Jean Dasté

• Born: Aug 18, 1904 in Paris, France
• Died: Oct 15, 1994
• Occupation: Actor
• Active: '30s, '60s-'80s
• Major Genres: Drama
• Career Highlights: L'Atalante, Zero for Conduct, The Wild Child
• First Major Screen Credit: Zero for Conduct (1933)

Biography

Better known in France as a stage actor and director,Jean Dasté has also appeared with distinction in a number of important films. He made his screen debut as a student in Jean Renoir's Boudu Saved From Drowning (1932) then played leads in two Jean Vigo films, Zero de Conduite and L'Atalante. Dasté was the director of the Comedie de St.-Etienne stage company which he founded in 1947. Francois Truffaut acknowledged his admiration of Jean Dasté's performance in L'Atalante by casting him in his somber and enigmatic The Green Room (1978). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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