Jean Dasté

Born: 1904-08-18

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. Source: Article "Jean Dasté" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.


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Z

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White Wedding

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Released: 1989-11-08

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Muriel, or the Time of Return

as L'homme à la chèvre / The Goat Man
Released: 1963-10-01

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My American Uncle

as M. Louis
Released: 1980-05-21

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Zero for Conduct

as Supervisor Huguet
Released: 1933-04-07

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Grand Illusion

as L'instituteur
Released: 1937-06-04

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L'Atalante

as Jean
Released: 1934-04-24

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The Wild Child

as Professor Philippe Pinel
Released: 1970-02-26

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The Body of My Enemy

as Le gardien du chantier
Released: 1976-10-13

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The Man Who Loved Women

as L'urologue
Released: 1977-04-27

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Boudu Saved from Drowning

as L'Étudiant
Released: 1932-11-11

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The Green Room

as Bernard Humbert
Released: 1978-04-05

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The Crime of Monsieur Lange

as Model Maker
Released: 1936-01-24

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Stormy Waters

as Le radio
Released: 1941-11-27

A married tugboat captain falls for a woman he rescues from a sinking ship.

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The War Is Over

as The Man in Charge
Released: 1966-05-11

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Molière

as Le grand-père de Molière
Released: 1978-08-30

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Love Unto Death

as Dr. Rozier
Released: 1984-09-05

A man is haunted after waking up from his sleep, during which he was pronounced dead by his doctor.

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Sorceress

as Christophe
Released: 1987-09-23

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Picpus

as Le clerc (uncredited)
Released: 1943-02-12

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A Week's Vacation

as le père de Laurence
Released: 1980-06-02

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Docile Night

as Le chauffeur de taxi
Released: 1987-11-25

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Skies Above

as Bazin, le savant
Released: 1965-01-20

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Sideral Cruises

as Pépin
Released: 1942-04-19

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St. Val's Mystery

as The bailiff
Released: 1945-09-19

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Life Is Ours

as L'instituteur / Teacher
Released: 1936-04-07

A propaganda film of the communist party of France, showing how the comrades help the...

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A Star to the Sun

as uncredited
Released: 1943-02-24

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Little Marcel

as Berger
Released: 1976-04-06

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Le Crime d'amour

as L'homme de l'asile
Released: 1982-11-24

To emerge from anonymity, a young man assumes responsibility for a crime he did not commit.

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Adieu Léonard

as Porcelain mender
Released: 1943-09-01

A bungling thief is threatened by one target with blackmail, unless the thief will kill his own...

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Under Western Eyes

as Georges
Released: 1936-03-20

Political turmoil convulses 19th-century Russia as Razumov, a young student preparing for a...

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Pourquoi Patricia?

as M. Folco
Released: 1979-03-21

A young writer revisits the events leading up to the murder of the couple who were sheltering her.

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Les Îles

as Jean
Released: 1983-03-16

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Utopia

as Jean
Released: 1979-02-28

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The Time of the Cherries

as Director's son
Released: 1938-01-26

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Les jours gris

as uncredited
Released: 1974-05-10

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The Great Pack

as Bailiff (uncredited)
Released: 1945-07-17

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Handsome Face

as Cuvrot
Released: 1972-11-29

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