Michelle, Mark

Marc Michel was born in the city of Bas-Tère on the island of Guadeloupe, an overseas department of France in the West Indies . His mother often drove to the cinema, and already in childhood his knowledge of films was encyclopedic. After graduating from school in Bas-Tère, he arrives in Paris and goes to work at the bank first, and then sells cars. Following his love for music and singing in particular, he becomes a lecturer in the organization Musical Youth of France ( fr. Jeunesses musicales de France ) with a specialization in jazz music , and then tries himself as a singer. He loves the public, and he likes to hold her attention ^[2] .

Having decided to become an actor, Mark Michel passed vocational training at the Courses of Dramatic Art ( French Cours d'art dramatique ) René Simon ( French René-Simon ) ^[3] .

Mark Michel's film debut took place in 1955 in detective Sophie and crime ( fr. Sophie et le crime ) Pierre Gaspard-Juy ( fr. Pierre Gaspard-Huit ) with Marina Vlady , where he played a small role of a young fiance in the comedy “ First Insults” ( fr. Les Premiers outrages ) Jean Gourge ( Fr. Jean Gourguet ). Luck comes after five years of unemployment: in 1959, he was chosen by Jacques Becker for the filming of his now famous film Hole , participation in which was an important step for many novice actors. In the film, he played the role of Claude Gaspard ( fr. Claude Gaspard ), a young man from a good family who betrays his comrades preparing to escape from prison. His girlfriend played missing in the credits Catherine Spaak . It was not an easy experience: Becker plunged the actors into the world of imprisonment and its harsh conditions, forcing exhausted performers to sometimes repeat the scene thirty times. And, as an actor then even supposed, perhaps, the last one for him. But soon another important event for his professional recognition happened. Jean-Louis Trentignan , engaged in the filming of Jacques Demi Lola , refuses at the last moment, and the main role goes to Mark Michel ^[2] .

His Roland Cassard ( fr. Roland Cassard ), a melancholic and restless, rejected lover Lola, became one of the most prominent characters in the films of Jacques Demi ^[4] .

And finally, in early 1963, Jacques Demi held a casting for the filming of the Sherbir umbrellas . This is the second film of the trilogy, launched by Lola and completed in 1969 by the film Model Shop . Also, the character Roland Cassar passes from Lola to this musical melodrama, having undergone, however, significant changes. Somewhat bohemian in the first film and almost a participant in a fraudulent operation, Roland turns into a businesslike, serious man with neatly trimmed mustaches, who also has a certain cultural inclination. But, according to Jacques Demi, the performer is not quite suitable for this role. The director watched the screen tests of other candidates of other actors and returned to him. Shooting at the beginning was not easy, but, ultimately, he took the actor ^[2] .

Later, Mark Michel entered the cast of two famous films by Andre Kayat : Roads of Kathmandu ( fr. Les Chemins de Katmandou , 1969) with Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg and No Smoke Without Fire ( fr. Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu , 1973), Soviet blackmail , with Annie Girardot and Mireille Dark . Also shot in the foreground by Italian directors: Luigi Comencini in the drama The Bride of Bube ( Italian: La ragazza di Bube , 1964) and Mino Gvernini ( fr. Mino Guerrini ) in the comedy Up and Down ( Italian: Su e giù , 1965) . Filmography by Mark Michel, rich and diverse, consists of more than thirty films and covers the time period from 1955 to the early 2000s ^[2] .

The last film with his participation was released in 2012: this is Summer in Provence ( English Summer in Provence ), a picture of the production of Guadeloupe, shot in the metropolis in French and Chinese ^[5] .

The actor tried himself in different types of performing arts. In the theater he played in several performances: in the play Calderon Life is a Dream ( fr. La Vie est un songe ), he takes the stage as early as 1961 at the Montauban Festival ( fr. Festival Montauban ). In 1964, Claude Régis ( fr. Claude Regy ), invited him to a performance based on the novel by Henry James Wings of the Dove ( fr. Les Ailes de la colombe ), and Roger Plancheon approved the role of Berenice ( fr. Bérénice ) Racine . In the 1980s, Jean-Pierre Miguel ( fr. Jean-Pierre Miquel ) involved the actor in the Harold Pinter Collection ( fr. La Collection d'Harold Pinter ), and Jacques Bayon ( fr. Jacques Baillon ) - in Information from an angel ( fr L'Ange de l'information ) based on the novel by Alberto Moravia ^[2] .

He also remembered the audience for his participation in numerous television films and episodes of TV series on French and Swiss television, including such successful ones as: The Slaughter Department ( fr. La Crim ), Maitre Da Costa ( fr. Maître Da Costa ), Julien Fontanet, judge ( fr Julien Fontanes, Magistrat ) and Last Five Minutes ( fr. Les Cinq dernières minutes ) ^[2] .

