Gil-Pérès, real name Jules-Charles Pérès Jolin, (9 July 1822 – 30 January 1882) was a 19th-century French stage actor and vaudevilliste, who was a member of the troupe of the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris in the mid-19th century, and created several roles in Offenbach operettas.
He was also noted for his collaboration in the plays of Labiche, often as servants.
He was buried in Passy Cemetery, where his epitaph is « le connaître, c’était l’aimer » ("to know him was to love him"); the monument was sculpted by Amédée Donatien Doublemard.Cimetières de France page for GIL-PERÈS accessed 20 May 2016
He is portrayed in the 1977 French television series 'Les Folies Offenbach' by Christian Marin.
Some roles 1852 (8 May): Les Suites d'un premier lit, one-act comedy mingled with songs by Eugène Labiche, Théâtre du Vaudeville : Piquoiseau 1854 (9 September) : Le Baiser à l'étrier, vaudeville in one act by Edouard Brisebarre, Eugène Nyon, Théâtre du Palais-Royal 1857 (26 January) : Le Bras d'Ernest, vaudeville, Théâtre du Palais-Royal : title role 1860 : Les Trois Fils de Cadet-Roussel by Michel Delaporte, Charles Varin and Paul Laurencin, Théâtre du Palais-Royal 1861 : La Beauté du diable, vaudeville in 3 acts by Eugène Grangé and Lambert-Thiboust, Théâtre du Palais-Royal : La Roussotte 1863 (9 May): Le Brésilien, comedy by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, Théâtre du Palais-RoyalHenri Meilhac et Ludovic Halévy, Théâtre vol. V, Calmann-Lévy, 1900 (p. 367-424). 1864 (21 December): Le Photographe, comédie-vaudeville by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, Théâtre du Palais-Royal Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, Théâtre vol. VII, Calmann-Lévy, 1902. 1865 : La Succession Bonnet; comédie-vaudeville, by the duc de Morny, with a rondeau for Gridou (Gil-Pérès) by Offenbach, Corps législatifYon, Jean-Claude. Jacques Offenbach. Editions Gallimard, Paris, 2000, p297. 1866 (2 May) : Le Myosotis, vaudeville in one act, by William Busnach, music by Charles Lecocq, Théâtre du Palais-Royal : Cornillon 1866 (31 October): La Vie parisienne, opéra-bouffe by Jacques Offenbach, libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, Théâtre du Palais-Royal:Henri Meilhac et Ludovic Halévy, La Vie parisienne, Michel Lévy frères, 1867 (2nd edition). Bobinet 1868 (6 May): Le château à Toto, opéra bouffe in three acts, music by Offenbach, libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy, Théâtre du Palais-Royal: Le Baron de Crécy-Crécy 1874 (2 April) : Le Homard, vaudeville in one act, by Edmond Gondinet Théâtre du Palais-Royal : Romanèche 1874 (24 November) : La Boule, comédie in four acts, by Henry Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy, Théâtre du Palais-Royal : La Musardière
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