Georges Vitray

Georges Vitray
Born	28 February 1888 Paris, France
Died	8 September 1960 Paris, France
Other names	Georges Victor Leporcher
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1931–1959 (film)

Georges Vitray (1888–1960) was a French film actor.

Biography

Georges Victor Leporcher was born in Paris, France to Constant Leporcher and Victorine Victoire Bricier. Georges took the name Vitray as a stage name. Georges' mother was born in Bréal-sous-Vitré.

He participated in 46 French films ( with the exception of two co-productions with Germany and Italy in 1954 ) from 1931 to 1958 as well as a TV movie in 1959. He also played in the theater. He received the Knighthood of the Legion of Honour in 1959 for military service during World War I and 43 years of service to the Comédie-Française. He was married to the American author and newspaper editor Laura Vitray (ne Yard). They had a son in 1924, George Alain Vitray.

Selected filmography

• Happy Hearts (1932)
• If I Were Boss (1934)
• The Mysteries of Paris (1935)
• Forty Little Mothers (1936)
• The Tender Enemy (1936)
• Ultimatum (1938)
• Rasputin (1938)
• The Novel of Werther (1938)
• Mollenard (1938)
• Savage Brigade (1939)
• La Symphonie fantastique (1942)
• The Man Who Played with Fire (1942)
• Chiffon's Wedding (1942)
• White Wings (1943)
• Star Without Light (1946)
• Devil and the Angel (1946)
• Mandrin (1947)
• The Secret of Monte Cristo (1948)
• Three Investigations (1948)
• The Nude Woman (1949)
• Maya (1949)
• La Marie du port (1950)
• The Road to Damascus (1952)
• Their Last Night (1953)
• A Woman's Treasure (1953)
• Flesh and the Woman (1954)
• A Double Life (1954)

Bibliography

• Crisp, C.G. The Classic French Cinema, 1930-1960. Indiana University Press, 1993.

External links

• Georges Vitray at IMDb