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Jean Yanne
- May 23, 2003
- 69 years
- heart attack
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Jean Yanne, 69, French actor and director (Weekend, This Man Must Die), heart attack.
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|Jean Yanne (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ jan]; born Jean Roger Gouyé [ʒɑ̃ ʁɔʒe ɡuje]; 18 July 1933 – 23 May 2003) was a French actor, screenwriter, producer, director and composer. In 1972, he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film We Won't Grow Old Together.
Filmography
Actor
- 1952: Nez de cuir (directed by Yves Allégret) - Extra (uncredited)
- 1952: Il est minuit, Docteur Schweitzer (directed by André Haguet) - Extra (uncredited)
- 1952: Le Chemin de Damas (directed by Max Glass) - Extra (uncredited)
- 1955: Les Carnets du Major Thompson (directed by Preston Sturges) - Extra (uncredited)
- 1964: La Vie à l'envers (directed by Alain Jessua) - Monsieur Kerbel
- 1964: Jealous as a Tiger - Alphonse
- 1964: Un égale trois
- 1964: La Femme spectacle (directed by Claude Lelouch) - Le 'journaliste' (uncredited)
- 1965: Tight Skirts, Loose Pleasures - Pornotropos
- 1965: Dis-moi qui tuer - Federucci
- 1966: Monnaie de singe (directed by Yves Robert) - Félix
- 1966: Line of Demarcation (directed by Claude Chabrol) - Tricot, l'instituteur
- 1966: The Saint Lies in Wait - Mueller-Strasse
- 1967: The Viscount (directed by Maurice Cloche) - Billette
- 1967: Bang Bang (Les aventures de Sheila !) (directed by Serge Piollet) - Robert Vaucamu alias 'Bob la Rafale'
- 1967: Week End (directed by Jean-Luc Godard) - Roland Durand
- 1968: Un drôle de colonel (directed by Jean Girault) - Barton
- 1968: Ces messieurs de la famille (directed by Raoul André) - Marco Broca
- 1969: Erotissimo (directed by Gérard Pirès) - Philippe
- 1969: Que la bête meure (directed by Claude Chabrol) - Paul Decourt
- 1970: Le Boucher (directed by Claude Chabrol) - Popaul / Paul Thomas
- 1971: Fantasia chez les ploucs (directed by Gérard Pirès) - Doc Noonan
- 1971: Laisse aller... c'est une valse (directed by Georges Lautner) - Serge Aubin
- 1971: Êtes-vous fiancée à un marin grec ou à un pilote de ligne ? (directed by Jean Aurel) - Roger Blanchard
- 1971: Le Saut de l'ange (directed by Yves Boisset) - Louis Orsini
- 1972: Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble (directed by Maurice Pialat) - Jean
- 1972: Tout le monde il est beau, tout le monde il est gentil - Christian Gerber
- 1973: Moi y'en a vouloir des sous - Benoît Lepape
- 1974: Chinese in Paris - Régis Forneret
- 1974: Touche pas à la femme blanche (Don't Touch The White Woman!) (directed by Marco Ferreri)
- 1975: Chobizenesse - Clément Mastard
- 1977: Armaguedon (directed by Alain Jessua) - Louis Carrier
- 1977: The Accuser (L'Imprécateur) (directed by Jean-Louis Bertucelli) - Directeur des relations humaines
- 1977: Moi, fleur bleue (directed by Éric Le Hung) - Max
- 1978: La Raison d'État (directed by André Cayatte) - Jean-Philippe Leroi
- 1979: Je te tiens, tu me tiens par la barbichette - Inspecteur Chodaque
- 1980: Asphalte (directed by Denis Amar) - Arthur Colonna
- 1982: A Day in a Taxi (Une journée en taxi) (directed by Robert Ménard) - Michel
- 1982: Deux heures moins le quart avant Jésus-Christ - Paulus
- 1983: Hanna K. (directed by Costa-Gavras) - Victor Bonnet
- 1983: Papy fait de la résistance (directed by Jean-Marie Poiré) - Murat
