Jean Dasté

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Jean Dasté (September 18, 1904 in Paris, France - October 15, 1994 in Saint-Étienne, Loire, France) was an actor and theatre director.

Although Jean Dasté is best known for his career on stage as both an actor and director in a variety of works including those by Shakespeare and Molière, he made his first appearance on screen in a 1932 Jean Renoir film, and 57 years later appeared in his final film at the age of 85. He played also the main character in two Jean Vigo movies, L'Atalante and Zéro de conduite. Later, he worked also with Alain Resnais and François Truffaut.

He married Danish-born actress Marie-Hélène Copeau (1902-1994), the daughter of the influential French writer, editor, and drama critic Jacques Copeau (1879-1949) and Agnès Thomsen.

In 1947, he became the founding director of the Comedie de St.-Etienne stage company in the town of Saint-Étienne in the Loire département. The success of his theater was such that there is a college and a theater in Saint-Étienne named in his honor.

[edit] Filmography as actor

Projections (1990) - Le propriétaire de la salle de cinéma
Noce blanche (1989) - Le concierge
Nuit docile (1987) - Le chauffeur de taxi
Le Moine et la sorcière (1987) - Christophe
L'amour à mort (1984) - Dr. Rozier
Les Îles (1983) - Jean
Le Crime d'amour (1982) - L'homme de l'asile
Une semaine de vacances (1980) - Le père de Laurence
Mon oncle d'Amérique (My American Uncle) (1980) - M. Louis
Rue du Pied de Grue (1979) - Tonton
La Tortue sur le dos (1978) - Bad-tempered invalid
Molière (1978) - Le Grand-Père
Utopia (1978) - Jean
La Chambre verte (The Green Room) (1978) - Bernard Humbert
L'Homme qui aimait les femmes (The Man Who Loved Women) (1977) - Docteur Bicard
Le Corps de mon ennemi (1976) - Le gardien du chantier/Keeper
Le Petit Marcel (1976) - Berger
Les Jours gris (1974) - Le vieil homme
Beau masque (1972) - Cuvrot
L'Enfant sauvage (The Wild Child) (1970) - Professor Philippe Pinel
Z (1969) - Illya Coste
La Guerre est finie (1966) - Le chef du réseau clandestin/Chief
Le Ciel sur la tête (1965) - M. Bazin
Muriel ou Le temps d'un retour (1963) - L'homme à la chèvre/The Goat Man
Le Mystère Saint-Val (1945) - L'huissier
La Grande meute (1945) - L'huissier
Adieu Léonard (1943) - Le raccommodeur de porcelaine
Une étoile au soleil (1943)
Picpus (1943) - Le clerc
Croisières sidérales (1942) - Pépin
Remorques (1941) - Le radio
La Grande illusion (Grand Illusion) (1937) - The teacher
Le Temps des cerises (1937) - Le fils du directeur
La Vie est à nous (1936) - L'instituteur/Teacher
Le Crime de Monsieur Lange (The Crime of Monsieur Lange) (1936) - The Model maker
Sous les yeux d'occident (1936) - Georges
L'Atalante (1934) - Jean
Zéro de conduite (Zero for Conduct) (1933) - Surveillant Huguet
Boudu sauvé des eaux (Boudu Saved from Drowning) (1932) - The student