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Jean-Paul Moulinot

1912 – 1989

French actor

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Lived 1912 – 1989 (aged 77). Jean-Paul Moulinot was a French actor and film actor.

Jean-Paul Moulinot (30 June 1912 – 3 December 1989) was a French actor, sociétaire of the Comédie-Française.

Elisabeth (Yvette) Hardy (1917–2000), a comedian at the TNP, was his wife. Close to Jean Vilar, he took part to the first Festival d'Avignon in 1947 and from 1951, the year the TNP reopened, he belonged to the troupe where he remained during all the years Jean Vilar was the director, then joined the Comédie-Française until his death.

Career at the Comédie-Française Admission at the Comédie-Française in 1966 Sociétaire in 1989 481st sociétaire 1937: Business is business by Octave Mirbeau, directed by Fernand Ledoux 1938: Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, directed by Pierre Dux 1966: Les Femmes savantes by Molière, directed by Jean Meyer 1966: Le commissaire est bon enfant by Georges Courteline and Jules Lévy, directed by Robert Manuel 1967: Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard by Marivaux, directed by Maurice Escande 1967: Le Malade imaginaire by Molière, directed by Robert Manuel 1967: La Commère by Marivaux, directed by Michel Duchaussoy 1967: L'Émigré de Brisbane by Georges Schéhadé, directed by Jacques Mauclair 1967: L'Étourdi by Molière, directed by Jean-Paul Roussillon 1967: Le Médecin malgré lui by Molière, directed by Jean-Paul Roussillon 1968: Le Joueur by Regnard, directed by Jean Piat 1968: Ruy Blas by Victor Hugo, directed by Raymond Rouleau 1969: Les Italiens à Paris by Charles Charras and André Gille after Évariste Gherardi, directed by Jean Le Poulain 1969: Port-Royal by Henry de Montherlant, directed by Jean Meyer 1970: Malatesta by Henry de Montherlant, directed by Pierre Dux 1970: A Dream Play by August Strindberg, directed by Raymond Rouleau 1971: Becket ou l'Honneur de Dieu by Jean Anouilh, directed by the author and Roland Piétri 1972: Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, directed by Jacques Charon 1972: Volpone by Jules Romains and Stefan Zweig, directed by Gérard Vergez, Comédie-Française at the Théâtre de l'Odéon 1972: Graf Öderland by Max Frisch, directed by Jean-Pierre Miquel, Comédie-Française at the Théâtre de l'Odéon 1972: La Station Champbaudet by Eugène Labiche and Marc-Michel, directed by Jean-Laurent Cochet 1973: Le Malade imaginaire by Molière, directed by Jean-Laurent Cochet 1973: Dom Juan by Molière, directed by Antoine Bourseiller 1973: Les Femmes savantes by Molière, directed by Jean Piat 1973: L'École des femmes by Molière, directed by Jean-Paul Roussillon 1974: Hernani by Victor Hugo, directed by Robert Hossein 1974: L'Impromptu de Marigny, by Jean Poiret, directed by Jacques Charon 1975: Dialogues with Leucò by Cesare Pavese, directed by Antoine Bourseiller, Comédie-Française at the Petit Odéon 1976: Trafic by Louis Calaferte, directed by Jean-Pierre Miquel, Comédie-Française at the Petit Odéon 1976: Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, directed by Jean-Paul Roussillon 1976: Lorenzaccio by Alfred de Musset, directed by Franco Zeffirelli 1977: Doit-on le dire ? by Eugène Labiche, directed by Jean-Laurent Cochet 1978: A Flea In Her Ear by Eugène Labiche, directed by Jean-Laurent Cochet 1979: Ruy Blas by Victor Hugo, directed by Jacques Destoop 1979: L'Œuf by Félicien Marceau, directed by Jacques Rosny 1980: Simul et singulis, Soirées littéraires consacrées au Tricentenaire de la Comédie-Française, directed by Simon Eine, Alain Pralon and Jacques Destoop 1981: La Dame de chez Maxim by Georges Feydeau, directed by Jean-Paul Roussillon 1983: Triptychon by Max Frisch, directed by Roger Blin, Comédie-Française at the Théâtre de l'Odéon 1983: Amphitryon by Molière, directed by Philippe Adrien 1984: Ivanov by Tchekov, directed by Claude Régy 1986: The Liar by Corneille, directed by Alain Françon 1986: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme by Molière, directed by Jean-Luc Boutté 1986: The Liar by Corneille, directed by Alain Françon 1987: La Manivelle by Robert Pinget, directed by Jean-Paul Roussillon, Comédie-Française at the Festival d'Avignon 1988: Endgame by Samuel Beckett, directed by Gildas Bourdet

