Jean Dasté

Q: When did Jean Dasté die?

Jean Dasté died on October 15, 1994.

Q: How old was Jean Dasté when they died?

Jean Dasté was 90 years old at the time of death.

Jean Dasté (born Jean Georges Gustave Dasté; 18 September 1904 – 15 October 1994) was a French actor and theatre director.

Although Jean Dasté is best known for his career on stage as both an actor and director in a variety of works including those by Shakespeare and Molière, he made his first appearance on screen in a 1932 Jean Renoir film (Boudu sauvé des eaux), and 57 years later appeared in his final film at the age of 85. He played also the main character in two Jean Vigo movies, L'Atalante and Zéro de conduite. Later, he worked also with Alain Resnais and François Truffaut.

Personal life

He married Danish-born actress Marie-Hélène Copeau (1902–1994), the daughter of the influential French writer, editor, and drama critic Jacques Copeau (1879–1949) and Agnès Thomsen. His daughter, Catherine Dasté, married Graeme Allwright, both were students at the Old Vic Theatre School in London In 1947,Jean Dasté became the founding director of the Comedie de St.-Etienne stage company in the town of Saint-Étienne in the Loire department. A theatre, La Comédie de Saint-Étienne, with its own acting school, is located in a square, Place Jean Dasté, named in his honour.

Filmography as actor

Boudu sauvé des eaux (Boudu Saved from Drowning) (1932) - The student
Zéro de conduite (Zero for Conduct) (1933) - Surveillant Huguet
L'Atalante (1934) - Jean
Le Crime de monsieur Lange (The Crime of Monsieur Lange) (1936) - The Model maker
Sous les yeux d'occident (Under Western Eyes) (1936) - Georges
La vie est à nous (1936) - L'instituteur/Teacher
La Grande Illusion (Grand Illusion) (1937) - The teacher
Le Temps des cerises (The Time of the Cherries) (1938) - Le fils du directeur / The director's son
Remorques (1941) - Le radio
Croisières sidérales (1942) - Pépin
Picpus (1943) - Le clerc
Une étoile au soleil (1943)
Adieu Léonard (1943) - Le raccommodeur de porcelaine
La Grande Meute (1945) - L'huissier
Le Mystère Saint-Val (1945) - L'huissier
Muriel ou Le temps d'un retour (1963) - L'homme à la chèvre / The Goat Man
Heaven on One's Head (Le Ciel sur la tête) (1965) - M. Bazin
La guerre est finie (The War Is Over) (1966) - Le chef du réseau clandestin / Chief
Z (1969) - Illya Coste
L'Enfant sauvage (The Wild Child) (1970) - Professor Philippe Pinel
Beau Masque (1972) - Cuvrot
Les Jours gris (1974) - Le vieil homme
Le Petit Marcel (1976) - Berger
Le Corps de mon ennemi (1976) - Le gardien du chantier / Keeper
L'Homme qui aimait les femmes (The Man Who Loved Women) (1977) - Docteur Bicard
La Chambre verte (The Green Room) (1978) - Bernard Humbert
Utopia (1978) - Jean
Molière (1978) - The grandfather
La Tortue sur le dos (1978) - Bad-tempered invalid
Rue du Pied de Grue (1979) - Tonton
Mon oncle d'Amérique (My American Uncle) (1980) - M. Louis
Une semaine de vacances (1980) - Le père de Laurence
Le Crime d'amour (1982) - L'homme de l'asile
Les Îles (1983) - Jean
L'Amour à mort (1984) - Dr. Rozier
Le Moine et la Sorcière (1987) - Christophe
Nuit docile (1987) - Le chauffeur de taxi
Noce blanche (1989) - Le concierge
Projections (1990) - Le propriétaire de la salle de cinéma (final film role)