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Jean Le Poulain
Actor, Director, Additional Credits
Died 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 |
| 1982 | Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon · as Monsieur Perrichon |
| 1982 | Les sept jours du marié · as Le Maître Désespéré |
| 1981 | Le bourgeois gentilhomme · as Monsieur Jourdain |
| 1981 | Signé Furax · as Klakmuf |
| 1981 | Le mythomane (TV Series) · as Alexis Piedboeuf |
| 1979 | I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs · as Drouillard |
| 1978 | Volpone · as Volpone |
| 1978 | Miam-miam ou le Dîner d'affaires · as Lucien Beix |
| 1978 | Les deux timides · as Thibaudier |
| 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 Le Frère Albaret |
| 1972 | Barbe-bleue · as Le Roi Bobêche Et Popolani |
| 1970 | Le Bourgeois gentilhomme · as Monsieur Jourdain |
| 1970 | |
| 1968 | Salut Berthe! · as Beau Papa |
| 1968 | |
| 1966 | Interdit au public · as Hervé Montagne |
| 1966 | Un garçon, une fille. Le dix-septième ciel · as L'homme À La Voiture |
| 1966 | At the Theater Tonight (TV Series) · as Hervé Montagne |
| 1964 | Les gorilles · as The Stage Director |
| 1963 | Un coup dans l'aile · as Levaillant |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | Mysteries of Paris · as The Schoolmaster |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | Arsène Lupin contre Arsène Lupin · as Le Préfet De Police |
| 1962 | Sign of the Lion · as Le Clochard |
| 1959 | Le Bossu · as Peyrolles |
| 1959 | Le Misanthrope · as Oronte |
| 1958 | Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon · as M. Mathieu, Ex-Commandant Au Deuxième Zouave |