Jean-Louis Barrault

Jean-Louis Barrault

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1910-09-08
Deathday: 1994-01-22 (83 years old)

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Biography

Jean-Louis Barrault (8 September 1910, Le Vésinet, Yvelines – 22 January 1994) was a French actor, director and mime artist, training that served him well when he portrayed the 19th-century mime Jean-Gaspard Deburau (Baptiste Debureau) in Marcel Carné's 1945 film Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise).


Jean-Louis Barrault studied with Charles Dullin in whose troupe he acted from 1933 to 1935. At 25 years of age, he met and studied with the mime Étienne Decroux. From 1940 to 1946 he was a member of the Comédie-Française, where he directed productions of Paul Claudel's Le Soulier de satin and Jean Racine's Phèdre, two plays that made his reputation.


Over his career, he acted in nearly 50 movies including Les beaux jours, Jenny, L'Or dans la Montagne and Sous les Yeux d'occident.


In 1940, he married the actress Madeleine Renaud. They founded a number of theatres together and toured extensively, including in South America.


He was the uncle of actress Marie-Christine Barrault and sometime sponsor of Peter Brook. He died from a heart attack in Paris at the age of 83. Jean-Louis Barrault is buried with his wife Madeleine Renaud in the Passy Cemetery in Paris.


Jean-Louis Barrault, Reflections on the Theatre:


    "In fact it is the simplest things that are the most tricky to do well. To read, for example. To be able to read exactly what is written without omitting anything that is written and at the same time without adding anything of one's own. To be able to capture the exact context of the words one is reading. To be able to read!"


Barrault from Melinda Camber Porter's Through Parisian Eyes: Reflections on Contemporary French Arts and Culture:


    "When I wake up in the morning I want to feel hungry for life. Desire is what drives me. When I go to sleep, I feel I have experienced a small death, so that I can wake up in the morning renewed and reborn."


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Filmography

all 58

Movies 49

self 17

TV Shows 9

Narrator 2

Writer 1

Self
Morceaux de Cannes

Morceaux de Cannes (2021)

Movie
Self (archive footage)
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff

Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff (2020)

Movie
Hector Berlioz
The Greven Mystery

The Greven Mystery (2017)

Movie
Self
Once Upon a Time...: Children of Paradise

Once Upon a Time...: Children of Paradise (2009)

Movie
Le vieux
La lumière du lac

La lumière du lac (1988)

Movie
Récitant / Narrator
Carné, l'homme à la caméra

Carné, l'homme à la caméra (1985)

Movie
Jean-Louis Barrault
To Be Hamlet

To Be Hamlet (1985)

Movie
Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne
The Night of Varennes

The Night of Varennes (1982)

Movie
3.5
Self (archive footage)
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma (1978)

TV
Self
30 millions d'amis

30 millions d'amis (1976)

TV
Self
Numéro un

Numéro un (1975)

TV
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975)

TV
Self
Midi Première

Midi Première (1975)

TV
Self / Self - Main Guest
Le Grand Échiquier

Le Grand Échiquier (1972)

TV
Self
Samedi soir

Samedi soir (1971)

TV
Self
À bout portant

À bout portant (1968)

TV
Self
The Birth of Children of Paradise

The Birth of Children of Paradise (1967)

Movie
Dr. Benoit
Chappaqua

Chappaqua (1966)

Movie
Douve
The Big Scare

The Big Scare (1964)

Movie
Father Louis Roulland
The Longest Day

The Longest Day (1962)

Movie
1
Writer
Prosessen

Prosessen (1962)

Movie
Louis XI.
Blood on His Sword

Blood on His Sword (1961)

Movie
Le docteur Cordelier / Opale
The Doctor's Horrible Experiment

The Doctor's Horrible Experiment (1960)

Movie
Self
Discorama

Discorama (1959)

TV
Self
Musée Grévin

Musée Grévin (1958)

Movie
Fénelon
Royal Affairs in Versailles

Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)

Movie
Self
With André Gide

With André Gide (1952)

Movie
Self
Venom and Eternity

Venom and Eternity (1951)

Movie
The Poet
La Ronde

La Ronde (1950)

Movie
Le récitant (segment 'Le bateau ivre')
Vagabonds imaginaires

Vagabonds imaginaires (1950)

Movie
Henri Dunant
Man to Men

Man to Men (1948)

Movie
Narrator
La Rose et le réséda

La Rose et le réséda (1947)

Movie
Bruno
The Magnificent Cuckold

The Magnificent Cuckold (1947)

Movie
Michel Kremer
Blind Desire

Blind Desire (1945)

Movie
Baptiste Debureau
Children of Paradise

Children of Paradise (1945)

Movie
2.5
Jacques Martin
Angel of the Night

Angel of the Night (1944)

Movie
Hector Berlioz
La Symphonie fantastique

La Symphonie fantastique (1942)

Movie
Michel Courtin
Montmarte on the Seine

Montmarte on the Seine (1941)

Movie
Lucien Ardouin
Parade in 7 Nights

Parade in 7 Nights (1941)

Movie
Napoléon Bonaparte
Mlle. Desiree

Mlle. Desiree (1941)

Movie
Maurice Farinet, le jeune paysan
L'Or dans la montagne

L'Or dans la montagne (1939)

Movie
Maurice Farinet
Farinet ou l'or dans la montagne

Farinet ou l'or dans la montagne (1939)

Movie
Olcott
The Southern Trail

The Southern Trail (1938)

Movie
Armand
Youth in Revolt

Youth in Revolt (1938)

Movie
L'Africain
Orage

Orage (1938)

Movie
Pierre Bonvais
Mirages

Mirages (1938)

Movie
I Accuse

I Accuse (1938)

Movie
Francis Ferriter
The Puritan

The Puritan (1938)

Movie
William Kramps, le tueur de bouchers
Bizarre, Bizarre

Bizarre, Bizarre (1937)

Movie
Bonaparte jeune
The Pearls of the Crown

The Pearls of the Crown (1937)

Movie
le client fou
Street of Shadows

Street of Shadows (1937)

Movie
Scoppa
Social Police

Social Police (1937)

Movie
Paul Briançon
À nous deux, madame la vie

À nous deux, madame la vie (1937)

Movie
Karl van Beethoven
The Life and Loves of Beethoven

The Life and Loves of Beethoven (1937)

Movie
Pierre Régnier
Hélène

Hélène (1936)

Movie
le Dromadaire
Jenny

Jenny (1936)

Movie
Haldin
Under Western Eyes

Under Western Eyes (1936)

Movie
René
Happy Days

Happy Days (1935)

Movie

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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1910-09-08

Deathday
1994-01-22 (83 years old)

Birth Name
Jean-Louis Bernard Barrault

Birth Place
Le Vésinet, France

Relationships
Madeleine Renaud (1940-01-01 - 1994-01-01)

Relatives
Marie-Christine Barrault

Citizenships
France

Also Known As
Jean-Louis Bernard Barrault


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