Jean Desailly (24 August 1920 â€" 11 June 2008) was a French actor. He
was a member of the Comédie-Française from 1942 to 1946, and later
participated in about 90 movies.Desailly studied at the École
nationale supérieure des beaux-arts and the Conservatoire de Paris
winning first prize, joining the Comédie-Française in 1942. In 1946
he became a leading member of the Jean-Louis Barrault-Madeleine Renaud
company at the Théâtre Marigny, playing in a wide repertoire from
Les Fausses Confidences, Bérénice and Le Songe d'une nuit
d'été.Desailly studied at the École nationale supérieure des
beaux-arts and the Conservatoire de Paris winning first prize, joining
the Comédie-Française in 1942. In 1946 he became a leading member of
the Jean-Louis Barrault-Madeleine Renaud company at the Théâtre
Marigny, playing in a wide repertoire from Les Fausses Confidences,
Bérénice and Le Songe d'une nuit d'été.With the Renaud-Barrault at
the Odéon-Théâtre de France he played both leading roles in le
Mariage de Figaro: Figaro on tour in the provinces and Count Almaviva
in Paris.Desailly's second wife was the French actress Simone Valère,
with whom he formed a theatre company which they directed successively
at the Théâtre Hébertot and the Théâtre de la Madeleine. A wide
repertoire was played at the two theatres from 1972 to 2002. Jean Desailly Top Movies & Young Movies