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- Arrived in Paris to study for "licence de lettres" (B.A. in French Literature) at the Sorbonne, in 1932.
- Founder of the Avignon Festival.
- In 1943, left La Roulotte to establish the Compagnie des Sept.
- Until 1937, attended the Charles Dullin classes at the theatre, l'Atelier in Montmartre.
- Brother in law of Valentine Schlegel and photographer Suzanne Schlegel-Fournier (1919-2007).
- Parents with Andrée of actress Dominique Vilar (1943-1995) and composer Stéphane Vilar.
- In 1941, joined the Comédiens de la Roulotte company, founded by André Clavé having links with the Jeune France Movement.
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