Actor
Jean Pélégri
Born June 20, 1920 in Rovigo, French AlgeriaDied September 24, 20036 films
Jean Pélégri (June 20, 1920 – September 24, 2003) was a writer and professor of literature. Of French descent, he was born in Algeria, but left as part of the diaspora of French colonists referred to as pied-noirs following the Algerian War.
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He was friends with many Algerian writers (such as Mohammed Dib and Kateb Yacine) and, like Jean Sénac, Pélégri considered himself to be one of them; he always saw himself as an "Algerian at heart". He supplemented his novels' prefaces with artwork from his painter friends Baya, Abdallah Benanteur, Mohammed Khadda and Jean de Maisonseul. Pélégri also assisted on the film adaptation of his novel Les Oliviers de la justice as screenwriter, dialogue writer and actor. The movie won the Cinema and Television Writers Award at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival.
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First watchPickpocket19597.3as Lead InspectorMichel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only friend, Jacques, and his mother's…View filmFilmography
6 films as actor- 1994Coming to Terms with the Deadle vieil homme du métro
- 1989Errors of YouthGilles Genest
- 1988Frequent DeathDr. Pastor
- 1986ThérèseThe father
- 1962The Olive Trees of JusticeJean's Father
- 1959PickpocketLead Inspector