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Jean Carmet

 
Actor: Jean Carmet
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  • Born: Apr 25, 1920
  • Died: Apr 12, 1994
  • Occupation: Actor, Writer
  • Active: '50s-'90s
  • Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
  • Career Highlights: Circle of Deceit, Buffet Froid, Violette Nozière
  • First Major Screen Credit: Le Destin S' Amuse (1946)

Biography

Most popular in his native France, actor Jean Carmet is best known internationally for playing a French colonist in La Victoire en Chantant/Black and White in Color (1976). He specialized in comedy and offscreen was known as quite the card, often causing the crew to laugh so hard they couldn't work. But not all of the 200-plus films in which he appeared were comedies. One of Carmet's most famous dramatic roles was that of the a decrepit miner, Bonnemort, in Germinal (1993). The son of a vintner and saddlemaker, Carmet launched his performing career on stage in the 1940s, but did not become well known until he played Gaston Duvet in the popular radio drama La Famille Duraton. Carmet made his film debut in Marcel Carne's Enfants du Paradis (1944). In 1982, he won a Cesar for best supporting actor in Les Miserables. In 1992, he won an award for Merci la Vie. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
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Jean Carmet, born July 25, 1920 in Bourgueil, Indre-et-Loire, France; died April 20, 1994 in Sèvres, Hauts-de-Seine, was a French actor.

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Jean Carmet began working on stage and then in film in the early 1940s becoming a very popular comedic actor in his native country. He is best known internationally for his role as a French colonist in the 1976 film, La Victoire en Chantant (Black and White in Color).

Because of his good-natured manner, he was as popular with members of the film crew as he was with the audiences. During his long career, he appeared in more than 200 films, and although he played dramatic parts, he usually acted in a supporting role as a comedic character.

He was nominated for the César Award for Best Actor for his leading role in the 1986 film, Miss Mona. Twice he won the César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and was nominated on two other occasions. In February 1994, to celebrate his 50th year in film, he was honored by the French motion picture industry with a special César Award. Just a few months later, Jean Carmet died of a heart attack.

Jean Carmet is interred in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris. In his birthplace of Bourgueil, a theater and an avenue were named in his honor.

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