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Jean Dasté
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Jean Dasté (born Jean Georges Gustave Dasté; 18 September 1904 – 15 October 1994) was a French actor and theatre director.
Although Jean Dasté is best known for his career on stage as both an actor and director in a variety of works including those by Shakespeare and Molière, he made his first appearance on screen in a 1932 Jean Renoir film (Boudu sauvé des eaux), and 57 years later appeared in his final film at the age of 85. He played also the main character in two Jean Vigo movies, L'Atalante and Zéro de conduite. Later, he worked also with Alain Resnais and François Truffaut.
He married Danish-born actress Marie-Hélène Copeau (1902–1994), the daughter of the influential French writer, …
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Jean Dasté (born Jean Georges Gustave Dasté; 18 September 1904 – 15 October 1994) was a French actor and theatre director. Although Jean Dasté is best known for his career on stage as both an actor and director in a variety of works including those by Shakespeare and Molière, he made his first appearance on screen in a 1932 Jean Renoir film (Boudu sauvé des eaux), and 57 years later appeared in his final film at the age of 85. He played also the main character in two Jean Vigo movies, L'Atalante and Zéro de conduite. Later, he worked also with Alain Resnais and François Truffaut. He married Danish-born actress Marie-Hélène Copeau (1902–1994), the daughter of the influential French writer, editor, and drama critic Jacques Copeau (1879–1949) and Agnès Thomsen. In 1947, he became the founding director of the Comedie de St.-Etienne stage company in the town of Saint-Étienne in the Loire department. A college and a theatre in the town are named in his honour. Source: Article "Jean Dasté" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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Jean Dasté's Filmography
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Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo
as Self
White Wedding
as Concierge
Docile Night
as Le chauffeur de taxi
Sorceress
as Christophe
Love Unto Death
as Dr. Rozier
Les Îles
as Jean
Le Crime d'amour
as L'homme de l'asile
A Week's Vacation
as le père de Laurence
My American Uncle
as M. Louis
No Poster
Rue du Pied de Grue
as Tonton
Pourquoi Patricia
as M. Folco
Utopia
as Jean
Molière
as Le grand-père de Molière
The Green Room
as Bernard Humbert
Saint-Étienne : ville secrète
The Man Who Loved Women
as L'urologue
The Body of My Enemy
as Le gardien du chantier
Little Marcel
as Berger
Les jours gris
as The old man
Handsome Face
as Cuvrot
The Wild Child
as Professor Philippe Pinel
Z
as Illya Coste
The War Is Over
as The Man in Charge
Skies Above
as Bazin, le savant
Muriel, or the Time of Return
as L'homme à la chèvre / The Goat Man
St. Val's Mystery
as The bailiff
The Great Pack
as Bailiff (uncredited)
Adieu Léonard
as Porcelain mender
A Star to the Sun
Picpus
as Le clerc (uncredited)
Sideral Cruises
as Pépin
Stormy Waters
as Le radio
The Time of the Cherries
as Director's son
Grand Illusion
as Teacher
Life Is Ours
as L'instituteur / Teacher
Under Western Eyes
as Georges
The Crime of Monsieur Lange
as Model Maker
L'Atalante
as Jean
Zero for Conduct
as Supervisor Huguet
Boudu Saved from Drowning
as L'Étudiant