Biography
Alexandre Bisson (9 April 1848 – 27 January 1912) was a French playwright, vaudeville creator, and novelist. Born in Briouze, Orne in Lower Normandy, he was successful in his native France as well as in the United States. Remembered as a significant creator of Parisian vaudeville, in collaboration with Edmond Gondinet, Bisson's 1881 three-act comedy Un Voyage d'agrément was performed at the Théâtre du Vaudeville in Paris.Of his works, Bisson is best remembered for his play Madame X, which was performed in 1910 both in Paris and on Broadway with Sarah Bernhardt in the leading role. Over the years, the play would be revived for Broadway three times and nine Madame X motion pictures in several languages have been filmed. The first silent screen adaptation was in 1916 and the latest was in 2000. Better-known versions include a 1929 sound film starring Ruth Chatterton and directed by Lionel Barrymore plus the 1966 film starring Lana Turner. In 2006, a musical based on the original play was produced in Chicago.
Bisson also adapted the 1910 best-selling Florence Barclay novel, The Rosary as a three-act play for the Paris stage. Widely acclaimed in the United States, Bisson was invited to write about the theatre by The Saturday Evening Post and his articles "The Dilemmas of the Theater" and "How the World Contributes to the American Stage" were published in 1912.
Bisson died in Paris in 1912 at the age of 63.
Filmography
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Movies 27
Writer 26
Madame X (1981)
Daa El-Omr Ya Walady (1978)
Der Schlafwagenkontrolleur (1971)
O Kadın (1966)
Madame X (1966)
Alejandra (1956)
La mujer X (1955)
Meçhul Kadın (1955)
The Unknown (1954)
Les femmes sont folles (1950)
The Trial of Madame X (1948)
Las sorpresas del divorcio (1943)
A Woman is the Judge (1939)
Le sorprese del divorzio (1939)
Êtes-vous jalouse ? (1938)
Madame X (1937)
The Pont-Biquet Family (1935)
Inspector of the Red Cars (1935)
Le rosaire (1934)
Feu Toupinel (1934)
Madame X (1931)
Madame X (1929)
Le sorprese del divorzio (1923)
Madame X (1920)
Madame X (1916)
Le Bon Juge (1913)
Who Is She? (1910)
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GenderMale
Birthday1848-04-09
Deathday1912-01-27 (63 years old)
Birth NameAlexandre Auguste Charles Bisson
Birth PlaceBriouze, France
CitizenshipsFrance
AwardsKnight of the Legion of Honour
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