Pierre Dux

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Pierre Dux

Pierre Dux (born October 21, 1908 in Paris , † December 1, 1990 ibid) was a French actor , theater director and theater director .

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The son of actress Emilienne Dux studied philosophy and attended the Paris Conservatory . He joined the Comédie-Française in 1929 as an actor , where his mother was also engaged, and made his debut in the same year as Figaro in The Barber of Seville . He later had success as Figaro in The Great Day or Figaro's Wedding .

He quickly made a name for himself as both an actor and a director. Since 1935 Sociétaire at the Comédie-Française, he was general manager there from summer 1944 to July 1945. From 1948 to 1952 he was co-director of the Théâtre de Paris with Marcel Karsenty. From 1970 to 1979 he was once again the administrator of the Comédie-Française, and from 1985 until his death director. Since 1971 he has also been the director of the Théâtre de l'Odéon . In 1978 Dux was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts .

At the Comédie he staged Malaparte's Das Kapital , Vitrac's Der Säbel meine Vater (1951) and plays by Salacrou, Racine , Roussin and Molière, among others .

Although Dux had been in front of the camera since the early 1930s, he only gained importance as a film actor at an advanced age. Especially in political thrillers , he embodied dark masterminds, including the Paris police chief in Night of Fulfillment , who collaborated with the Nazis , the military chief in Z who was involved in a murder plot and the chief prosecutor in the occupying drama Special Tribunal - Everyone fights for himself .

Dux also worked for television as well as an acting teacher.

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SURNAME Dux, Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French actor, theater director and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris , France
DATE OF DEATH December 1, 1990
Place of death Paris , France