Georges Vitaly

Summary

Georges Vitaly, real name Vitali Garcouchenko, (15 January 1917 – 2 January 2007), was a 20th-century French actor, theater director and theater manager.

Georges Vitaly
Vitaly (1955)
Born
Vitali Garcouchenko

15 January 1917
Died2 January 2007(2007-01-02) (aged 89)
Occupation(s)Theater director, theater manager, actor.

The son of immigrants from the Russian Revolution, he trained as actor from 1934. In 1947, he won the concours des jeunes compagnies with Le Mal court by Jacques Audiberti with Suzanne Flon. In 1947 he founded the Théâtre de la Huchette which he directed until 1952. Then, from 1954 to 1970, he was director of the Théâtre La Bruyère, in Paris. From 1970 to 1975, he was director of the Maison de la culture in Nantes.

He was married to the comedian Monique Delaroche.

Filmography edit

Cinema edit

Television edit

Au théâtre ce soir edit

Director

Theatre edit

Comedian edit

Theatre director edit

Prizes and honours edit

Biography edit

  • Maquillage de théâtre de Georges Vitaly, 1947
  • En toute vitalyté : 50 ans de théâtre de Georges Vitaly, Éditions Nizet, 1995
  • Le Fabuleux Roman du théâtre de la Huchette de Gonzague Phélip, Gallimard, 2007
  • Malva, Éditions Alna, 2005.

External links edit

  • Georges Vitaly at IMDb
  • (in French) Les Archives du Spectacle