Jean de Limur

Jean de Limur

Actor · Director · Writer

Vouhé, Charente-Maritime, France
November 13, 1887

Biography

Jean de Limur (13 November 1887, Vouhé, Charente-Maritime – 5 June 1976, Paris) was a French film director, actor and screenwriter. His works include La Garçonne (1936) and The Letter (1929). A French army officer and a designer, he first came to the United States with his parents, Count and Countess de Limur in September 1920; their destination was Burlingame, California, where lived Jean's brother André (who married Ethel, daughter of William Henry Crocker). Source: Article "Jean de Limur" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Representative Works

The Letter
The Letter
10.0
/ French
The Tomboy
The Tomboy
3.9
/ French
Apparizione
Apparizione
7.2
/ Italian
Circulate!
Circulate!
7.0
/ French
Don Quixote
Don Quixote
5.7
/ French
Human Desires
Human Desires
10.0
/ English
Le père Lebonnard
Le père Lebonnard
7.0
/ French
The Great Pack
The Great Pack
7.0
/ French
L'âge d'or
L'âge d'or
8.0
/ French
Three Sinners
Three Sinners
8.0
/ English
Le coup de trois
Le coup de trois
7.0
/ French

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
1923Nominee

Best Performance

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

The Letter
1930Winner

Best Writing

The Letter

The Tomboy
1936Nominee

Best Director

The Tomboy

Career Highlights

Apparizione
1943Highlight

Best Director

Apparizione

Circulate!
1931Highlight

Best Director

Circulate!

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