Georges Vitaly
French actor
Georges Vitaly, real name Vitali Garcouchenko, (15 January 1917 – 2 January 2007), was a 20th-century French actor, theater director and theater manager.
The son of immigrants from the Russian Revolution, he trained as actor from 1934. In 1947, he won the concours des jeunes compagnies with Le Mal court by Jacques Audiberti with Suzanne Flon.
In 1947 he founded the Théâtre de la Huchette which he directed until 1952. Then, from 1954 to 1970, he was director of the Théâtre La Bruyère, in Paris. From 1970 to 1975, he was director of the Maison de la culture in Nantes.
He was married to the comedian Monique Delaroche.
Filmography
Cinema
1959: Double Agents by Robert Hossein
1960: Les Canailles by Maurice Labro
1964: L'Enfer by Henri-Georges Clouzot (unfinished)
Television
1970: La Hobereaute (spoken opera by Jacques Audiberti), directed by Georges Vitaly, en différé de l'Hôtel de Sully dans le cadre du Festival du Marais, TV director Philippe Laïk
1970: The Moods of Marianne by Alfred de Musset
1981: Le Petit Théâtre d'Antenne 2 : Un dirigeable ensorcelé by André Halimi, TV direction
Au théâtre ce soir
Director
1970 : Cherchez le corps, Mister Blake by Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
1976 : La Sainte Famille by André Roussin, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Édouard VII
1976 : Le monsieur qui attend by Emlyn Williams, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Édouard VII
1977 : Appelez-moi maître by Renée and Gabriel Arout, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
1978 : Une femme trop honnête by Armand Salacrou, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, théâtre Marigny
1979 : Good Bye Charlie by George Axelrod, adaptation Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy, réalisation Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
1980 : La Claque by André Roussin, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
1981 : La Quadrature du cercle by Valentin Kataev, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
1984 : Un parfum de miel by Éric Westphal, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
1984 : Pomme, pomme, pomme by Jacques Audiberti, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
Theatre
Comedian
1944: Hyménée by Nikolai Gogol, directed by Pierre Valde, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier
1945: Caligula by Albert Camus, directed by Paul Œttly, Théâtre Hébertot
1947: Le Mal court by Jacques Audiberti, directed by Georges Vitaly, Théâtre Charles de Rochefort, Théâtre de Poche Montparnasse
1947: Les Amants de Noël by Pierre Barillet, directed by Pierre Valde, théâtre de Poche
1948: La Fête noire by Jacques Audiberti, directed by Georges Vitaly, Théâtre de la Huchette
1949: La Quadrature du cercle by Valentin Kataev, directed by Georges Vitaly, Théâtre de la Huchette
1951: Monsieur Bob'le by Georges Schehadé, directed by Georges Vitaly, Théâtre de la Huchette
1960: L'Homme à l'ombrelle blanche by Charles Charras, directed by Georges Vitaly, Poche Montparnasse
Theatre director
Prizes and honours
2002 : Prix du Brigadier : Brigadier d'honneur for all of his career.
Biography
Maquillage de théâtre de Georges Vitaly, 1947
En toute vitalyté : 50 ans de théâtre de Georges Vitaly, Éditions Nizet, 1995
Le Fabuleux Roman du théâtre de la Huchette de Gonzague Phélip, Gallimard, 2007
Malva, Éditions Alna, 2005.
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