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Gender: Male

Place of birth: Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France

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Movie Involvements: 84

TV Involvements: 3


Most Famous Work

Biography

Yves Robert (19 June 1920 – 10 May 2002) was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. Robert was born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France. In his teens, he went to Paris to pursue a career in acting, starting with unpaid parts on stage in the city's various theatre workshops. From ages 12–20 he set type as a typographer, then studied mime in his early 20s. In 1948 he made his motion picture debut with one of the secondary roles in the film, Les Dieux du dimanche. Within a few years, Robert was writing scripts, directing, and producing. Yves Robert's directorial efforts included several successful comedies for which he had written the screenplay. His 1962 film, La Guerre des boutons won France's Prix Jean Vigo. His 1972 film Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire won the Silver Bear at the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival in 1973. In 1976, Un éléphant ça trompe énormément, starring his wife, earned him international acclaim. Robert's 1973 devastating comedy Salut l'artiste is considered by many performers to be the ultimate film about the humiliations of the actor's life. In 1977, he directed another comedy, Nous irons tous au paradis, which was nominated for a César Award for Best Film. In 1990, Robert directed two dramatic films, My Mother's Castle (Le château de ma mère) and My Father's Glory (La Gloire de mon Père). Based on autobiographical novels by Marcel Pagnol, they were jointly voted "Best Film" at the 1991 Seattle International Film Festival, and received rave reviews. Over his career, he directed more than twenty feature-length motion pictures, wrote an equal number of scripts, and acted in more than seventy-five films. Although his last major role was perhaps in 1980, A Bad Son by Claude Sautet, as the working-class father of a drug-dealer, he continued acting past 1997. Robert played opposite Danièle Delorme in the 1951 play Colombe (Dove) by Jean Anouilh. They married in 1956, and jointly formed the film production company La Guéville in 1961. La Guéville also released several films by Monty Python and Terry Gilliam, which was very influential into establishing the comedy troupe to French audiences. He died in Paris on 10 May 2002 from a cerebral hemorrhage. He was buried in Montparnasse Cemetery with the epitaph "A man of joy ...", where visitors leave buttons of many colors.[citation needed]He was survived by Danièle and two children, Anne and Jean-Denis Robert, by first wife, actress Rosy Varte. That month's Cannes Film Festival paid homage to his contribution to French film. Source: Article "Yves Robert" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Most Famous Work

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Average
7
Winged Migration
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8

Winged Migration

(2001) Associate Producer
The Woman in Red
Average
6

The Woman in Red

(1984) Original Film Writer
My Father's Glory
Average
7

My Father's Glory

(1990) Writer
Le Bal des casse-pieds
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6

Le Bal des casse-pieds

(1992) Writer
War of the Buttons
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7

War of the Buttons

(1962) Writer
The Man with One Red Shoe
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6

The Man with One Red Shoe

(1985) Original Film Writer
Funny Money
Average
5

Funny Money

(1966) Director

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2020 Self (archive footage)
2017 Comédien, réalisateur, producteur (Images d'archives)
2005 Self
1995 Léon
1994 Léo
1992 M. Barelle
1990 Self
Self
1989 Pilou
1987 Narrator (voice)
1984 l’homme dans l'ascenseur
1983 Simon, ancien du Music Hall, professeur de danse
Jojo, le père
1982 Self
1980 René Calgagni
1979 N/A
Le père de Louise
1976 Commissioner Mancini
1975 Émile Bastard
Self
1974 le chef d'orchestre
1973 le metteur en scène de théâtre (non crédité)
1972 Leader of the orchestra
Le père de François
N/A
Defense counsel
Self
le téléspectateur parisien
Bucigny-Dumaine (le bel officier)
Self
1971 Henri Roger Langmann
le commissaire
Self
1970 Commissioner
The Father
1968 Le cheminot
1967 Marcel Pitou, l'évadé des HLM
1966 Le général Baderna (uncredited)
1965 L'oncle Henri
1963 Chaussin
1962 Le Vendeur de Mouchoirs / Actor in Silent Film
N/A
1961 The Bartender
'Le Coq' (uncredited)
Le vendeur de mouchoirs
1960 Le dragueur à moustache (Le Mariage)
1959 La Ballue
Zèphe Maloret
Dr Aubin
Self
1958 Christian
Le photographe lors du mariage
Le mécanicien
1956 Le journaliste Labarge
Jeff
Amédée Benoît / Son père
Self
1955 L'inspecteur Forbin
Félix Leroy, un lieutenant des Dragons
Clément
1953 Esposito
L'inspecteur Paulhan
1952 N/A
1951 Charlot, le voyou
L'accordéoniste
Antoine Gardon, détective et filatures "Passe Partout"
Yves Gérard
1950 Sergeant Gaston Chauvin
N/A
1949 Guillot
Year Character Movie/Tv

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