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René de Obaldia

René de Obaldia

Actor, Writer

Born October 22, 1918 in Hong Kong

Died January 27, 2022

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René de Obaldia (22 October 1918 – 27 January 2022) was a French playwright and poet. He was elected to the Académie française on 24 June 1999.

He was the great-grandson of José Domingo de Obaldía, the second President of Panama. He grew up in Paris, studying at the Lycée Condorcet before being mobilised for the army in 1940. Taken prisoner, he was sent to Stalag VIII-C (in Sagan). He was then sent to the lighter making area in Kransdyhernfurt on 26 June 1940, then to a commando at Auras an der Oder to clear a forest. Even in the worst moments of this ordeal, he kept his special sense of humour. He was repatriated in 1944.

He began his career in 1960, thanks to Jacques Vilar, who presented his first major play, "Génousie," at the Théâtre national populaire. This was followed by Le Satyre de la Villette, with André Barsacq at the Théâtre de l'Atelier, a comedy which ranked him with his literary forebears Jacques Audiberti, Ionesco, Beckett. He was, for more than fifty years, one of the most-produced French playwrights on the planet, as well as the most internationally renowned (having been translated into 28 languages).

Critics have admired the ease of Obaldia's style. His plays always take place within a framework of contemporary times and concern modern subjects, treating these in a comical manner. In La Génousie, for example, Obaldia replaces normal speech (in French) with Genousian, a language of fantasy, dreams, and love.

In 1985 he was awarded the Grand Prix du Théâtre de l’Académie Française.

De Obaldia died in Paris on 27 January 2022, at the age of 103.

Source: Article "René de Obaldia" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Filmography

Actor

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Year

Du vent dans les branches de sassafras Poster

Du vent dans les branches de sassafras TV Movie2016Self

La grande librairie Poster

La grande librairie TV Series2008Self

Empreintes Poster

Empreintes TV Series2007Self

Vivement dimanche Poster

Vivement dimanche TV Series1998Self

Thé ou café Poster

Thé ou café TV Series1996Self

Le cercle de minuit Poster

Le cercle de minuit TV Series1992Self

Bouillon de culture Poster

Bouillon de culture TV Series1991Self

La nuit des Molières Poster

La nuit des Molières TV Series1987Self

Passez donc me voir Poster

Passez donc me voir TV Series1979Self

Apostrophes Poster

Apostrophes TV Series1975Self

Le grand échiquier Poster

Le grand échiquier TV Series1972Self

Samedi soir TV Series1971Self

Plain-chant TV Series1970Self

Bibliothèque de poche TV Series1966Self

Cinéastes de notre temps Poster

Cinéastes de notre temps TV Series1964Self

Young Love Poster

Young Love Feature Film1951Le planton de la P.J.

Writer

23

Type

Year

Du vent dans les branches de sassafras Poster

Du vent dans les branches de sassafras TV Movie2016

Le banquet des méduses TV Short1981

Le défunt TV Short1981

Les bons bourgeois Poster

Les bons bourgeois TV Movie1981

De babysitter TV Movie1977

Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 TV Series1977

M. Klebs et Rosalie TV Movie1977

Cinéma 16 Poster

Cinéma 16 TV Series1975

Au pays d'Eudoxie ou Le satyre de la Villette TV Movie1974

Cayennepeber Poster

Cayennepeber TV Movie1971

Den afdøde TV Movie1971

Der Satyr aus der Vorstadt TV Movie1970

Plain-chant TV Series1970

Wind in den Zweigen des Sassafras TV Movie1970

Neznani general TV Movie1969

Vítr ve vetvích sasafrasu TV Movie1968

Wind in den Zweigen des Sassafras Poster

Wind in den Zweigen des Sassafras TV Movie1968

Del vento tra i rami del sassofrasso TV Movie1967

Sassafras TV Movie1967

Tuntematon kenraali TV Movie1966

Genousie TV Movie1965

Aurelia Short Film1964

La difficulté d'être infidèle... Poster

La difficulté d'être infidèle... Feature Film1964

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