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- René de Obaldia was born on October 22, 1918 in Hong Kong, China. He was a writer and actor, known for La difficulté d'être infidèle... (1964), Hora once (1968) and Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 (1977). He was married to Diane. He died on January 27, 2022 in Paris, France.
- SpouseDiane(? - November 8, 2012) (her death)
- RelativesJosé Domingo de Obaldía(Great Grandparent)Michèle Morgan(Cousin)
- Palywrighht, author, member of the Académie française, his Panamean ancestors include a president of the Republic.
- He was elected to the Académie française on 24 June 1999.
- He began his career in 1960, thanks to Jacques Vilar, who presented his first major play, "Génousie," at the Théâtre national populaire. This was followed by Le Satyre de la Villette, with André Barsacq at the Théâtre de l'Atelier, a comedy which ranked him with his literary forebears Jacques Audiberti, Ionesco, Beckett.
- He has been, for more than fifty years, one of the most-produced French playwrights on the planet, as well as the most internationally renowned (having been translated into 28 languages).
- In 1985 he was awarded the Grand Prix du Théâtre de l'Académie Française.
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