Georges Berr

Georges Berr
File:Georges Berr.jpg
Born	30 July 1867 3rd arrondissement of Paris
Died	21 July 1942(1942-07-21) (aged 74) Paris
Occupations	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 maternal great-uncle.

Plays

Partial list of plays written or cowritten by 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
• 1937: The Train for Venice by Louis Verneuil and Berr, Théâtre Saint-Georges
• 1946: Azaïs, 3 acts comedy by Verneuil and Berr, Théâtre Daunou

Filmography

Actor

• 1910: Le Barbier de Séville: Figaro

Director

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

Writer

• The Million (Silent film, 1914, based on Le Million)
• The Frisky Mrs. Johnson (Silent film, 1920, based on Madame Flirt)
• La principessa Bebè (Silent film, 1921, based on Princesse Bébé)
• The World at Her Feet (Silent film, 1927, based on Maître Bolbec and son mari)
• My Sister and I (Silent film, 1929, based on Ma sœur et moi)
• Burglars (German, 1930, based on Guignol, le cambrioleur)
  • Flagrant Délit (French, 1931, based on Guignol, le cambrioleur)
• Le Million (French, 1931, based on Le Million)
• My Cousin from Warsaw (French, 1931, based on Ma cousine de Varsovie)
  • My Cousin from Warsaw (German, 1931, based on Ma cousine de Varsovie)
• Un coup de téléphone (French, 1932, based on Un coup de téléphone)
• Azaïs (French, 1932, based on Azaïs)
• Just My Luck (1933, based on Azaïs)
• Ihre Durchlaucht, die Verkäuferin (German, 1933, based on Ma sœur et moi)
  • Caprice de princesse (French, 1934, based on Ma sœur et moi)
• Chourinette (French, 1934, original screenplay)
• The Bread Peddler (French, 1934, dialogue)
• Arlette and Her Fathers (French, 1934, based on Avril)
• L'École des contribuables (French, 1934, based on L'École des contribuables)
• Maître Bolbec et son mari (French, 1934, based on Maître Bolbec et son mari)
• Le Bossu (French, 1934, dialogue)
• Ferdinand the Roisterer (French, 1935, dialogue)
• Speak to Me of Love (French, 1935, based on Parlez-moi d'amour)
• The Squadron's Baby (French, 1935, dialogue)
• The Lover of Madame Vidal (French, 1936, based on L'amant de Madame Vidal)
• Un scandale aux Galeries (French, 1937, dialogue)
• True Confession (1937, based on Mon Crime)
• The Train for Venice (French, 1938, based on Le train pour Venise)
• My Life with Caroline (1941, based on Le train pour Venise)
• Mischievous Susana (Spanish, 1945, based on Ma sœur et moi)
• Cross My Heart (1946, based on Mon Crime)
• Ma tante d'Honfleur (French, 1949, based on Ma tante d'Honfleur)
• Canas al aire (Spanish, 1949, based on L'amant de Madame Vidal)
• My Sister and I (Swedish, 1950, based on Ma sœur et moi)
• Cosas de mujer (Spanish, 1951, based on Maître Bolbec and son mari)
• The Passage of Venus (French, 1951, based on Le Passage de Vénus)
• My Sister and I (German, 1954, based on Ma sœur et moi)

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 Miguel de Cervantes
• 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 IMDb
• Georges Berr on Data.bnf.fr
• Georges Berr on Artlyriquefr.fr Archived 2016-07-04 at the Wayback Machine