Pierre Blanchar

Pierre Blanchar (30 June 1892 – 21 November 1963) was a French actor.^[1] He appeared in more than 50 films between 1922 and 1961. Blanchar was married to actress Marthe Vinot, with whom he had a daughter, actress Dominique Blanchar. He played Napoleon in the 1938 British film A Royal Divorce alongside Ruth Chatterton as Josephine. He later appeared alongside Michèle Morgan in the 1946 film Pastoral Symphony.

Pierre Blanchar
Blanchar in the 1937 Italian film The Former Mattia Pascal
Born	(1892-06-30)30 June 1892 Philippeville, French Algeria (now Skikda, Algeria)
Died	21 November 1963(1963-11-21) (aged 71) Suresnes, France
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1922–1961

Selected filmography

• The Gardens of Murcia (1923)
• The Thruster (1924)
• The Promised Land (1925)
• Le Joueur d'échecs (1927)
• The Farewell Waltz (1928)
• The Wedding March (1929)
• Captain Fracasse (1929)
• Les Croix de bois (1932)
• The Beautiful Sailor (1932)
• L'Atlantide (1932)
• The Old Devil (1933)
• At the End of the World (1934)
• The Devil in the Bottle (1935)
• Lovers and Thieves (1935)
• The Volga Boatman (1936)
• Street of Shadows (1937)
• Culprit (1937)
• The Former Mattia Pascal (1937)
• Life Dances On (1937)
• The Man from Nowhere (1937)
• A Royal Divorce (1938)
• The Strange Monsieur Victor (1938)
• Night in December (1940)
• The Snow on the Footsteps (1942)
• Colonel Pontcarral (1942)
• Secrets (1943)
• La Liberation de Paris (1944)
• Pastoral Symphony (1946)
• Patrie (1946)
• Le Bataillon du ciel (1947)
• After Love (1948)
• Doctor Laennec (1949)
• The Cupid Club (1949)
• My Friend Sainfoin (1950)

References

1. "Pierre Blanchar". Allocine. Retrieved 24 April 2019.

Bibliography

• O'Brien, Scott. Ruth Chatterton, Actress, Aviator, Author. BearManor Media, 2013.
• Palmer, Tim & Michael, Charlie. Directory of World Cinema: France. Intellect Books, 2013.

External links

• Pierre Blanchar at IMDb
• Pierre Blanchar at AllMovie
• Pierre Blanchar at Find a Grave