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Name: Philippe Leroy
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Date of Birth:
October 15, 1930
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Place of Birth:
Paris, France
Mini-bio:
Starting in the '60s, French actor Philippe Leroy (somtimes credited as Philippe Leroy-Beaulieu) was one of the most active European screen players for decades, with innumerable supporting roles in fe...( read more)atures representing all genres. Tall, distinguished, and elegant, Leroy exhibited a level of ease in everything from earnest #92;dramas to #92;farces to full-blooded #92;horror. Born in France in 1930, Leroy debuted onscreen in cause célèbre Jacques Becker's Le Trou (1960), then began taking on an average of five to six films a year for the next 40 years, under the aegis of both well-known and lower-profiled directors, but most frequently on his native continent. Memorable projects included Nicholas Ray's #92;costume adventure 55 Days at Peking (1963), Liliana Cavani's #92;psychodrama The Night Porter (1974), Luc Besson's slick #92;action thriller La Femme Nikita (1990), and Richard Attenborough's #92;period #92;romance In Love and War (1996). In 2007, Leroy teamed up with goremeister Dario Argento for the notorious director's gruesome #92;supernatural horror outing Mother of Tears.