Jean-Claude Brialy
Born March 30, 1933 (Age: 93)
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Aumale, Alger, France [now Sour el Ghozlane, Algeria]
Biography
Jean-Claude Brialy (30 March 1933 – 30 May 2007) was a French actor and film director. Brialy was born in Aumale (now Sour El-Ghozlane), French Algeria, where his father was stationed with the French Army. Brialy moved to mainland France with his family in 1942. He was an alumnus of the Prytanée National Militaire. When he was 21 years old, he went to Paris to work as an actor. In 1956, Brialy acted in his first role in the short film Le coup du berger (Fool's Mate) by Jacques Rivette. By the late 1950s, he'd become one of the most prolific actors in the French nouvelle vague and a star. He appeared in films of nouvelle vague directors such as Claude Chabrol (Le Beau Serge, 1958; Les Cousins, 1959), Louis Malle (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud, 1958; Les Amants, 1958), François Truffaut (Les 400 Coups, 1959), Jean-Luc Godard, (Une femme est une femme, 1961), Éric Rohmer (Claire's Knee, 1970), as well as in films of other filmmakers such as Jean Renoir (Elena et les hommes 1958), Roger Vadim (La ronde, 1964), Philippe de Broca (Le Roi de cœur, 1966), Luis Buñuel (Le Fantôme de la liberté, 1974), and Claude Lelouch (Robert et Robert, 1978). In 2006, he appeared in his last role, as the eponymous character of the TV film Monsieur Max, directed by Gabriel Aghion. Godard described him as "the French Cary Grant," while Brialy's self-described "life models" had reportedly been actor Sacha Guitry and director Jean Cocteau. Brialy directed a number of films, including Églantine in 1971, which was loosely inspired by his own memories of a happy childhood spent in Chambellay with his grandparents, and Les volets clos (Closed shutters) in 1972. He owned the restaurant L'Orangerie, on the Île Saint-Louis; he'd also worked as a TV presenter, a singer, and a radio host. During the presentation of one of his books, Brialy described himself this way: "I'm a boy who got lucky enough to do what I love in life". Brialy, in 1959, acquired a château in the commune of Monthyon, near Paris. There, he accommodated and entertained many friends from the cinema and the theatre, such as Jean Marais, Pierre Arditi, and Romy Schneider whom he'd met during the 1958 production of the film Christine. Schneider, after the 1981 fatal accident of her son David, found a "refuge from the paparazzi" in Brialy's home. French singer Barbara would often sing at the piano. Director Jean-Pierre Melville used the château to shoot the last scenes of his 1970 crime film Le Cercle Rouge, where Alain Delon and Yves Montand are killed by the police. In his books, the autobiographical Le Ruisseau des singes (The river of monkeys) (2000) and the memoir J'ai oublié de vous dire (I Forgot to Tell You) (2004), Brialy revealed that he was bisexual. ... Source: Article "Jean-Claude Brialy" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Jean-Claude Brialy (30 March 1933 – 30 May 2007) was a French actor and film director.
Brialy was born in Aumale (now Sour El-Ghozlane), French Algeria, where his father was stationed with the French Army. Brialy moved to mainland France with his family in 1942. He was an alumnus of the Prytanée National Militaire. When he was 21 years old, he went to Paris to work as an actor.
In 1956, Brialy acted in his first role in the short film Le coup du berger (Fool's Mate) by Jacques Rivette.
By the late 1950s, he'd become one of the most prolific actors in the French nouvelle vague and a star. He appeared in films of nouvelle vague directors such as Claude Chabrol (Le Beau Serge, 1958; Les Cousins, 1959), Louis Malle (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud, 1958; Les Amants, 1958), François Truffaut (Les 400 Coups, 1959), Jean-Luc Godard, (Une femme est une femme, 1961), Éric Rohmer (Claire's Knee, 1970), as well as in films of other filmmakers such as Jean Renoir (Elena et les hommes 1958), Roger Vadim (La ronde, 1964), Philippe de Broca (Le Roi de cœur, 1966), Luis Buñuel (Le Fantôme de la liberté, 1974), and Claude Lelouch (Robert et Robert, 1978).
In 2006, he appeared in his last role, as the eponymous character of the TV film Monsieur Max, directed by Gabriel Aghion. Godard described him as "the French Cary Grant," while Brialy's self-described "life models" had reportedly been actor Sacha Guitry and director Jean Cocteau.
