Louis Jouvet is remembered on screen for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Louis Jouvet as French actor (1887-1951).
Louis Jouvet was born at Crozon in 1887. His recorded nationality is France.
This was the silent era, when film was still proving it could carry a story at all and performers had to do it without a spoken word.
He worked as actor, theatre director and teacher.
A film outlives its reviews, its budget and usually its studio; what remains is whether anyone still watches it.
That the work was made from France shaped it: national industries differ in what they finance, who they cast and which audiences they can reach.
Louis Jouvet died in 1951, aged 64. The films remain, which is the only form in which a screen career survives.
Achievements
- Worked as actor, theatre director and teacher
