in 1949. He was then recruited by
Jean Vilar at the
Théâtre national populaire and in 1952 he appeared with
Gérard Philipe in
The Prince of Homburg by
Heinrich von Kleist at the
théâtre des Champs-Élysées.
He began as an actor both in theatre and cinema in 1947 and often appeared on the regular theatre show of the French television Au théâtre ce soir created in 1966.
He joined the
Comédie-Française in 1978, where he became
sociétaire in 1980, then
General administrator from septembre 1986 until his death, where he portrayed Monsieur Jourdain in
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme by
Molière.
Theatre
Actor
- 1947: Un amour comme le nôtre by Guy Verdot,
Théâtre de Poche Montparnasse [
fr]
- 1949: L'Habit vert by
Gaston Arman de Caillavet and
Robert de Flers, directed by Pierre Aldebert,
Théâtre national de Chaillot
- 1949: Le Glorieux by
Philippe Néricault Destouches, Théâtre de Chaillot
- 1950:
Barabbas dit de la grotte by
Michel de Ghelderode, directed by Jean Le Poulain and
Roger Harth,
Théâtre de l'Œuvre
- 1950: L'Amour truqué by
Paul Nivoix, directed by
Jacques Charon,
Théâtre de la Potinière
- 1951: Halte au destin by
Jacques Chabannes, directed by
Georges Douking, Théâtre de la Potinière
- 1951:
Mother Courage and Her Children by
Bertolt Brecht, directed by
Jean Vilar, Théâtre de la Cité Jardins
Suresnes
- 1951:
Le Cid by
Corneille, directed by Jean Vilar, Théâtre de la Cité Jardins
Suresnes
- 1952:
A Flea in Her Ear by
Feydeau, directed by
Georges Vitaly,
Théâtre Montparnasse
- 1952: L'Histoire du Docteur Faust by
Christopher Marlowe, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Théâtre de l'Œuvre
- 1952: Robinson by
Jules Supervielle, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Théâtre de l'Œuvre
- 1953:
Ces messieurs de la Santé by
Paul Armont and
Léopold Marchand,
Théâtre de Paris
- 1953: O, mes aïeux !... by
José-André Lacour, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Théâtre de l'Œuvre
- 1954:
A Flea in Her Ear by Georges Feydeau, directed by Georges Vitaly,
Théâtre des Célestins
- 1954:
Si jamais je te pince !... by
Eugène Labiche, directed by Georges Vitaly,
Théâtre La Bruyère
- 1955:
Nekrassov by
Jean-Paul Sartre, directed by
Jean Meyer,
Théâtre Antoine
- 1955:
Anastasia by
Marcelle Maurette, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Théâtre Antoine
- 1956: Le mari ne compte pas by
Roger-Ferdinand, directed by
Jacques Morel,
Théâtre Édouard VII
- 1957: Wako, l’abominable homme des neiges by Roger Duchemin, directed by Jean Le Poulain,
Théâtre Hébertot
- 1957:
L'École des cocottes by
Paul Armont &
Marcel Gerbidon, directed by Jacques Charon, Théâtre Hébertot
- 1958: Les Pieds au mur by
Jean Guitton, directed by
Jean de Létraz,
Théâtre du Palais-Royal
- 1958:
La Hobereaute by
Jacques Audiberti, directed by Jean Le Poulain,
Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier
- 1959: La Punaise by
Vladimir Maïakovski, directed by
André Barsacq,
Théâtre de l'Atelier
- 1959:
Cyrano de Bergerac by
Edmond Rostand, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Théâtre des Célestins, Festival of
Bellac
- 1959:
The Trojan War Will Not Take Place by
Jean Giraudoux, directed by
Jean Marchat, Festival de
Bellac
- 1959:
Hamlet by William Shakespeare, directed by
Jean Darnel,
Arènes de Saintes
- 1959: Dix Ans ou dix minutes by Grisha Dabat, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Théâtre Hébertot
- 1960:
L'Otage by
Paul Claudel, directed by
Roger Dornes, Festival de Bellac
- 1960:
De doux dingues by Joseph Carole, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Théâtre Édouard VII
- 1960:
Le Tartuffe by Molière, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Festival de
Bellac
- 1960: Le Tartuffe by Molière, directed by
Roland Piétri,
Comédie des Champs-Élysées
- 1960: Le Songe du critique by Jean Anouilh, directed by the author, Comédie des Champs-Élysées
- 1961:
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier
- 1961:
La Grotte by Jean Anouilh, directed by the author and
Roland Piétri, Théâtre Montparnasse
- 1962:
L'Otage by Paul Claudel, directed by
Bernard Jenny, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier
- 1962:
Le Pain dur by Paul Claudel, directed by Bernard Jenny, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier
- 1962:
Le Père humilié by Paul Claudel, directed by Bernard Jenny, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier
- 1964:
Le Minotaure by Marcel Aymé, directed by Jean Le Poulain,
Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
- 1964: Les Escargots meurent debout by
Francis Blanche, directed by Jean Le Poulain,
Théâtre Fontaine
- 1964: Moumou by Jean de Letraz, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
