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person_profile-Roger Planchon

Roger Planchon Died at age: 77

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Roger Planchon

Date of Birth:

Sep 12, 1931

Country of birth:

France

Died:

May 12, 2009

Biography of

Roger Planchon

    Roger Planchon (born 12 September 1931 in Saint-Chamond, Loire, died on 12 May 2009 in Paris), was a French playwright, director, and filmmaker.

    Roger Planchon spent his childhood in the Ardèche, notably in Dornas. He found its inspiration from his rural origins and this issue was a recurring theme in his writings.

    He started on stage in 1949 after winning an amateur theater. In 1952, he founded the Théâtre de la Comédie, located in the rue des Marronniers, in Lyon. He was the director of the Théâtre de la Cité of Villeurbanne since 1957 (which became the Théâtre National Populaire in 1972).

    Roger Planchon transposed many works by Brecht, Molière, Shakespeare, and many works of contemporary authors, including Arthur Adamov and Michel Vinaver, but also opened the Théâtre National Populaire to Patrice Chéreau, then Georges Lavaudant.

    As films, he directed George Dandin ou le Mari confondu by Molière, Louis, enfant roi, which was entered at Cannes, and another one by Lautrec.

    In 2002, Christian Schiaretti succeeded him as director of the TNP; he created his own company with which he continued to write and direct until his death.

    He died on 12 May 2009 after a heart attack, he is buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery (22nd division).

    Source: Article "Roger Planchon" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Filmography of

Roger Planchon

Found 19 Movies in total

Celluloid and Marble

Self ( Actor )

... 2011

... 2003

... 1996

The Year of Awakening

Le Capitaine ( Actor )

... 1991

Jean Galmot, aventurier

Castellane ( Actor )

... 1990

Radio corbeau

Le maire Faber ( Actor )

... 1989

Camille Claudel

Morhardt ( Actor )

... 1988

The Seventh Target

Le commissaire Paillard ( Actor )

... 1984

A Strange Passion

L'évêque ( Actor )

... 1984

Danton

Actor

... 1983

Legitimate Violence

Philippe Miller ( Actor )

... 1982

The Return of Martin Guerre

Jean de Coras ( Actor )

... 1982

I... For Icarus

David Naggara ( Actor )

... 1979

Dossier 51

Esculape 1 ( Actor )

... 1978

Molière

Colbert ( Actor )

... 1978

Roads to the South

Parisian Attorney-at-law ( Actor )

... 1978

The Others

Alexis Artaxerxès ( Actor )

... 1975

A Man Escaped

Guard on a Bike ( Actor )

... 1956