Jean Le Poulain
Born September 12, 1924 (Age: 101)
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Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Biography
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. Source: Article "Jean Le Poulain" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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.
Source: Article "Jean Le Poulain" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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Filmography
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Around the World in 80 Days
1975
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as Phileas Fogg
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Age: 50
Le minotaure
1969
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as Michou
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Age: 44
Un coup dans l'aile
1963
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as Levaillant
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Age: 39
Le Roi du village
1963
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as
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Age: 38
The Empire of Night
1962
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as David Balkis, Emperor of the night
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Age: 38
Les Livreurs
1961
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as Professor Alexis Schmutz
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Age: 36
Sahara on Fire
1961
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as
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Age: 36
The Hunchback of Paris
1959
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as Peyrolles
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Age: 35
Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon
1958
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as M. Mathieu, ex-Commandant au Deuxième Zouave
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Age: 34