Madeleine Attal, also known as Madeleine Attal-Charvet, (11 December 1921 – 13 January 2023) was a French actress and theatre director.
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Born | 11 December 1921 |
Died | 13 January 2023 Montaud, Hérault, France | (aged 101)
Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | Actress Theatre director |
Biography
editAttal began her acting career in 1945 with the Compagnie du Peyrou, before heading a drama troupe at a Montpellier radio station, where she worked as a continuity announcer and a theatre and film director. At the theatre, she staged a number of plays, such as La Pastorale des voleurs by Max Roqueta in 1960 at the Festival de Carcassonne, as well as Gaslight by Patrick Hamilton at the Salle Molière in Montpellier in 1963. She was director of Radio-France-Hérault from 1983 to 1984.[1][2][3] She was also programming director of France 3 Sud.
Madeleine Attal died in Montaud, Hérault on 13 January 2023 at the age of 101.[4]
Honours
edit- Honorary citizen of Montaud, Hérault[5]
References
edit- ^ Clerc, Pierre (2006). Dictionnaire de biographie héraultaise : des origines à nos jours, anciens diocèses de Maguelone-Montpellier, Béziers, Agde, Lodève et Saint-Pons (in French). Montpellier: Nouvelles presses du Languedoc. ISBN 9782904091094. OCLC 123536983.
- ^ Bézard, Catherine (11 May 2017). "L'écrivaine Jeanne Galzy ressuscite à Montpellier". Marie France (in French). Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ^ Catinchi, Philippe-Jean (8 May 2018). "La mort de l'écrivain Jep Gouzy". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ^ Viktory, Pascal (14 January 2023). "Madeleine Attal la comédienne et première directrice de France Bleu Hérault est décédée". France Bleu (in French). Montpellier. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ^ "Montpellier-Agglo & Montaud : Madeleine Attal faite citoyenne d'honneur". Midi Libre (in French). Montaud, Hérault. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2023.