Sacha Guitry

Personal Info

Birthday

February 20, 1885

Day of Death

1957-07-24

(72 years old)

Place of Birth

Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Also Known As

Alexandre Guitry

Alexandre Georges-Pierre Guitry

사샤 기트리

사차 거이트리

Sacha Guitry

Biography

Alexandre-Pierre Georges Guitry (21 February 1885 – 24 July 1957), known as Sacha Guitry, was a French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright of the boulevard theatre. He was the son of a leading French actor, Lucien Guitry, and followed his father into the theatrical profession.

He became known for his stage performances, particularly in boulevardier roles. He was also a prolific playwright, writing 115 plays throughout his career. He was married five times, always to rising actresses whose careers he furthered.

Known For

Royal Affairs in Versailles

Napoleon

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

If Paris Were Told to Us

The Pearls of the Crown

The Devil Who Limped

Let's Make a Dream

Quadrille

Filmography

1956
If Paris Were Told to Us
as le narrateur et Louis XI
1955
Napoleon
as Talleyrand
1954
Royal Affairs in Versailles
as Louis XIV (older)
1953
The Virtuous Scoundrel
as Self in the prologue / Narrator (uncredited)
1952
I Was It Three Times
as Jean Renneval
1951
Deburau
as Jean-Gaspard Deburau
1950
Tu m'as sauvé la vie
as Le baron de Saint-Rambert
The Treasure of Cantenac
as Baron of Cantenac
1949
Toâ
as Michel Desnoyers
Two Doves
as Maître Jean-Pierre Walter
1948
The Devil Who Limped
as Talleyrand
The Private Life of an Actor
as Lucien Guitry et Sacha Guitry
1944
From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain
as Narrator (voice)
La Malibran
as Eugène Malibran
1943
My Last Mistress
as François
1941
Mlle. Desiree
as Napoléon 1er
1939
Nine Bachelors
as Jean Lécuyer
1938
Let’s Go Up the Champs-Élysées
as Le Professeur, Louis XV, Ludovic, Jean-Louis et Napoléon III
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
as Man Leaving Hotel in France (uncredited)
Quadrille
as Philippe de Morannes
1937
Désiré
as Désiré
The Pearls of the Crown
as Jean Martin / François Ier / Barras / Napoléon III
Le Mot de Cambronne
as Le Général Pierre Cambronne
1936
Let's Make a Dream
as L'Amant
My Father Was Right
as Charles Bellanger
The Story of a Cheat
as le tricheur
The New Testament
as Le Docteur Marcelin
1935
Good Luck
as Claude
Pasteur
as Louis Pasteur
1934
Dîner de gala aux Ambassadeurs
as Self
1926
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
as Mancha y Zaragosa
1918
Un roman d’amour et d’aventures
as Jean et Jacques Sarrazin