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Jean Le Poulain
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Jean Le Poulain (12 September 1924 – 1 March 1988) was a French stage actor and stage director. He attended the cours Simon in Paris and won the first prize of Comedy at the Cons…
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Jean Le Poulain (12 September 1924 – 1 March 1988) was a French stage actor and stage director. He attended the cours Simon in Paris and won the first prize of Comedy at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in 1949. He was then recruited by Jean Vilar at the Théâtre national populaire and in 1952 he appeared with Gérard Philipe in The Prince of Homburg by Heinrich von Kleist at the théâtre des Champs-Élysées. He began as an actor both in theatre and cinema in 1947 and often appeared on the regular theatre show of the French television Au théâtre ce soir created in 1966. He joined the Comédie-Française in 1978, where he became sociétaire in 1980, then General administrator from septembre 1986 until his death, where he portrayed Monsieur Jourdain in Le Bourgeois gentilhomme by Molière. Source: Article "Jean Le Poulain" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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1988
Le Saut du lit
Movie Stage Director
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1987
Ferveur - Comédie Française
Movie Self
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1986
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Movie
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1986
Le Malade imaginaire
Movie Argan
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1982
Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon
Movie Monsieur Perrichon
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1982
Champs-Elysées
TV show Self
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1981
Signé Furax
Movie Klakmuf
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1981
La Dame de chez Maxim
Movie le Général Petypon du Grêlé
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1979
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
Movie Drouillard
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1978
Volpone
Movie Volpone
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1978
La Puce à l'oreille
Movie Victor-Emmanuel Chandebise et Poche
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1978
Miam-miam ou le Dîner d'affaires
Movie Lucien Beix
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1978
Les deux timides
Movie Thibaudier
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1977
Le Faiseur
Movie M. Mercadet
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1976
30 millions d'amis
TV show Self
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1975
Le Tour du monde en 80 jours
TV show Phileas Fogg
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1975
Le noir te va si bien
Movie John Mac Lesby / Jules Trombonne
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1975
Divine
Movie Bobovitch
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1975
The Red Ibis
Movie Margos
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1975
Système 2
TV show Self
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1975
Midi Première
TV show Self
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1975
Around the World in 80 Days
Movie Phileas Fogg
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1974
Pétrus
Movie Stage Director
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1974
Ursule and Grelu
Movie
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1973
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
Movie Brother Albaret
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1973
La Nuit des rois
Movie Malvolio
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1972
Huit femmes
Movie Stage Director
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1972
De doux dingues
Movie Paul Lecuyer
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1972
Le Grand Échiquier
TV show Self
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1971
Fric-Frac
Movie Jo
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1971
Samedi soir
TV show Self
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1970
Sortie de secours
Movie Harpagon
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1970
Et qu'ça saute !
Movie Don Pedro
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1970
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
Movie Monsieur Jourdain
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1970
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
Movie Gruson
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1969
Le minotaure
Movie Michou
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1968
À bout portant
TV show Self
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1968
Azaïs
Movie Le baron Wurtz
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1968
Salut Berthe !
Movie Step Dad
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1968
A Strange Kind of Colonel
Movie Pastor
