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François Périer
François Périer, born François Pillu, was a French actor known for his expressiveness and his ability to play a range of diverse roles. From 1938-1996, he made over 110 film and TV appearances with his foray into French avant-garde cinema being particularly notable. Highly prominent in the theatre as well, one of his best-known parts was as Hugo in the first production of Jean-Paul Sartre's 'Les Mains Sales' in 1948. He also lent his voice as the narrator of the French-language version of 'Fantasia' and made several commercial audio recordings, popularizing classical music in France. In 1957, his remarkable performance in the film 'Gervaise' earned him the BAFTA Award for Best Actor. François Périer was born on 10th November 1919 in Paris, France. He had two children with his first wife, Jacqueline Porel, namely, Jean-Marie, a photographer, and journalist Anne-Marie. Périer passed away from a heart attack in his sleep on 29th June 2002 in Paris. His remains were interred at Passy Cemetery in Paris, next to those of stage and silent film actress Réjane, who happened to be the grandmother of Périer's first wife.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: François Pillu
Born: Paris, France
Citizenship: French
Birthday: November 10, 1919
Occupations: Actor
Years Active: 1938-2000
Children: 2
Spouses: Jacqueline Porel (m. 1941; div. 1947), Marie Daëms (m. 1949; div. 1959), Colette Boutouland (m. 1961)
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Movies Featuring François Périer
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Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
The First Year
The Elegant Criminal
The Telephone Bar
Madame Bovary
Le Tartuffe
2084: Video Clip for the Trade Unions’ Reflection and Pleasure
Keep Your Right Up
The Fighter
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Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)story
Au P’tit Zouave
Sylvia and the Ghost
The Anatomy of Love
Silence Is Golden
Five Day Lover
The Spiral
State Reasons
Le Cercle Rouge
The Assassination
Hitch-Hike
The Organizer
Under the Paris Sky
What?
Lost Souvenirs
Hello Paris
Love and the Frenchwoman
Cadet Rousselle
A Grin Without a Cat
Le Samouraï
Return to Life
We Want the Colonels
The Police War
Doctor Francoise Gailland
Demoniac
Hôtel du Nord
Maxime
The Temptation of Barbizon
The Elders of Saint-Loup
Baxter, Vera Baxter
The Visitor
Stavisky…
It Happened in the Park
Love Letters
Testament of Orpheus
The Melbourne Rendezvous
The End of the Day
Max and the Junkmen
Un revenant
Weekend at Dunkirk
Just Before Nightfall
Mother Love
The Fugitives
People in Luck
The Creation of the World
Nights of Cabiria
Too Many Lovers
Sweet and Sour
Anyone Can Kill Me
Shock Troops
Orpheus
Les Deux mémoires
Career Timeline
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1963
The Organizer
Maestro Di Meo
The Visitor
Adolfo Di Palma
People in Luck
Jérôme Boisselier (« Le Vison »)
Sweet and Sour
Legrand (le nounou 1)
1960
Love and the Frenchwoman
Michel, le mari (segment "Le Divorce")
Testament of Orpheus
Heurtebise
1957
Demoniac
Gervais Larauch / Bernard Pradal
The Melbourne Rendezvous
Narrator
Nights of Cabiria
Oscar D'Onofrio
Too Many Lovers
Robert
Anyone Can Kill Me
Paul, le directeur de la prison
1950
Au P’tit Zouave
M. Denis
Lost Souvenirs
Jean-Pierre Delagrange (episode "Une couronne mortuaire")
The Elders of Saint-Loup
Charles Merlin
Orpheus
Heurtebise
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