Brialy directed a number of films, including Églantine in 1971, which was loosely inspired by his own memories of a happy childhood spent in Chambellay with his grandparents, and Les volets clos (Closed shutters) in 1972.
He owned the restaurant L'Orangerie, on the Île Saint-Louis; he'd also worked as a TV presenter, a singer, and a radio host. During the presentation of one of his books, Brialy described himself this way: "I'm a boy who got lucky enough to do what I love in life".
Brialy, in 1959, acquired a château in the commune of Monthyon, near Paris. There, he accommodated and entertained many friends from the cinema and the theatre, such as Jean Marais, Pierre Arditi, and Romy Schneider whom he'd met during the 1958 production of the film Christine. Schneider, after the 1981 fatal accident of her son David, found a "refuge from the paparazzi" in Brialy's home. French singer Barbara would often sing at the piano. Director Jean-Pierre Melville used the château to shoot the last scenes of his 1970 crime film Le Cercle Rouge, where Alain Delon and Yves Montand are killed by the police.
In his books, the autobiographical Le Ruisseau des singes (The river of monkeys) (2000) and the memoir J'ai oublié de vous dire (I Forgot to Tell You) (2004), Brialy revealed that he was bisexual. ...
Source: Article "Jean-Claude Brialy" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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Filmography
Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes...
2019
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 86
Jean Gabin intime
2010
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as Self
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Age: 76
Arletty, Lady Paname
2007
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as Self
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Age: 74
Monsieur Max
2007
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as Max Jacob
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Age: 73
Quoi? L'éternité.
2005
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as Self
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Age: 71
Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens
2005
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as Self
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Age: 71
People : Jet Set 2
2004
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as Minimo
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Age: 71
The Car Keys
2003
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as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
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Age: 70
As Luck Would Have It
2002
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as Jean-Pierre Muller
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Age: 69
Special Delivery
2002
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as Robert Fresnel
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Age: 69
To the Extreme
2000
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as L'avocat
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Age: 67
Actors
2000
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as Jean-Claude Brialy
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Age: 67
No Image
Tribute to Alfred Lepetit
2000
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as Self
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Age: 66
Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon
1999
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as Self
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Age: 65
Anna
1998
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as Serge
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Age: 65
Shadow Play
1996
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as Rene Sandre
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Age: 63
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
1996
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as Abbot
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Age: 62
Queen Margot
1994
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as Coligny
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Age: 61
La Jalousie
1992
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as Albert Blondel
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Age: 59
Août
1992
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as Martin
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Age: 58
Tous les garçons...
1992
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as
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Age: 58
No Fear, No Die
1990
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as Pierre Ardennes
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Age: 57
Forgery and the Use of Forgeries
1990
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as Charles Laumière
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Age: 57
My New Partner II
1990
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as Le banquier
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Age: 56
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
1990
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as Il giudice
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Age: 56
Comédie d'été
1989
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as Gaston
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Age: 56
The Innocents
1987
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as Klotz
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Age: 54
Malady of Love
1987
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as Frédéric
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Age: 54
Le Moustachu
1987
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as Leroy
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Age: 54
Maschenka
1987
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as Kolin
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Age: 53
Grand Guignol
1987
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as M. Albert
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Age: 53
Levy & Goliath
1987
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as Bijou / Delaroche
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Age: 53
A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later
1986
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as Un spectateur de '40 ans déjà'
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Age: 53
An Impudent Girl
1985
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as Sam
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Age: 52
Marriage of the Century
1985
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as Kaffenberg
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Age: 52
The Fourth Power
1985
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as PDG de la chaîne
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Age: 52
L'Herbe rouge
1985
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as Abbot Gril
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Age: 52
Vivement Truffaut
1985
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as Self / Corey (archive footage)
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Age: 52
The Telephone Always Rings Twice
1985
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as Le commissaire
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Age: 51
Bolero
1981
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as Le directeur du Lido
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Age: 48
Cinq-Mars
1981
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as l'historien
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Age: 48
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
1980
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as Arsène Lupin
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Age: 47
The Lady Banker
1980
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as Paul Cisterne
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Age: 47
The Song of Roland
1978
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as Le Seigneur
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Age: 45
Robert et Robert
1978
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as Jacques Millet
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Age: 45
Like a Pot of Strawberries
1974
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as Norbert
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Age: 41
The Phantom of Liberty
1974
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as Mr. Foucault
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Age: 41
Un amour de pluie
1974
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as Seducer
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Age: 40
A Murder Is a Murder
1972
