Paul Mounet

Paul Mounet (born Jean-Paul Sully; 5 October 1847 – 10 February 1922) was a French actor.

Biography The younger brother of actor Jean Mounet-Sully, Paul was born in Bergerac, Dordogne, and studied to become a medical doctor prior to his career in acting, only making his debut in 1880 in Paris Odéon's production of Horace. It was in 1889 that he first played at the Comédie Française, of which he became sociétaire two years later. Mounet garnered acclaim for his roles in Les Érinnyes, L'Arlésienne, Othello, Patrie, Hamlet, La Furie, Anthony, Le Roi, L'Enigme, Le Dédale, and Œdipe Roi.

Mounet appeared in a number of films, including playing the title character in a 1909 silent black-and-white version of Macbeth, directed by acclaimed French director André Calmettes.

He served as a professor at the Paris Conservatoire, teaching, among others, Pierre Fresnay, Valentine Tessier, Hélène Dieudonné, Daniel Mendaille, Françoise Rosay, and Marioara Ventura and became a Chevalier in the Legion of Honour.

Mounet died of heart disease on February 10, 1922.

Filmography

1909: Rigoletto 1909: Macbeth as Macbeth 1909: The Return of Ulysses as Ulysses 1910: L'Héritière as Louis XI 1912: Les Jacobites 1917: Par la vérité

Theater 1909: La Furie by Jules Bois, Comédie-Française 1913: Yvonic by Paul Ferrier and Jeanne Ferrier, Comédie-Française 1920: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Comédie-Française