Name
Gérard Philipe
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1922-12-04
Deathday
1959-11-25 (37 years old)
Place of Birth
Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France
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.
Known For
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Life in a small Mexican village where joy and misery, hope and pain, passion and guilt, lo...
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Biographic film chronicling the last year of the life of the Italian painter Amedeo Modigl...
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Villa Borghese, Rome's biggest urban park, is the place where everyday laughs and dramas a...
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In 1866, a young Muscovite named Alexei Ivanovitch arrives in Baden Baden, then the gambli...
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It's no holds barred for Julian in pursuit of upward mobility. Although expected to channe...
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After Caribbean despot Mariano Vargas is murdered at the hands of his enraged populace, hi...
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Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged ...
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In France during World War I, Marthe waits for her husband, Jacques, while he fights on th...
- 2015 The End of a Beautiful Epoch as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1946 The Idiot as Prince Miouchkine
- 1959 Dangerous Love Affairs as Valmont
- 1952 Fan-Fan the Tulip as Fanfan la Tulipe
- 1947 Devil in the Flesh as François Jaubert
- 1953 The Proud and the Beautiful as Georges
- 1959 Fever Mounts at El Pao as Ramón Vázquez
- 1949 Such a Pretty Little Beach as Pierre
- 1955 The Grand Manoeuvre as Lieutenant Armand de la Verne
- 1952 Beauties of the Night as Claude
- 1948 The Charterhouse of Parma as le marquis Fabrice Del Dong
- 1953 Royal Affairs in Versailles as D'Artagnan
- 1950 La Ronde as Le comte
- 1958 The Lovers of Montparnasse as Amedeo Modigliani
- 1958 The Gambler as Alexei Ivanovitch
- 1945 Box of Dreams as Man (uncredited)
- 1957 Lovers of Paris as Octave Mouret, ambitious provincial
- 1950 The Beauty of the Devil as Young Henri Faust / Young-Looking Mephistopheles
- 1950 Lost Souvenirs as Gérard de Narçay (segment "Une cravate de fourrure")
- 1958 Life Together as Désiré
- 1952 With André Gide as Narrator (voice)
- 1954 Le Rouge et le Noir as Julien Sorel
- 1951 Juliette, or Key of Dreams as Michel Grandier
- 2022 Gérard Philipe, le dernier hiver du Cid
- 1956 Bold Adventure as Till l’Espiègle
- 1952 The Seven Deadly Sins as The playmaker / The painter (segment "Le Huitième Péché")
- 1946 Land Without Stars as Simon Legouge / Frédéric Talacayud
- 1944 The Little Ones of the Flower Platform as Jérôme Hardy
- 1950 A Visit to Picasso as Récitant / Narrator
- 1955 The Best Part as Philippe Perrin
- 2003 Gérard Philipe: un homme, pas un ange as Self (archive footage)
- 1949 All Roads Lead to Rome as Gabriel Pégase
- 1956 Le Théâtre National Populaire as Self
- 1954 Monsieur Ripois as André Ripois
- 1953 It Happened in the Park as Carlo (segment "Gli Amanti")
- 1956 If Paris Were Told to Us as Le Trouvère
- 2021 Le Parti du cinéma as Self (archive footage)
- 2002 Heart of the Festival as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 A Night at the Opera as Self (archive footage)
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1978 Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
- 1956 Cinépanorama ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
- 1956 Cinépanorama ( 2 episodes ) as Self
