Illustrated portrait of Georges SellierFLM.RED

GEORGES
SELLIER

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A French stage and screen actor

The French actor who played the schoolmaster in The Red Balloon.

Paris, France

A career between theatre and film

Georges Sellier was a French actor born in Paris on 25 February 1893. He died on 11 September 1988.

His career included film and theatre. French film databases list him in productions such as Les Visiteurs du soir and Horizons sans fin.

In Albert Lamorisse’s The Red Balloon (1956), Sellier plays the schoolmaster. The short film follows a boy and a red balloon through Paris.

Theatre archives record his appearances in productions including The Cherry Orchard and Rhinoceros during the 1960s.

His later film credits include Army of Shadows. The works linked below come from the FLM.RED catalogue and do not represent his complete filmography.

Selected work

1942

Les Visiteurs du soir

Appears in the French film.

1956

The Red Balloon

Plays the schoolmaster.

1963

The Cherry Orchard

Appears onstage.

1969

Army of Shadows

Appears in the film.

Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.

Films in FLM.RED

Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.

Sources & image notes

Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.