Louis Jouvet (December 24, 1887 - August 16, 1951) was a renowned French actor and producer. His Anglo-French nephew Peter Wyngarde is an actor. December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Peter Wyngarde in an episode of The Champions (1968). ...
Born: Jules Eugène LouisJouvet in Crozon, Finistère, Brittany, 24 December1887.
LouisJouvet was already established as a giant of the French theater before he made his first film at the age of 46.
Jouvet was the police detective, shabby and stubborn, retaining through his weary disillusionment a cold thin edge of compassion for the denizens of his seedy underworld.
LouisJouvet was born in Crozon, Brittany in France, on 24th December 1887.
Jouvets theatrical career was disrupted temporarily by World War I, in which he saw active service.
Between the two wars, Jouvet established himself as one of the most prominent stage actors of his generation in France, although he also achieved remarkable successes as a director, producer and a technician (for example, developing new lighting techniques).