Roger Blin
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1907-03-22
Deathday 1984-01-20 (76 years old)
Place of Birth Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Also Known As Роже Блен
Roger Blin
Biography
Roger Blin (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 22 March 1907 – Évecquemont, France, 21 January 1984) was a French actor and director. He staged world premieres of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot in 1953 and Endgame in 1957. Blin was the son of a doctor; however, despite his father's wishes, Blin forged a career in the theatre. As a teenager he was 'fascinated' by the Surrealists and their conception of revolutionary art. He was initially part of the left-wing theatre collectives The Company of Five and The October Group. In 1935 Blin served as Antonin Artaud's assistant director for his production of Les Cenci [The Cenci] at the Folies-Wagrams theatre in 1935. Following his work with Artaud, Blin focused on 'political street-theatre.' During the war, Blin was a liaison between the Resistance and the French Army. His extensive career as both director and actor in both film and theatre has been largely defined by his work and relationship with Artaud, Samuel Beckett and Jean Genet. In addition to being a close friend and confidant of Artaud during the latter's nine years of internment, he directed the first performances of Beckett's Waiting For Godot, Happy Days and Endgame as well as directing the initial performance of Genet's The Blacks and the controversial The Screens. Genet's key correspondences to Blin have been published by Editions Gallimard. The 1986 Faber and Faber publication, "Samuel Beckett: The Complete Dramatic Works" carries only three dedications from Beckett: "Endgame" is dedicated to Blin, while "Come and Go" is for John Calder, and "Catastrophe" is for Václav Havel. Source: Article "Roger Blin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Actor
as Self (archive footage)
as Nestor
as Récitant (voice)
as L’aveugle (voice)
as Romain
as Jeanne's father
as Daniel
as Murdoc
as Le professeur de chant
as Servais' Father
as Burns
as Boris
as Dominique Marchesini
as Alcandre
as Pao
as Jean Sans-Tête
as Monsieur de Beaurepaire
as Le grand Claus
as Karl / Boss
as Larsen
as Narrator (voice)
as Tellmarc’h
as Curtway
as Fausto the Moor (uncredited)
as Verchinine
as Slim, le guide
as Self
as Narrator
as Mathias Hungadi
as Wladimir
as Guillaume l'égorgeur
as le valet
as Blind Man (Voice)
as Doctor Frankenstein
as Convict
as The Poet
as Narrator (segment 'Les amours jaunes') (voice)
as Emilio
as Guillaume
as Julien
as The sleepwalker
as Man of the puppet
as Paul Moury
as Cleric
as L'homme du théâtre
as François
as Bohemian leader
as Fagotin
as The Monster Showman
as Un vénitien
as Le Condamné
as (uncredited)
as Mair
as Dominique, le gardien du château de la famille de Cécilia
as Dupuis son
as De Ries
as le malade solitaire
as Un métallo
as The Crowd
Writer
as Writer