Sacha Guitry

Sacha Guitry

Known for: Directing
Biography: 1885-02-21
Deathday: 1957-07-24 (72 years old)

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Biography

Alexandre-Pierre Georges Guitry (21 February 1885 – 24 July 1957), known as Sacha Guitry, was a French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright of the boulevard theatre. He was the son of a leading French actor, Lucien Guitry, and followed his father into the theatrical profession. He became known for his stage performances, particularly in boulevardier roles. He was also a prolific playwright, writing 115 plays throughout his career. He was married five times, always to rising actresses whose careers he furthered. Probably his best-known wife was Yvonne Printemps to whom he was married between 1919 and 1932.


Guitry's plays range from historical dramas to contemporary light comedies. Some have musical scores, by composers including André Messager and Reynaldo Hahn. When silent films became popular Guitry avoided them, finding the lack of spoken dialogue fatal to dramatic impact. From the 1930s to the end of his life he enthusiastically embraced the cinema, making as many as five films in a single year.


The later years of Guitry's career were overshadowed by accusations of collaborating with the occupying Germans after the capitulation of France in the Second World War. The charges were dismissed, but Guitry, a strongly patriotic man, was disillusioned by the vilification he received from some of his compatriots. By the time of his death, his popular esteem had been restored to the extent that 12,000 people filed past his coffin before his burial in Paris.


Guitry was born at No 12 Nevsky Prospect, Saint Petersburg, Russia, the third son of the French actors Lucien Guitry and his wife Marie-Louise-Renée née Delmas de Pont-Jest (1858–1902). The couple had eloped, in the face of family disapproval, and were married at St Martin in the Fields, London, in 1882. They then moved to the then Russian capital, where Lucien ran the French theatre company, the Théâtre Michel, from 1882 to 1891. The marriage was brief. Guitry senior was a persistent adulterer, and his wife instituted divorce proceedings in 1888. Two of their sons died in infancy (one in 1883 and the other in 1887); the other surviving son, Jean (1884–1920) became an actor and journalist. The family's Russian nurse habitually shortened Alexandre-Pierre's name to the Russian diminutive "Sacha", by which he was known all his life. The young Sacha made his stage debut in his father's company at the age of five.


Lucien Guitry, considered the most distinguished actor in France since Coquelin, was immensely successful, both critically and commercially. When he returned to Paris he lived in a flat in a prestigious spot, overlooking the Place Vendôme and the Rue de la Paix. The young Sacha lived there, and for his schooling he was first sent to the well-known Lycée Janson de Sailly in the fashionable Sixteenth arrondissement. He did not stay long there, and went to a succession of other schools, both secular and religious, before abandoning formal education at the age of sixteen. ...


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Filmography

all 78

Movies 75

Writer 33

Director 12

self 5

TV Shows 3

Writer
N'écoutez pas mesdames

N'écoutez pas mesdames (2021)

Movie
Self
Saint-Saëns, the Unfathomable

Saint-Saëns, the Unfathomable (2021)

Movie
Writer
Une folie

Une folie (2016)

Movie
Writer
Quadrille

Quadrille (2013)

Movie
Writer
Un type dans le genre de Napoléon

Un type dans le genre de Napoléon (2008)

Movie
Writer
Faisons un rêve

Faisons un rêve (2007)

Movie
Writer
Mon père avait raison

Mon père avait raison (2007)

Movie
Writer
A Crime in Paradise

A Crime in Paradise (2001)

Movie
Author
Le Nouveau Testament

Le Nouveau Testament (1999)

Movie
Writer
The Comedian

The Comedian (1997)

Movie
Writer
Quadrille

Quadrille (1997)

Movie
Writer
Le Veilleur de nuit

Le Veilleur de nuit (1996)

Movie
Writer
Mon père avait raison

Mon père avait raison (1996)

Movie
Writer
Desire

Desire (1996)

Movie
Writer
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel

Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (1996)

Movie
Writer
Une folie

Une folie (1995)

Movie
Author
La Jalousie

La Jalousie (1992)

Movie
Self
Sarah

Sarah (1988)

Movie
Writer
Georges Courteline au travail & Boubouroche

Georges Courteline au travail & Boubouroche (1985)

Movie
Writer
Nono

Nono (1984)

Movie
Self (archive footage)
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma (1978)

TV
Writer
Eifersucht

Eifersucht (1978)

Movie
Writer
La jalousie

La jalousie (1976)

Movie
Writer
Das letzte Testament

Das letzte Testament (1974)

Movie
Writer
La Pèlerine écossaise

La Pèlerine écossaise (1972)

Movie
Writer
Zwei ganze Tage

Zwei ganze Tage (1970)

Movie
Songs
Vingt-neuf degrés à l'ombre

Vingt-neuf degrés à l'ombre (1969)

Movie
Theatre Play
Ooh La La!

Ooh La La! (1968)

TV
Author / Theatre Play
At Theatre Tonight

At Theatre Tonight (1966)

TV
Writer
Nicht zuhören, meine Damen!

