ACTOR

Louis Jouvet

1887 - 1951

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Jules Eugène Louis Jouvet (French pronunciation: [ʒyl øʒɛn lwi ʒuvɛ]; 24 December 1887 – 16 August 1951) was a French actor, theatre director and filmmaker. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Jouvet has received more than 263,915 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Louis Jouvet is the 1,395th most popular actor (up from 1,505th in 2019), the 2,146th most popular biography from France (up from 2,241st in 2019) and the 108th most popular French Actor.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.37

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  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Louis Jouvet ranks 1,395 out of 13,578. Before him are Haya Harareet, Maggie Cheung, Blythe Danner, George Arliss, Zhou Xuan, and George Hamilton. After him are Robin Tunney, Don Cheadle, Sam Rockwell, Katey Sagal, Broncho Billy Anderson, and Isa Miranda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Louis Jouvet ranks 87. Before him are Korechika Anami, Prince Yasuhiko Asaka, Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay, Wilhelm Kube, Mario Roatta, and Octave Lapize. After him are Lil Dagover, Josef Lada, Friedrich Zander, Jack Phillips, Hanns Kerrl, and Hitoshi Ashida. Among people deceased in 1951, Louis Jouvet ranks 54. Before him are Yoshio Nishina, Louis Lavelle, Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Adam Stefan Sapieha, Agrippina Vaganova, and Jakow Trachtenberg. After him are Osman Batur, Liaquat Ali Khan, Henrietta Lacks, Mikhail Borodin, Algernon Blackwood, and Robert Grant Aitken.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis Jouvet ranks 2,146 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre Clémenti (1942), Martine Carol (1920), Yvonne de Gaulle (1900), Charles, Prince of Soubise (1715), Amalric of Bena (1150), and Patrick Hernandez (1949). After him are Adelaide of Paris (850), Isabella, Countess of Vertus (1348), Louis Massignon (1883), Bernard de Montfaucon (1655), Henri Cochet (1901), and Augustin Barruel (1741).

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Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Louis Jouvet ranks 108. Before him are Renée Simonot (1911), Brigitte Fossey (1946), Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois (1749), Fabre d'Églantine (1750), Pierre Clémenti (1942), and Martine Carol (1920). After him are François-Joseph Talma (1763), Sami Frey (1937), Bernadette Lafont (1938), Mathieu Kassovitz (1967), Philippe Nahon (1938), and Élisabeth Depardieu (1941).

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Television and Movie Roles

Jenny Lamour
Inspector Antoine
Paris, France, December 1946. Jenny Lamour, an ambitious cabaret singer, and Maurice, her extremely jealous pianist husband, become involved in the thorough investigation of the murder of a shady businessman, led by Antoine, a peculiar and methodical police inspector.
Oct 4th 19477.5 / 10
Dr. Knock
Docteur Knock
Saint-Maurice, an ordinary peaceful village, lived healthily so much so that the local doctor's practice was scant. But that was before Dr. Parpalaid retired and was replaced by a charlatan by the name of Knock. A real genius this one, for he soon managed to persuade everyone that they were ill. And not only didn't they resent him but they even loved their physician, who made a fortune and brought prosperity to the village by turning it into a big hospital.
Mar 21st 19517.4 / 10
Hôtel du Nord
Monsieur Edmond
A young couple's suicide pact goes awry, leaving the woman to face her survival with a new admirer while pining for her lost love.
Dec 17th 19387.2 / 10