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Jacques Lecoq

1921 - 1999

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Jacques Lecoq (15 December 1921 – 19 January 1999) was a French stage actor and acting movement coach. He was best known for his teaching methods in physical theatre, movement, and mime which he taught at the school he founded in Paris known as École internationale de théâtre Jacques Lecoq. He taught there from 1956 until his death from a cerebral hemorrhage in 1999. Jacques Lecoq was known as the only noteworthy movement instructor and theatre pedagogue with a professional background in sports and sports rehabilitation in the twentieth century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Lecoq is the 3,636th most popular actor (down from 2,768th in 2019), the 3,963rd most popular biography from France (down from 3,472nd in 2019) and the 233rd most popular French Actor.

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Among actors, Jacques Lecoq ranks 3,636 out of 13,578. Before him are David Zayas, Minoru Chiaki, Jennifer Carpenter, Ann Rutherford, Dominic West, and Stanley Baker. After him are Henry Travers, Sylvia Chang, Jarl Kulle, Renée Jeanne Falconetti, Úrsula Corberó, and Lew Ayres.

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Among people born in 1921, Jacques Lecoq ranks 255. Before him are Jack Clayton, Kurt Adolff, Adolf Wiklund, Edvard Mirzoyan, Cuthbert Sebastian, and Alfréd Rényi. After him are Grigory Chukhray, Inge Borkh, François Picard, Ted Schroeder, Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, and Paco Godia. Among people deceased in 1999, Jacques Lecoq ranks 165. Before him are Louis Boyer, Paris Pişmiş, Betty Robinson, Albert Charles Smith, Igor M. Diakonoff, and Minoru Chiaki. After him are Riccardo Cucciolla, Fritzi Burger, Vivian Fuchs, Alfred Bickel, Lee Falk, and Horst Frank.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Lecoq ranks 3,963 out of 6,770. Before him are Elizabeth of Nevers (1439), Louis Bachelier (1870), Gaston Defferre (1910), André Gill (1840), Marcel Jouhandeau (1888), and Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark (1910). After him are Edmond Frémy (1814), Guy Bonnet (1945), Paul Fort (1872), Renée Jeanne Falconetti (1892), Louis Hémon (1880), and Marc Levy (1961).

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Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Jacques Lecoq ranks 233. Before him are Pierre Mondy (1925), Anny Duperey (1947), Mathilda May (1965), Hélène Vincent (1943), Michael Vartan (1968), and Jacques Doniol-Valcroze (1920). After him are Renée Jeanne Falconetti (1892), Jean-Pierre Darroussin (1953), Corinne Marchand (1931), Frédéric Diefenthal (1968), Roger Carel (1927), and Richard Berry (1950).

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