Philippe Noiret
Philippe Noiret (born October 1, 1930 in Lille , † November 23, 2006 in Paris ) was a French actor . He first played in the theater and later in 150 cinema and television films directed by important international film directors. Noiret was seen alongside almost all French actors of standing. He worked particularly often with the director Bertrand Tavernier .
life and work
Noiret's father, a textile merchant, had a passion for literature and poetry. Philippe Noiret spent his childhood in Toulouse (many years later he returned to the Occitania region and had a small country house as a second home near Carcassonne ). At first he found it difficult to take his first steps into an independent life. He failed the Baccalauréat exam for the highest school diploma three times . He made his debut with a supporting role in a film adaptation of the short novel Gigi by Colette . From 1950 he studied acting with Roger Blin at the Center Dramatique de l'Ouest in Paris.
In 1953, through the mediation of Jean-Pierre Darras, he was accepted into Jean Vilar's Ensemble des Théâtre national populaire in Paris, where he stayed for seven years. During this time he also appeared with Darras as an entertainer and comedian in a Paris nightclub. At the theater he met his future wife, the actress Monique Chaumette , whom he married in 1962.
Even before his big breakthrough, Noiret embodied a concise character in a supporting role in Topas, directed by Alfred Hitchcock . He became known in 1968 with the lead role in the film Alexander, the life artist , in which - fitting the zeitgeist - society's fixation on performance was questioned.
He played his most expressive roles in Louis Malle s Zazie (1960) as well as in Das große Fressen (1973) and Cinema Paradiso (1988). What was particularly emphasized about Noiret's acting skills was his great versatility. He often portrayed villains in many shades. The character depictions were often ironically broken. Because of his rather average-looking face, Noiret was initially not cast for romantic roles, but only for good-natured characters. Only after his appearance in the farce Das große Fressen did he receive offers for complex and contradicting roles. The great intensity in his role representations often resulted from the tension between a good-natured, soft habit on the one hand and abusive behavior and cynical verbal attacks on the other. His portrayal of the popular show master and alleged benefactor Christian Legagneur in the crime film Masken (1987) by Claude Chabrol can be seen as a prime example of this . He secretly makes fun of his audience and enjoys his cynicism.
In public, Noiret liked to cultivate the image of the elegant dandy , gourmet and humorous bon vivant with hat, white suit and cigar; he loved horses and wore expensive shoes. For decades, Noiret was one of the most popular French character actors and enjoyed great renown with critics and audiences at home and abroad.
Noiret died on November 23, 2006 in his home in Paris after a long period of serious cancer. He left behind his wife Monique Chaumette , who was occasionally also his professional partner, and their daughter Frédérique. Philippe Noiret found his final resting place on the Cimetière de Montparnasse in Paris .
Filmography (selection)
- 1955: La Pointe-Courte
- 1960: A Sweet Disaster (Ravissante)
- 1960: Zazie (Zazie dans le métro)
- 1961: All the gold in the world ( Tout l'or du monde )
- 1961: Gallant love stories (Lea Amours celèbres)
- 1961: Behind Strangers' Windows (Le rendez-vous)
- 1961: Crimes of love (Le crime ne paie pas)
- 1962: The deed of Thérèse D. (Thérèse Desqueyroux)
- 1962: The dark green suitcase (Ballade pour un voyou)
- 1962: Cyrano and d'Artagnan (Cyrano et d'Artagnan) (Premiere: 1964)
- 1963: death, where is your victory? (Mort, où est ta victoire?)
- 1963: Outlawed innocently (La porteuse du pain)
- 1964: Monsieur
- 1965: Lady L
- 1966: Life in the Castle (La vie de château)
- 1966: Just one night, Chérie (Les sultans)
- 1966: who are you, Polly Magoo? (Qui êtes-vous, Polly Magoo?)
- 1967: The Night of the Generals (La nuit des généraux)
- 1967: One and the other (L'une et l'autre)
- 1967: Woman lures seven times (Woman Times Seven)
- 1968: Alexander, the life artist (Alexandre le bienheureux)
- 1968: Mr. Freedom (Mister Freedom)
- 1968: Tanja's lover (Adolphe ou l'âge tendre)
- 1969: Alexandria - Greenhouse of Sin (Justine)
- 1969: Mörder GmbH (The Assassination Bureau Ltd.)
- 1969: Nobility does not protect against folly (Clérambard)
- 1969: topaz
- 1970: If only Marie wasn't so moody (Les caprices de Marie)
- 1971: The five-leaf clover (Le trefle à cinq feuilles)
- 1971: The Lullaby of the Damned (Murphy's War)
- 1971: The Paris Apartment (A Time for Loving)
- 1971: The late girl (La vieille fille)
- 1971: A Crazy Family (La mandarine)
- 1971: Tender wishes (Les aveux et les plus doux)
- 1972: The assassination (L'attentat)
- 1973: The snake ( Le serpent )
- 1973: Don't touch the white woman (Touche pas à la femme blanche)
- 1973: The big feast (La grande bouffe)
- 1973: The Gaspards (Les Gaspard)
- 1974: The network of a thousand eyes (Le secret)
- 1974: Playing with fire (Le heu avec la feu)
- 1974: The watchmaker of St. Paul (L'horloger de Saint-Paul)
- 1974: When the festival begins ... (Que la fête commence ...)
