ACTOR

Jacques Lecoq

1921 - 1999

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Jacques Lecoq (15 December 1921 – 19 January 1999) was a French stage actor and acting movement coach. He was best known for his teaching methods in physical theatre, movement, and mime which he taught at the school he founded in Paris known as École internationale de théâtre Jacques Lecoq. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Lecoq has received more than 356,393 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Lecoq is the 2,771st most popular actor (down from 2,648th in 2019), the 3,471st most popular biography from France (down from 3,226th in 2019) and the 205th most popular French Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jacques Lecoq ranks 2,771 out of 13,578Before him are Kristanna Loken, Leila Abashidze, Marga López, Julien Guiomar, Pierre Mondy, and Toni Servillo. After him are Vladimir Etush, Eve Meyer, Dominic Monaghan, Ignacio López Tarso, Hans Christian Blech, and Ulla Jacobsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Jacques Lecoq ranks 203Before him are Willem Frederik Hermans, Augusto Monterroso, Harry Schell, Viktor Chukarin, Carmen Laforet, and Joseph A. Walker. After him are Rashid Karami, Judy Holliday, Ziya Bunyadov, Pierre Bec, Max Noether, and Kurt Adolff. Among people deceased in 1999, Jacques Lecoq ranks 129Before him are Reiner Klimke, Paul Sacher, Theodore Hall, Carlos Romero, Milt Jackson, and Oswaldo Guayasamín. After him are Riccardo Freda, Bing Xin, Susan Strasberg, Taheyya Kariokka, Ian Bannen, and Igor M. Diakonoff.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Lecoq ranks 3,471 out of 6,770Before him are Paulette Dubost (1910), Robert Jonquet (1925), Julien Guiomar (1928), Jean Effel (1908), Audrey Azoulay (1972), and Pierre Mondy (1925). After him are Virginie Demont-Breton (1859), Louis Faidherbe (1818), Claude Cahen (1909), Henri Brisson (1835), Georges Carpentier (1894), and Henri Rabaud (1873).

Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Jacques Lecoq ranks 205Before him are Georges Marchal (1920), Anne Vernon (1924), Marcel Bozzuffi (1928), Paulette Dubost (1910), Julien Guiomar (1928), and Pierre Mondy (1925). After him are Jean Yanne (1933), Madeleine Renaud (1900), Michel Aumont (1936), Anny Duperey (1947), Bulle Ogier (1939), and Jehanne D'Alcy (1865).