Victor Louis Armand Boucher (24 August 1877 – 21 February 1942) was a French actor.[1]
Biography edit
Victor Boucher was born, on 24 August 1877, in Rouen, in a house on the rue Saint-Étienne-des-Tonneliers. His parents had a café-restaurant in Bihorel. Educated at the école Bellefonds in Rouen, he began acting in youth groups.
He worked as an accountant in Rouen.[2] After his military service, he moved to Paris. He married Mariotta Claire in Neufchâtel-en-Bray in 1902.[3] He had the luck, one day, to replace a sick actor in the Théâtre des Mathurins in Paris, and made a name for himself with his comic performance based on his stammering.
In 1927, he became a director of the Théâtre de la Michodière in Paris. He was president of the Association des artistes dramatiques.[4]
He died in Ville-d'Avray, on 21 February 1942, from a heart attack.[4]
Filmography edit
Source: IMDb[5]
- La petite chocolatière (1913)
- L'idée de Françoise (1914)
- La douceur d'aimer (English release: The Sweetness of Loving) (1930)
- Gagne ta vie (1931)
- Les vignes du seigneur (English release: Our Lord's Vineyard) (1932)
- Le sexe faible (English release: The Weaker Sex) (1933)
- Votre sourire (1934)
- La banque Nemo (English release: Nemo's Bank) (1934)
- Bichon (1935)
- Faisons un rêve (English: Let's Make a Dream) (1936)
- L'amant de Madame Vidal (English release: The Lover of Madame Vidal (1936)
- L'habit vert (English release: The Green Jacket) (1937)
- Chipée (1937)
- Le train pour Venise (English release: The Train for Venice) (1938)
- Ils étaient neuf célibataires (English release: Nine Bachelors) (1939)
- Le bois sacré (English release: Sacred Woods) (1939)
- Parade en sept nuits (1941)
- Ce n'est pas moi (1941)
References edit
- ^ British Film Institute website: Victor Boucher
- ^ André Page, "Dans la vie et sur l'écran"Ric et Rac, n°468, 23 February 1938, p.6 (in French)
- ^ Archives départementales de Seine-Maritime, état-civil de Rouen, acte de naissance de Victor Boucher
- ^ a b "LA MORT DE VICTOR BOUCHER", Journal des débats politiques et littéraires, 24 February 1942, p.1 (in French)
- ^ Internet Movie Database: Victor Boucher (1877–1942)
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