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Gérard Buhr – Objet 26
Find this object on Walk 26 – Église apostolique de Paris Gérard Buhr(COMÉDIENS)68 Rue Damrémont, 75018 Paris, FranceMultilingual actor with a physique like Kirk Douglas (according to Cinémonde), Gérard Buhr was destined for a varied and hard-hitting career in cinema, theatre and television. On the silver screen his performance as a pimp in Jean-Pierre Melville’s…
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Pierre Stephen – Objet 25
Find this object on Walk 25 – Square Carpeaux Pierre Stephen(COMÉDIENS)63 Rue Damrémont, 75018 Paris, FranceSon of an optician from the rue de Rennes in Paris, Pierre Stephen (real name Pierre Trambouze) entered the Conservatoire in 1906 after studying at the Collège Chaptal. At the end of the Conservatoire, he was hired at the Théâtre…
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Élysée Montmartre – Objet 27
Find this object on Walk 27 – Élysée Montmartre Élysée Montmartre72 Blvd Marguerite de Rochechouart, 75018 Paris, FranceThe Élysée Montmartre was originally a ballroom inaugurated in 1807, the legendary auditorium saw the creation of the French cancan and its majestic architecture was partly created by Gustave Eiffel. After the Second World War, it started hosting…
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Brigitte Auber – Objet 23
Find this object on Walk 23 – Square Léon Serpollet Brigitte Auber(COMÉDIENNES)9 Rue des Cloys, 75018 Paris, FranceBrigitte Auber is one of the rare French actresses, along with Dany Robin and Claude Jade, to have been directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Her film career began in 1946 in Jacques Becker’s Antoine et Antoinette. She was the…
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Francis Linel – Objet 22
Find this object on Walk 22 – Jules Joffrin Francis Linel(CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)11 Rue Lapeyrere, 75018 Paris, FranceActor and singer Francis Linel (1928-2020, real name François Giannelli) made his debut aged 15 on the stage of the Alcazar de Marseille. In 1948 Jean Nohain engaged him at the Théâtre de l’Européen, in Paris. In 1950,…
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Rue Championnet – Objet 24b
Find this object on Walk 24 – Montcalm Michel Nouaux(Saxophone)165 Rue Championnet, 75018 Paris, FranceSaxophonist Michel Nouaux was a student of the Lille Conservatoire, and unanimously awarded a first prize from the Conservatoire National de Paris in 1943. On the international stage he excelled, winning the Concours International d’Exécution Musicale in Geneva in 1952. He…
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Rue Ramey – Objet 21a
Find this object on Walk 21 – Poissonniers Hubert Noel(COMÉDIENS)59 Rue Ramey, 75018 Paris, FranceA student of Cours Simon, he made his theatre debut with Charles Dullin in L’Avare, then went through the Center Dramatique de l’Est, the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier and then the Théâtre du Gymnase. With his rakish good looks he was cast…
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Walk 28 – Simplon
Michel Ruhl(COMÉDIENS)129 Rue de Clignancourt, 75018 Paris, FranceMichel Ruhl made his theatre debut in 1952 under the direction of Gérard Philipe. He held his first major role in 1959 in Le Long Voyage vers la nuit at the Théâtre Hébertot in Paris. In 1963 he made his film debut in the title role in Ton…
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Walk 27 – Élysée Montmartre
Juan Catalano(CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)52 Rue de la Goutte d’Or, 75018 Paris, FranceSinger Juan Catalano won the inaugural Coq d’or de la chanson française contest at l’Olympia in 1958 with his rendition of Les Gitans. The contest ran from 1958 to 1961 to reward a song written in French, by a French composer, and sang by…
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Walk 26 – Église apostolique de Paris
Gérard Buhr(COMÉDIENS)68 Rue Damrémont, 75018 Paris, FranceMultilingual actor with a physique like Kirk Douglas (according to Cinémonde), Gérard Buhr was destined for a varied and hard-hitting career in cinema, theatre and television. On the silver screen his performance as a pimp in Jean-Pierre Melville’s Bob le flambeur (1956) earned him rave reviews. The 1960s was…
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