Outside the Comédie-Française 1945: Tartuffe by Molière, directed by Marcel Herrand, Théâtre des Mathurins 1946: Primavera by Claude Spaak, directed by Marcel Herrand, Théâtre des Mathurins 1947: Je vivrai un grand amour by Steve Passeur, Théâtre des Mathurins 1949: Le Légataire universel by Jean-François Regnard, directed by Georges Douking, Théâtre des Célestins 1949: Héloïse et Abélard by Roger Vailland, directed by Jean Marchat, Théâtre des Mathurins 1950: Henry IV by Luigi Pirandello, directed by André Barsacq, Théâtre de l'Atelier 1951: Mother Courage by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Jean Vilar, TNP Théâtre de la Cité Jardins Suresnes 1952: The Miser by Molière, directed by Jean Vilar, TNP Théâtre national de Chaillot, Festival d'Avignon 1952: Lorenzaccio by Alfred de Musset, directed by Gérard Philipe, TNP Festival d'Avignon 1956: Les Femmes savantes by Molière, directed by Jean-Paul Moulinot, TNP Théâtre de Chaillot 1956: Le Mariage de Figaro by Beaumarchais, directed by Jean Vilar, TNP Festival d'Avignon 1956: Platonov by Anton Tchekov, directed by Jean Vilar, Festival de Bordeaux, TNP 1957: Le Mariage de Figaro by Beaumarchais, directed by Jean Vilar, TNP Festival d'Avignon 1957: Henry IV by Luigi Pirandello, directed by Jean Vilar, TNP Festival d'Avignon, Théâtre de Chaillot 1957: Murder in the Cathedral by Thomas Stearns Eliot, directed by Jean Vilar, TNP Festival d'Avignon 1958: Ubu roi by Alfred Jarry, directed by Jean Vilar, TNP Théâtre de Chaillot 1958: Œdipe by André Gide, directed by Jean Vilar, TNP, Festival de Bordeaux, Festival d'Avignon 1958: L'École des femmes by Molière, directed by Georges Wilson, TNP Théâtre de Chaillot 1958: Lorenzaccio by Alfred de Musset, directed by Gérard Philipe, TNP Festival d'Avignon 1959: La Fête du cordonnier by Michel Vinaver after Thomas Dekker, directed by Georges Wilson, TNP Théâtre de Chaillot 1959: Murder in the Cathedral by Thomas Stearns Eliot, directed by Jean Vilar, TNP Festival d'Avignon 1959: Danton's Death by Georg Büchner, directed by Jean Vilar, TNP Théâtre de Chaillot 1959: Mother Courage by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Jean Vilar, TNP Festival d'Avignon 1960: Erik XIV by August Strindberg, directed by Jean Vilar, TNP Théâtre de Chaillot, Festival d'Avignon 1960: Mother Courage by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Jean Vilar, TNP Festival d'Avignon 1960: Ubu roi by Alfred Jarry, directed by Jean Vilar, TNP Théâtre de Chaillot 1960: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Jean Vilar and Georges Wilson, TNP Théâtre de Chaillot 1960: Antigone by Sophocles, directed by Jean Vilar, Festival d'Avignon 1961: Antigone by Sophocles, directed by Jean Vilar, Festival d'Avignon 1965: La Seconde Surprise de l'amour by Marivaux, directed by Maurice Guillaud, Festival du Marais 1966: The Miser by Molière, directed by Jean Vilar, Festival du Marais Hôtel de Rohan

Filmography Cinema

1946: La Foire aux chimères (by Pierre Chenal) 1950: A Certain Mister (by Yves Ciampi) 1950: Lady Paname (by Henri Jeanson) - Bit part (uncredited) 1950: Gunman in the Streets (by Boris Lewin) - (uncredited) 1951: Paris Vice Squad (by Hervé Bromberger) - L'inspecteur qui prend la déposition au début du film (uncredited) 1951: The Strange Madame X (by Jean Grémillon) − Le majordome 1951: Victor (by Claude Heymann) − Le directeur de la banque 1951: La plus belle fille du monde (by Christian Stengel) 1951: My Wife Is Formidable (by André Hunebelle) − Le docteur 1952: We Are All Murderers (by André Cayatte) − Le directeur de la "santé" 1952: Monsieur Taxi (by André Hunebelle) − L'homme accidenté 1952: Le rideau rouge / Ce soir on joue Macbeth (by André Barsac) 1955: Black Dossier (by André Cayatte) 1957: Amour de poche (by Pierre Kast) − Cahuzac 1960: La Millième Fenêtre (by Robert Ménégoz) − (uncredited) 1962: The Devil and the Ten Commandments (by Julien Duvivier) − Le directeur de la banque (segment "Bien d'autrui ne prendras") 1963: OSS 117 se déchaîne (by André Hunebelle) 1963: The Fire Within (by Louis Malle) − Le docteur La Berbinais 1963: La Foire aux cancres (by Louis Daquin) − Le maire 1964: Mort, où est ta victoire ? (by Hervé Bromberger) − Belignat 1964: Monsieur (by Jean-Paul Le Chanois) − Maître Flament, le notaire 1964: Nick Carter va tout casser (by Henri Decoin) − Didier Formentaire 1964: Rien ne va plus (by Jean Bacqué) − Le baron 1964: Behold a Pale Horse (by Fred Zinnemann) − Le père Estéban 1965: Diamonds Are Brittle (by Nicolas Gessner) − Le bijoutier 1966: Lost Command (by Mark Robson) − De Guyot 1966: Sale temps pour les mouches (by Guy Lefranc) − Le général André Pujol 1968: Guns for San Sebastian (by Henri Verneuil) 1968: Tu seras terriblement gentille (by Dirk Sanders) − Le directeur du magasin 1969: Under the Sign of the Bull (by Gilles Grangier) − Pierre, le valet 1970: Une drôle de bourrique / L'âne de Zigliara by Jean Canolle) − L'évêque 1971: To Die of Love (by André Cayatte) − Monsieur Guénot 1973: The Dominici Affair (by Claude Bernard-Aubert) − Le médecin légiste 1974: Impossible Is Not French (by Robert Lamoureux) − De Sica 1976: Mado (by Claude Sautet) − Papa 1983: Les Oiseaux noirs (Svarta Faglar) (by Lasse Glomm) − Le père de Simone (final film role)

