Maurice Ronet
Born April 13, 1927 (Age: 99)
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Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Biography
Maurice Ronet (13 April 1927 – 14 March 1983) was a French film actor, director, and writer. Maurice Ronet was born Maurice Julien Marie Robinet in Nice, Alpes Maritimes. He was the only child of professional stage actors Émile Robinet and Gilberte Dubreuil. He made his stage debut at the age of 14 alongside his parents in Sacha Guitry's Deux couverts in Lausanne. After attending the Parisian acting school Centre du Spectacle de la Rue-Blanche, he entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1944, where Jean-Louis Barrault was one of his mentors. When he made his film debut at 22 in Jacques Becker's Rendez-vous de juillet (1949) in a role that was written specifically for him by Becker, he had little interest in pursuing an acting career. After completing the film, he married Maria Pacôme (a French stage actress and playwright), and they departed to Moustiers-Sainte-Marie in Provence, where he tried his hand at ceramics. After completing his military service, he returned to Paris in the early 1950s where he took courses in philosophy and physics, and pursued his passion for literature, music (piano and organ), film and painting. His artwork, part of the peinture non figurative movement, was exhibited with friends Jean Dubuffet and Georges Mathieu. He also acted occasionally in small roles in the films of French directors like Yves Ciampi and René Wheeler, with ambitions of becoming a filmmaker himself. Gradually, however, he came to discover a freedom in acting and a creative satisfaction that provided a synthesis of all his interests. Maurice Ronet became one of European cinema's more prolific actors. Between 1955 and 1975 he appeared in over 60 films. He often portrayed characters who were in conflict with themselves or society. He first garnered acclaim at the 1953 Cannes Film Festival for a supporting role in Jean Dreville's Endless Horizons (Horizons sans fin) and over the next few years as the romantic lead in André Michel's La sorcière (The Blonde Witch/The Sorceress, 1956) and in Jules Dassin's He Who Must Die (Celui qui doit mourir, 1957). It was at the presentation of "La Sorcière" at Cannes where he met a creative and an intellectual counterpart in Louis Malle. Two years later, he made his international box-office breakthrough as Julien Tavernier in Malle's first feature film Elevator to the Gallows (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud 1958), which features Jeanne Moreau. He originated the role of Philippe Greenleaf in Purple Noon (Plein soleil, 1960), René Clément's adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley. ... Source: Article "Maurice Ronet" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Maurice Ronet (13 April 1927 – 14 March 1983) was a French film actor, director, and writer.
Maurice Ronet was born Maurice Julien Marie Robinet in Nice, Alpes Maritimes. He was the only child of professional stage actors Émile Robinet and Gilberte Dubreuil. He made his stage debut at the age of 14 alongside his parents in Sacha Guitry's Deux couverts in Lausanne. After attending the Parisian acting school Centre du Spectacle de la Rue-Blanche, he entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1944, where Jean-Louis Barrault was one of his mentors. When he made his film debut at 22 in Jacques Becker's Rendez-vous de juillet (1949) in a role that was written specifically for him by Becker, he had little interest in pursuing an acting career.
After completing the film, he married Maria Pacôme (a French stage actress and playwright), and they departed to Moustiers-Sainte-Marie in Provence, where he tried his hand at ceramics. After completing his military service, he returned to Paris in the early 1950s where he took courses in philosophy and physics, and pursued his passion for literature, music (piano and organ), film and painting. His artwork, part of the peinture non figurative movement, was exhibited with friends Jean Dubuffet and Georges Mathieu. He also acted occasionally in small roles in the films of French directors like Yves Ciampi and René Wheeler, with ambitions of becoming a filmmaker himself. Gradually, however, he came to discover a freedom in acting and a creative satisfaction that provided a synthesis of all his interests.
Maurice Ronet became one of European cinema's more prolific actors. Between 1955 and 1975 he appeared in over 60 films. He often portrayed characters who were in conflict with themselves or society. He first garnered acclaim at the 1953 Cannes Film Festival for a supporting role in Jean Dreville's Endless Horizons (Horizons sans fin) and over the next few years as the romantic lead in André Michel's La sorcière (The Blonde Witch/The Sorceress, 1956) and in Jules Dassin's He Who Must Die (Celui qui doit mourir, 1957). It was at the presentation of "La Sorcière" at Cannes where he met a creative and an intellectual counterpart in Louis Malle. Two years later, he made his international box-office breakthrough as Julien Tavernier in Malle's first feature film Elevator to the Gallows (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud 1958), which features Jeanne Moreau. He originated the role of Philippe Greenleaf in Purple Noon (Plein soleil, 1960), René Clément's adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley. ...
