Pierre Barillet

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1923-08-24

Deathday 2019-01-08 (95 years old)

Place of Birth Paris, France

Also Known As بيير بارييه

Pierre Barillet

Biography

Pierre Barillet (24 August 1923 – 8 January 2019) was a French playwright. Barillet was born in Paris, France. Passionate about theatre since childhood, he wrote his first play, Les Héritiers, in 1945 after being a law student. It was followed by Les Amants de Noël, performed at the Théâtre de Poche. He also worked as a radio broadcaster, reading novels and plays with Agnès Capri. He first experienced success in 1951 with Le Don d'Adèle, which he wrote along with Jean-Pierre Gredy. The play was performed over a thousand times. Over the next several decades, Barillet would develop what he was most famous for, Boulevard theatre. Certain of his plays were adapted to Broadway, including Fleur de cactus (Cactus Flower, written by Abe Burrows) and Quarante carats (Forty Carats). In the 1980s, Barillet appeared in television shows, including Malesherbes, avocat du roi, and Condorcet. In the 1990s, he wrote biographies, such as Les Seigneurs du rire, about Robert de Flers, Gaston Arman de Caillavet, and Francis de Croisset. Quatre années sans relâche was about theatrical life in France during their German occupation in World War II. À la ville comme à la scène was an autobiography about the years he spent writing and performing in plays. Barillet was an officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and a Knight of the Legion of Honor. Barillet was married to comedian Roland Oberlin. Source: Article "Pierre Barillet" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Writer

2017
Fleur de cactus

as Author

2011
Just Go with It

as Theatre Play

2010
Trophy Wife

as Theatre Play

1987
Fleur de cactus

as Author

1987
Lily et Lily

as Theatre Play

1985
Adieu Prudence

as Writer

1983
Potiche

as Author

1983
Folle Amanda

as Author

1980
Peau de vache

as Writer

1978
La Plume

as Theatre Play

1978
1974
Folle Amanda

as Author

1974
1973
40 Carats

as Writer

1972
Le don d'Adèle

as Author

1969
Cactus Flower

as Theatre Play

1967
Ami-Ami

as Author

1967
1966
1958
1952
Beauties of the Night

as Adaptation