Georges Vitaly

Georges Vitaly
Vitaly (1955)
Born	Vitali Garcouchenko 15 January 1917 Simferopol
Died	2 January 2007(2007-01-02) (aged 89) Paris
Occupation(s)	Theater director, theater manager, actor.

Georges Vitaly, real name Vitali Garcouchenko, (15 January 1917 – 2 January 2007), was a 20th-century French actor, theater director and theater manager.

The son of immigrants from the Russian Revolution, he trained as actor from 1934. In 1947, he won the concours des jeunes compagnies with Le Mal court by Jacques Audiberti with Suzanne Flon. In 1947 he founded the Théâtre de la Huchette which he directed until 1952. Then, from 1954 to 1970, he was director of the Théâtre La Bruyère, in Paris. From 1970 to 1975, he was director of the Maison de la culture in Nantes.

He was married to the comedian Monique Delaroche.

Filmography

Cinema

• 1959: La Nuit des espions by Robert Hossein
• 1960: Les Canailles by Maurice Labro
• 1964: L'Enfer by Henri-Georges Clouzot (unfinished)

Television

• 1970: La Hobereaute (spoken opera by Jacques Audiberti), directed by Georges Vitaly, en différé de l'Hôtel de Sully dans le cadre du Festival du Marais, TV director Philippe Laïk
• 1970: The Moods of Marianne by Alfred de Musset
• 1981: Le Petit Théâtre d'Antenne 2 : Un dirigeable ensorcelé by André Halimi, TV direction

Au théâtre ce soir

Director

• 1970 : Cherchez le corps, Mister Blake by Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
• 1976 : La Sainte Famille by André Roussin, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Édouard VII
• 1976 : Le monsieur qui attend by Emlyn Williams, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Édouard VII
• 1977 : Appelez-moi maître by Renée and Gabriel Arout, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
• 1978 : Une femme trop honnête by Armand Salacrou, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, théâtre Marigny
• 1979 : Good Bye Charlie by George Axelrod, adaptation Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy, réalisation Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
• 1980 : La Claque by André Roussin, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
• 1981 : La Quadrature du cercle by Valentin Kataev, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
• 1984 : Un parfum de miel by Éric Westphal, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny
• 1984 : Pomme, pomme, pomme by Jacques Audiberti, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny

Theatre

Comedian

• 1944: Hyménée by Nikolai Gogol, directed by Pierre Valde, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier
• 1945: Caligula by Albert Camus, directed by Paul Œttly, Théâtre Hébertot
• 1947: Le Mal court by Jacques Audiberti, directed by Georges Vitaly, Théâtre Charles de Rochefort, Théâtre de Poche Montparnasse
• 1947: Les Amants de Noël by Pierre Barillet, directed by Pierre Valde, théâtre de Poche
• 1948: La Fête noire by Jacques Audiberti, directed by Georges Vitaly, Théâtre de la Huchette
• 1949: La Quadrature du cercle by Valentin Kataev, directed by Georges Vitaly, Théâtre de la Huchette
• 1951: Monsieur Bob'le by Georges Schehadé, directed by Georges Vitaly, Théâtre de la Huchette
• 1960: L'Homme à l'ombrelle blanche by Charles Charras, directed by Georges Vitaly, Poche Montparnasse

Theatre director

Prizes and honours

• 2002 : Prix du Brigadier : Brigadier d'honneur for all of his career.

Biography

• Maquillage de théâtre de Georges Vitaly, 1947
• En toute vitalyté : 50 ans de théâtre de Georges Vitaly, Éditions Nizet, 1995
• Le Fabuleux Roman du théâtre de la Huchette de Gonzague Phélip, Gallimard, 2007
• Malva, Éditions Alna, 2005.

External links

• Georges Vitaly at IMDb
• (in French) Les Archives du Spectacle