André Baugé

André Gaston Baugé (4 January 1893, Toulouse - 25 May 1966, Clichy-la-Garenne) was a French baritone, active in opera and operetta, who also appeared in films in the 1930s.

Life and career The son of Alphonse Baugé, a vocal teacher, and Anna Tariol-Baugé a soprano active in operetta, he studied with his parents and appeared in the French provinces billed as André Grilland.

He made his debut at the Paris Opéra-Comique as Frédéric in Lakmé in 1917. and in 1925 at the Opéra played Germont in Traviata and the title role in Mârouf, having been heard as Escamillo also in Monte Carlo the previous year.

On film he appeared in La Route est belle, one of the first films with sound (1929–1930, music by Szulc) and other films up to 1935 when he returned to the theatre.

Family

His wife was the singer Suzanna Laydeker (who also appeared as Laydeker-Baugé and died in 1980).

Filmography The Flower of the Indies (1921) A Caprice of Pompadour (1930) La route est belle (1930) Petit Officier... Adieu ! (1930) The Little Cafe (1931) La Ronde des heures (1931) Pour un sou d'amour (1932) The Barber of Seville (1933) The Guardian Angel (1934) La Route heureuse (1935) (1935) Madame Angot's Daughter (1935)