Jules Berry

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Jules Berry (actually Marie Louis Jules Paufichet ; born February 9, 1883 in Poitiers , † April 20, 1951 in Paris ) was a French actor.

Life

Grave of Jules Berry on the Cimetière du Père Lachaise in Paris

Jules Berry came from a merchant family and studied architecture in Paris. In 1903 he had his first stage engagement at the Théâtre Antoine . In Georges Feydeau's piece La duchesse des Folies-Bergères he celebrated successes in Lyon in 1907. After that he was at the theater in Brussels for a few years. During this time he had a first short film appearance in 1908 and another in 1911. Between 1914 and 1919 he did military service.

In the 1920s Berry became one of the most famous comedians on the Parisian stage. His bon vivant image is reflected in love affairs, gambling and betting debts and tax evasion. After more than 15 years, he took on a small film role again in Marcel L'Herbier's Das Geld (1928), but it wasn't until the early 1930s that film work became his main activity. He interrupted his theater career in 1933 and stopped it entirely in 1940.

With “a bird of prey face, sharp eyes and slimy smile”, Berry was primarily predestined for portraying slippery villains in French films of the 1930s and 1940s. His style of play remained strongly influenced by the theatrical, whereby he found his subject in the roles of lover and seducer. Jean Renoir succeeded in The Crime of Mr. Lange (1936), Berry in the role of the cunning entrepreneur Batala to win a more subtle game. Marcel Carné directed his best-known films The day breaks (1939) and The night with the devil (1942). After numerous second-rate crime films, Berry achieved a final high point in André Cerf's comedy Si jeunesse savait (1947).

Berry died in April 1951 and found his final resting place on the Cimetière du Père Lachaise in Paris .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1928: The Money (L'Argent)
  • 1932: Quick (French version )
  • 1936: The crime of Mr. Lange (Le crime de Monsieur Lange)
  • 1936: White freight for Rio (Cargaison blanche)
  • 1938: Carrefour
  • 1938: It should be the tenth (Symphony on Lake Geneva / Accord final)
  • 1938: Secret in the Secret Annex (Derrière la façade)
  • 1939: The day is dawning (Le jour se lève)
  • 1941: Symphony of Love (Symphonie fantastique)
  • 1942: The night with the devil (Les visiteurs du soir)
  • 1945: Three in one day (Messieurs Ludovic)
  • 1945: Edith Piaf - Chanson of Love (Étoile sans lumière)
  • 1946: Dreams of Love (Rêves d'amour)
  • 1947: Si jeunesse savait

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 1: A - C. Erik Aaes - Jack Carson. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 367.
  2. ↑ Liz-Anne Bawden, Wolfram Tichy (Ed.): Rororo Filmlexikon. Volume 4: People A - G. Directors, actors, cinematographers, producers, authors (= Rororo. Pocket books 6231). Rowohlt-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg 1978, ISBN 3-499-16231-8 , p. 832.
  3. ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Jules Berry
personal data
SURNAME Berry, Jules
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Paufichet, Marie Louis Jules
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French actor
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Poitiers
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 1951
Place of death Paris