Sacha Pitoëff

Biography

Sacha Pitoëff was a Swiss-born French actor and stage director born in Geneva on March 11, 1920. He studied acting and stage direction under Louis Jouvet at the Théâtre de l'Athénée and made his directorial debut with a 1950 staging of Uncle Vanya. He became a prominent figure in Parisian theatre, directing works by Jean Genet, Eugène Ionesco, and Anton Chekhov, and later transitioned to film, appearing in over 50 movies including Alain Resnais's Last Year at Marienbad.