Stage, screen, and television actor, stage director. After attending the city's "Collège Sainte-Croix" (where he took his first steps on stage), he went on to study for a degree in literature at the Sorbonne. It was during this period that he collaborated with "La Revue du cinéma" as a film critic. At this time, he met Antonin Artaud, who introduced him to the theater through the "Groupe Octobre". Also close to Prévert and Barrault, he quickly became known as a stage actor before the Second World War, occasionally playing small film roles. During the war, he was a liaison between the Resistance and the French Army. After the war, he also began to work increasingly as a stage director. Roger Blin went down in theater history when he staged world premieres of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" in 1953 (he took on the role of Pozzo in this production) and "Endgame" in 1957. His productions of plays by Jean Genet, such as "The Blacks", first performed in France in 1959, and "The Screens" (1966), also helped the latter to achieve international fame. Despite making more than 80 films over more than 50 years, he remained primarily a man of the theater. He died of a heart attack.
Stage, screen, and television actor, stage director. After attending the city's "Collège Sainte-Croix" (where he took his first steps on stage), he went on to study for a degree in literature at the Sorbonne. It was during this period that he collaborated with "La Revue du cinéma" as a film critic. At this time, he met Antonin Artaud, who introduced him to the theater through the "Groupe Octobre". Also close to Prévert and Barrault, he quickly became known as a stage actor before the Second World War, occasionally playing small film roles. During the war, he was a liaison between the Resistance and the French Army. After the war, he also began to work increasingly as a stage director. Roger Blin went down in theater history when he staged world premieres of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" in 1953 (he took on the role of Pozzo in this production) and "Endgame" in 1957. His productions of plays by Jean Genet, such as "The Blacks", first performed in France in 1959, and "The Screens" (1966), also helped the latter to achieve international fame. Despite making more than 80 films over more than 50 years, he remained primarily a man of the theater. He died of a heart attack.
Bio by: Fritz Tauber
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