1907-03-22 Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Roger Blin (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 22 March 1907 – Évecquemont, France, 21 January 1984) was a French actor and director. He staged world premieres of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot in 1953 and Endgame in 1957. Blin was the son of a doctor; however, despite his father's wishes, Blin forged a career in the theatre. As a teenager he was 'fascinated' by the Surrealists and their conception of revolutionary art. He was initially part of the left-wing theatre collectives The Company of Five and The October Group. In 1935 Blin served as Antonin Artaud's assistant director for his production of Les Cenci [The Cenci] at the Folies-Wagrams theatre in 1935. Following his work with Artaud, Blin focused on 'political street-theatre.' During the war, Blin was a liaison between the Resistance and the French Army. His extensive career as both director and actor in both film and theatre has been largely defined by his work and relationship with Artaud, Samuel Beckett and Jean Genet. In addition to being a close friend and confidant of Artaud during the latter's nine years of internment, he directed the first performances of Beckett's Waiting For Godot, Happy Days and Endgame as well as directing the initial performance of Genet's The Blacks and the controversial The Screens. Genet's key correspondences to Blin have been published by Editions Gallimard. The 1986 Faber and Faber publication, "Samuel Beckett: The Complete Dramatic Works" carries only three dedications from Beckett: "Endgame" is dedicated to Blin, while "Come and Go" is for John Calder, and "Catastrophe" is for Václav Havel. Source: Article "Roger Blin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff | Self (archive footage) | 2020-09-09 |
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Vendredi ou la vie sauvage | 1983-02-25 | |
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L'hôpital de Leningrad | Nestor | 1983-05-28 |
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Cinq et la peau | Récitant (voice) | 1982-06-02 |
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Le Roi et l'Oiseau | L’aveugle (voice) | 1980-03-19 |
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L'Adolescente | Romain | 1979-01-24 |
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Le vieux pays où Rimbaud est mort | Jeanne's father | 1977-08-08 |
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Jamais plus toujours | Daniel | 1976-03-10 |
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Aloïse | Le professeur de chant | 1975-04-02 |
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L'Important c'est d'aimer | Servais' Father | 1975-02-12 |
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Il faut vivre dangereusement | Murdoc | 1975-09-03 |
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La Ligne d'ombre | Burns | 1973-08-29 |
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Trop petit mon ami | Boris | 1971-08-06 |
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L'illusion comique | Alcandre | 1970-04-14 |
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La Loi du survivant | Pao | 1967-04-19 |
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Le Dimanche de la vie | Jean Sans-Tête | 1967-01-13 |
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La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire | 1967-12-04 | |
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Les Ruses du diable | Monsieur de Beaurepaire | 1966-06-15 |
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Qui donc a rêvé? | 1965-12-31 | |
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Le petit Claus et le grand Claus | Le grand Claus | 1964-12-25 |
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Aimez-vous les femmes ? | Larsen | 1964-05-13 |
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Marie Soleil | Karl / Boss | 1964-12-19 |
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Égypte ô Égypte: Images du ciel | Narrator (voice) | 1963-01-01 |
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Le Navire étoile | Curtway | 1962-12-11 |
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Quatrevingt-treize | Tellmarc’h | 1962-12-29 |
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Paris Blues | Fausto the Moor (uncredited) | 1961-09-27 |
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Les Trois Sœurs | Verchinine | 1960-01-31 |
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Les tripes au soleil | Slim, le guide | 1959-05-06 |
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Les Étoiles de Midi | Self | 1959-01-01 |
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Calligraphie Japonaise | Narrator | 1958-01-01 |
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Notre-Dame de Paris | Mathias Hungadi | 1956-12-19 |
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À toi de jouer... Callaghan !!! | Wladimir | 1955-03-28 |
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L'invitation à la valse | Guillaume l'égorgeur | 1954-01-01 |
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La bergère et le ramoneur | Blind Man (Voice) | 1953-05-29 |
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Le Chevalier de la nuit | le valet | 1953-11-22 |
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Piédalu fait des miracles | 1952-10-10 | |
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Torticola contre Frankensberg | Doctor Frankenstein | 1952-04-19 |
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Le Bagnard | Convict | 1951-03-07 |
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Adventures of Captain Fabian | 1951-10-06 | |
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Orphée | The Poet | 1950-09-29 |
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Vagabonds imaginaires | Narrator (segment 'Les amours jaunes') (voice) | 1950-04-26 |
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Hans le marin | Emilio | 1949-11-16 |
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Histoires extraordinaires à faire peur ou à faire rire... | Guillaume | 1949-10-26 |
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Pour une nuit d'amour | Julien | 1947-05-14 |
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Le Couple idéal | The sleepwalker | 1946-05-31 |
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La Vie de bohème | Man of the puppet | 1945-10-17 |
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Le Jugement dernier | 1945-12-08 | |
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Premier de cordée | Paul Moury | 1944-02-23 |
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Le Colonel Chabert | Cleric | 1943-12-01 |
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Adieu Léonard | Bohemian leader | 1943-09-01 |
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Douce | Man of the theater (uncredited) | 1943-11-09 |
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Le Capitaine Fracasse | Fagotin | 1943-06-19 |
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Le Corbeau | François | 1943-09-28 |
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Les Visiteurs du soir | The Monster Showman | 1942-12-05 |
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Dernier atout | Aspirant | 1942-09-02 |
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L'âge d'or | 1942-01-28 | |
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Volpone | Un vénitien | 1941-05-10 |
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Battement de cœur | (credit only) | 1940-02-01 |
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Le monde tremblera | Le Condamné | 1939-05-10 |
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Louise | (uncredited) | 1939-04-16 |
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L'Esclave blanche | Mair | 1939-02-18 |
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Le Temps des cerises | Dupuis son | 1938-01-26 |
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Entrée des artistes | Dominique, le gardien du château de la famille de Cécilia | 1938-10-06 |
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Adrienne Lecouvreur | 1938-10-28 | |
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La Citadelle du silence | Officer (uncredited) | 1937-06-03 |
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Un grand amour de Beethoven | De Ries | 1937-01-15 |
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L'Alibi | Kretz, Winckler's henchman | 1937-12-22 |
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La vie est à nous | Un métallo | 1936-04-07 |
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Jenny | le malade solitaire | 1936-09-18 |
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Sous les yeux d'occident | Unnamed Character | 1936-03-20 |
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La rue sans nom | 1934-02-02 | |
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Le Colisée | The Crowd | 1933-01-01 |
