La Thorillière (actor, 1659)
Pierre Le Noir (born September 3, 1659 in Paris , † September 18, 1731 ibid), known as La Thorillière , was a French actor.
biography
Pierre Le Noir was born the son of the actor La Thorillière (1626–1680). After his father's death in 1880, he took on his stage name.
As a 12-year-old, he took on the role of Cupid in Molière's Psyché at Troupe Molière . But he played his first real roles in the provinces. In 1684 he made his debut in the Comédie-Française , but played only supporting roles until the death of Jean-Baptiste Raisin . Only then could he show all his skills in cloak and sword pieces, as a valet, an unknown painter or a drunkard.
Pierre Le Noir married the daughter of a comedian, Catherine Biancoletti, in 1885. From this connection three children were born. The son Anne Maurice and the three daughters Marie-Madeleine, Marie-Luise and Thérèse.
Pierre Le Noir was the doyen of the Comédie-Française for a long time and he played his last role in 1728, at the age of 69.
Roles (selection)
- Jean-François Regnard : Le Joueur , the Hector
- Jean-François Regnard: Le Distrait den Carlin
- Jean-François Regnard: Démocrite amoureux , the Strabo
- Michel Baron : L'Andrienne the Dave
- Alexandre Pieyre: L'école des pères , the Pasquin
literature
- Henry Lyonnet : Dictionnaire des comédiens français , Paris ,. Volume, p. 302, digitized
Individual evidence
- ^ Ernest Bourges: Recherches sur Fontainebleau , Fontainebleau: M. Bourges, 1890, p. 181, digitized version , accessed on August 31, 2018
- ↑ Émile Campardon: Les comédiens du roi de la troupe française , Paris: Champignon, 1879, p. 181, digitized , accessed on August 31, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thorillière, La |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Le Noir, Pierre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 3, 1659 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 18, 1731 |
| Place of death | Paris |