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Jean Mounet-Sully
French actor (–)
Mounet-Sully (28 February – 3 March ), a Frenchactor, was born at Bergerac.
Mounet sully biography for kids
His birth name was Jean-Sully Mounet: "Mounet-Sully" (without the "Jean") was a stage name.
Life
He entered the Conservatoire at the age of twenty-one, where he took first prize for tragedy. In he made his debut at the Odéon without attracting much attention.
His career was interrupted by the Franco-Prussian War, and his passion for his military career had almost convinced him to give up the stage, until he was offered the opportunity to play the part of Oreste in Racine's Andromaque at the Comédie Française in
His striking presence and voice and the passionate vigor of his acting made an immediate impression, which resulted in his election as sociétaire in He became one of the mainstays of the Comédie Française, and distinguished himself in a great variety of tragic and romantic parts.
Perhaps his most famous role was that of Oedipus in L'Oedipe roi