Robert Hirsch (actor)
French actor (1925–2017) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Robert Hirsch (26 July 1925 – 16 November 2017) was a French actor. He was a sociétaire of the Comédie-Française since 1952. In 1990, he won César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre.
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Born | (1925-07-26)26 July 1925 L'Isle-Adam, Val-d'Oise, France |
Died | 16 November 2017(2017-11-16) (aged 92) Paris, France |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1951–2017 |
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His other film appearances included The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and in 2006/07 he appeared in Le gardien (a French adaptation of Harold Pinter's The Caretaker) at Théâtre de l'Oeuvre then Théâtre de Paris.
In April 2011, he asked Florian Zeller to write a part specially for him. The result was Le Père which had its first performance in Le Théâtre Hébertot, Paris, in September 2012. Hirsch played the central character, André, at the age of 87.