Michel Vitold
Michel Vitold (1914–1994) was a Russian-born French stage and film actor.
Also recorded as Vitold Sayanoff
Michel Vitold

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- Name
- Michel Vitold
- Born
- 15 September 1914
- Birthplace
- Kharkiv, Russian Empire
- Died
- 14 June 1994 (Aged 79)
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Occupation
- Actor
- Nationality
- France
- Education
- Cours Simon
- Teachers
- Charles Dullin · Raymond Rouleau · Julien Bertheau
- Languages
- French
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Michel Vitold (1914–1994) was a Russian-born French stage and film actor.
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• Name — Michel Vitold • Born — 15 September 1914 • Birthplace — Kharkiv, Russian Empire • Died — 14 June 1994 (Aged 79) • Place of death — Paris, France • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1938–1993 (film) Michel Vitold (1914–1994) was a Russian-born French stage and film actor.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Orage (1938) - Georges (uncredited) • Adrienne Lecouvreur (1938) - Le tueur • The Curtain Rises (1938) - Gabriel, un élève du Conservatoire • Final Accord (1938) - Un élève du conservatoire de musique • La Symphonie fantastique (1942) - Un chef d'orchestre (uncredited) • Fantastic Night (1942) - Boris • Love Marriage (1942) - Le fou du sixième • Madame et le mort (1943) - Nazarian • Malaria (1943) - Henri Malfas • Ceux du rivage (1943) - Le juge d'instruction • Le brigand gentilhomme (1943) - Le roi Don Carlos • L'aventure est au coin de la rue (1944) - Waldo • The Island of Love (1944) - André Bozzi • François Villon (1945) - Noël, le borgne • The Last Judgment (1945) - Vassili • The Visitor (1946) - Oxner • Rouletabille joue et gagne (1947) • Rouletabille contre la dame de pique (1948) • The Secret of Mayerling (1949) - L'archiduc Jean-Salvator • Messalina (1951) - Narciso / Narcissus • Jouons le jeu (1952) - l'acteur (segment 'La paresse') • Les révoltés de Lomanach (1954) - Rabuc • The Doctor's Horrible Experiment (1959, TV Movie) - Docteur Séverin • Maigret and the Saint-Fiacre Case (1959) - L'abbé Jodet - curé de Saint-Fiacre • L'ennemi dans l'ombre (1960) - Eric Urenbach • Vacances en enfer (1961) - M. Martel • Adorable Liar (1962) - Antoine • Les Ennemis (1962) - Andreï Smoloff • The Dance (1962) - Antonin • Arsène Lupin Versus Arsène Lupin (1962) - Kartenberg devenu le baron Von Krantz • Ballade pour un voyou (1963) - Stéphane Donnacil • Rififi in Tokyo (1963) - Pierre Merigné • Judex (1963) - Le banquier Favraux • Les Pas perdus (1964) - Pierre Simonnet • Thomas the Impostor (1965) - Le docteur Vernes • Le Chant du monde (1965) - Toussaint • Le Franciscain de Bourges (1968) - François Magnol • La Bande à Bonnot (1968) - Victor Kilbatchiche • The Confession (1970) - Smola • Love at the Top (1974) - Georges Groult • France société anonyme (1974) - Le fourgueur • Genre masculin (1977) - M. Jacquot • That Night in Varennes (1982) - De Florange • Basileus Quartet (1983) - Guglielmo • Les matins chagrins (1990) - Georges • Les chevaliers de la table ronde (1990) - Le Roi Pêcheur • Listopad (1992) • La joie de vivre (1993) - Henri Jolly (final film role)
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Kharkiv.
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- “Michel Vitold”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Chantal Meyer-Plantureux, « Vitold Michel (Vitold Sayanoff », dans Pascal Ory, Dictionnaire des étrangers qui ont fait la France, Paris, Robert Laffont, 2013 https://books.google.fr/books?id=VXBJAQAAQBAJ&lpg=PT1417&ots=VDd1jcnRpP&dq=Vitold%20Sayanoff&hl=fr&pg=PT1417#v=onepage&q=Vitold%20Sayanoff&f=false
- 2.Aujourd'hui, Kharkiv en Ukraine
- 3.Dictionnaire des étrangers qui ont fait la France.
- 4.Dictionnaire des étrangers ....
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Yvan Foucart, Dictionnaire des comédiens français disparus, Mormoiron, éditions Cinéma, 2008, 1185 p.
- Chantal Meyer-Plantureux, « Vitold Michel (Vitold Sayanoff », dans Pascal Ory, Dictionnaire des étrangers qui ont fait la France, Paris, Robert Laffont, 2013 Notice disponible en ligne
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