Danièle
Lebrun

pensionnaire

Danièle Lebrun made her debut in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible (Les Sorcières de Salem) by Raymond Rouleau at the Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt. Having won the first prize for acting at the Conservatoire, she was engaged by the Comédie-Française in 1958 and played in Bourdet’s The Weaker Sex (Le Sexe faible), Pirandello’s Right You Are (Chacun sa vérité) and Molière’s The Impromptu at Versailles (L’Impromptu de Versailles) and Les Précieuses ridicules. In 1960, she became part of the La Huchette Company and took part in Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano directed by Nicolas Bataille. From 1965, she collaborated with Antoine Bourseiller on Franz Kafka’s Amerika, Roger Planchon on Molière’s George Dandin and Alexandre Dumas’ The Three Musketeers (Les Trois Mousquetaires) and Laurent Terzieff on the creation of Slawomir Mrozek's Tango. For the opening of the Théâtre de la Ville in 1968, she played Beatrice in Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing by Jorge Lavelli, Actor #1 in Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author (Six personnages en quête d’auteur) by Jean Mercure and Célimène in Molière’s Le Misanthrope by Marcel Bluwal. The following year, Pierre Debauche cast her as Regan in Shakespeare’s King Lear.

After Jacques Seiler entrusted her with the role of Madame in Christopher Frank’s La Mort de Lady Chatterley in 1971, Danièle Brun continued interpreting parts in works by contemporary authors including Raymond Queneau, Roland Dubillard and Robert Pinget. Jean Anouilh directed her in two of his own pieces: Ne réveillez pas Madame and Colombe, in which she played the title role. She has worked with many renowned directors, such as Alfredo Arias in Arthur Schnitzler's La Ronde, Gildas Bourdet in Marivaux's Les Fausses Confidences, Jérôme Savary in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, François Berreur in Lagarce’s Juste la fin du monde, Christophe Lidon in Chekhov’s The Seagull, Jean-Claude Brisville’s L’Antichambre and Eugène Ionesco's Délire à deux.

In 1976, she won the Critics Union Award for Mishima’s Madame de Sade directed by Jean-Pierre Granval. In 1992, she won the Molière Award for Best Supporting Actress for Molière’s Le Misanthrope by Francis Huster, and, in 2006, a second one for George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion by Nicolas Briançon.

Having rejoined the Comédie-Française for the second time in 2011, she played Dame Pluche in Musset’s No Trifling with Love (On ne badine pas avec l’amour) by Yves Beaunesne. Under the direction of Alain Françon, she first played in Goldoni’s The Villegiatura Trilogy and later in Chekhov's Three Sisters. Giorgio Barberio Corsetti cast her as Madame de Champigny in Labiche’s An Italian Straw Hat while Éric Ruf entrusted her with the role of Lady Capulet in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. She reunited with Christophe Lidon for Dürrenmatt’s La Visite de la vieille dame, and worked with Galin Stoev on Molière’s Tartuffe as well as with Lars Norén on his own play Poussière.

Her Portrait d'actrice has been reveal during the first Nuit du jeu broadcasted on decembre 20, 2022. The interveiw is available on YouTube.

For television, Danièle Lebrun has played in dramas by Alain Tasma, Robert Guédiguian, François Luciani, Philippe de Broca and Bernard Stora as well as in Marcel Bluwal’s theatre adaptations including: Le Jeu de l’amour et du hasard and La Double Inconstance both by Marivaux and Lulu by Frank Wedekind. She also played Baronness Roxane de Saint-Gély in Marcel Bluwal’s successful series Vidocq and Les Nouvelles Aventures de Vidocq. Along with playing in films by Claude Berri, Éric Rohmer and Sylvie Testud, Danièle Lebrun was directed on film by Bruno Nuyten in Camille Claudel, Jacques Audiard in A Self Made Hero (Un héros très discret) and Matthieu Kassovitz in Assassin(s).

During the 2018/2019 season, she can be seen in Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid by Géraldine Martineau, Les Oubliés (Alger-Paris) written and directed by Julie Bertin and Jade Herbulot – Le Birgit Ensemble, and Hors la loi written and directed by Pauline Bureau.

