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Philippe Hériat

Philippe Hériat

Born Raymond Gérard Payelle, he studied with film director René Clair and in 1920 made his debut in silent film. Over the next fifteen years, he appeared in secondary roles in another twenty-five films including the 1927 Abel Gance masterpiece, Napoleon. In 1949 Hériat collaborated with film director Jean Delannoy to write the screenplay for the film Le Secret de Mayerling.

Philippe Hériat won the 1931 Prix Renaudot for his book L'Innocent. In 1939 he won the Prix Goncourt for Les Enfants gâtés, and the 1947 Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française for Famille Boussardel.

In 1949 he was made a member of the Académie Goncourt, a position he held until his death in 1971. Hériat is buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris

  • BIRTH 15/09/1898
  • DEATH 10/10/1971
  • Country France
  • MOVIES 8

Movies (8)

Napoléon
Napoléon
Antoine Christophe Saliceti
Le sexe faible
Le sexe faible
L'Inhumaine
L'Inhumaine
Djorah de Nopur
Divine
Divine
Lutuf-Allah
La Merveilleuse Vie de Jeanne d'Arc
La Merveilleuse Vie de Jeanne d'Arc
Gilles de Rays
Napoléon Bonaparte
Napoléon Bonaparte
Salicetti
Rothchild
Rothchild
Diégo
El Dorado
El Dorado
Joao, le bouffon