Gérard Philipe

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1922-12-04 (37 years old)

Deathday

1959-11-25

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.

Acting

2015

The End of a Beautiful Epoch

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1946

The Idiot

as Prince Miouchkine

1952

Fan-Fan the Tulip

as Fanfan la Tulipe

1947

Devil in the Flesh

as François Jaubert

1959

Fever Mounts at El Pao

as Ramón Vázquez

1955

The Grand Manoeuvre

as Lieutenant Armand de la Verne

1948

The Charterhouse of Parma

as le marquis Fabrice Del Dong

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

1956

Bold Adventure

as Till l’Espiègle

1952

The Seven Deadly Sins

as Painter (segment "The Eighth Sin")

1946

Land Without Stars

as Simon Legouge / Frédéric Talacayud

1950

A Visit to Picasso

as Récitant / Narrator

1955

The Best Part

as Philippe Perrin

2003

1949

All Roads Lead to Rome

as Gabriel Pégase

1954

Monsieur Ripois

as André Ripois

1953

It Happened in the Park

as Carlo - Valeria's lover (segment: Gli amanti)

1956

2021

Le Parti du cinéma

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1956

Bold Adventure

as Director

1956

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