Gérard Blain
Gérard Blain | |
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 Blain in I Delfini (1960) | |
| Born | 23 October 1930 Paris, France |
| Died | 17 December 2000 (aged 70) Paris, France |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, film director |
| Years active | 1944–2000 |
| Spouse(s) | Estella Blain (1953-1956) (divorced) Bernadette Lafont (1957-1959) (divorced) Monique Sobieski (1960-2000) (his death) |
Gérard Blain (23 October 1930 – 17 December 2000) was a French actor and film director.[1]
Biography
Blain appeared in 60 films between 1944 and 2000. He also directed nine films between 1971 and 2000.[2][3] In 1971, he won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival for his film The Friends.[4] Blain married three times, including briefly to Bernadette Lafont.[3]
Selected filmography
| Actor | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Director |
| 1956 | Voici le temps des assassins | Gérard Delacroix | Julien Duvivier |
| 1957 | Les Mistons (Short film) | Gérard | François Truffaut |
| 1958 | Young Husbands | Marcello | Mauro Bolognini |
| Le Beau Serge | Serge | Claude Chabrol | |
| 1959 | Les Cousins | Charles | Claude Chabrol |
| 1960 | Charlotte and Her Boyfriend (Short film) | Charlotte's new boyfriend | Jean-Luc Godard |
| I Delfini | Anselmo Foresi | Francesco Maselli | |
| The Hunchback of Rome | Alvara aka "Hunchback" | Carlo Lizzani | |
| 1961 | Gold of Rome | Davide | Carlo Lizzani |
| 1962 | Hatari! | Chips Chalmoy | Howard Hawks |
| 1965 | Un amore | Marcello | Gianni Vernuccio |
| 1966 | M.M.M. 83 | Robert Gibson | Sergio Bergonzelli |
| Joë Caligula - Du suif chez les dabes | Joë Caligula | José Bénazéraf | |
| 1967 | Shock Troops | Thomas | Constantin Costa-Gavras |
| 1968 | Negresco**** | Roger | Klaus Lemke |
| 1977 | The American Friend | Raoul Minot | Wim Wenders |
| 1989 | Natalia | Claude Roitman | Bernard Cohn |
| 1999 | Cinématon | as himself | Gérard Courant |
| Director | |||
| Year | Title | Cast | Notes |
| 1971 | The Friends | Philippe March Yann Favre |
also credited as writer |
| 1973 | The Pelican | Dominique Ravix Daniel Sarky | |
| 1976 | A Child in the Crowd | Jean François Cimino César Chauveau | |
| 1978 | Second Wind | Robert Stack Anicée Alvina | |
| 1980 | The Rebel | Patrick Norbert | |
| 1987 | Pierre and Djemila | Abdelkader Djedjigua Ait-Hamouda | |
| 1993 | La Fortune de Gaspard | Vincent de Bouard | television film |
| 1995 | Jusqu'au bout de la nuit | Gérard Blain Anicée Alvina |
also credited as writer |
| 2000 | Ainsi soit-il | Paul Blain | |
References
- ^ "Gérad Blain". unifrance.org. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ^ "Gérard Blain". newwvefilm.com. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ^ a b "Gérard Blain". telegraph.co.uk. 29 September 2000. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ^ "Winners of the Golden Leopard". Locarno. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
External links
- Gérard Blain at IMDb
- Obituary, The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/dec/19/guardianobituaries.filmnews
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