Jules Auguste Muraire (18 December 1883 – 20 September 1946), whose stage name was Raimu, was a French actor. He is most famous for playing César in the 'Marseilles trilogy' (Marius, Fanny and César). brought on by complications with anesthesia after a relatively minor leg operation, in the American Hospital of Paris in Neuilly-sur-Seine, while he was asleep.

Legacy

He was interred in the cemetery of Toulon, where the Cinéma Raimu Toulon has been named in his honor.

In 1961, the government of France honored him with his image on a postage stamp. A small museum created by his granddaughter Isabelle Nohain exists in the town of Cogolin in the Var department in France.

Partial filmography

  • Black and White (1931) - Marcel Desnoyers
  • Marius (1931) - César Olivier
  • Mam'zelle Nitouche (1931) - Célestin / Floridor
  • The Chocolate Girl (1932) - Félicien Bédarride
  • Fun in the Barracks (1932) - Le capitaine Hurluret
  • Fanny (1932) - César
  • Theodore and Company (1933) - Clodomir
  • Charlemagne (1933) - Charlemagne
  • Ces messieurs de la Santé (1934) - Gédéon Tafard
  • ' (1934) - Monsieur Prosper
  • Tartarin of Tarascon (1934) - Tartarin
  • I Have an Idea (1934) - Aubrey
  • School for Coquettes (1935) - Labaume
  • Gaspard de Besse (1935) - Samplan
  • The Secret of Polichinelle (1936) - M. Jouvenel
  • The Brighton Twins (1936) - Alfred Beaugérard et les deux fils Achille
  • The King (1936) - M. Bourdier - un riche industriel et sénateur qui reçoit le Roi
  • César (1936) - César Ollivier
  • Let's Make a Dream (1936) - Le mari
  • Vous n'avez rien à déclarer? (1937) - Jules Papillot
  • The Pearls of the Crown (1937) - L'industriel du midi
  • Chaste Susanne (1937) - Monsieur des Aubrays
  • Life Dances On (1937) - Francois Patusset
  • Gribouille (1937) - Camille Morestan
  • The Kings of Sport (1937) - Jules de l'Estaque
  • Le fauteuil 47 (1937) - Juste Auguste Theillard
  • The Strange Monsieur Victor (1938) - Victor Agardanne
  • The New Rich (1938) - Legendre
  • The Baker's Wife (1938) - Aimable Castanier
  • Heroes of the Marne (1938) - Bernard Lefrançois
  • Cocoanut (1939) - Loulou Barbentane
  • Monsieur Brotonneau (1939) - M. Brotonneau
  • Ultima giovinezza (1939) - Cesare
  • Second Childhood (1939) - Georges
  • The Man Who Seeks the Truth (1940) - Jean Vernet
  • La Fille du puisatier (1940) - Pascal Amoretti
  • Le duel (1941) - le Père Bolène
  • Parade en sept nuits (1941) - Le curé Maffre - curé des Baux
  • Les Inconnus dans la maison (1942) - Maître Hector Loursat
  • L'Arlésienne (1942) - Marc
  • Monsieur La Souris (1942) - Monsieur La Souris
  • The Benefactor (1942) - Monsieur Moulinet
  • Les petits riens (1942) - Charpillon
  • Untel père et fils (1943) - L'oncle Jules Froment
  • Le Colonel Chabert (1943) - Le colonel Hyacinthe Chabert
  • Les gueux au paradis (1946) - Boule
  • The Eternal Husband (1946) - Nicolas Trousotsky (final film role)
  • Chantons sous l'Occupation (1976) - (archive footage)

References

  • Raimu Museum