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Although Jean Dasté is best known for his career on stage as both an actor and director in a variety of works including those by Shakespeare and Moliére , he made his first appearance on screen in a 1932 Jean Renoir film, and 57 years later appeared in his final film at the age of 85.

He married Danish-born actress Marie-Hélène Copeau (1902-1994), the daughter of the influential French writer, editor, and drama critic Jacques Copeau (1879-1949) and Agnès Thomsen.

In 1947, he became the founding director of the Comedie de St.-Etienne stage company in the town of Saint-Étienne in the Loire departement. The success of his theater was such that there is a college and a theater in Saint-Étienne named in his honor.

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