Acting
Roger Blin
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. Source: Article "Roger Blin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
Film · 2020
Vendredi ou la vie sauvage
Film · 1983
The Hospital of Leningrad
Film · 1983
Five and the Skin
Film · 1982
The King and the Mockingbird
Film · 1980
The Adolescent
Film · 1979
The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died
Film · 1977
Nevermore, Forever
Film · 1976
That Most Important Thing: Love
Film · 1975
One Must Live Dangerously
Film · 1975
Aloïse
Film · 1975
The Shadow Line
Film · 1973
Too Small My Friend
Film · 1971
Mesure pour Mesure
Film · 1971
L'illusion comique
Film · 1970
Law of Survival
Film · 1967
The Sunday of Life
Film · 1967
La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire
Film · 1967
The Devil's Tricks
Film · 1966
Qui donc a rêvé?
Film · 1965
A Taste for Women
Film · 1964
Marie Soleil
Film · 1964
Little Claus and Big Claus
Film · 1964
Pour le plaisir
Series · 1964
Egypt, oh Egypt: Images of Heaven
Film · 1963
The Star Ship
Film · 1962
Quatrevingt-treize
Film · 1962
Paris Blues
Film · 1961
Les Trois Sœurs
Film · 1960
Checkerboard
Film · 1959
Stars at Noon
Film · 1959
Calligraphie Japonaise
Film · 1958
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Film · 1956
The Amazing Mr. Callaghan
Film · 1955
The Invitation to the Waltz
Film · 1954
The Knight of the Night
Film · 1953
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
Film · 1953
Torticola versus Frankensberg
Film · 1952
Piédalu fait des miracles
Film · 1952
The Convict
Film · 1951
Adventures of Captain Fabian
Film · 1951
Orpheus
Film · 1950
Vagabonds imaginaires
Film · 1950
Unusual Tales
Film · 1949
Wicked City
Film · 1949
Passionnelle
Film · 1947
The Ideal Couple
Film · 1946
The Bohemian Life
Film · 1945
The Last Judgment
Film · 1945
First in Line
Film · 1944
Le Corbeau
Film · 1943
Captain Fracasse
Film · 1943
Adieu Léonard
Film · 1943
Douce
Film · 1943
Colonel Chabert
Film · 1943
The Devil's Envoys
Film · 1942
The Trump Card
Film · 1942
L'âge d'or
Film · 1942
Volpone
Film · 1941
Beating Heart
Film · 1940
The World Will Shake
Film · 1939
Pasha's Wives
Film · 1939
Louise
Film · 1939
The Time of the Cherries
Film · 1938
Adrienne Lecouvreur
Film · 1938
The Curtain Rises
Film · 1938
Alibi
Film · 1937
The Life and Loves of Beethoven
Film · 1937
The Citadel of Silence
Film · 1937
Jenny
Film · 1936
Life Is Ours
Film · 1936
Under Western Eyes
Film · 1936
Street Without a Name
Film · 1934
Le Colisée
Film · 1933