Marc Michel passed away on November 3, 2016 at the age of 87 years after a long illness at his home in Dreux, Ayr and Loire ^[6] . His funeral took place on November 10, 2016 at the Vernuye crematorium ( fr. Vernouillet ). Yvelines , Ильle-de-France ^[3] . In the obituary, Le Figaro spoke of the actor as “a very polite and restrained person” ^[2] .

The wife of Mark Michel is the actress Liv Knutsen ( Fr. Liv Knutsen ) ^{[7] [2]} , their son Fabrice Michaux ( Fr. Fabrice Michaux ) ^{[8] [2]} .

Filmography

Movies

• 1955 : Sophie and the crime ( Sophie et le Crime ), Pierre Gaspard-Huy (Pierre Gaspard-Huit) - not listed in the credits
• 1955 : First offenses ( Les Premiers Outrages), Jean Gourguet - young fiancé (in credits: Marc Michaux)
• 1960 : The Hole , Jacques Becker - Claude Gaspard
• 1961 : Lola , Jacques Demi - Roland Cassar
• 1963 : Désormais , Denis Epstein (c / m)
• 1963 : Jokes aside ( Blague dans le coin) Maurice Labro ( fr. Maurice Labro ) - Bob, electrician
• 1964 : Bride Bube ( La ragazza / La ragazza di Bube ), Luigi Comencini - Stefano, typesetter
• 1964 : El señor de La Salle - Andres
• 1964 : Umbrellas of Cherbourg , Jacques Demi - Roland Cassard, a gem dealer and husband of Genevieve
• 1965 : Up and Down (Su e giù ), Mino Guerrini (Mino Gvernini), episode Lion Beat ( Il colpo del leone ) - Baldovino Uberti, poker player
• 1965 : Samba in Rio ( Samba A Rio ), Raphael Gil - Paolo, auto mechanic
• 1965 : Une fille qui mène une vie de garçon / La bugiarda - Arturo Santini, Neapolitan dentist
• 1967 : Five Guys for Singapore ( Cinq gars pour Singapour), Bernard Toublan-Michel ( fr. Bernard Toublanc-Michel ) - Captain Kevin Gray, American officer
• 1968 : Capitaine Singrid, Jean Ledoux ( Fr. Jean Leduc ) - Vignal, an agent of the General Directorate of Security
• 1969 : Roads of Kathmandu ( Les Chemins de Katmandou) , Andre Kayat - Mars
• 1970 : Crazy Heart ( Le Cœur fou), Jean-Gabriel Albicocco
• 1973 : There is no smoke without fire / Blackmail ( Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu) , Andre Cayat - Jean-Paul Leroux, couturier
• 1977 : Madame Claude ( Madame Claude), Just Jaken ( fr. Just Jaeckin ) - South, aging playboy
• 1980 : Scopitone (c / m) - owner of the garage
• 1983 : The Sunday of the Police ( Un dimanche de flic), Michel Vianet ( fr. Michel Vianney ) - Charles
• 1998 : Bitter Sugar ( Sucre amer ), Christian Lara ( fr. Christian Lara ) - Count Nolivos
• 2001 : Papa je crack
• 2003 : In the end ( Après tout ), César Campoy (c / m) - salon client
• 2004 : 1802: Epic of the inhabitants of Guadeloupe ( 1802, l'épopée guadeloupéenne). Christian Lara - Talleyrand
• 2012 : Summer in Provence ( Summer in Provence ), Christian Lara (Christian Lara) - Tom Washington
• 2014 : Not very fast ( Allegro ma non troppo), (c / m) - Jacques

TV Movies

• 1962 : Rue du Havre, Jean-Jacques Vierne ( fr. Jean-Jacques Vierne ) - François, publicist
• 1963 : A love story ( Une histoire d'amour ), Jacques Krier - Jean, bank employee
• 1966 : Gold of Troy ( L'Or de Troie ), Jean Gruot ( fr. Jean Gruaut ) - Heinrich Schliemann

• 1970 : Cyborg, or Vertical Journey ( Le Cyborg ou Le Voyage vertical ), Jacques Pierre ( fr. Jacques Pierre ) - Jean, Accountant

• 1971 : Le point de Bruges , Henri Polage ( Fr. Henri Polage ) - André
• 1971 : Yvette , Jean-Pierre Marchand ( Fr. Jean-Pierre Marchand ) - Jean de Servigny

