Gérard Philipe

  • Name: Gérard Philipe
  • Date of Birth: December 04, 1922
  • Place of Birth: Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Mini-bio: In 1940 Gerard left school and his parents wanted him be a lawyer. But soon his mother noticed that he was only interested in acting, although his father was against the idea. After timely interventio...( read more)n from Mark Alegere, who decided he showed some promise, Gerard's debut was in Claude Dophen's play "One plain girl". After this, Gerard decided to get into the conservatory. He was wonder even in music. He himself used to find necessary sounds - exact, unexpected, and unforeseen. All this helped him to portray amazing characters. Millions of people were inspired by him.One day George L'acomb offered Philipe a part in his movie "Land Without Stars". Critical reaction was very favourable and he became a star, taking on prominent roles in films such as "Idiot", "Devil in the Flesh", "Charterhouse of Parma", "Such a Pretty Little Beach", "Juliette, or Key of Dreams", "Fan-Fan the Tulip", "Beauties of the Night", "The Red and the Black", "The Best Part" and "The Gambler".In 1951 Gerard Philipe married Annie. He dreamed of his own home and family, children. Their first child, Ann-Marie, was born in 1954, and in 1956 came Olivie. In 1959 Gerard returned to France. He seemed to be very tired. Doctors then gave him the bad news that he had a liver cancer. "He'll live 15 days or 6 months", - they decided. After that Gerard waited for death very calmly. On November 25, 1959 he died.
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