Still of Jean-Louis Barrault and María Casares in Les enfants du paradis (1945)
Caption: Still of Jean-Louis Barrault and María Casares in Les enfants du paradis (1945)
Actor, Miscellaneous Crew, Writer
Born: September 8, 1910
Star sign: Virgo
Known for: The Longest Day (1962), Children of Paradise (1945), That Night in Varennes (1982), Chappaqua (1966)
Source: IMDB
Celebrated French stage actor/director/producer Jean-Louis Barrault was born on September 8, 1910. A superlative tragedian and mime, his dedication to both avant-garde and classical plays helped revive the French theatre after World War II, while presenting world premières of works by such playwrights as Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco and Jean ...