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Étienne Decroux

French actor and mime (1898–1991)
Person human Q289588

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[18]
Date of birth
July 19, 1898
Date of death
March 12, 1991
Place of birth
17th arrondissement of Paris
Place of death
Boulogne-Billancourt
Country of citizenship
France[10]
Occupation
mime artist, choreographer, stage actor, film actor, actor, mime[11]
Student of
Jacques Copeau[22]
Languages spoken, written or signed
French[23]
Documentation files at
SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts
End of work period
1986[26]
Family name
Decroux[19]
Given name
Étienne, Marcel[20][21]
Name in native language
Étienne Decroux[24]
P14750
C278-7A5E-A496-568F-0598
Start of work period
1932[25]
Student
Jean-Louis Barrault, Marcel Marceau, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Frederik Vanmelle, Roberto Escobar and Igón Lerchundi, Vahram Zaryan[12][13][14][15][16][17]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 84
ISNI
0000000110070254
VIAF cluster ID
116340984
Library of Congress authority ID
n85254911
GND ID
119140934
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Étienne Decroux (1898–1991) as Corvino in Volpone.png ↗
AbART person ID
100610
AllMovie person ID
p18223
AlloCiné person ID
67141
BHCL UUID
27fa6e8a-17b4-4393-9fc2-bde72e1a8d3f
BIBSYS ID
90925417
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
DecrouxEtienne1898-1991
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
126004597
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CINE21 person ID
46290
CONOR.SI ID
130971747
Carnegie Hall agent ID
99538
CiNii Research ID
1140282266582145920
Ciné-Ressources person ID
45877
DDB person (GND) ID
119140934
DFK Paris person ID
0004602222
De Agostini ID
Decroux,+Étienne-Marcel
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
119140934
Dezède person ID
35781
ElFilm person ID
3502572
Elonet person ID
1016009
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
110323
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
etienne-decroux
Evene ID
etienne-decroux-34141
FAST ID
182570
FID performing arts ID
agent/gnd_119140934
Fichier des personnes décédées ID (matchID)
vAbGsnGBjcnG
Film.ru person ID
eten-dekrua
Filmweb.pl person ID
52164
FranceArchives agent ID
256191596
Freebase ID
/m/05khkf
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Étienne_Décroux
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1945458, 5281663
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
dekru-et-enn-fd0847
Gyldendals Teaterleksikon ID
Étienne_Decroux
IMDb ID
nm0214025
IdRef ID
067215297
Ivi person ID
eten-dekru
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
119140934
Kallías ID
PE00455843
Kinobox person ID
851654
Kinopoisk person ID
212861
LdiF person ID
92445
Les Archives du spectacle person ID
50981
Libris-URI
20dgjsfl1pwzvt8
Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID
01427/eu_d_0398/d0398
MYmovies person ID
1706
Media Library for Dance and Theatre person ID
74
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA10766313
NDL Authority ID
00686653
NE.se ID
etienne-decroux
NL CR AUT ID
ola2002159241
NLA Trove people ID
1169775
NLAI ID
204193
NLP ID
a0000002066001
NUKAT ID
n2003062471
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007354131505171
National Library of Latvia ID
000191745
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810615243205606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX4731732
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
069246068
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3891229
Open Library ID
OL2147387A
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095706155
Parsifal cluster ID
594456
SBN author ID
RAVV000573
SELIBR ID
222168
SHARE Catalogue author ID
401556
SNAC ARK ID
w66m3dg8
SPAP ID
a/1b5d7235-c854-43ef-97b1-93821124145f
SVKKL authority ID
0391372-Decroux-EtienneMarcel-18981991
Scope.dk person ID
13835
Sinemalar person ID
160084
Swedish Film Database person ID
132612
TMDB person ID
1446920
Tabakalera ID
140317
Treccani ID
etienne-marcel-decroux
Unifrance person ID
131980
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID
etienne-decroux
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJqVPfqgDYXrCFDf4Vmjmd
Yale LUX ID
person/7c1653aa-6da7-4c85-b485-88ee42e0ec5d

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🔗 Connections
← Cast member 7
Children of Paradise, Le Corbeau, Comme un cheveu sur la soupe, The Last Turning, The Lafarge Case, L'affaire est dans le sac, Macao
Occupation 5
actor, mime artist, film actor, choreographer, stage actor
Student 4
Marcel Marceau, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Jean-Louis Barrault, Vahram Zaryan
Students 4
Marcel Marceau, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Jean-Louis Barrault, Vahram Zaryan
Given name 2
Marcel, Étienne
Country of citizenship 1
France
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
French
Place of birth 1
17th arrondissement of Paris
Place of death 1
Boulogne-Billancourt
Sex or gender 1
male
Student of 1
Jacques Copeau
Teachers 1
Jacques Copeau
← EU Knowledge Graph item ID 1
Gonnoscodina
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Summary

Étienne Decroux was born on July 19, 1898[1], in 17th arrondissement of Paris[2]. He died on March 12, 1991[3], in Boulogne-Billancourt[4]. He worked as a mime artist[5], choreographer[6], stage actor[7], film actor[8], and actor[9].

FAQs

Where was Étienne Decroux born?

Étienne Decroux was born in 17th arrondissement of Paris[2].

Where did Étienne Decroux die?

Étienne Decroux passed away in Boulogne-Billancourt[4].

What did Étienne Decroux do for work?

Étienne Decroux worked as a mime artist[5], choreographer[6], stage actor[7], film actor[8], and actor[9].

Related Entities

Alejandro Jodorowsky Children of Paradise France Gonnoscodina Jean-Louis Barrault Marcel Marceau

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  3. [18] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  5. [5] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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    Languages spoken, written or signed → French
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