- 1965: Les Filles by Jean Marsan, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Théâtre Édouard VII,
Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin
- 1965: Pourquoi pas Vamos by
Georges Conchon, directed by
Jean Mercure, Théâtre Édouard VII
- 1965:
La Dame de chez Maxim by Georges Feydeau, directed by Jacques Charon, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
- 1967:
Jean de la Lune by
Marcel Achard, directed by
Jean Piat, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
- 1967:
Forbidden to the Public by Jean Marsan, directed by Jean Le Poulain,
Théâtre Saint-Georges
- 1969:
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme by Molière, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Festival d'
Arles
- 1969: Interdit au public by Jean Marsan, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Théâtre des Célestins
- 1969:
La Périchole by
Jacques Offenbach, directed by
Maurice Lehmann, Théâtre de Paris
- 1969: Le Contrat by
Francis Veber, directed by
Pierre Mondy,
Théâtre du Gymnase
- 1970:
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, directed by Jean Meyer,
Théâtre antique de Fourvière
- 1972:
Barbe-Bleue
opéra-bouffe by Jacques Offenbach, livret
Henri Meilhac and
Ludovic Halévy, directed by
Maurice Lehmann, Théâtre de Paris
- 1972:
Le Noir te va si bien by Jean Marsan, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Théâtre Antoine
- 1972: Le Saut du lit by
Ray Cooney and
John Chapman, Théâtre Montparnasse
- 1973:
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme by Molière, directed by Jean Le Poulain,
Théâtre Mogador
- 1974: Le Bourgeois gentilhomme by Molière, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Mai de
Versailles
- 1975: La Grosse by
Charles Laurence, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
- 1976:
Volpone by
Jules Romains and
Stefan Zweig after
Ben Jonson, directed by Jean Meyer, Théâtre antique de Fourvière
- 1978:
Miam miam ou le Dîner d'affaires by
Jacques Deval, directed by Jean Le Poulain,
Théâtre Marigny
- 1979: Dave au bord de mer by
René Kalisky, directed by
Antoine Vitez,
Comédie-Française at the
Théâtre de l'Odéon
- 1979:
A Flea in Her Ear by Georges Feydeau, directed by
Jean-Laurent Cochet, Comédie-Française
- 1980:
Tartuffe by Molière, directed by
Jean-Paul Roussillon, Comédie-Française
- 1980:
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme by Molière, directed by Jean-Laurent Cochet, Comédie-Française
- 1981:
La Dame de chez Maxim by Georges Feydeau, directed by Jean-Paul Roussillon, Comédie-Française
- 1982:
Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon by Eugène Labiche and Édouard Martin, directed by Jean Le Poulain, Comédie-Française
- 1982:
Yvonne, princesse de Bourgogne by
Witold Gombrowicz, directed by
Jacques Rosner, Comédie-Française au Théâtre de l'Odéon
- 1983:
L'École des femmes by Molière, directed by Jacques Rosner, Comédie-Française
- 1987:
One for the Road by
Harold Pinter, directed by
Bernard Murat, Comédie-Française au
Festival d'Avignon
Director
- 1950:
Barabbas by
Michel de Ghelderode, directed with
Roger Harth, Théâtre de l'Œuvre
- 1952: L'Histoire du Docteur Faust by
Christopher Marlowe, Théâtre de l'Œuvre
- 1952: Robinson by
Jules Supervielle, Théâtre de l'Œuvre
- 1953: O, mes aïeux !... by
José-André Lacour, Théâtre de l'Œuvre
- 1953: Eté et fumées by
Tennessee Williams, Théâtre de l'Œuvre
- 1953: Le Piège à l'innocent by Eduardo Sola Franco, Théâtre de l'Œuvre
- 1955:
Anastasia by
Marcelle Maurette, Théâtre Antoine
- 1955:
Il y a longtemps que je t'aime by Jacques Deval, Théâtre Édouard VII
- 1956:
La Tour de Nesle by
Frédéric Gaillardet after
Alexandre Dumas,
Théâtre des Mathurins
- 1957:
Caesar and Cleopatra by
George Bernard Shaw,
Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt
- 1957: Wako, l’abominable homme des neiges by Roger Duchemin, Théâtre Hébertot
- 1958:
La Hobereaute by Jacques Audiberti, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier
- 1958: Le Pain des jules by
Ange Bastiani,
Théâtre des Arts
- 1959: Dix Ans ou dix minutes by Grisha Dabat, Théâtre Hébertot
- 1959:
Cyrano de Bergerac by
Edmond Rostand,
Théâtre des Célestins, Festival de
Bellac
- 1960:
L'Apollon de Bellac by Jean Giraudoux, Festival de
Bellac
- 1960:
Supplément au voyage de Cook by Jean Giraudoux, Festival de Bellac
- 1960:
Le Tartuffe by Molière, Festival de Bellac
- 1960:
De doux dingues by Joseph Carole, Théâtre Édouard VII
- 1961:
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare,
Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier
- 1961:
The Respectful Prostitute by
Jean-Paul Sartre, Théâtre du Gymnase
- 1961:
