Jean Debucourt

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Jean Debucourt (born January 19, 1894 in Paris as Jean Etienne Pelisse , † March 22, 1958 in Montrouge ) was a French actor.

life and career

Jean Etienne Pelisse was born the son of the actor and director Charles Le Bargy (1858-1936). Under the stage name Jean Debucourt, he gained his first stage experience in the 1910s. He made his screen debut in 1920 with a major role in the silent film La double existence du docteur Morart . In the following years he appeared in other silent films, some in leading roles. Debucourt played the role of Sir Roderick in Jean Epstein's horror film The Downfall of the House of Usher (1928), based on the short story of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe . With increasing age, from the 1930s onwards, he mainly played supporting roles, often as a respectable or strict authority figure. So he mainly embodied fathers, bishops or aristocrats. Debocourt worked with many of the most sought-after directors in his country, for example with Jean Cocteau in Der Doppeladler (1948) or Max Ophüls in Mayerling (1936) and Madame de… (1953).

In addition to his work as a film actor, Jean Debucourt was also in demand as a stage actor, he was a long-time member of the Comédie-Française . He played his last of over 100 film roles in 1958, the year he died, in the crime film Commissioner Maigret sets a trap as the police chief at the side of Jean Gabin . Jean Debucourt died in the Paris suburb of Montrouge at the age of 64 of leukemia .

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SURNAME Debucourt, Jean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pelisse, Jean Etienne (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French actor
DATE OF BIRTH January 19, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris , France
DATE OF DEATH March 22, 1958
Place of death Montrouge , France