Yves Robert

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.

Known For	Acting
Most Rating	2.294
Birthday	1920-06-21
Place of Birth	Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France
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The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

A Bad Son

The Troubles of Alfred

Bad Liaisons

An Evening at the Music Hall

Le Cinema de Papa

The Green Mare

The Fiancés of Macdonald Bridge

Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques

The Crisis

Waiter!

Les Dieux du dimanche

Paris Incident

Love and the Frenchwoman

Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre

Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible

Vive la sociale !

The Man with Connections

Public School

These Kids Are Grown-Ups

Montparnasse-Pondichéry

School for Love

Dear Louise

Signed, Arsène Lupin

Les bonnes manières

The Crook

Hail the Artist

Money Money Money

Les Truands

Repeated Absences

Bebert and the Train

The Annuity

À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

Infernal Symphony

Virgile

The Little Professor

Men Think Only of That

The Judge and the Assassin

La grande Paulette

Anthony's Crime

Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques

Clerambard

Le nez au vent

Follow That Man

Women Are Talkative

Idiot in Paris

The Passion of Slow Fire

The Grand Manoeuvre

The Twin

The Red Rose

Bibi Fricotin

Little Marcel

Le tampon du capiston

Special Section

Two Pennies Worth of Violets

There Is the Brunette

The Fenouillard Family

Cléo from 5 to 7

Neither Seen Nor Recognized

King of Hearts

Le Pèlerinage

Woman Between Wolf and Dog

The Terror with Women

Juliette, or Key of Dreams

The Most Beautiful Month

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