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Roger Blin
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Roger Blin (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 22 March 1907 – Évecquemont, France, 21 January 1984) was a French actor and director. He staged world premieres of Samuel Beckett's Waiting…
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Roger Blin (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 22 March 1907 – Évecquemont, France, 21 January 1984) was a French actor and director. He staged world premieres of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot in 1953 and Endgame in 1957. Blin was the son of a doctor; however, despite his father's wishes, Blin forged a career in the theatre. As a teenager he was 'fascinated' by the Surrealists and their conception of revolutionary art. He was initially part of the left-wing theatre collectives The Company of Five and The October Group. In 1935 Blin served as Antonin Artaud's assistant director for his production of Les Cenci [The Cenci] at the Folies-Wagrams theatre in 1935. Following his work with Artaud, Blin focused on 'political street-theatre.' During the war, Blin was a liaison between the Resistance and the French Army. His extensive career as both director and actor in both film and theatre has been largely defined by his work and relationship with Artaud, Samuel Beckett and Jean Genet. In addition to being a close friend and confidant of Artaud during the latter's nine years of internment, he directed the first performances of Beckett's Waiting For Godot, Happy Days and Endgame as well as directing the initial performance of Genet's The Blacks and the controversial The Screens. Genet's key correspondences to Blin have been published by Editions Gallimard. The 1986 Faber and Faber publication, "Samuel Beckett: The Complete Dramatic Works" carries only three dedications from Beckett: "Endgame" is dedicated to Blin, while "Come and Go" is for John Calder, and "Catastrophe" is for Václav Havel. Source: Article "Roger Blin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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2020
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1983
The Hospital of Leningrad
Movie Nestor
- 1983
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1982
Five and the Skin
Movie Récitant (voice)
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1980
The King and the Mockingbird
Movie L’aveugle (voice)
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1979
The Adolescent
Movie Romain
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1977
The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died
Movie Jeanne's father
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1976
Nevermore, Forever
Movie Daniel
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1975
One Must Live Dangerously
Movie Murdoc
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1975
Aloïse
Movie Le professeur de chant
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1975
That Most Important Thing: Love
Movie Servais' Father
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1973
The Shadow Line
Movie Burns
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1971
Too Small My Friend
Movie Boris
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1971
Mesure pour Mesure
Movie Le Duc Vincentio
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1970
L'illusion comique
Movie Alcandre
- 1967
More credits
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1967
Law of Survival
Movie Pao
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1967
The Sunday of Life
Movie Jean Sans-Tête
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1966
The Devil's Tricks
Movie Monsieur de Beaurepaire
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1965
Qui donc a rêvé?
Movie
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1964
Little Claus and Big Claus
Movie Le grand Claus
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1964
Marie Soleil
Movie Karl / Boss
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1964
Pour le plaisir
TV show Self
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1964
A Taste for Women
Movie Larsen
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1963
Egypt, oh Egypt: Images of Heaven
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1962
Quatrevingt-treize
Movie Tellmarc’h
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1962
The Star Ship
Movie Curtway
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1961
Paris Blues
Movie Fausto the Moor (uncredited)
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1960
Les Trois Sœurs
Movie Verchinine
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1959
Checkerboard
Movie Slim, le guide
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1959
Stars at Noon
Movie Self
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1958
Calligraphie Japonaise
Movie Narrator
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1956
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Movie Mathias Hungadi
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1955
The Amazing Mr. Callaghan
Movie Wladimir
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1954
The Invitation to the Waltz
Movie Guillaume l'égorgeur
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1953
The Knight of the Night
Movie le valet
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1953
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
Movie Blind Man (Voice)
- 1952
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1952
Torticola versus Frankensberg
Movie Doctor Frankenstein
- 1951
