Personal Info
Roger Planchon
Acting
Biography
Roger Planchon (born 12 September 1931 in Saint-Chamond, Loire, died on 12 May 2009 in Paris), was a French playwright, director, and filmmaker.
Roger Planchon spent his childhood in the Ardèche, notably in Dornas. He found its inspiration from his rural origins and this issue was a recurring theme in his writings.
He started on stage in 1949 after winning an amateur theater. In 1952, he founded the Théâtre de la Comédie, located in the rue des Marronniers, in Lyon. He was the director of the Théâtre de la Cité of Villeurbanne since 1957 (which became the Théâtre National Populaire in 1972).…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Celluloid and Marble
as Self
Leclerc, a dream of Indochina
as Admiral Argenlieu
La Comédie-Française ou L'amour joué
as Self
The Year of Awakening
as Le Capitaine
Jean Galmot, aventurier
as Castellane
Radio corbeau
as M. Faber, le maire
Camille Claudel
as Morhardt
The Seventh Target
as Le commissaire Paillard
A Strange Passion
as L'évêque
Danton
as Antoine Fouquier-Tinville