Nicht zuhören, meine Damen! (1962)

Movie
Writer
The Nabob Affair

The Nabob Affair (1960)

Movie
Writer
Life Together

Life Together (1958)

Movie
Director
Three Make a Pair

Three Make a Pair (1957)

Movie
Director
Murderers and Thieves

Murderers and Thieves (1956)

Movie
Director
If Paris Were Told to Us

If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)

Movie
Director
Napoleon

Napoleon (1955)

Movie
Writer
Nicht zuhören, meine Damen!

Nicht zuhören, meine Damen! (1954)

Movie
Director
Royal Affairs in Versailles

Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)

Movie
Director
The Virtuous Scoundrel

The Virtuous Scoundrel (1953)

Movie
Jean Renneval
I Was It Three Times

I Was It Three Times (1952)

Movie
Director
Poison

Poison (1951)

Movie
Writer
Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny

Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny (1951)

Movie
Jean-Gaspard Deburau / Director / Writer
Deburau

Deburau (1951)

Movie
Le baron de Saint-Rambert
Tu m'as sauvé la vie

Tu m'as sauvé la vie (1950)

Movie
Le baron de Canrenac
The Treasure of Cantenac

The Treasure of Cantenac (1950)

Movie
Writer
Rendezvous in July

Rendezvous in July (1949)

Movie
Michel Desnoyer
Toâ

Toâ (1949)

Movie
Maitre Jean-Pierre Walter
Two Doves

Two Doves (1949)

Movie
Talleyrand
The Devil Who Limped

The Devil Who Limped (1948)

Movie
Lucien Guitry / Self
The Private Life of an Actor

The Private Life of an Actor (1948)

Movie
Narrateur
From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain

From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain (1944)

Movie
Director
La Malibran

La Malibran (1944)

Movie
François
My Last Mistress

My Last Mistress (1943)

Movie
Napoléon 1er
Mlle. Desiree

Mlle. Desiree (1941)

Movie
Writer
Lucky Partners

Lucky Partners (1940)

Movie
Jean Lécuyer
Nine Bachelors

Nine Bachelors (1939)

Movie
Le professeur et Louis XV
Let’s Go Up the Champs-Élysées

Let’s Go Up the Champs-Élysées (1938)

Movie
Writer
L'Accroche-cœur

L'Accroche-cœur (1938)

Movie
Man Leaving Hotel in France (uncredited)
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)

Movie
Philippe de Morannes
Quadrille

Quadrille (1938)

Movie
Désiré Tronchais, valet de chambre
Désiré

Désiré (1937)

Movie
Jean Martin / François Ier / Barras
The Pearls of the Crown

The Pearls of the Crown (1937)

Movie
Cambronne
Le Mot de Cambronne

Le Mot de Cambronne (1937)

Movie
L'amant
Let's Make a Dream

Let's Make a Dream (1936)

Movie
Charles Bellanger
My Father Was Right

My Father Was Right (1936)

Movie
Self - Writer & Director / Le tricheur / The Cheat
The Story of a Cheat

The Story of a Cheat (1936)

Movie
Le docteur Marcelin
The New Testament

The New Testament (1936)

Movie
Claude
Bonne chance

Bonne chance (1935)

Movie
Louis Pasteur
Pasteur

Pasteur (1935)

Movie
Self / Screenplay / Director / Dialogue
Dîner de gala aux Ambassadeurs

Dîner de gala aux Ambassadeurs (1934)

Movie
Writer
Black and White

Black and White (1931)

Movie
Writer
Sleeping Partners

Sleeping Partners (1930)

Movie
Mancha y Zaragosa
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette

Camille: The Fate of a Coquette (1926)

Movie
Writer
The Clairvoyant

The Clairvoyant (1924)

Movie
Writer
The Lover of Camille

The Lover of Camille (1924)

Movie
Director
Oscar rencontre mademoiselle Manageot

Oscar rencontre mademoiselle Manageot (1918)

Movie
Director
Those of Our Land

Those of Our Land (1915)

Movie
6
Director
Edgar Degas Filmed Walking Down a Paris Street

Edgar Degas Filmed Walking Down a Paris Street (1915)

Movie

Ratings

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Information

Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1885-02-21

Deathday
1957-07-24 (72 years old)

Birth Name
Alexandre-Georges-Pierre Guitry

Birth Place
Saint Petersburg, Russia

Height

Relationships
Charlotte Lysès (1907-08-14 - 1918-07-17), Geneviève Guitry (1939-07-04 - 1949-07-25), Yvonne Printemps (1919-04-10 - 1934-11-07), Jacqueline Delubac (1935-02-21 - 1939-04-05), Lana Marconi (1949-11-25 - 1957-07-24)

Father
Lucien Guitry

Mother
Renée Delmas

Siblings
Jean Guitry

Relatives
René de Pont-Jest

Citizenships
France

Also Known As
Alexandre Guitry, Alexandre Georges-Pierre Guitry

Awards
officier de l’Instruction publique, Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Officer of the Order of Leopold, Commander of the Order of Saint-Charles, Commander of the order of Nichan Iftikhar, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the Legion of Honour


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