Huit Femmes by
Robert Thomas, Théâtre Édouard VII, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens en 1962
- 1961: Coralie et Compagnie by
Maurice Hennequin and Albin Valabrègue, Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt
- 1962: La Grande Catherine by
George Bernard Shaw, Comédie-Française
- 1962: L'Idée d'Élodie by
Michel André,
Théâtre Michel
- 1962: La Contessa ou la Volupté d'être by
Maurice Druon, Théâtre de Paris
- 1963: C'est ça qui m'flanqu'le cafard by
Arthur L. Kopit, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
- 1963: Léon ou La Bonne Formule by
Claude Magnier [
fr],
Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique
- 1964:
Le Minotaure by Marcel Aymé, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
- 1964: Têtes de rechange by Jean-Victor Pellerin, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
- 1964: Moumou by Jean de Letraz, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
- 1964: Les Escargots meurent debout by
Francis Blanche, Théâtre Fontaine
- 1964: Quand épousez-vous ma femme ? by
Jean Bernard-Luc and
Jean-Pierre Conty,
Théâtre du Vaudeville
- 1965: Les Filles by Jean Marsan, Théâtre Édouard VII
- 1967: Interdit au public by Jean Marsan, Théâtre Saint-Georges
- 1969: Les Italiens à Paris by
Charles Charras and
André Gille after
Évariste Gherardi, Comédie-Française
- 1969:
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme by Molière, Festival d'
Arles
- 1972:
Huit Femmes by
Robert Thomas,
Théâtre de la Madeleine
- 1972:
Le Noir te va si bien by Jean Marsan, Théâtre Antoine
- 1972: Le Saut du lit by
Ray Cooney and John Chapman, Théâtre Montparnasse
- 1973: La Débauche by
Marcel Achard, Théâtre de l'Œuvre
- 1973:
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme by Molière, Théâtre Mogador
- 1975: La Grosse by
Charles Laurence, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
- 1976: Voyez-vous ce que je vois ? by
Ray Cooney and John Chapman,
Théâtre de la Michodière
- 1978:
Miam miam ou le Dîner d'affaires by
Jacques Deval, Théâtre Marigny
- 1982:
Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon by Eugène Labiche and
Édouard Martin, Comédie-Française
- 1988: Le Saut du lit by
Ray Cooney and John Chapman,
Théâtre des Variétés
Filmography
Cinema
Télévision
- Comedian
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1966: Interdit au public by
Roger Dornès and
Jean Marsan, directed by Jean Le Poulain, TV director
Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
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1968:
Azaïs by
Georges Berr and
Louis Verneuil, directed by Jean Le Poulain, YV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
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1969:
Le Minotaure by
Marcel Aymé, directed by Jean Le Poulain, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
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1970:
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme by Molière, directed by Jean Le Poulain, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
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1971:
Fric-frac by
Édouard Bourdet, directed by Jean Le Poulain, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
- 1971:
De doux dingues by
Joseph Carole, directed by Jean Le Poulain, TV director
Georges Folgoas, Théâtre Marigny
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1973:
Twelfth Night by
William Shakespeare, directed by Jean Le Poulain, TV director Georges Folgoas, Théâtre Marigny
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1975:
Le noir te va si bien by Jean Marsan after Saül O'Hara, directed by Jean Le Poulain, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Édouard VII
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1977:
Le Faiseur by
Honoré de Balzac, directed by
Pierre Franck, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
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1978:
Les Deux Timides and
Le Misanthrope et l'Auvergnat by Eugène Labiche and
Marc Michel, directed by Jean Le Poulain, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
- 1978:
Volpone by
Jules Romains and
Stefan Zweig after
Ben Jonson, directed by Jean Meyer, TV directorPierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
- 1978:
Miam miam ou le Dîner d'affaires by Jacques Deval, directed by Jean Le Poulain, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
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1984:
Le Malade imaginaire by Molière, directed by Jean Le Poulain, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
- Theatre director openly
Prizes and honours
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