Jean Dasté

Jean Dasté born Jean Georges Gustave Dasté 18 September 1904 in Paris France 15 October 1994 in SaintPriestenJarez Loire France was an actor and theatre director Although Jean Dasté is best known for his career on stage as both an actor and director in a variety of works including those by Shakespeare and Molière he made his first appearance on screen in a 1932 Jean Renoir film Boudu sauvé des eaux and 57 years later appeared in his final film at the age of 85 He played also the main character in two Jean Vigo movies LAtalante and Zéro de conduite Later he worked also with Alain Resnais and François Truffaut He married Danishborn actress MarieHélène Copeau 19021994 the daughter of the influential French writer editor and drama critic Jacques Copeau 18791949 and Agnès Thomsen In 1947 he became the founding director of the Comedie de StEtienne stage company in the town of SaintÉtienne in the Loire département The success of his theater was such that there is a college and a theater in SaintÉtienne named in his honor Source Article Jean Dasté from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30