Source: Article "Maurice Ronet" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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Filmography
Mag Bodard, un destin
2005
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 78
Beau Pere
1981
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as Charly
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Age: 54
Sphinx
1981
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as Yvon Mageot
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Age: 53
Bloodline
1979
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as Charles Martin
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Age: 52
Emmenez-moi au Ritz
1977
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as Philippe Gregor
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Age: 50
Only the Wind Knows the Answer
1974
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as Robert Lucas
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Age: 47
Cry of the Heart
1974
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as Mathieu
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Age: 47
The Marseille Contract
1974
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as Inspector Briac
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Age: 47
Night Police Station
1974
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as Vittorio Cazzaniga
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Age: 47
The Red Room
1973
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as Jean Gerfaud
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Age: 46
The Crazy Capo Affair
1973
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as Diserens
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Age: 46
Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman
1973
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as Piere Gonzague
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Age: 45
Without Warning
1973
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as Raoul Maury
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Age: 45
Seduction
1973
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as Giuseppe Lagana
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Age: 45
Devil in the Brain
1972
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as Fabrizio Garces
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Age: 45
The Pebbles of Etratat
1972
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as Kelvo
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Age: 44
Scandal Man
1972
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as Marc Fontemps
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Age: 44
A Little, a Lot, Passionately
1971
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as Didier
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Age: 43
The Vixen
1969
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as Jérôme
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Age: 42
The Scarlet Lady
1969
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as François
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Age: 42
Delphine
1969
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as Jean-Marc, couturier ami de Delphine
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Age: 41
The Swimming Pool
1969
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as Harry
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Age: 41
The Unfaithful Wife
1969
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as Victor Pegala
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Age: 41
Three Rooms in Manhattan
1965
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as François Combe
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Age: 38
Amador
1965
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as Amador
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Age: 38
The Thief of Tibadabo
1965
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as Nicolas
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Age: 37
Circle of Love
1964
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as Henri
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Age: 37
Wherever You Are
1964
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as Paul Vallier
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Age: 37
Pariahs of Glory
1964
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as Ferrier
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Age: 36
The Pit and the Pendulum
1964
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as Le condamné à mort
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Age: 36
The Victors
1963
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as French Lieutenant
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Age: 36
The Fire Within
1963
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as Alain Leroy
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Age: 36
Casablanca, Nest of Spies
1963
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as Maurice Desjardins
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Age: 36
Scarlet Eye
1963
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as Dr. Gérard Rinaldi
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Age: 36
Enough Rope
1963
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as Walter Saccard
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Age: 35
Assassin's Check
1962
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as Gilbert Vitry
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Age: 35
The Immoral Moment
1962
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as Michel Jussieu
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Age: 35
Midnight Meeting
1962
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as Pierre Neyris
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Age: 35
Liberté I
1962
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as Michel
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Age: 35
Time Out for Love
1961
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as Philippe
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Age: 33
Il peccato degli anni verdi
1960
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as Paolo Donati
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Age: 33
Mi último tango
1960
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as Dario Ledesma
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Age: 33
Purple Noon
1960
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as Philippe Greenleaf
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Age: 32
The Devil Made a Woman
1959
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as José
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Age: 32
This Desired Body
1959
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as Henri Messardier
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Age: 32
That Night
1958
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as Jean Mallet
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Age: 31
Carve Her Name with Pride
1958
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as Jacques
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Age: 30
Elevator to the Gallows
1958
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as Julien Tavernier
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Age: 30
Missing Persons Section
1956
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as Juan Milford
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Age: 29
The Blonde Witch
1956
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as Laurent Brulard
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Age: 29
The Aristocrats
1955
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as Christophe de Conti
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Age: 28
Pleasures and Vices
1955
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as 'Gueule d'ange'
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Age: 28
Casta diva
1954
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as Vincenzo Bellini
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Age: 27
House of Ricordi
1954
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as Vincenzo Bellini
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Age: 27
Castles in Spain
1954
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as Miguel Murillo
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Age: 27
The Healer
1953
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as André Turenne
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Age: 26
Lucrèce Borgia
1953
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as Perotto
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Age: 26
Poison Ivy
1953
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as Mickey
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Age: 26
No Image
Endless Horizons
1953
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as Marc Caussade
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Age: 26