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Jean Yanne

 
Actor: Jean Yanne
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  • Born: Jul 18, 1933 in France
  • Died: May 23, 2003 in Morsains, France
  • Occupation: Actor, Writer, Director
  • Active: '60s-'90s
  • Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
  • Career Highlights: The Butcher, Lancelot of the Lake, Nous Ne Vieillirons Pas Ensemble
  • First Major Screen Credit: La Vie à l'Envers (1965)

Biography

Respected French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Jean Yanne specializes in films that appeal specifically to the whims and tastes of his countryman and is therefore not well-known outside of France. Born Jean Gouille, he began as a standup comic but made his film debut as a serious dramatic actor in 1963. Yanne gained critical renown for his work in Godard's Weekend (1967) and Chabrol's Le Boucher (1969). He has often worked with director Claude Chabrol in efforts such as Que la Bete Meurel (This Man Must Die) (1969). He earned a Best Actor award at Cannes for his performance in Maurice Pialat's Nous ne Viellirons pas Ensemble in 1972. Later that year Yanne scripted, produced, directed, and starred in Tout le Monde il est Beau-Tout le Monde il le Gentil. A satire of modern French society, the film was the year's biggest hit. His subsequent directorial efforts -- Les Chinois a Paris and Deux Heures Moins le Quartre Jesus Christ -- were just as irreverent and iconoclastic as his first, meaning of course that Yanne has earned as many detractors as fans. As a producer, Jean Yanne was responsible for such esoterica as Andy Warhol's Dracula (1973). ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
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Jean Yanne (July 18, 1933, Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis - May 23, 2003) was a French humorist, actor and film director. He became famous when he appeared in the title role of Claude Chabrol's Le Boucher (1970) with Stephane Audran.

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  • 1972 : Tout le monde il est beau, tout le monde il est gentil (Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful)
  • 1972 : Moi y'en a vouloir des sous
  • 1973 : Les Chinois à Paris
  • 1975 : Chobizenesse
  • 1978 : Je te tiens, tu me tiens par la barbichette
  • 1982 : Deux heures moins le quart avant Jésus-Christ
  • 1984 : Liberté, égalité, choucroute

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