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Lucien Guitry

French actor
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Dec. 13, 1860, Paris
Died:
June 1, 1925, Paris (aged 64)
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Lucien Guitry (born Dec. 13, 1860, Paris—died June 1, 1925, Paris) was a French actor noted for his combination of broad range and economy of effect. Immediately after leaving the Conservatoire Guitry appeared as Armand in La Dame aux camélias (1878). His style of acting, sparing in gesture and theatrical effects, at first surprised, rather than pleased, the public and the critics. Sarah Bernhardt asked him to play at the Théâtre de la Renaissance in 1893, where he achieved his first successes. He appeared in plays of the most varied character and succeeded in representing the utmost frenzy of passion ...(100 of 142 words)

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