Coggio, Roger

(March II, 1934, Lyon, Rhône, France - October 22, 2001, Bobigny, Seine-Saint-Denis, France)

   The son of Italian immigrants, he started his profes­sional life at age fourteen as an unskilled worker in a factory. A few years later, he settled in Paris, where he attended acting courses at Cours Dullin. A stage per­former (notably with the Théâtre National Populaire from 1956 to 1961), he played in more than thirty films (from 1953 Avant le Déluge / Prima del deluvio / USA: Before the Deluge, André Cayatte, France / Italy, to 1998 Je suis vivante et je vous aime, Roger Kahane). He was married to actresses Elisabeth Huppert and Fanny Cottençon. Other credits (as producer): 1985 Louise l'Insoumise (Charlotte Silvera); Monsieur de Pourceaugnac (Michel Mitrani).

 Filmography

1963 ◘ Le Journal d'un Fou (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, actor)

1970 ◘ Chronique d'un Couple / Cronaca erotica di una coppia (also co-screenwriter, actor; France / Italy; unreleased)

        ◘ Les Noces de Porcelaine (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Silence . . . on tourne (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, actor)

1978 ◘ On peut le dire sans se fâcher / La Belle Em­merdeuse (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, actor)

        ◘ C'est encore loin l'Amérique? (alo co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, actor)

        ◘ Les Fourberies de Scapin (also co-adapter, actor)

        ◘ Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (also co-adapter, dialogist)

1987 ◘ Le Journal d'un Fou (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

1989 ◘ La Folle Journée ou Le Mariage de Figaro (also co-adapter, actor)