Maurice Bénichou
Maurice Bénichou (born January 23, 1943 in Tlemcen , French Algeria , † June 14, 2019 ) was a French actor and theater director .
Life
Maurice Bénichou was working as a singer in a street café as a young man when he was discovered for the theater by the actor and director Marcel Maréchal . For years he was a permanent member of the Peter Brook theater company .
Filmography (selection)
- 1972: The uproar in the Cervennes (Les camisards)
- 1976: An elephant is very wrong (Un éléphant ça trompe énormément)
- 1977: A Crazy Guy (L'animal)
- 1978: Roads to the south (Les routes du sud)
- 1979: I like Ikarus (I comme Icare)
- 1990: Hand on heart (La fracture du myocarde)
- 1993: The Taste of Women (Fausto)
- 1993: The Little Apocalypse (La petite apocalypse)
- 1994: State commission: murder (Les patriotes)
- 1998: Men are only women too (L'homme est une femme comme les autres)
- 2000: Felix (Drôle de Félix)
- 2000: When we grow up (Quand on sera grand)
- 2001: The fabulous world of Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)
- 2003: Wolfzeit (Le temps du loup)
- 2005: Caché
- 2005: Hotel Marysol (Le passager)
- 2008: The Secret of the Geisha (Inju, la bête dans l'ombre)
- 2008: This is Paris (Paris)
- 2009: Addicted to gambling (La tueuse)
- 2011: The rabbi's cat (Le chat du rabbin)
- 2011: Omar - A judicial scandal (Omar m'a tuer)
Awards (selection)
- 1989: Nominated for the Theater Award Molière as best director with the play Une Absence
- 2013: Officer of the Legion of Honor
Web links
- Maurice Bénichou in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- French interview
Individual evidence
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Gerhard Midding: Die Würd der Losierer Berliner Zeitung, January 26, 2006, accessed on October 20, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bénichou, Maurice |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French actor and theater director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tlemcen , French Algeria |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 2019 |