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Honorary member of the Comédie-Française, the actor had also excelled in supporting roles in the cinema. He died this Thursday, August 29 at the age of 82 years.
" I did not become a star, huh! But at my small level, I have succeeded, "Michel Aumont told L'Express.
If the cinema did not give him roles of young first, the actor, died this Wednesday at 82 years, was a giant of the theater from the years 1960. He embodied perfectly The Miserable Molière for 20 years at within the Comédie-Française , of which he was an honorary member since 1994.
" Probably the most exceptional of the 'Avare' ever seen at the Comédie-Française. Goodbye Artist, "commented on Twitter actor Christian Clavier .
A lot of sadness for the disappearance of #MichelAumont, a delicious man and a great actor, probably the most exceptional "Avare" ever seen at the Comédie-Française. Goodbye Artist ...
Christian Clavier (@Ch_Keyboard) August 29, 2019Born on October 15, 1936 in Paris, of a father-director of the Théâtre-Français and of a mother-actress, Hélène Gerber, Michel Aumont entered the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art at the age of 18. He obtained two years later a first prize of modern comedy before being engaged to the Comédie-Française.
Police Commissioner, Lawyer or Politician
On the big screen as well as on stage, he knows how to let contradictory emotions filter and gives a deeply human touch to his characters.
In the cinema especially, he plays a cascade of supporting roles, often as a police commissioner, lawyer or politician.
" The sustain, the intonation, the phrasing, the accuracy, the discrete irony never far away and this kind of human thickness that serves the major roles. One of his titles suits him well : The Eye of the Master ", said the former president of the Cannes Film Festival Gilles Jacob after the announcement of his death.
Death of Michel Aumont, great actor, theater and cinema, classical and modern. The maintenance, the intonation, the phrasing, the accuracy, the discreet irony never far away and this kind of human thickness that serves the major roles. One of his titles suits him well: The eye of the master.
Gilles Jacob (@jajacobbi) August 29, 2019Rewarded by several Molières, his best memory on stage is Richard III , in Avignon in 1972, where he triumphs by taking over the role played by Robert Hirsch: " My greatest memory and my biggest fear, " he said.
He also turns for television (The ladies of the coast) and will start from 35 years in the cinema, with The Woman in Blue (1973) Michel Deville, Nada Claude Chabrol (1974), spoiled children (1977) ) and A Sunday in the Country (1984) by Bertrand Tavernier or Edith and Marcel by Claude Lelouch (1983).
Hilary Chief of Protocol in Royal Palace !
He expresses his comic fiber by embodying a commissioner in the pleasing Ripoux against ripoux, or in front of the camera of Francis Veber, with whom he will have a long collaboration (Les Compères in 1983, Le Placard in 2001, Silence! The Lining in 2006 and the Emmerdeur in 2008).
His hilarious role as chief of protocol in Royal Palace ! (2005) by Valérie Lemercier will also mark the spirits. In total, Michel Aumont has shot in more than 150 films and serials and a hundred plays.
" Huge popular comedian, embodying characters as mockery as humanists, the 7th art loses one of his irreplaceable talents, " summarized Alain Terzian, president of the Academy of Caesar, who paid tribute to him.
(With AFP)