Patrick Dewaere

Patrick Dewaere
Born	Patrick Jean Marie Henri Bourdeaux 26 January 1947(1947-01-26) Loches, Indre-et-Loire, France
Died	16 July 1982(1982-07-16) (aged 35) Paris, France
Other names	Patrick Maurin

Patrick Dewaere (26 January 1947 – 16 July 1982) was a French film actor. He was born in Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, son of French actress Mado Maurin. His five siblings, Jean-Pierre Maurin (1941-1996), Yves-Marie Maurin (b. 1944), Dominique Maurin (b. 1949), Jean-Francois Maurin (b. 1957) and Marie-Veronique Maurin (b. 1960), also became actors, with varying degrees of success.

Patrick was a promising and popular French actor in the late 1960s and 1970s. In 1968, he joined Café de la Gare, the troupe of performers which also included such future stars as Gérard Depardieu and Miou-Miou. After initially appearing under the pseudonym Patrick Maurin, he finally opted for Dewaere, which was his grandmother's maiden name.^{[citation needed]}

Onscreen from 1971 in various bit parts, Dewaere made the breakthrough with his first major role in Bertrand Blier's anarchic comedy Les Valseuses (1974) where he and Depardieu starred as two young delinquents. He teamed up again with Depardieu in Blier's Oscar-winning comedy Preparez Vos Mouchoirs (1978).

Despite Dewaere's obvious talent for comedy, he was often successfully cast as a fragile, neurotic individual. Shortly after the release of Paradis Pour Tous (1982), a black comedy where his character committed suicide, the actor shot himself in his house.

The actor was the subject of the French documentary Patrick Dewaere, which was shown at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.

Legacy

• The Patrick Dewaere Award was established in France in 1983.

• Raphaël, a French singer, wrote a song in his honour, "Chanson pour Patrick Dewaere".

Family

For eleven years Dewaere was married to French actress Sotha. They had one daughter. He committed suicide in 1982 by shooting himself with a rifle in Paris; he was 35 years old. He was survived by his wife and two daughters (one of whom was from a prior relationship).

Filmography, as actor

• 1982 Paradis pour tous by Alain Jessua
• 1981 Mille milliards de dollars by Henri Verneuil
• 1981 Hôtel des Amériques by André Téchiné
• 1981 Beau-Père by Bertrand Blier
• 1980 Un mauvais fils by Claude Sautet
• 1980 Psy by Philippe de Broca
• 1980 Plein sud by Luc Béraud
• 1978 La Clé sur la porte' by Yves Boisset
• 1978 Coup de tête by Jean-Jacques Annaud
• 1978 Préparez vos mouchoirs by Bertrand Blier
• 1978 L'Ingorgo - una storia impossibile by Luigi Comencini
• 1978 Série noire by Alain Corneau
• 1977 La stanza del vescovo by Dino Risi
• 1977 Le Juge Fayard dit le shérif by Yves Boisset
• 1976 Marcia trionfale by Marco Bellocchio
• 1976 F... comme Fairbanks by Maurice Dugowson (also credited as co-composer of the music)
• 1975 Catherine et compagnie by Michel Boisrond
• 1975 Adieu poulet by Pierre Granier-Deferre
• 1975 La Meilleure façon de marcher by Claude Miller
• 1974 Lily aime-moi by Maurice Dugowson
• 1974 Les Valseuses by Bertrand Blier
• 1973 Themroc by Claude Faraldo
• 1971 La Vie sentimentale de Georges le tueur by Daniel Berger
• 1971 Les Mariés de l'an II by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
• 1965 Paris brûle-t-il ? by René Clément
• 1956 Je reviendrai à Kandara by Victor Vicas

External links

• Patrick Dewaere at the Internet Movie Database
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