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Jean Le Poulain
Actor, Director, Additional Credits
Born September 12, 1924Died March 1, 1988 (63 years)
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.
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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.
Source: Article "Jean Le Poulain" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
| 1986 | Le Malade imaginaire · as Argan |
| 1981 | Signé Furax · as Klakmuf |
| 1979 | I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs · as Drouillard |
| 1975 | Le noir te va si bien · as John |
| 1975 | The Red Ibis · as Margos |
| 1974 | Ursule and Grelu · as Le Docteur Du Paquebot |
| 1973 | The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot · as Brother Albaret |
| 1972 | Barbe-bleue · as Le Roi Bobêche Et Popolani |
| 1970 | |
| 1968 | Salut Berthe! · as Step Dad |
| 1968 | |
| 1966 | Un garçon, une fille. Le dix-septième ciel · as L'homme À La Voiture |
| 1966 | At the Theater Tonight (TV Series) · as Le Baron Wurtz |
| 1964 | Les gorilles · as The Stage Director |
| 1962 | L'empire de la nuit · as David Balkis, Emperor Of The Night |
| 1962 | Mysteries of Paris · as The Schoolmaster |
| 1962 | The Deadly Decoy · as Lehurit Aka 'l'archevêque' |
| 1962 | Arsène Lupin contre Arsène Lupin · as Le Préfet De Police |
| 1962 | Sign of the Lion · as Le Clochard |
| 1959 | Le Bossu · as Peyrolles |