Georges Berr

Georges Berr
Born	30 July 1867 3rd arrondissement of Paris
Died	21 July 1942 (aged 74) Paris
Occupation	Dramatist, actor

Georges Berr (30 July 1867 – 21 July 1942) in Paris, was a French actor and dramatist, a member and sociétaire of the Comédie-Française from 1886 to 1923.

Under the pseudonyms Colias and Henry Bott he wrote several plays, particularly in collaboration with Louis Verneuil. He was Jean-Pierre Aumont's uncle.

Plays

Partial list of plays written or cowritten by Berr.

• Le Train pour Venise by Louis Verneuil & Berr
• L'Amant de Madame Vidal
• La Pomme by Verneuil and Berr
• L'École des contribuables
• 1900: Moins cinq... by Paul Gavault and Berr, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
• 1901: L'Inconnue by Gavault and Berr, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
• 1901: Madame Flirt by Gavault and Berr, Théâtre de l'Athénée
• 1902: Les Aventures du capitaine Corcoran by Gavault, Berr and Adrien Vély, Théâtre du Châtelet
• 1902: La Carotte by Berr, Paul Dehere and Marcel Guillemaud, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
• 1904: La Dette by Gavault and Berr, Théâtre de l'Odéon
• 1905: Les Merlereau, 3 acts comedy, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens
• 1905: La Marche forcée by Berr and Marc Sonal, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
• 1913: Un jeune homme qui se tue, 4 acts comedy, Théâtre Femina
• 1914: J'ose pas, 3 acts comedy, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
• 1922: Dom Juan de Molière, Comédie-Française
• 1925: Azaïs by Louis Verneuil and Berr
• 1928: Le passage de Vénus, 3 acts comedie-bouffe, Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt
• 1930: Miss France by Berr and Verneui, Théâtre Édouard VII
• 1930: Guignol, un cambrioleur by Berr and Verneuil, Théâtre de la Potinière
• 1934: Mon crime de Georges Berr and Verneuil, Théâtre des Variétés
• 1935: Les Fontaines lumineuses by Berr and Verneuil, Théâtre des Variétés
• 1946: Azaïs,3 acts comedy by Verneuil and Berr, Théâtre Daunou

Filmography

Actor

• 1910: Le Barbier de Séville: Figaro

Screenwriter

• 1909: Joseph vendu par ses frères
• 1930: Le Million by René Clair
• 1934: Chourinette by André Hugon
• 1936: Parlez-moi d'amour by René Guissart
• 1938: The Train for Venice by André Berthomieu

Dramaturge

• 1934: Le Bossu by René Sti
• 1934: La Porteuse de pain by René Sti
• 1935: Ferdinand le noceur by René Sti
• 1935: Le Bébé de l'escadron by René Sti

Director

• 1909: L'Enfant prodigue, script by Henri Lavedan, with Eugène Silvain
• 1909: Les Précieuses ridicules, after Molière, with Béatrix Dussane

Career at the Comédie-Française

• Admitted at the Comédie-Française in 1886
• Sociétaire from 1893 to 1923
• 326th sociétaire
• Honorary sociétaire in 1923
• 1891: Thermidor by Victorien Sardou
• 1897: Mieux vaut douceur et violence by Édouard Pailleron
• 1899: Le Torrent by Maurice Donnay
• 1899: La Conscience de l'enfant by Gaston Devore
• 1902: La Grammaire by Eugène Labiche and Alphonse Jolly
• 1902: La Petite Amie by Eugène Brieux
• 1903: Business is business by Octave Mirbeau
• 1904: Le Paon by Francis de Croisset
• 1905: Don Quichotte by Jean Richepin after Cervantès
• 1905: Il était une bergère by André Rivoire
• 1906: Les Plaideurs by Racine
• 1907: Marion de Lorme by Victor Hugo
• 1907: L'Amour veille by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet
• 1908: Le Bon Roi Dagobert by André Rivoire
• 1912: Le Mariage forcé by Molière
• 1913: La Marche nuptiale by Henry Bataille
• 1915: Le Mariage forcé by Molière
• 1920: L'Amour médecin by Molière
• 1920: The Imaginary Cuckold by Molière
• 1921: Le Sicilien ou l'Amour peintre by Molière
• 1921: Les Fâcheux by Molière
• 1922: Dom Juan by Molière
• 1922: Remerciement au roi by Molière]
• 1922: L'Amour veille by Gaston Arman de Caillavet and Robert de Flers
• 1923: Le Dépit amoureux by Molière
• 1924: Les Trois Sultanes by Charles-Simon Favart

External links

• Georges Berr at the Internet Movie Database
• Georges Berr on Data.bnf.fr
• Georges Berr on Artlyriquefr.fr