1904-08-18 ( 120 years old ) in Paris, France
Jean Dasté, born Jean Georges Gustave Dasté, (18 September 1904 in Paris, France – 15 October 1994 in Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, Loire, France) was an 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 département. The success of his theater was such that there is a college and a theater in Saint-Étienne named in his honor.
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Movies
Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo
2012-10-08
White Wedding
1989-11-08
Docile Night
1987-11-25
Sorceress
1987-09-23
Love Unto Death
1984-09-05
Les Îles
1983-03-16
Le Crime d'amour
1982-11-24
A Week's Vacation
1980-06-02
My American Uncle
1980-05-21
Rue du Pied de Grue
1979-11-07
Pourquoi Patricia?
1979-03-21
Utopia
1979-02-28
Molière
1978-08-30
The Green Room
1978-04-05
The Man Who Loved Women
1977-04-27
The Body of My Enemy
1976-10-13
Little Marcel
1976-04-06
Les jours gris
1974-05-10
Handsome Face
1972-11-29
The Wild Child
1970-02-26
Z
1969-02-26
The War Is Over
1966-05-11
Skies Above
1965-01-20
Muriel, or the Time of Return
1963-10-01
St. Val's Mystery
1945-09-19
The Great Pack
1945-07-17
Adieu Léonard
1943-09-01
A Star to the Sun
1943-02-24
Picpus
1943-02-12
Sideral Cruises
1942-04-19
Stormy Waters
1941-11-27
The Time of the Cherries
1938-01-26
Grand Illusion
1937-06-04
Life Is Ours
1936-04-07
Under Western Eyes
1936-03-20
The Crime of Monsieur Lange
1936-01-24
L'Atalante
1934-04-24
Zero for Conduct
1933-04-07
Boudu Saved from Drowning
1932-11-11
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