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as Paul Kastner
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Age: 39
Côté cour, côté champs
1971
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as
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Age: 37
The Bride Wore Black
1968
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as Corey
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Age: 34
I Knew Her Well
1965
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as Dario Marchionni
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Age: 32
The Mandrake
1965
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as Ligurio
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Age: 32
Love at Sea
1965
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as The Disenchanted Man
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Age: 32
How Not to Rob a Department Store
1965
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as Marcel
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Age: 32
The Real Bargain
1965
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as The gigolo
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Age: 31
Tight Skirts, Loose Pleasures
1965
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as Figurant
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Age: 31
Les Siffleurs
1964
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as Jean-Claude Brialy
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Age: 31
Comment épouser un premier ministre
1964
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as Philippe Lambert
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Age: 31
Male Companion
1964
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as The Prince
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Age: 31
Circle of Love
1964
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as Alfred
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Age: 31
Male Hunt
1964
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as Antoine Monteil
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Age: 31
Tonio Kröger
1964
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as Tonio Kröger als Erwachsener
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Age: 31
How to Make a French Dish
1964
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as Jacquot
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Age: 30
Nutty, Naughty Chateau
1963
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as Sébastien
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Age: 30
Carom Shots
1963
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as Paul Martin
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Age: 30
People in Luck
1963
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as L'automobiliste (segment "Le Gros Lot")
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Age: 30
The Sword and the Balance
1963
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as Jean-Philippe
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Age: 29
Adieu Philippine
1962
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as Self - sur le plateau de 'Montserrat' (uncredited)
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Age: 29
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962
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as Didier Marin
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Age: 29
La banda Casaroli
1962
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as Corrado Minguzzi
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Age: 29
Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin
1962
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as François de Vierne
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Age: 29
Sentimental Education
1962
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as Frédéric Moreau
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Age: 29
Cléo from 5 to 7
1962
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as The Nurse (uncredited)
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Age: 29
Fiancés on the Bridge
1962
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as Nurse
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Age: 29
The Burning Court
1962
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as Marc Desgrez
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Age: 29
Hitch-Hike
1962
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as Jean-Claude, le marchand de brosses
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Age: 28
The Seven Deadly Sins
1962
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as Arthur (segment "L'avarice")
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Age: 28
Greed
1962
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as Arthur
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Age: 28
A Very Private Affair
1962
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as Narrateur
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Age: 28
Paris Belongs to Us
1961
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as Jean-Marc
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Age: 28
Famous Love Affairs
1961
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as Eric Torring
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Age: 28
The Lions Are Loose
1961
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as Didier Marèze
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Age: 28
Three Faces of Sin
1961
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as Laurent Lénaud
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Age: 28
A Woman Is a Woman
1961
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as Émile Récamier
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Age: 28
Wise Guys
1961
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as Ronald
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Age: 27
A Story of Water
1961
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as The Young Man
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Age: 27
The Army Game
1960
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as Capitaine
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Age: 27
The Gigolo
1960
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as Jacky
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Age: 27
Le Bel Âge
1960
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as Jean-Claude
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Age: 26
Eyes of Love
1959
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as Pierre Ségur
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Age: 26
The Big Night
1959
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as Scintillone
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Age: 26
Way of Youth
1959
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as Paul Tiercelin
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Age: 26
The 400 Blows
1959
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as Man in Street
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Age: 26
All the Boys Are Called Patrick
1959
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as Patrick
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Age: 26
The Cousins
1959
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as Paul
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Age: 25
Le Beau Serge
1959
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as François
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Age: 25
Christine
1958
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as Theo Kaiser
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Age: 25
The Lovers
1958
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as Boy on a ride (uncredited)
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Age: 25
Et ta sœur…
1958
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as Brice
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Age: 25
School for Coquettes
1958
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as Robert
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Age: 25
Illegal Cargo
1958
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as Jean, le jeune journaliste assassiné
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Age: 24
Elevator to the Gallows
1958
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as Le Jeune Homme du Motel (uncredited)
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Age: 24
The Overworked
1958
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as Jimmy
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Age: 24
Fool’s Mate
1956
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as Claude
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Age: 23
The Kreutzer Sonata
1956
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as Trukhacevskij
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Age: 22