
Georges Wilson
Born October 16, 1921 · Champigny-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne, France
Georges Wilson (né Willson; 16 October 1921 – 3 February 2010) was a French actor and director of stage and screen. He was a significant figure in French theatre during the latter 20th-century, serving as director of the Theatre National Populaire from 1963 and 1972, while his film work earned him both BAFTA Award and Cesar Award nominations. He was also the father of French actor Lambert Wilson. Wilson was born in Champigny-sur-Marne, Seine (now Val-de-Marne) as the illegitimate son of a French father and an Irish mother. His professional surname, Wilson, derives from his Irish grandmother; his birthname has not been made public. He was nominated for a BAFTA Film Award, and also nominated for a César Award. Georges Wilson's last film was Mesrine: Public Enemy Number One. From 1963 to 1972 Georges Wilson was the director of the Théâtre national de Chaillot (formerly known as the Théâtre National Populaire). Georges Wilson died in Rambouillet in 2010, aged 88, from undisclosed causes. Source: Article "Georges Wilson" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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The Devil and the Ten Commandments

Don't Torture a Duckling

Any Number Can Win

More Than a Miracle

My Mother's Castle

Make Room for Tomorrow

Lady Oscar

Gandahar

Love at the Top

Mother

Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece

The Four Days of Naples

Chinese In Paris

The Case Is Closed, Forget It

The Conspiracy of Torture

The Dialogue of the Carmelites

Let's Rob the Bank

The Stranger

Le Rouge et le Noir

Not Here to Be Loved

The Long Absence

The Small Timers

The Telephone Bar

The Slap

Highway Pick-Up

Poison Ivy

Tangos, the Exile of Gardel

Lettre ouverte

The Sicilian Checkmate

Here We for Example...

Sea Workers

Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète

Rossel et la commune de Paris

Un habit pour l'hiver

Marquise

The Eagle and the Horse

The Passion of Bernadette

The Green Mare

A Captain's Honor

The Boss

L'Affaire Dreyfus

Sweet and Sour

Dark Journey

The Empty Canvas

Lucky Jo

Sentimental Destinies

Bells Without Joy

The Fascist

The Joker

Il generale dorme in piedi

Le Théâtre National Populaire

Disorder

L'Huissier

La Gourmandise

A Young World

Side Roads

Blanche

The Hussars

Martin Roumagnac

Merlusse

Mandrin

Viens jouer dans la cour des grands

Asphalt

Wasteland

Cache Cash

Skipper Next to God

St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea

It Was I

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