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Jean Dasté (born Jean Georges Gustave Dasté; 18 September 1904 – 15 October 1994) was a French actor and theatre director. Although Jean Dasté is best known for his career on stage as both an actor and director in a variety of works including those by Shakespeare and Molière, he made his first appearance on screen in a 1932 Jean Renoir film (Boudu sauvé des eaux), and 57 years later appeared in his final film at the age of 85. He played also the main character in two Jean Vigo movies, L'Atalante and Zéro de conduite. Later, he worked also with Alain Resnais and François Truffaut. He married Danish-born actress Marie-Hélène Copeau (1902–1994), the daughter of the influential French writer, editor, and drama critic Jacques Copeau (1879–1949) and Agnès Thomsen. In 1947, he became the founding director of the Comedie de St.-Etienne stage company in the town of Saint-Étienne in the Loire...
Known for
Grand IllusionMovie • 1937
ZMovie • 1969
White WeddingMovie • 1989
The Wild ChildMovie • 1970
Muriel, or the Time of ReturnMovie • 1963
My American UncleMovie • 1980
The Man Who Loved WomenMovie • 1977
The War Is OverMovie • 1966
MolièreMovie • 1978
A Week's VacationMovie • 1980
Stormy WatersMovie • 1941
The Body of My EnemyMovie • 1976
The Green RoomMovie • 1978
L'AtalanteMovie • 1934
Love Unto DeathMovie • 1984
Zero for ConductMovie • 1933
The Crime of Monsieur LangeMovie • 1936
Boudu Saved from DrowningMovie • 1932