Jacques Breux
(CHEFS D’ORCHESTRES)
48 Rue Caulaincourt, 75018 Paris, France
Jacques Breux was comfortable playing the piano solo, or as part of a duo with Fred Freed, or even a trio with Freed and Henri Leca. He was the bandleader of a large orchestra that could be heard regularly on the radio. As a composer he wrote scores for film, for revues (with the great Gabriello), and for popular artists of the day, including Simone Langlois, whom he toured with. He was particularly adept at composing for the humorous vocals of Les Quatre Barbus and Les Frères Jacques.

Renée Dennsy
(COMÉDIENNES)
46B Rue Caulaincourt, 75018 Paris, France
Renée Dennsy (1904-1997, real name Renée Marie Desbaines) had a 60 year career as a TV and cinema actress. She starred in some of the popular TV series of the 1960s, including the classic Allô Police. Against her parents wishes, Dennsy began life as a performer on the stages of La Scala, Théâtre de la Renaissance and Théâtre Broadway in the 1920s.

Patrick Lemaitre
(COMÉDIENS)
46B Rue Caulaincourt, 75018 Paris, France
Patrick Lemaitre (b.1949) began his career at the age of 8, in the film Le Grand Chef with Fernandel. He made appearances on the Paris stage at venues like the Théâtre de la Madeleine and Théâtre Marigny but it was on TV where he made more of an impression. He featured in the epic TV detective drama Les cinq dernières minutes and Le théâtre de la jeunesse, both in the 1960s. Alongside his acting career he was an accomplished singer and composer, writing songs for Johnny Hallyday, Eddy Mitchell, Céline Dion, Enrico Macias and Sheila.

Jacqueline Gauthier
(COMÉDIENNES)
35 Rue Caulaincourt, 75018 Paris, France
Jacqueline Gauthier (1921-1982) began her career on stage and film in the late 1930s. After 1940, she stepped into the spotlight as a lead actress on the silver screen. Cinema roles began to dwindle in the late 1950s and she moved into TV, often appearing on the program Au théâtre ce soir. Throughout her working life her popularity in the theatres of Paris never waned, from 1938 at Théâtre des Ambassadeurs until the Théâtre Marigny in 1980. She committed suicide aged 60.

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Régine Blaess (Com. Fr.)
(COMÉDIENNES)
40 Rue Caulaincourt, 75018 Paris, France
Régine Blaess studied at the Conservatoire national supérieur d’art dramatique before embarking on a ten-year career at the Comédie-Française. From 1957-1972, she acted in about sixty plays, some were broadcast on TV as part of the Au théâtre ce soir series. In the 1960s she joined many of Montmartres residents actors and appeared in the TV police drama Les cinq dernières minutes.

Rene Arrieu
(COMEDIENS)
40 Rue Caulaincourt, 75018 Paris, France
Rene Arrieu joined the Comédie-Française in 1957 and became its 447th member in 1970. He must have been one of the busiest actors in Montmartre, with over 100 stage roles to his name. TV audiences were familiar with his talents, watching him appear multiple times in Au théâtre ce soir and Le théâtre de la jeunesse. He was very active in the field of dubbing, lending his voice to many foreign actors such as Henry Fonda, Jeff Chandler, Lee Marvin, Burt Lancaster, Charlton Heston, but also to animation characters like Bagheera in The Jungle Book.

Mona Dol
(COMÉDIENNES)
25 Rue Caulaincourt, 75018 Paris, France
Cinema, radio and theatre actress and director Mona Dol (1901-1990, real name Amélie Alice Gabrielle Delbart) had a career which started in the 1920s and came to its conclusion in the late 1960s. Film highlights include her role as Rosine in Le bout de la route (1949), directed by Émile Couzinet. It was a role she also played in the theatre in 1942 at the Théâtre des Noctambules in Paris. The 1960s was her swansong decade, performing with the TNP on the Parisian stage at Théâtre de Chaillot in both 1964 and 1968. Mona Dol provided the French dubbing of Hattie McDaniel (Mamma) in Gone with the Wind.

Julien Guiomar
(COMÉDIENS)
7 Rue Damrémont, 75018 Paris, France
Julien Guiomar opted for a career in acting rather than following his father into dentistry. He studied under Pierre Renoir, René Simon and Francis Blanche. He joined the Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) from 1958-1961, often performing under the directorship of Jean Vilar. The late 1960s heralded a dynamic cinema debut with director Philippe de Broca in Le Roi de cœur. His portrayal of the chief of police in Costa-Gavras ‘ film Z (1969) is remarkable for its brutality, as are his characters in La Voie lactée and La Fiancée du pirate, shot the same year.

Barry Stanley
(DANSEURS)
36 Rue Joseph de Maistre, 75018 Paris, France
Dancer and choreographer Barry Stanley led his own ballet troupe in Paris during the mid 20th Century. Uncle of the Polish poet Tadeusz Gajcy, his real name was Stanislaw Zmarzlik. He not only choreographed for the stage and revue but also for the cinema, the epic 1960 film The Battle of Austerlitz being one of his credits.

Michel Beaune
(COMEDIENS)
24 Rue Damrémont, 75018 Paris, France
Michel Beaune was a pupil of Charles Dullin and Georges Le Roy, and he studied at the Conservatoire d’art dramatique, graduating with two distinctions. Here he met several future greats of the acting world, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Annie Girardot, Jean Rochefort and Jean-Paul Belmondo, with whom he shared the poster of many films. His career began in the Parisian theatres and he remained true to the city of his birth throughout his life on stage. He joined the Comédie-Française in 1956. In 1960, he made his film debut in Les Godelureaux (directed by Claude Chabrol). Four years later a small role in Jean Becker’s Échappement libre, with his friend Jean-Paul Belmondo, started a collaboration that would last for many years (Flic ou voyou, Le Guignolo, Le Professionnel, Itinéraire d’un enfant gâté, etc.).