At the Comédie-Française

2023-2024

2022-2023

2021-2022

  • Le Médecin volant

    by Molière artistic direction by Géraldine Martineau

    Gros-René, valet de Gorgibus et un avocat

  • Singulis / Le Silence de Molière

    by Giovanni Macchia directed by Anne Kessler performed by Danièle Lebrun

  • Fanny et Alexandre

    d'Ingmar Bergman Mise en scène Julie Deliquet

    Mademoiselle Ester, femme de chambre chez Helena

    Richelieu

2020-2021

  • Hors la loi

    Texte et mise en scène Pauline Bureau

    Simone de Beauvoir et Madame Duboucheix

    Vx-Colombier

2019-2020

  • Portrait d'acteur : Danièle Lebrun

    PARADOXE(S) Being together and being oneself, at one time, in one place, in one entity

    Studio

  • La Petite Sirène

    The Little Mermaid after Hans Christian Andersen Adapted and directed by Géraldine...

    la Grand-Mère de la Petite Sirène, la Sorcière des mers et la Mère de la Princesse du...

    Studio

2018-2019

  • Hors la loi

    Outlaws Writed and directed by Pauline Bureau

    Simone de Beauvoir et Madame Duboucheix

    Vx-Colombier

  • Journées particulières

    SPECIAL DAYS / Once upon a time at the Comédie-Française: the première of Paul Claudel’s...

    Vx-Colombier

  • Les Oubliés (Alger-Paris)

    The Forgotten Ones [Algiers-Paris] Writed and directed by Julie Bertin and Jade...

    Catherine Mairet, mère du marié (2019) et Yvonne de Gaulle (1958-1961)

    Vx-Colombier

  • La Petite Sirène

    The Little Mermaid after Hans Christian Andersen Directed by Géraldine Martineau

    La Grand-Mère de la Petite Sirène, la Sorcière des mers et la Mère de la Princesse du...

    Studio

2017-2018

  • Roméo et Juliette

    Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Directed by Éric Ruf

    Lady Capulet

    Richelieu

  • Poussière

    by Lars Norén Directed by Lars Norén

    E

    Richelieu

  • La Règle du jeu

    The Rules of the Game based on the screenplay by Jean Renoir Directed by Christiane...

    Mme de La Bruyère

    Richelieu

2016-2017

2015-2016

  • Un chapeau de paille d'Italie

    An Italian Straw Hat by Eugène Labiche Directed by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti

    La Baronne de Champigny (en alternance)

    Richelieu

  • Tartuffe

    by Molière Directed by Galin Stoev

    Madame Pernelle (en alternance)

    Richelieu

  • Le Printemps des Poètes

    Le grand XXe / Cent ans de poésie

    Richelieu

  • Roméo et Juliette

    Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare DIrected by scène Éric Ruf

    Lady Capulet

    Richelieu

2014-2015

  • Innocence

    by Dea Loher Directed by Denis Marleau

    Frau Zucker, mère de Rosa

    Richelieu

  • Un chapeau de paille d'Italie

    An Italian Straw Hat by Eugène Labiche Directed by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti

    La Baronne de Champigny (en alternance)

    Richelieu

  • Cabaret Barbara

    by Barbara Directed by Béatrice Agenin

    Studio

2013-2014

2012-2013

  • Les Trois Sœurs

    The Three Sisters by Anton Tchekhov Directed by Alain Françon

    Anfissa, la vieille nourrice

    Richelieu

  • Un chapeau de paille d'Italie

    An Italian Straw Hat by Eugène Labiche and Marc-Michel Directed by Giorgio Barberio...

    La Baronne de Champigny

    Théâtre éphémère

2011-2012

2010-2011

1986-1987

  • La Ronde

    by Arthur Schnitzler Directed by Alfredo Arias

    la Jeune Femme mariée

    Odéon

  • Lunettes connectées disponibles à la Salle Richelieu

  • Shop

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