Roger Blin
Mar 22, 1907 — Jan 20, 1984 (76 years)
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
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Originally from Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France, Roger Blin works as an actor. They appeared in The King and the Mockingbird as L’aveugle. They have also starred in Le Corbeau and Orpheus. Over more than 93 years they have gathered close to 50 films, working mainly across genres like drama, fantasy, romance.
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Originally from Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France, Roger Blin works as an actor. They appeared in The King and the Mockingbird as L’aveugle. They have also starred in Le Corbeau and Orpheus. Over more than 93 years they have gathered close to 50 films, working mainly across genres like drama, fantasy, romance.
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The Adolescent
1979
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1956
The Devil's Envoys
1942
Orpheus
1950
Paris Blues
1961
Passionnelle
1947
The Knight of the Night
1953
Volpone
1941
Douce
1943
The King and the Mockingbird
1980
Le Corbeau
1943
The World Will Shake
1939
That Most Important Thing: Love
1975
Captain Fracasse
1943
The Star Ship
1962
The Devil's Tricks
1966
One Must Live Dangerously
1975
Wicked City
1949
Beating Heart
1940
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
1953
Adieu Léonard
1943
Life Is Ours
1936
The Curtain Rises
1938
Law of Survival
1967
The Trump Card
1942
Aloïse
1975
Five and the Skin
1982
The Sunday of Life
1967
First in Line
1944
The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died
1977
Nevermore, Forever
1976
The Life and Loves of Beethoven
1937
Under Western Eyes
1936
Alibi
1937
Jenny
1936
Too Small My Friend
1971
A Taste for Women
1964
The Amazing Mr. Callaghan
1955
Colonel Chabert
1943
Unusual Tales
1949
The Convict
1951
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The Hospital of Leningrad
Nestor
1983
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Five and the Skin
Récitant (voice)
1982
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The King and the Mockingbird
L’aveugle (voice)
1980
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The Adolescent
Romain
1979
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The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died
Jeanne's father
1977
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Nevermore, Forever
Daniel
1976
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One Must Live Dangerously
Murdoc
1975
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Aloïse
Le professeur de chant
1975
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That Most Important Thing: Love
Servais' Father
1975
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Is Roger Blin still alive?
Roger Blin passed away on January 20, 1984 at age 76.
What are the most famous roles of Roger Blin?
Roger Blin is best known for roles in The King and the Mockingbird, Le Corbeau, Orpheus.
How many movies has Roger Blin been in?
Over a 51-year career (since 1933), Roger Blin has appeared in 72 movies and 1 TV shows.
What was Roger Blin's first movie?
The career of Roger Blin began with Le Colisée (1933).
What is Roger Blin's most recent movie or series?
Roger Blin's most recent release is The Hospital of Leningrad, which premiered on May 28, 1983.
What TV shows has Roger Blin appeared in?
On television, Roger Blin has appeared in Pour le plaisir.
Roger Blin
1907-03-22 · Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Roger Blin (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 22 March 1907 – Évecquemont, France, 21 January 1984) was a French actor and director. He staged world premieres of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot in 1953 and Endgame in 1957.
Blin was the son of a doctor; however, despite his father's wishes, Blin forged a career in the theatre. As a teenager he was 'fascinated' by the Surrealists and their conception of revolutionary art.
He was initially part of the left-wing theatre collectives The Company of Five and The October Group. In 1935 Blin served as Antonin Artaud's assistant director for his production of Les Cenci [The Cenci] at the Folies-Wagrams theatre in 1935. Following his work with Artaud, Blin focused on 'political street-theatre.'
During the war, Blin was a liaison between the Resistance and the French Army.
His extensive career as both director and actor in both film and theatre has been largely defined by his work and relationship with Artaud, Samuel Beckett and Jean Genet. In addition to being a close friend and confidant of Artaud during the latter's nine years of internment, he directed the first performances of Beckett's Waiting For Godot, Happy Days and Endgame as well as directing the initial performance of Genet's The Blacks and the controversial The Screens. Genet's key correspondences to Blin have been published by Editions Gallimard.
The 1986 Faber and Faber publication, "Samuel Beckett: The Complete Dramatic Works" carries only three dedications from Beckett: "Endgame" is dedicated to Blin, while "Come and Go" is for John Calder, and "Catastrophe" is for Václav Havel.
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