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    Alain Feydeau

    1934-07-21 (89 years old) in Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France

    Georges Alain Thierry Feydeau (21 July 1934 – 14 January 2008) was a French actor, director and writer. He was a grandson of the playwright Georges Feydeau, and appeared in several of his grandfather's works, and directed new productions of two of them. Feydeau was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, on 21 July 1934, son of Michel Feydeau (1900–1961) and his wife Françoise, née Hoentschel. At the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris he won the first prize for comedy in 1958, after which he joined the company of the Comédie-Française, of which he remained a member until 1983. During his time with the company Feydeau was appointed to the rank of Grand Pensionnaire, but was never made a full Sociétaire. In a stage career lasting nearly fifty years, Feydeau played in a wide range of plays, from French and foreign classics, such as Corneille's Le Menteur, Hugo's Ruy Blas and Schiller's Marie Stuart to 20th-century works by writers including Anouilh, Cocteau, Giraudoux, Sacha Guitry and Marcel Pagnol. Among his more unusual roles was Agatha Christie's Captain Hastings in a stage adaptation of a Poirot story. The dramatist in whose plays he appeared most frequently was Molière – Les Archives du spectacle record 14 Molière productions in which he played between 1958 and 1973. In his grandfather's plays Feydeau took the roles of Fontanet in Jacques Charon's production of Un fil à la patte (1961 and subsequent revivals), Moricet in his own production of Monsieur chasse! (1969), Pontagnac in Jean Meyer's production of Le Dindon (1970), Ribadier or Thommereux in his own production of Le Système Ribadier (1972), Etienne in Jacques-Henri Duval's production of Occupe-toi d'Amélie (1972), and Dr Finache in Jean-Laurent Cochet's production of La Puce à l'oreille (1978). On television Feydeau appeared frequently in the long-running series Au théâtre ce soir (At the theatre tonight), taking 21 different roles between 1968 and 1985. He made numerous other television appearances, and did a small amount of work for the cinema. As a writer, Feydeau published two books about the distinguished actress Edwige Feuillère, whom he knew well. He also published some fiction. Feydeau died in Paris on 14 January 2008, aged 73. He is buried in the Montmartre Cemetery with other family members including the playwright. Source: Article "Alain Feydeau" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

    Movies

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    Le don d'Adèle
    0 %|Sep 20, 2006
    Comedy
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    The Three Kings
    56.769999999999996 %|Dec 12, 2001
    Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy
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    La dame aux camélias
    0 %|Jan 1, 1997
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    Adieu Prudence
    0 %|May 18, 1985
    Comedy
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    Le Traité d'Auteuil
    0 %|Aug 2, 1981
    Comedy
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    Une sacrée famille
    0 %|May 1, 1981
    Comedy
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    La Maîtresse de bridge
    0 %|Nov 28, 1980
    Comedy
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    La Route des Indes
    0 %|Feb 8, 1980
    Comedy
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    La Puce à L'oreille
    0 %|Dec 1, 1978
    Comedy
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    La Plume
    0 %|May 26, 1978
    Comedy
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    La fessée
    0 %|Jan 27, 1978
    Comedy
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    La poudre aux yeux
    0 %|Oct 9, 1976
    Comedy
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    Chat en poche
    70 %|Oct 24, 1975
    Comedy
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    Le Système Ribadier
    45 %|Apr 10, 1975
    Comedy
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    L'amant de Madame Vidal
    0 %|Jan 13, 1975
    Comedy
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    La Vénus de Milo
    100 %|May 26, 1973
    Comedy
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    L'École des contribuables
    80 %|Jun 26, 1972
    Comedy
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    Un fil à la patte
    70 %|Dec 26, 1970
    Comedy
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    Le Dindon
    0 %|Oct 18, 1968
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    Mademoiselle
    0 %|Mar 7, 1968
    Comedy
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    Mum's the Word
    40 %|Apr 26, 1960
    Comedy
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    Summer Storm
    0 %|Dec 22, 1949
    Drama
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    Mysteries of Paris
    58 %|Sep 8, 1943
    Drama, Comedy, Adventure

    Series

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    Sacrée soirée
    62 %|Sep 2, 1987
    Talk
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    Samedi soir
    60 %|Jan 9, 1971
    Talk
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    At Theatre Tonight
    75 %|Jul 21, 1966
    Comedy, Drama
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    At Theatre Tonight
    75 %|Jul 21, 1966
    Comedy, Drama