Actor

Gérard Philipe

French actor

1922 - 1959

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His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia. Gérard Philipe is the 178th most popular actor (down from 145th in 2024), the 442nd most popular biography from France (down from 355th in 2019) and the 14th 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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Gérard Philipe ranks #178 of 15,712 Actors worldwide, placing them among the top 2% of the profession.

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Gérard Philipe's biography appears in 61 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 96% of all Actors.

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Despite a life of just 36 years, Gérard Philipe ranks #178 among all Actors in history.

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Among Actors

Among actors, Gérard Philipe ranks 178 out of 15,712. Before him are Fernandel, Jeanne Moreau, Glenn Close, Shirley MacLaine, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Harvey Keitel. After him are Julie Andrews, Stan Laurel, Pierce Brosnan, Russell Crowe, Martin Sheen, and Jack Lemmon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Gérard Philipe ranks 18. Before him are Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Emil Zátopek, Aage Bohr, Pierre Cardin, Ava Gardner, and Erich Hartmann. After him are Jack Kerouac, Erving Goffman, Hans Georg Dehmelt, Philip Larkin, Charles M. Schulz, and Christiaan Barnard. Among people deceased in 1959, Gérard Philipe ranks 10. Before him are Stepan Bandera, Adolf Windaus, Frank Lloyd Wright, Cecil B. DeMille, Ante Pavelić, and Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax. After him are Bohuslav Martinů, Billie Holiday, Raymond Chandler, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Boris Vian, and D. F. Malan.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gérard Philipe ranks 442 out of 7,658. Before him are Pierre Beaumarchais (1732), Aristide Briand (1862), Léo Delibes (1836), Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805), Napoléon, Prince Imperial (1856), and Théophile Gautier (1811). After him are Charles Le Brun (1619), Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728), Olympe de Gouges (1748), Hans Bethe (1906), Anouk Aimée (1932), and Ernest Renan (1823).

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Among Actors In France

Among actors born in France, Gérard Philipe ranks 14. Before him are Jean Marais (1913), Jean Gabin (1904), Jean Renoir (1894), Jean-Louis Trintignant (1930), Fernandel (1903), and Jeanne Moreau (1928). After him are Anouk Aimée (1932), Leslie Caron (1931), Philippe Noiret (1930), Isabelle Huppert (1953), Marcel Marceau (1923), and Isabelle Adjani (1955).

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