- 1988: Le téléphone sonne toujours deux fois!! (directed by Jean-Pierre Vergne) - L'homme au téléphone
- 1985: Liberté, égalité, choucroute - Marat (uncredited)
- 1986: Le Paltoquet (directed by Michel Deville) - The Police Captain
- 1986: Oviri - William Molard
- 1986: Attention bandits! (directed by Claude Lelouch) - L'Expert (Simon Verini)
- 1987: Fucking Fernand (directed by Gérard Mordillat) - Andre Binet
- 1987: Cayenne palace (directed by Alain Maline) - L'Équateur
- 1988: Quicker Than the Eye (directed by Nicolas Gessner) - Inspector Sutter
- 1990: Le Radeau de la Méduse (directed by Iradj Azimi) - Duroy de Chaumareys
- 1991: Madame Bovary (directed by Claude Chabrol) - M. Homais - le pharmacien
- 1991: Les secrets professionnels du Dr Apfelglück - Germain l'escroc
- 1992: Le Bal des casse-pieds (directed by Yves Robert) - H 33
- 1992: Indochine (directed by Régis Wargnier) - Guy
- 1992: La Sévillane (directed by Jean-Philippe Toussaint) - Polougaievski
- 1992: L'Affaire Seznec (directed by Yves Boisset) - Quémeneur
- 1993: Pétain (directed by Jean Marbeuf) - Pierre Laval
- 1993: La Légende (directed by Jérôme Diamant-Berger) - Roland Pikas
- 1993: Fausto (directed by Remy Duchemin) - Mietek Breslauer
- 1993: Chacun pour toi (directed by Jean-Michel Ribes) - Georges Flavier
- 1993: Profil bas (directed by Claude Zidi) - Plana
- 1994: Regarde les hommes tomber (directed by Jacques Audiard) - Simon
- 1995: Le Hussard sur le toit (directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau) - Le Colporteur
- 1996: Beaumarchais, l'insolent (directed by Édouard Molinaro) - Louis Goezman
- 1996: Enfants de salaud (directed by Tonie Marshall) - Julius Mandenne
- 1996: Désiré (directed by Bernard Murat) - Corniche
- 1996: Des nouvelles du bon Dieu (directed by Didier Le Pêcheur) - Louis-Albert Dieu
- 1996: Mo (directed by Yves-Noël François) - Ned Collins
- 1996: Fallait pas ! (directed by Gérard Jugnot) - Magic
- 1996: Victory (directed by Mark Peploe) - Mr. Schomberg
- 1997: Tenue correcte exigée (directed by Philippe Lioret) - M. Brucker - le directeur de l'hôtel
- 1998: La dame du jeu - Evaristo Della Porta
- 1999: Hygiène de l'assassin (directed by François Ruggieri) - Prétextat Tach
- 1999: Belle Maman (directed by Gabriel Aghion) - Paul
- 1999: Je règle mon pas sur le pas de mon père (directed by Rémi Waterhouse) - Bertrand
- 2000: Les Acteurs (directed by Bertrand Blier) - Dr. Belgoder
- 2001: Le Pacte des loups (Brotherhood of the Wolf) (directed by Christophe Gans) - Comte de Morangias
- 2001: Vertige de l'amour (directed by Laurent Chouchan) - Le beau-père
- 2002: Adolphe (directed by Benoît Jacquot) - The Count
- 2002: Féroce (directed by Gilles de Maistre) - Comte de Morangias
- 2002: Tamango (directed by Jean Roké Patoudem)
- 2003: Petites Coupures (directed by Pascal Bonitzer) - Gérard, l'oncle de Bruno
- 2002: Gomez et Tavarès (directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner) - Tonton
- 2003: Les Thibault (TV Mini-Series) - Oscar Thibault
- 2004: Atomik circus: le retour de James Bataille (directed by Didier Poiraud and Thierry Poiraud)
Director
- 1972: Tout le monde il est beau, tout le monde il est gentil (Everybody's handsome, Everybody's Nice)
- 1972: Moi y'en a vouloir des sous
- 1973: Les Chinois à Paris
- 1975: Chobizenesse
- 1978: Je te tiens, tu me tiens par la barbichette
- 1982: Deux heures moins le quart avant Jésus-Christ
- 1984: Liberté, égalité, choucroute
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