ACTOR

Gérard Philipe

1922 - 1959

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Gérard Philipe (French pronunciation: [ʒeʁaʁ filip]) (born Gérard Albert Philip, 4 December 1922 – 25 November 1959) was a prominent French actor who appeared in 32 films between 1944 and 1959. He came to prominence during the later period of the poetic realism movement of French Cinema in the late 1940s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gérard Philipe has received more than 292,039 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia. Gérard Philipe is the 145th most popular actor (up from 231st in 2019), the 355th most popular biography from France (up from 484th in 2019) and the 12th most popular French Actor.

Gérard Philipe is most famous for his role in the film "Les 400 Coups" in which he plays a troubled adolescent.

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  • 3.34

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Gérard Philipe ranks 145 out of 13,578. Before him are Pierce Brosnan, Richard Madden, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Philippe Noiret, Robert Duvall, and Susan Sarandon. After him are Leonardo DiCaprio, Gloria Stuart, Tony Curtis, Orson Welles, Jean Renoir, and Laurence Olivier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Gérard Philipe ranks 14. Before him are Judy Garland, Franjo Tuđman, Pierre Cardin, Thomas Kuhn, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, and Erich Hartmann. After him are Ava Gardner, Erving Goffman, Liliane Bettencourt, Emil Zátopek, Hiroo Onoda, and Aage Bohr. Among people deceased in 1959, Gérard Philipe ranks 4. Before him are Stepan Bandera, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Ante Pavelić. After him are George Marshall, Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Owen Willans Richardson, Raymond Chandler, Billie Holiday, Adolf Windaus, Boris Vian, and Heitor Villa-Lobos.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gérard Philipe ranks 355 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Louis Trintignant (1930), Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633), Brigitte Macron (1953), Philippe Noiret (1930), Louis Renault (1843), and Olivier Messiaen (1908). After him are Robert Guiscard (1016), Denis Papin (1647), Édouard Daladier (1884), Adolphe Thiers (1797), Jean Renoir (1894), and Roger Martin du Gard (1881).

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Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Gérard Philipe ranks 12. Before him are Catherine Deneuve (1943), Gérard Depardieu (1948), Jean Marais (1913), Jean Gabin (1904), Jean-Louis Trintignant (1930), and Philippe Noiret (1930). After him are Jean Renoir (1894), Fernandel (1903), Marcel Marceau (1923), Anouk Aimée (1932), Isabelle Huppert (1953), and Jeanne Moreau (1928).

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Television and Movie Roles

Fan-Fan the Tulip
Fanfan la Tulipe
Fanfan is a young handsome peasant. He joins the army to escape marriage because a gypsy girl predicted he will get glory and the king's daughter as a wife. But the gypsy girl was in fact Adeline, the daughter of the recruiting officer. Once he has discovered the stratagem, Fanfan refuses to forget this dream and decides to fulfill the destiny of the fake prediction.
Mar 20th 19526.74 / 10
The Lovers of Montparnasse
Amedeo Modigliani
Biographic film chronicling the last year of the life of the Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani, 1919, who falls in love with a girl from a wealthy family. Her parents are against this relationship and stop financial help. Modigliani worked and died in abject poverty in the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris, France.
Apr 4th 19587 / 10
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Valmont
Juliette Merteuil and Valmont is a sophisticated couple, always looking for fun and excitement. Both have sexual affairs with others and share their experiences with one another. But there is one rule: never fall in love. But this time Valmont falls madly in love with a girl he meets at a ski resort, Marianne.
Sep 9th 19596.5 / 10