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Étienne Decroux

1898 - 1991

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Étienne Decroux (19 July 1898 in Paris, France – 12 March 1991 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France) was a French actor who studied at Jacques Copeau's École du Vieux-Colombier, where he saw the beginnings of what was to become his life's obsession–corporeal mime. During his long career as a film and theatre actor, he created many pieces, using the human body as the primary means of expression. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Étienne Decroux is the 2,366th most popular actor (down from 2,159th in 2019), the 3,072nd most popular biography from France (down from 2,981st in 2019) and the 157th most popular French Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Étienne Decroux ranks 2,366 out of 13,578. Before him are Jean Hersholt, Abdellatif Kechiche, Steve Guttenberg, Benjamin Bratt, Mikhail Boyarsky, and Leonid Kanevsky. After him are Patrick Wayne, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Julie Newmar, Marie-José Nat, Mike White, and Adam Baldwin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Étienne Decroux ranks 128. Before him are Messali Hadj, Karl Koller, Vilhelm Moberg, Ada Blackjack, Benjamin Fondane, and Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt. After him are Lucius D. Clay, Irene Dunne, Leopold Okulicki, Jack Haley, José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones, and Reino Ragnar Lehto. Among people deceased in 1991, Étienne Decroux ranks 107. Before him are Zino Francescatti, Franco Maria Malfatti, Mario Scelba, Jack Crawford, Heidi Brühl, and Rufino Tamayo. After him are Abderrahmane Farès, Miodrag Bulatović, Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Metin Oktay, Hitoshi Igarashi, and Claude Cahen.

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In France

Among people born in France, Étienne Decroux ranks 3,072 out of 6,770. Before him are Salomon de Brosse (1571), Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel (1776), Jules Vallès (1832), Catulle Mendès (1841), Henri Callot (1875), and Adrien Proust (1834). After him are Hilaire Belloc (1870), Antoine de Chézy (1718), Julie Billiart (1751), Jean Fernel (1497), Jean Guillaume Auguste Lugol (1786), and Louis Rosier (1905).

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Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Étienne Decroux ranks 157. Before him are Fabrice Luchini (1951), Jean Carmet (1920), Vernon Dobtcheff (1934), Dany Boon (1966), Guillaume Depardieu (1971), and Mathieu Amalric (1965). After him are Marie-José Nat (1940), Yves Robert (1920), Édith Scob (1937), Jean-François Stévenin (1944), Suzanne Flon (1918), and Marguerite Durand (1864).

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