About Pierre Jourdan
Lived 1932 – 2007 (aged 74). Pierre Jourdan was a French director, film director, opera director, actor, film actor and screenwriter.
Pierre Jourdan (21 September 1932 – 16 August 2007) born Pierre Gendre in Cannes, was an actor and director.
Honours CableACE Awards, 1987
Filmography As director 1968: Phèdre 1972: Le trouvère 1972: Un danseur: Rudolph Nureyev (I Am a Dancer) 1974: Norma 1974: Tristan und Isolde 1977: Aida 1979: Fidelio 1982: Ciboulette (TV) 1990: Manon Lescaut (TV) 1990: La Légende de Joseph en Égypte (TV) 1991: Henry VIII (TV) 1992: Christobal Colomb (TV) 1994: Une éducation manquée (TV) 1994: Le Songe d'une nuit d'été (TV) 1994: J'aime le music-hall (TV) 1994: De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre de 1958 - 1991 (vidéo) 1994: La Colombe (TV) 1995: Le Domino noir (TV) 1996: Mignon (TV) 1996: Llanto por Ignacio Sanchez (TV) 1996: Médée (TV) 1997: Les Noces de Figaro (TV) 1998: La Jolie Fille de Perth (TV) 1999: Pelléas et Mélisande (TV) 1999: Les Diamants de la couronne (TV) 2005: Noé (TV) 2006: Les caprices de Marianne by Henri Sauguet after Alfred de Musset, (Théâtre impérial de Compiègne)
Actor The Benefactor (1942) Chiffon's Wedding (1942) The Blue Veil (1942) Monsieur La Souris (1942) The Woman I Loved Most (1942) Lucrèce (1943) The Count of Monte Cristo (1943) Monsieur de Falindor (1947) The Husbands of Leontine (1947) The Ferret (1950) Mystery in Shanghai (1950) The Crime of Bouif (1952) Little Jacques (1953) The Red and the Black (1954) Not Delivered (1958)
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Who was Pierre Jourdan?
French actor and director (1932–2007)
When was Pierre Jourdan born?
Pierre Jourdan was born on 21 September 1932 in Cannes.
When did Pierre Jourdan die?
Pierre Jourdan died on 16 August 2007 in Compiègne.
What was Pierre Jourdan's occupation?
Pierre Jourdan was a director, film director, opera director, actor, film actor and screenwriter.
What nationality was Pierre Jourdan?
Pierre Jourdan was French.
Sources & further reading
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