Television

1950: Agence Nostradamus (by Claude Barma) 1959: La Confession (TV Movie) − Ledward 1961: La caméra explore le temps − Le prince de Condé / Le roi Louis−Philippe 1961–1962: Le Théâtre de la jeunesse − Blazius / Gilles 1962: La Belle et son fantôme (by Bernard Hecht) − Walter de Lestrange 1962: Les Cinq Dernières Minutes (by Pierre Nivollet) − Le docteur 1962: L'inspecteur Leclerc enquête (by Jean Laviron) − Marquet 1963: Siegfried (by Marcel Cravenne) − Robineau 1963: Commandant X − Le consul 1964: Rocambole (by Jean-Pierre Decourt) − Lord Charring 1964: Une fille dans la montagne (TV Movie) − Gardin 1964: La montre en or (TV Movie) − Toupin 1965: Le Roi Lear (TV Movie, by Jean Kerchbron) − Le comte de Gloucester 1965: Sens interdit (TV Movie) − Daniel 1965: Merlusse (TV Movie) − Le proviseur 1966: Le Chevalier d'Harmental − Mallézieux 1966: The Miser (TV Movie) − Maître Jacques 1967: Saturnin Belloir (by Jacques-Gérard Cornu) − Saturnin Belloir 1967: Marion Delorme (TV Movie) − La marquis de Mangis 1968: Princesse Czardas (TV Movie) − Le prince 1968: Graf Yoster − Dr. Leander 1969: Le distrait (TV Movie) − Valère 1969: Fortune (by Henri Colpi) − Docteur Robinson 1970: Monsieur de Pourceaugnac (TV Movie) − Un suisse, Comédie−Française 1971: Si j'étais vous (TV Movie, by Ange Casta) − Oncle Firmin 1972: Ruy Blas (TV Movie) − Marquis de Santa Cruz, Comédie−Française 1972: La Station Champbaudet (TV Movie, Comédie−Française, by Georges Folgoas) 1973: La porteuse de pain − Jules Labroue 1973: L'étang de la Breure − M. de la Cazère 1973: Marie Dorval (TV Movie) − Merle 1973: Molière pour rire et pour pleurer (TV Movie, by Marcel Camus) − Le chancelier de Lamoignon 1974: Les Faucheurs de marguerites (TV Mini−Series, by Marcel Camus) − M. Perrier 1974: L'implantation (TV Movie) − Paul 1974: Jean Pinot, médecin d'aujourd'hui (by Michel Fermaud) − Dr. Clavé 1975: La médecin malgré lui (TV Movie) − Robert 1977: Madame Ex (TV Movie) − Le père de Louis 1977: Richelieu (by Jean-Pierre Decourt) − Le pape 1977: Lorenzaccio (TV Movie) − Guicciardini, Comédie-Française 1977: Ou vont les poissons rouges? (TV Movie) − Le pêcheur 1978: Ce diable d'homme (TV Mini−Series) − M. Arouet 1978: On ne badine pas avec l'amour (TV Movie) − La paysan, Comédie−Française 1980: L'œuf (TV Movie) − Eugène, Comédie−Française 1980: Julien Fontanes, magistrat − Me Tasille 1980: Jean-Sans-Terre (TV Movie) − Le beau−père 1982: La double inconstance (TV Movie) − Un seigneur, Comédie−Française 1982: Les Caprices de Marianne (TV Movie) − Malvolio 1982: Emmenez-moi au théâtre: Lorsque l'enfant paraît (TV Movie) − M. Jacquet 1982: La démobilisation générale (TV Movie) − Albert Sarraut

Dubbing 1960: Ben-Hur: French voice of the narrator.

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Who was Jean-Paul Moulinot?

French actor (1912–1989)

When was Jean-Paul Moulinot born?

Jean-Paul Moulinot was born on 30 June 1912 in Nice.

When did Jean-Paul Moulinot die?

Jean-Paul Moulinot died on 3 December 1989 in Ville-d'Avray.

What was Jean-Paul Moulinot's occupation?

Jean-Paul Moulinot was an actor and film actor.

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Jean-Paul Moulinot was French.

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