• 1972 : La Tête à l'envers, Jean-Pierre Marchand - Psychiatrist Cahors
• 1979 : The Last Train ( Le Dernier Train ), Jacques Krier
• 1979 : Bernard Quesnay , Jean-François Delassus ( Fr. Jean-François Delassus ) - Antoine Quay
• 1982 : Tenderness ( La Tendresse), Bernard Keyzan ( Fr. Bernard Queysanne )
• 1984 : Les Malheurs de Malou, Jeanne Barbillon ( fr. Jeanne Barbillon ) - Martin Dupre, publicist
• 1984 : Hélas, Alice est lasse, Bernard Keyzan - Roger
• 1985 : Long live the newlywed ( Vive la mariee), Jean-Valère ( Fr. Jean Valère ) - Philippe
• 1988 : Carmilla: A Frozen Heart ( Carmilla: Le Cœur pétrifié ), Paul Planchon ( Fr. Paul Planchon ) - Baron
• 1992 : The abandoned woman ( La Femme abandonnée ), Edouard Molinaro - Arthur, industrialist
• 1994 : Une qui promet, Marianne Lamour ( fr. Marianne Lamour ) - Zhulen
• 2006 : Jeanne Poisson, Marquis de Pompadour ( Jeanne Poisson, marquise de Pompadour), Robin Davis - Lenormand De Tournem
• Dying at Home ( Mourir à la maison), dir. Christian Lara ( fr. Christian Lara ) - attorney

Series

• 1968 : Nuclear scientists ( fr. Les Atomistes ), Léonard Keigel - scientist
• 1970 : Prune, Louis Gropier ( fr. Louis Grospierre ) - Gerard
• 1974 : La Folie des bêtes , Fernand Marzelle
• 1975 : Crise - Andre Robier
• 1977 : Au plaisir de Dieu , Robert Mazoye ( Fr. Robert Mazoyer ) - Pierre
• 1984 : Frauds ( fr. Machinations ), Bruno Hunthion ( fr. Bruno Gantillon ) - Stucky, a rotten cop

• 1984 : Disparitions , Daniel Moosmann
  • 1984 : episode La fille de Londres

• 1985 : Julien Fontane, Judge (Julien Fontanes, magistrat )
  • 1985 : episode of Mélanie sans adieu - Lano, father of Melanie

• 1975 - 1990 : Cinema 16 ( fr. Cinéma 16 )
  • 1988 : episode of Paysage d'un cerveau - Juve
• 1989 : The Free Frenchman, Jim Goddard - Sharrier

• 1991 : Last five minutes (Les Cinq Dernières Minutes)
  • 1991 episode - Benito Morales
• 1997 : Maitre Da Costa (Maître Da Costa )
  • 1997 : episode Le doigt de Dieu - President of the Court
  • 1997 : episode Meurtre sur Rendez-Vous - chairman of the court

• 2004 : Slaughter Department ( La Crim) - Attorney

• 2004 : Cracking Up - Frank Cardona
• 2011 : Still possible ( fr. Tout est encore possible ) - President Basto

Documentary films

• 1964 - 1972 : Cinematographers of our time ( fr. Cinéastes de notre temps ) (telecast)
  • 1967 : Jacques Becker Edition - himself
• 1995 : Jacques Demi Universe ( fr. L'univers de Jacques Demy ) (d / f) - himself
• 2008 : It was once () (telecast)
  • 2008 : Les parapluies de Cherbourg release - himself

Theater

• 1961 : Life is a dream ( fr. La Vie est un songe ), Pedro Calderon de la Barca, fasting. André Charpak, Festival Montauban - Sehismundo
• 1964 : Wings of a dove ( fr. Les Ailes de la colombe ), an adop. Christopher Taylor (Christopher Taylor), post. Claude Regis ( Fr. Claude Regy ), Théâtre des Mathurins - Merton
• 1965 : Berenice ( Fr. Bérénice ), ed. Jean Racine , post. Roger Planchon , Théâtre de Villeurbanne - Antioch
• 1985 : Harold Pinter Collection ( Fr. La Collection d'Harold Pinter ) ,, post. Jean-Pierre Miguel ( fr. Jean-Pierre Miquel ), Théâtre de Reims, Théâtre 13 - Harry
• 1988 : Information from an angel ( fr. L'Ange de l'information ), Alberto Moravia , post. Jacques Bayon ( fr. Jacques Baillon ), Théâtre de l'Odéon - husband
• 1988 : Behind closed doors ( Fr. Huis clos ), auth. Jean-Paul Sartre , Festival de Cahors - Garcin
• 1991 : Pencil ( fr. Le Crayon ), Gilles Costaz, post. Alain Re ( Fr. Alain Rais ), Théâtre de Cergy-Pontoise - client

Comments

Jeunesses Musicales de France ( JMF ) - formed in 1944 in Paris on the initiative of music propagandist Rene Nicoli ( fr. René Nicoly ) a mass musical and educational association, the purpose of which is the availability of music for children and young people, primarily from remote areas or low-income families.

References and sources

• Marc Michel (Eng.) On the Internet Movie Database