1972Nominee
Best Performance
The Annuity
Jean Richard
Actor
Bessines, Deux-Sèvres, France
April 18, 1921
Biography
Jean Richard (18 April 1921 – 12 December 2001) was a French actor, comedian, and circus entrepreneur. He is best remembered for his role as Georges Simenon's Maigret in the eponymous French television series, which he played for more than twenty years, and for his circus activities. Richard was born in Bessines, Deux-Sevres. In the 1970s–1980s, he owned and managed three major circuses, two theme parks near Paris, La Mer de Sable and La Vallée des Peaux-Rouges, and a private zoo in his property of Ermenonville, Oise. He died on 12 December 2001 in Senlis, aged 80. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Richard (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1962Nominee
Best Performance
War of the Buttons
1981Nominee
Best Performance
Signé Furax
Career Highlights
1973Highlight
Best Performance
Le Médecin malgré lui
1952Highlight
Best Performance
The Seven Deadly Sins
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War of the Buttons
The Oldest Profession