French actor Michel Duchaussoy dies at 73March 14, 2012 - 10:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Famous French actor Michel Duchaussoy died from a heart attack at the age of 73 on March 12. Duchaussoy first made his name as a theatre actor and worked for many years in the Comédie Française, where he began his career in 1964. He acted in many great French classic plays including Molière, Marivaux, Corneille and Ionesco; in 2003 he received the prestigious Molière award as best supporting actor, rfi.fr reports. His deep voice was a good match for Marlon Brando’s in the dubbed version of Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather”. More recently, in 2010 he starred alongside Sophie Marceau in Yann Samuell's "L'age de raison" (“The age of reason”) “He had a great sense of humour and was always laughing. And that’s a lesson for many of us, that he did not take himself too seriously”, said the director Patrice Leconte on March 13. “This form, not of modesty but this form of calm talented discretion, it utterly charmed me,” he added. Director Patrice Chéreau spoke of a “magnificent” actor, who was “someone of great strength, of great inner truth”…“secretive, solitary, whom I loved a lot” And a communiqué from the French president’s office said that France had lost “an immense actor, one of the most popular, an actor who, over the years stamped himself on the public imagination.” Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |