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Daniel Boulanger

1922 – 2014

French novelist, playwright, poet and screenwriter

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Lived 1922 – 2014 (aged 92). Daniel Boulanger was a French actor, writer, screenwriter, poet, children's writer and film actor.

Daniel Boulanger (24 January 1922 – 27 October 2014) was a French novelist, playwright, poet and screenwriter.

Biography Boulanger has also played secondary roles in films and was a member of the Académie Goncourt from 1983 until his death. He was born in Compiègne, Oise.

Boulanger is most known for his roles as the detective hunting down Jean-Paul Belmondo in Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless, the neighbor of Claude Jade and Jean-Pierre Léaud in François Truffaut's Bed and Board and as a comical gangster in Shoot the Piano Player, another Truffaut feature. On 27 October 2014, Boulanger died at the age of 92.

Filmography 1960: À bout de souffle (by Jean-Luc Godard) - Police Inspector Vital 1960: Les Jeux de l'amour (by Philippe de Broca) - Un danseur au cabaret / l'homme à la Citroën 1960: Le Farceur (by Philippe de Broca) - Un musicien (uncredited) 1960: Tirez sur le pianiste (by François Truffaut) - Ernest 1961: L'Amant de cinq jours (by Philippe de Broca) (Writer) 1962: L'Œil du malin (by Claude Chabrol) - Policeman 1966: Le Roi de cœur (by Philippe de Broca) (Writer) - Le Colonel Helmut von Krack 1967: The Oldest Profession (Writer) 1968: La Mariée était en noir (by François Truffaut) - Delvaux 1970: Domicile conjugal (by François Truffaut) - Le voisin ténor 1970: Sortie de secours (by Roger Kahane) 1971: The Married Couple of the Year Two (by Jean-Paul Rappeneau) (Writer) 1971: The Deadly Trap (by René Clément) (Writer) 1974: Toute une vie (by Claude Lelouch) - The general 1976: Une femme fidèle (by Roger Vadim) (Writer) 1978: La Zizanie (by Claude Zidi) - Le directeur du Crédit Agricole (final film role) 1980: Le cheval d'orgueil (by Claude Chabrol) (Writer)

Award and distinctions 1971 Prix de l'Académie française 1974 Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle, Fouette, cocher ! 1979 Prix Prince Pierre de Monaco 1983 llamado a l'Académie Goncourt

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Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle; Kléber-Haedens Prize; Prince Pierre Award; Max Jacob Prize; Grand prix de littérature de la SGDL; Prix du Livre Inter; Officer of the Legion of Honour; Officer of Arts and Letters; Officer of the National Order of Merit; Prix Sainte-Beuve; Prix de la nouvelle

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Who was Daniel Boulanger?

French novelist, playwright, poet and screenwriter (1922–2014)

When was Daniel Boulanger born?

Daniel Boulanger was born on 24 January 1922 in Compiègne.

When did Daniel Boulanger die?

Daniel Boulanger died on 27 October 2014 in Senlis.

What was Daniel Boulanger's occupation?

Daniel Boulanger was an actor, writer, screenwriter, poet, children's writer and film actor.

What nationality was Daniel Boulanger?

Daniel Boulanger was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Daniel Boulanger

· Wikidata: Q685277

· DBpedia: Daniel Boulanger

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