Gérard Philipe

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1922-12-04

Place of Birth

Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France

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.

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Acting History

2022
Gérard Philipe, le dernier hiver du Cid
2021
Le Parti du cinéma as Self (archive footage)
2015
The End of a Beautiful Epoch as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2003
Gérard Philipe: un homme, pas un ange as Self (archive footage)
1978
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma as Self (archive footage)
1959
Fever Mounts at El Pao as Ramón Vázquez
1959
Dangerous Love Affairs as Valmont
1958
The Gambler as Alexei Ivanovitch
1958
Life Together as Désiré
1958
The Lovers of Montparnasse as Amedeo Modigliani
1957
Lovers of Paris as Octave Mouret, ambitious provincial
1956
Bold Adventure as Till l’Espiègle
1956
Le Théâtre National Populaire as Self
1956
Cinépanorama as Self (archive footage)
1956
Cinépanorama as Self
1956
If Paris Were Told to Us as Le Trouvère
1955
The Best Part as Philippe Perrin
1955
The Grand Manoeuvre as Lieutenant Armand de la Verne
1954
Le Rouge et le Noir as Julien Sorel
1954
Monsieur Ripois as André Ripois
1954
Royal Affairs in Versailles as D'Artagnan
1953
It Happened in the Park as Carlo - Valeria's lover (segment: Gli amanti)
1953
The Proud and the Beautiful as Georges
1952
Beauties of the Night as Claude
1952
The Seven Deadly Sins as The playmaker / The painter (segment "Le Huitième Péché")
1952
Fan-Fan the Tulip as Fanfan la Tulipe
1952
With André Gide as Narrator (voice)
1951
Juliette, or Key of Dreams as Michel Grandier
1950
Lost Souvenirs as Gérard de Narçay (segment "Une cravate de fourrure")
1950
La Ronde as Le comte
1950
A Visit to Picasso as Récitant / Narrator
1950
The Beauty of the Devil as Young Henri Faust / Young-Looking Mephistopheles
1949
All Roads Lead to Rome as Gabriel Pégase
1949
Such a Pretty Little Beach as Pierre
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1948
The Charterhouse of Parma as le marquis Fabrice Del Dong
1947
Devil in the Flesh as François Jaubert
1946
The Idiot as Prince Miouchkine
1946
Land Without Stars as Simon Legouge / Frédéric Talacayud
1945
Box of Dreams as Man (uncredited)
1944
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform as Jérôme Hardy