- 1974: A cloud between the teeth (Une nuage entre les dents)
- 1975: The old rifle (Le vieux fusil)
- 1975: A crazy class reunion (Amici miei)
- 1975: The Judge and the Murderer (Le juge et l'assassin)
- 1976: The woman at the window (La femme à sa fenêtre)
- 1976: The Tatar Desert (IL deserto dei tatari)
- 1977: The barricade of Point du Jour (La barricade du Point du Jour)
- 1977: The mauve taxi (Un taxi mauve)
- 1977: A Crazy Chicken (Tendre poulet)
- 1978: Die Schlemmer-Orgy (Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?)
- 1978: The Witness (Le témoin)
- 1979: Two fathers, a child and her beautiful Lucia (Due pezzi di pane)
- 1980: Even murderers have nice dreams (Pile ou face)
- 1980: Three Brothers (Tre fratelli)
- 1980: One week vacation (Une semaine de vacances)
- 1980: A Crazy Wedding aka Who Stole Jupiter's Thigh? aka Who stole Jupiter's bottom? ( On a volé la cuisse de Jupiter )
- 1981: The pigsty (Coup de torchon)
- 1982: My friends (Amici miei atto II)
- 1982: Star of the North (L'étoile du Nord)
- 1983: Farewell to Tadjira (Le grand carnaval)
- 1983: The Bush Pilot (L'africain)
- 1983: My Friend, the Womanizer (L'ami de Vincent)
- 1984: The Bribes (Les ripoux)
- 1984: Fort Saganne
- 1984: souvenirs, souvenirs (souvenirs, souvenirs)
- 1985: Aurora
- 1985: Let's hope it's a girl (Speriamo che si femmina)
- 1985: The family pyramid (L'été prochain)
- 1986: Twist Again in Moscow (Twist again à Moscou)
- 1985: Doubtful career (Le quatrième pouvoir)
- 1986: At midnight (Autour de minuit)
- 1987: The family (La famiglia)
- 1987: glasses with gold rim (Gli occhiali d'oro)
- 1987: No drowning prohibited (Noyage interdite)
- 1987: Masks (Masques)
- 1988: Chouans! - Revolution and Passion (Chouans!)
- 1988: Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso)
- 1988: Il giovane Toscanini
- 1988: The Lover (Il frullo del passero)
- 1989: life and nothing else (La vie et rien d'autre)
- 1989: Palermo forgotten (Dimenticare Palermo)
- 1989: The return of the musketeers
- 1990: crooks against crooks (Ripoux contre ripoux)
- 1990: Uranus
- 1991: Amnesty International - Writing against oblivion (Écrire contre l'oubli)
- 1991: I don't kiss (J'embrasse pas)
- 1992: Max & Jeremie (Max et Jérémie)
- 1993: Tango Mortale (Tango)
- 1994: D'Artagnan's daughter (La fille de d'Artagnan)
- 1994: Les Milles - Trapped in the camp (Les milles)
- 1994: The Postman (Il postino)
- 1996: La Tournée - Clear the stage for three scoundrels (Les grands ducs)
- 1996: The Mute Duchess (Marianna Ucria)
- 1996: Dance of Science: The Curies - One Heart and One Researcher's Soul (Les palmes de M Schutz)
- 1997: duel of swords (Le bossu)
- 2003: The Bribes 3 - Return of a crook (Ripoux 3)
- 2007: Trois amis
synchronization
- 1987: The man who planted trees (L'homme qui plantait des arbres)
documentation
- Philippe Noiret - Grand Seigneur of Cinema. Documentation, France, 2009, 52 min., Director: Antoine de Meaux, production: ARTE France, Cinétévé, German first broadcast: May 17, 2009, summary by arte
Awards
- 1991 in the Best Actor category (Cinema Paradiso)
- 1976 in the category Best Actor (Farewell in the Night)
- 1990 in the category Best Actor (Life and Nothing Else)
- 1976 in the Best Foreign Actor category (Farewell at Night)
- 1990 in the Best Foreign Actor category (Life and Nothing Else)
- 1989 in the Best Actor category (Cinema Paradiso)
London Critics Circle Film Awards
- 1991 Actor of the Year Award (Cinema Paradiso)
- 1970 NBR Award in the Best Supporting Actor category (Topas)
Nastro d'Argento des Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani
- 1986 in the category Best Foreign Actor (Der Saustall)
An orange hybrid tea bred by Michèle Meilland Richardier was introduced in 1998 under the name 'Philippe Noiret' in honor of the actor.
Web links
- Literature by and about Philippe Noiret in the catalog of the German National Library
- Philippe Noiret in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Tribute to Philippe Noiret on ARTE from July 12th to August 28th 2007
Obituaries
- “Actor Philippe Noiret is dead” , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , November 24, 2006
- "On the death of Philippe Noiret - constant change" , Der Spiegel , November 24, 2006
- "Philippe Noiret, an Actor of Elegance and Dry Humor, this at 76" , New York Times , November 25, 2006
- “The born antihero” , NZZ , November 25, 2006
Individual evidence
- ^ Knerger.de: The grave of Philippe Noiret
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Noiret, Philippe |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 1, 1930 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lille |
DATE OF DEATH | November 23, 2006 |
Place of death | Paris |