About

Known credits:
8
Birthday:
1899-08-09
Place of birth:
Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
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Armand Salacrou

Overview

Armand Camille Salacrou (9 August 1899 – 23 November 1989) was a French dramatist.

He was born in Rouen, but spent most of his childhood at Le Havre, and moved to Paris in 1917. His first works show the influence of the Surrealists.

He was the owner of a profitable advertising firm, but sold it in order to devote his time to writing plays. Encouraged by Charles Dullin, he wrote in a wide range of styles and enjoyed great success from the mid-1930s. His later work is usually grouped with that of the Existentialists. He flirted with communism during the 1920s and criticized capitalism in his play Boulevard Durand. During the Nazi occupation of France, he participated in the clandestine French resistance, an experience which he celebrated in Les Nuits de la colère.

He was a member of the Académie Goncourt, and a library in his home town is named after him.

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Known for

Acting

1952 Venom and Eternity Actor Self 59
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Writing

1983 Monsieur Lenoir, who... Writing Original Story N/A
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1982 Histoire de rire Writing Writer N/A
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1950 The Beauty of the Devil Writing Writer 60
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1941 Foolish Husbands Writing Writer 59
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1937 The Man from Nowhere Writing Screenplay 59
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1929 Monte Cristo Writing Scenario Writer 59
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1929 Monte Cristo Writing Writer 59
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