Georges Berr
Georges Berr (born July 30, 1867 in Paris , † July 25, 1942 in Paris) was a French actor, writer and director.
life and work
Georges Berr was the uncle of the French actor Jean-Pierre Aumont and his brother, the French director and screenwriter François Villiers .
As an actor, he was a member and Sociétaire of the Comédie-Française from 1886 to 1923 . He was on stage in 1902 in the operetta Princesse Bébé by Louis Varney .
Georges Berr was also known under the pseudonyms Colias and Heinrich Bott , under which he created several dramas - also in collaboration with Louis Verneuil - such as L'Amant de Madame Vidal , La Pomme , L'École des contribuables or Guignol, un cambrioleur and comedies like my sister and me .
For René Clair's early masterpiece The Million from 1931, he and Marcel Guillemaud provided the literary source and wrote the dialogues for films such as La Porteuse de pain (1934) and Ferdinand le Noceur (1935).
Georges Berr died in Paris in 1942 at the age of almost 75.
Filmography (selection)
- Literary template
- 1914: The Million
- 1920: La principessa Bebè
- 1927: The World at Her Feet ( Maître Bolbec and son mari )
- 1929: my sister and me
- 1931: The Million ( Le Million )
- 1932: Azaïs
- 1932: Un coup de téléphone
- 1933: Caprice de princesse
- 1933: my sister and me
- 1934: L'École des contribuables
- 1935: Parlez-moi d'amour
- 1937: A murder dizziness ( True Confession )
- 1938: Le Train pour Venise
- 1941: My Life with Caroline
- 1946: Cross My Heart ( True Confessions )
- 1949: Ma tante d'Honfleur
- 1950: Min syster och jag
- 1951: Le Passage de Vénus
- 1956: My Sister and I (TV Movie)
- 1966: My Sister and I (TV Movie)
- 1968–1985: Au théâtre ce soir (eight episodes)
- 1970: Le Train pour Venise (TV movie)
- 1990: Min syster och jag (TV movie)
- script
- 1934: Maître Bolbec et son mari
- 1934: La Porteuse de pain
- 1935: Ferdinand le Noceur
- 1934: Le Bossu
- 1935: Le Bébé de l'Escadron
- 1937: Un scandale aux galeries
- Director
- 1909: L'Enfant prodigue
- 1910: Les Précieuses ridicules
literature
- Kurt Gänzl : The encyclopedia of the musical theater 1 A – Gi , biography, page 162 - New York, Schirmer u. a. 2001 - ISBN 0028649702
Web links
- Literature by and about Georges Berr in the catalog of the German National Library
- Georges Berr in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Georges Berr in the All Movie Guide (English)
- Georges Berr on toutlecine.com (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Date of birth and death according to IMDb.de. Retrieved on September 21, 2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berr, Georges |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Colias (pseudonym); Bott, Heinrich (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French actor, writer and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 25, 1942 |
| Place of death | Paris , France |