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A.-M. Julien

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'''A.-M. Julien''', real name '''Aman-Julien Maistre''', (24 July 1903 – 15 January 2001) was a French actor, singer and theatre manager.

He was [[François Maistre]]'s father.

== Life ==
Born in [[Toulon]] ([[Var (département)|Var]]), Julien joined the troupe of the [[Jacques Copeau#The Burgundy adventure: the "Copiaus"|Copiaus]] founded by [[Jacques Copeau]] in the 1920s and which became the Compagnie des Quinze (1930-1932) in 1929 when it was installed at the [[Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier]] in Paris. It is within this group that he met a Swiss actor, singer and composer [[Jean Villard Gilles]], known as Gilles, with whom he created a vocal duo from 1932 to 1939, under the name "Gilles and Julien", which met with great success.

From 1947 to 1966, he directed the [[Théâtre de la Ville|Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt]], where he founded the Festival d'Art dramatique de Paris in 1954 (renamed "Théâtre des Nations" in 1957), thanks to which he made the Parisian public discover, among others [[Bertolt Brecht]]'s ''[[Berliner Ensemble]]'' and [[Giorgio Strehler]]'s ''[[Piccolo Teatro di Milano]]''.

From 1959 to 1962, he was also director of the (RTLN), which included the [[Opéra Garnier]] and the [[Opéra-Comique]]. In this capacity, he chaired the jury of the [[International singing competition of Toulouse]] on 2 occasions.

Julien died in [[Millau]] ([[Aveyron]]).

== Selected appearances ==
* 1935: ''[[Monsieur Sans-Gêne]]''
* 1941: ''''
* 1944: '''' by [[Léo Joannon]]
* 1967: '''', [[Marcel Pagnol]]'s ''[[Topaze (play)|Topaze]]'', staged by [[Marcelle Tassencourt]], directed by [[Pierre Sabbagh]], [[Théâtre Marigny]]
* 1969: ''[[Jacquou le Croquant (miniseries)|Jacquou le Croquant]]'', miniseries by [[Stellio Lorenzi]]

== References ==


== External links ==
* [https://ift.tt/2Sdz4w4 A.-Julien] on "Les Archives du spectacle"
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[[Category:1903 births]]
[[Category:2001 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Toulon]]
[[Category:20th-century French singers]]
[[Category:20th-century French actors]]
[[Category:French theatre managers and producers]]
[[Category:Directors of the Paris Opera]]


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