en Georges Berr

Georges Berr
Georges Berr
Born	30 July 1867; 3rd arrondissement of Paris
Died	21 July 1942 (aged 74); Paris
Occupation(s)	Dramatist, actor

Georges Berr (30 July 1867 – 21 July 1942) in Paris, was a French actor and dramatist, a member and sociétaire of the Comédie-Française from 1886 to 1923.

Under the pseudonyms Colias and Henry Bott he wrote several plays, particularly in collaboration with Louis Verneuil. He was Jean-Pierre Aumont's maternal great-uncle.

Plays

Partial list of plays written or cowritten by Berr.

L'Amant de Madame Vidal
La Pomme by Verneuil and Berr
L'École des contribuables [fr]
1900: Moins cinq... by Paul Gavault and Berr, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
1901: L'Inconnue by Gavault and Berr, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
1901: Madame Flirt by Gavault and Berr, Théâtre de l'Athénée
1902: Les Aventures du capitaine Corcoran by Gavault, Berr and Adrien Vély, Théâtre du Châtelet
1902: La Carotte by Berr, Paul Dehere and Marcel Guillemaud, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
1904: La Dette by Gavault and Berr, Théâtre de l'Odéon
1905: Les Merlereau, 3 acts comedy, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens
1905: La Marche forcée by Berr and Marc Sonal, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
1913: Un jeune homme qui se tue, 4 acts comedy, Théâtre Femina
1914: J'ose pas, 3 acts comedy, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
1922: Dom Juan de Molière, Comédie-Française
1925: Azaïs by Louis Verneuil and Berr
1928: Le passage de Vénus, 3 acts comedie-bouffe, Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt
1930: Miss France by Berr and Verneui, Théâtre Édouard VII
1930: Guignol, un cambrioleur by Berr and Verneuil, Théâtre de la Potinière
1934: Mon crime de Georges Berr and Verneuil, Théâtre des Variétés
1935: Les Fontaines lumineuses by Berr and Verneuil, Théâtre des Variétés
1937: The Train for Venice by Louis Verneuil and Berr, Théâtre Saint-Georges
1946: Azaïs, 3 acts comedy by Verneuil and Berr, Théâtre Daunou

Filmography

Actor

1910: Le Barbier de Séville: Figaro

Director

1909: L'Enfant prodigue, script by Henri Lavedan, with Eugène Silvain
1909: Les Précieuses ridicules, after Molière, with Béatrix Dussane

Writer

The Million (Silent film, 1914, based on Le Million)
The Frisky Mrs. Johnson (Silent film, 1920, based on Madame Flirt)
La principessa Bebè (Silent film, 1921, based on Princesse Bébé)
The World at Her Feet (Silent film, 1927, based on Maître Bolbec and son mari)
My Sister and I (Silent film, 1929, based on Ma sœur et moi)
Burglars (German, 1930, based on Guignol, le cambrioleur)
- Flagrant Délit [fr] (French, 1931, based on Guignol, le cambrioleur)
Le Million (French, 1931, based on Le Million)
My Cousin from Warsaw (French, 1931, based on Ma cousine de Varsovie)
- My Cousin from Warsaw (German, 1931, based on Ma cousine de Varsovie)
Un coup de téléphone [fr] (French, 1932, based on Un coup de téléphone)
Azaïs (French, 1932, based on Azaïs)
Just My Luck (1933, based on Azaïs)
Ihre Durchlaucht, die Verkäuferin (German, 1933, based on Ma sœur et moi)
- Caprice de princesse (French, 1934, based on Ma sœur et moi)
Chourinette (French, 1934, original screenplay)
The Bread Peddler (French, 1934, dialogue)
Arlette and Her Fathers (French, 1934, based on Avril)
L'École des contribuables [fr] (French, 1934, based on L'École des contribuables)
Maître Bolbec et son mari [fr] (French, 1934, based on Maître Bolbec et son mari)
Le Bossu (French, 1934, dialogue)
Ferdinand the Roisterer (French, 1935, dialogue)
Speak to Me of Love (French, 1935, based on Parlez-moi d'amour)
The Squadron's Baby (French, 1935, dialogue)
The Lover of Madame Vidal (French, 1936, based on L'amant de Madame Vidal)
Un scandale aux Galeries [fr] (French, 1937, dialogue)
True Confession (1937, based on Mon Crime)
The Train for Venice (French, 1938, based on Le train pour Venise)
My Life with Caroline (1941, based on Le train pour Venise)
Mischievous Susana (Spanish, 1945, based on Ma sœur et moi)
Cross My Heart (1946, based on Mon Crime)
Ma tante d'Honfleur (French, 1949, based on Ma tante d'Honfleur)
Canas al aire (Spanish, 1949, based on L'amant de Madame Vidal)
My Sister and I (Swedish, 1950, based on Ma sœur et moi)
Cosas de mujer (Spanish, 1951, based on Maître Bolbec and son mari)
The Passage of Venus (French, 1951, based on Le Passage de Vénus)
My Sister and I (German, 1954, based on Ma sœur et moi)

Career at the Comédie-Française

Admitted at the Comédie-Française in 1886
Sociétaire from 1893 to 1923
326th sociétaire
Honorary sociétaire in 1923
1891: Thermidor by Victorien Sardou
1897: Mieux vaut douceur et violence by Édouard Pailleron
1899: Le Torrent by Maurice Donnay
1899: La Conscience de l'enfant by Gaston Devore
1902: La Grammaire by Eugène Labiche and Alphonse Jolly
1902: La Petite Amie by Eugène Brieux
1903: Business is business by Octave Mirbeau
1904: Le Paon by Francis de Croisset
1905: Don Quichotte by Jean Richepin after Miguel de Cervantes
1905: Il était une bergère by André Rivoire
1906: Les Plaideurs by Racine
1907: Marion de Lorme by Victor Hugo
1907: L'Amour veille by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet
1908: Le Bon Roi Dagobert by André Rivoire
1912: Le Mariage forcé by Molière
1913: La Marche nuptiale by Henry Bataille
1915: Le Mariage forcé by Molière
1920: L'Amour médecin by Molière
1920: The Imaginary Cuckold by Molière
1921: Le Sicilien ou l'Amour peintre by Molière
1921: Les Fâcheux by Molière
1922: Dom Juan by Molière
1922: Remerciement au roi by Molière]
1922: L'Amour veille by Gaston Arman de Caillavet and Robert de Flers
1923: Le Dépit amoureux by Molière
1924: Les Trois Sultanes by Charles-Simon Favart