Victor Boucher

{{Short description|French actor (1877–1942)}}

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Victor Louis Armand Boucher (24 August 1877 – 21 February 1942) was a French actor.British Film Institute website: [https://web.archive.org/web/20121022230122/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/69452 Victor Boucher]

Biography

Victor Boucher was born, on 24 August 1877, in Rouen, in a house on the rue Saint-Étienne-des-Tonneliers. His parents had a café-restaurant in Bihorel. Educated at the école Bellefonds in Rouen, he began acting in youth groups.

He worked as an accountant in Rouen.André Page, [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5511319x/f6.item.r=1938.zoom "Dans la vie et sur l'écran"]Ric et Rac, n°468, 23 February 1938, p.6 {{in lang|fr}} After his military service, he moved to Paris. He married Mariotta Claire in Neufchâtel-en-Bray in 1902.Archives départementales de Seine-Maritime, état-civil de Rouen, acte de naissance de Victor Boucher He had the luck, one day, to replace a sick actor in the Théâtre des Mathurins in Paris, and made a name for himself with his comic performance based on his stammering.

In 1927, he became a director of the Théâtre de la Michodière in Paris. He was president of the Association des artistes dramatiques.[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k510265t/f1.item.zoom "LA MORT DE VICTOR BOUCHER"], Journal des débats politiques et littéraires, 24 February 1942, p.1 {{in lang|fr}}

He died in Ville-d'Avray, on 21 February 1942, from a heart attack.

Filmography

Source: IMDbInternet Movie Database: [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0099042/ Victor Boucher (1877–1942)]

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