The Prix de Rome or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them to stay in Rome for three to five years at the expense of the state. The prize was extended to architecture in 1720, music in 1803 and engraving in 1804. The prestigious award was abolished in 1968 by André Malraux, then Minister of Culture, following the May 68 riots that called for cultural change.
Daniel Ceccaldi was a French actor.
Jean Servais was a Belgian film and stage actor. He acted in many 20th century French cinema productions, from the 1930s through the early 1970s.
Claude Léon Auguste Piéplu was a French theatre, film and television actor. He was known for his hoarse and frayed voice.
Maurice Ronet was a French film actor, director, and writer.
François Périer was a French actor renowned for his expressiveness and diversity of roles.
Denise Rosemonde "Rosine" Delamare was a French costume designer. She was co-nominated for an Academy Award for her work on the film The Earrings of Madame de… (1953).
Jean Desailly was a French actor. He was a member of the Comédie-Française from 1942 to 1946, and later participated in about 90 movies.
Jean Paul Félix Didier Perret, who used the stage name Jean d'Yd, was a French actor and comedian who was born in Paris on 17 May 1880. He died in Vernon, Eure, France on 14 May 1964.
Raymond Rouleau was a Belgian actor and film director. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1928 and 1979. He also directed 22 films between 1932 and 1981. Rouleau studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, where he met Tania Balachova. They emigrated to Paris together and collaborated with a variety of directors at the cutting edge of French theatre, including Charles Dullin and Gaston Baty. They married in France and separated in 1940. He subsequently married the actress Françoise Lugagne.
Julien Bertheau was a French actor.
Édouard Delmont was a French actor born Édouard Marius Autran in Marseille. He died in Cannes at age 72.
Henri Betti, born Ange Betti, was a French composer and a pianist.
Jacques Baumer, was a French theatre director and comedian.
Gaby Bruyère was a French actress, dancer, dramatist, and playwright.
Dominique Nohain was a French actor, dramatist, screenwriter and theatre director. He was the son of Jean Nohain and thus cousin with Jean-Claude Dauphin.
Jacques Bernard was a French actor. He appeared in Les Enfants terribles (1950) by Jean-Pierre Melville and Darling Caroline (1951). He was born in Paris. His mother, Josyane, was a motion picture actress active from the end of the 1920s until the beginning of sound film. Bernard died on 18 February 2024, at the age of 94.
Charles Dechamps was a French stage and film actor. He married the comedian Fernande Albany on 19 November 1925. He died in 1959, and was buried at cimetière du Père-Lachaise.
Alfred-Adolphe Pasquali was a French actor and theatre director.
