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Jean-Louis Barrault was a French actor, director, and mime artist. He was born on 8 September 1910 in Le Vésinet, France. He studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique and made his stage debut in 1930. He was a leading figure in the French theatrical world, and was a major influence on the development of modern mime.
Barrault was a prolific actor, appearing in over 100 films and television shows. He was best known for his roles in Les Enfants du Paradis (1945), The Longest Day (1962), and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972). He was also a successful director, helming such films as The Testament of Orpheus (1960) and The Fire Within (1963).
Barrault was married to actress Madeleine Renaud from 1945 until his death in 1994. He was awarded the Legion of Honor in 1975 and was made a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters in 1990.
At the time of his death, Jean-Louis Barrault had an estimated net worth of $10 million.
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January 22, 1994 |
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His last film performance at age 78 was in La lumière du lac (1988).
In later years Barrault served twice as director of the Theatre des Nations and in 1974-1981 was the director of the Theatre d'Orsay.
Barrault was named director of the Theatre de France on Paris' Left Bank in 1959. In 1968 it was announced that he had been dismissed. The coup de grâce was administered in a stern letter from old friend, André Malraux, France's Minister of Culture, who had initially asked Barrault to preside as its director. The cause of Barrault's dismissal was his role in the student riots there. During the demonstrations, anarchist rebels from the Sorbonne "liberated" the Odéon Theatre and turned it into a discussion hall. They also destroyed 50% of the sets, ripped up red velvet seats and urinated on costumes. Barrault wept when he saw the damage, but government officials believed that he tacitly allowed the rebels to take over. Barrault also took to the stage to proclaim his sympathy with student goals and to denounce France's "bourgeois culture." His removal set off a chorus of protests by French stage figures and critics.
In 1957, they returned with "Christopher Columbus", "Volpone", "The Misanthrope", "Intermezzo", and others. He received a "special" Tony award for his work. Barrault's thin frame, gentle bearing and sensitive features belied a great power and those same talents were utilized magnificently, if sporadically, on film, associating with the greatest of directors including Abel Gance, Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Sacha Guitry, Jean Delannoy, Max Ophüls and Jean Renoir.
In November of 1952, Barrault and Renard made daunting Broadway debuts touring in repertory with "Les Fausses Confidences", "Baptiste", "The Trial", "Amphitryon", "Scapin", "Keep Your Eyes on Amelie" and "Hamlet".
He made his official film bow in Vagabonds imaginaires (1950) (billed as J. L. Barrault), and took his first curtain call a year later playing a servant in "Volpone" at the Theatre de l'Atelier.
Together the couple founded many theatres (including the Renaud-Barrault Paris stage company in 1947) and toured extensively, becoming the Lunt and Fontanne of European theatre with such performances in "Christopher Columbus" (1957) (she as his Queen Isabella), "The Misanthrope" (1957) and "The Marriage of Figaro" (1964) among their many collaborations.
A rebel with many causes, he once hid French Underground members on the set of his greatest film Children of Paradise (1945). Barrault initially was a teacher and studied art before turning to the theatre. A gifted student of both Charles Dullin of drama and Etienne Decroux of pantomime, he supported himself as a bookkeeper and flower salesman during those lean years.
Arguably his most notable triumph on film was his portrayal of Baptiste in Children of Paradise (1945), which was based on the life of the mime-actor Jean-Gaspard Deburau, a character he originally suggested to Marcel Carné and Jacques Prévert. The phenomenal success of that film singlehandedly revived public interest in the art of pantomime and subsequently influenced the popularity of legendary mime Marcel Marceau. Barrault's peerless performance in that role is still studied in acting and mime schools today. Elsewhere, he appeared in historical characterizations ranging from that of composer Hector Berlioz to Napoleon Bonaparte.
While he made quite an impact in numerous classic, romantic films, including Bizarre, Bizarre (1937), Mirages (1938) and Children of Paradise (1945) (the last two opposite the exquisite Arletty), the theatre would remain Barrault's greatest passion, marking his directorial debut with "Les beaux jours" in 1935. Five years later he would join the Comedie Francaise as both actor/director.
In 1936 Barrault met actress Madeleine Renaud, who was a decade his senior, and married her four years later.
His initial impression playing Beethoven's nephew Karl in The Life and Loves of Beethoven (1936), led to other fine filming.
Celebrated French stage actor/director/producer Jean-Louis Barrault was born on September 8, 1910. A superlative tragedian and mime, his dedication to both avant-garde and classical plays helped revive the French theatre after World War II, while presenting world premières of works by such playwrights as Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco and Jean Genet.