Sacha Pitoëff
Known for Acting · 49 credits
- Born
- 1920-03-11
- Died
- 1990-07-21
- Place of birth
- Genève, Switzerland
- Also known as
- Sacha Pitoeff
Biography
Sacha Pitoëff (born Alexandre Pitoëff; 11 March 1920 – 21 July 1990) was a Swiss-born French actor and stage director.
Pitoëff was born in Geneva, Switzerland, on 11 March 1920, the son of Russian-born parents Ludmilla (née Smanova) and Georges Pitoëff. Both of his parents were born in the city of Tbilisi (in modern-day Georgia), then a part of the Russian Empire. The Pitoëffs were prominent actors in France, Georges was a founding member of the Cartel des Quatre (Group of Four), a group including Louis Jouvet, Charles Dullin, and Gaston Baty, dedicated to rejuvenating the French theatre.
Sacha graduated from Lycée Pasteur in Neuilly-sur-Seine, outside Paris. He studied acting and stage direction under Jouvet at the Théâtre de l'Athénée.
During World War II, the younger Pitoëff followed his mother back to Switzerland, where he played his earliest roles. After the war he returned to Paris, becoming general manager at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord. He made his directorial debut with a 1950 staging of Uncle Vanya, which proved both a critical and commercial success.
He became a fixture of Parisian theatre in the 1960s, becoming the director of his own troupe. His repertoire included works by Jean Genet, Eugène Ionesco, Hugo Claus, Robert Musil, Anna Langfus and Anton Chekhov. With Romy Schneider, he staged The Seagull, Uncle Vanya and Three Sisters at Théâtre de l'Œuvre.
Known For
TV Shows (10)
The New Avengers
1976
as Kerov
Samedi soir
1971
as Self
Bonne nuit les petits
1962
as Dada (voice)
Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre
1967
as Prof. Ourbiche
Sherlock Holmes
1954
Graf Luckner
1971
as Doktor Morgan
Schulmeister, l'espion de l'Empereur
1971
as Dangberg
Lagardère
1967
as Gonzague
Les Grands Détectives
1975
as Arkabad
La Poupée sanglante
1976
as Doctor Sahib Khan
Movies (39)
Last Year at Marienbad
1961
as M – The Other Man with the Lean Face, The Husband
Donkey Skin
1970
as The Prime Minister
The Night of the Generals
1967
as Doctor
Inferno
1980
as Kazanian
Is Paris Burning?
1966
as Joliot-Curie
The Spies
1957
as Leon
The Prize
1963
as Dranyi
Anastasia
1956
as Piotr Ivanovich Petrovin
Vengeance of the Three Musketeers
1961
as Felton
The Gambler
1958
as Afpley
Lady L
1965
as Bomb-throwing revolutionary
A Tale of Two Cities
1958
as Gaspard
Rasputin
1954
as Le chef de la police
Patrick Still Lives
1980
as Dr. Herschell
Captain Fracasse
1961
as Matamore
Dossier 51
1978
as Minerve 1 (voice)
The Seven Deadly Sins
1952
as The pianist (segment "L'Orgueil") (uncredited)
Catch Me a Spy
1971
as Stefan
Les Aventures de Lagardère
1968
as Philippe de Gonzague
The Golden Claws of the Cat Girl
1968
as Saratoga
Katmandu
1969
as Head of the organization
The Immoral Moment
1962
as Malferrer
Escape to the Sun
1972
Barry of the Great St. Bernard
1977
as Sergeant
Spray of the Days
1968
as Pharmacist
Diary of a Suicide
1973
as Le geôlier
Lancelot of the Lake
1970
as l'ennemi (voice)
The Carpathian Castle
1976
as Gortz
The Oil War Will Not Happen
1974
as Essaan
The Doll
1962
as Sayas
That Night
1958
as Shakespearean man (uncredited)
Antigone
1974
as Tiresias
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
1970
as Prince Naroumof
Subversion
1979
as Le Président
Mum's the Word
1960
as Jo
Le Bossu
1969
Les salons de Baudelaire
1970
as Narrator
La Ville en haut de la colline
1969
as Egisthe
Le système Fabrizzi
1967
as Antonio Fabrizzi
About Sacha Pitoëff
Sacha Pitoëff (born Alexandre Pitoëff; 11 March 1920 – 21 July 1990) was a Swiss-born French actor and stage director. Pitoëff was born in Geneva, Switzerland, on 11 March 1920, the son of Russian-born parents Ludmilla (née Smanova) and Georges Pitoëff. Both of his parents were born in the city of Tbilisi (in modern-day Georgia), then a part of the Russian Empire. The Pitoëffs were prominent actors in France, Georges was a founding member of the Cartel des Quatre (Group of Four), a group including Louis Jouvet, Charles Dullin, and Gaston Baty,… With 49 credits spanning from 1952 to 1980, Sacha Pitoëff has appeared in 39 films and 10 TV shows.
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Most Popular Sacha Pitoëff Movies
- Last Year at Marienbad (1961) — as M – The Other Man with the Lean Face, The Husband
- Donkey Skin (1970) — as The Prime Minister
- The Night of the Generals (1967) — as Doctor
- Inferno (1980) — as Kazanian
- Is Paris Burning? (1966) — as Joliot-Curie
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