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Firmin Gémier
Aubervilliers, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France], France
Firmin Gémier (1869–1933) was a French actor and director. Internationally, he is most famous for originating the role of Père Ubu in Alfred Jarry’s play Ubu Roi. He is known as t…
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Firmin Gémier (1869–1933) was a French actor and director. Internationally, he is most famous for originating the role of Père Ubu in Alfred Jarry’s play Ubu Roi. He is known as the principal architect of the popular theatre movement in France. Gémier began his career as an actor in melodramas for working class actors, before going on to direct six different theaters, including the Théâtre Antoine and the Odéon.
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1948
Paris 1900
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1933
Le simoun
Movie
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1933
La fusée
Movie Etienne Girbal
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1932
Un homme sans nom
Movie
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1926
The Magician
Movie Dr. Porhoët
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1926
La branche morte
Movie
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1917
The Torture of Silence
Movie Dr. Gilles Berliac
