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Raimu


1883 - 1946

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The actor Raimu was born as Jules Auguste César Muraire in Toulon.
 
He already made first experiences as an entertainer as a juvenile and in the next years followed appearances in different cities before he got his first engagement in Paris in 1908.
There he became established as a stage actor and finally he had his breakthrough in 1929 with classic roles at the comédie Française.
 
Raim also impersonated roles for the cinema from 1912, first in the silent movies "Le fumiste" (12), "L'homme nu" (13), "Sacré Joseph" (16) and "Le vagabond" (17).
 
It followed a longer interruption before he became a demanded character actor for the French movie of the 30s.
To his well-known movies of those years belong "Marius" (31), "Mam'zelle Nitouche" (31), "Fanny" (32), "Ces messieurs de la santé" (34), "Le secret de Polichinelle" (36), "César" (36), "Les perles de la couronne" (37), "Gribouille" (37), "L'étrange Monsieur Victor" (38), "Le héros de la Marne" (38) and "Dernière jeunesse" (39).
 
His last movies came in the 40s into being with "Le duel" (41), "Les inconnus dans la maison" (42), "L'arlésienne" (42), "Le bienfaiteur" (42), "Le colonel Chabert (43) and "Les gueux au paradis" (46).
 
In March 1946 Raimu had a car crash and he sustained several fractures of the leg. When he had a follow-on operation few months later he died because of complications of the surgery. He was 62 years old.


Other movies with Raimu:
L'agence Cacahouète (12) Paris pendant la guerre (16) L'enlèvement de Vénus (16) Le blanc et le noir (31) La petite chocolatière (32) Les gaîtés de l'escadron (32) Théodore et Cie (33) Charlemagne (33) Minuit...place Pigalle (34) Tartarin de Tarascon (34) J'ain une idée (34) L'école des cocottes (35) Gaspard de Besse (35) Les jumeaux de Brighton (36) Le roi (36) Faisons un rève... (36) Vous n'avez rien é déclarer? (37) La chaste Suzanne (37) Un carnet de bal (37) Les rois du sport (37) Le fauteuil 47 (37) Les nouveaux riches (38) La femme de boulanger (38) Noix de coco (39) Monsieur Brotonneau (39) Ultima giovinezza (39) L'homme qui cherche la vérité (40) La fille du puisatier (40) Parade en 7 nuits (41) Monsieur La Souris (42) Les petits riens (42) Untel père et fils (43) L'homme au chapeau rond (46)

 
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