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Personal Info

Birth date

1922-12-04 (102 Years)

Day of death

1959-11-25

Gender

Male

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Also known as

Gérard Albert Philip
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Жерар Филип

Gérard Philipe

Biography

Gérard Philipe (4 December 1922 – 25 November 1959) was a prominent French actor who appeared in 34 films between 1944 and 1959. Active in both theater and cinema, he was, until his untimely death, one of the main stars of the post-war period. His image has remained youthful and romantic, which has made him one of the icons of French cinema.

Filmography

Acting

2022Gérard Philipe, le dernier hiver du Cid as Unknown

2021Le Parti du cinéma as Self (archive footage)

2015The End of a Beautiful Epoch as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2003Gérard Philipe: un homme, pas un ange as Self (archive footage)

1978Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage)

1959Fever Mounts at El Pao as Ramón Vázquez

1959Dangerous Love Affairs as Valmont

1958The Gambler as Alexei Ivanovitch

1958Life Together as Désiré

1958The Lovers of Montparnasse as Amedeo Modigliani

1957Lovers of Paris as Octave Mouret, ambitious provincial

1956Bold Adventure as Till l’Espiègle

1956Le Théâtre National Populaire as Self

1956Cinépanorama (1, 2 Episode) as Self (archive footage), Self

1956If Paris Were Told to Us as Le Trouvère

1955The Best Part as Philippe Perrin

1955The Grand Manoeuvre as Lieutenant Armand de la Verne

1954Le Rouge et le Noir as Julien Sorel

1954Monsieur Ripois as André Ripois

1954Royal Affairs in Versailles as D'Artagnan

1953It Happened in the Park as Carlo - Valeria's lover (segment: Gli amanti)

1953The Proud and the Beautiful as Georges

1952Beauties of the Night as Claude

1952The Seven Deadly Sins as Painter (segment "The Eighth Sin")

1952Fan-Fan the Tulip as Fanfan la Tulipe

1952With André Gide as Narrator (voice)

1951Juliette, or Key of Dreams as Michel Grandier

1950Lost Souvenirs as Gérard de Narçay (segment "Une cravate de fourrure")

1950La Ronde as Le comte

1950A Visit to Picasso as Récitant / Narrator

1950The Beauty of the Devil as Young Henri Faust / Young-Looking Mephistopheles

1949All Roads Lead to Rome as Gabriel Pégase

1949Such a Pretty Little Beach as Pierre

1948The Ed Sullivan Show (1 Episode) as Self

1948The Charterhouse of Parma as le marquis Fabrice Del Dong

1947Devil in the Flesh as François Jaubert

1946The Idiot as Prince Miouchkine

1946Land Without Stars as Simon Legouge / Frédéric Talacayud

1945Box of Dreams as Man (uncredited)

1944The Little Ones of the Flower Platform as Jérôme Hardy

Directing

1956Bold Adventure ... Director

Writing

1956Bold Adventure ... Writer