Gérard Philipe

Personal Info

Birthday

December 4, 1922

Day of Death

1959-11-25

(36 years old)

Place of Birth

Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Also Known As

Gérard Albert Philip

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Жерар Филип

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.

Known For

Fever Mounts at El Pao

The Little Ones of the Flower Platform

Fan-Fan the Tulip

Beauties of the Night

Royal Affairs in Versailles

A Visit to Picasso

Les Liaisons dangereuses

Le Rouge et le Noir

Filmography

2021
Le Parti du cinéma
as Self (archive footage)
2015
The End of a Beautiful Epoch
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2003
Gérard Philipe: un homme, pas un ange
as Self (archive footage)
1959
Fever Mounts at El Pao
as Ramón Vázquez
Les Liaisons dangereuses
as Valmont
1958
The Gambler
as Alexei Ivanovitch
Life Together
as Désiré
The Lovers of Montparnasse
as Amedeo Modigliani
1957
Lovers of Paris
as Octave Mouret, ambitious provincial
1956
Bold Adventure
as Till l’Espiègle
Le Théâtre National Populaire
as Self
If Paris Were Told to Us
as Le Trouvère
1955
The Best Part
as Philippe Perrin
The Grand Manoeuvre
as Lieutenant Armand de la Verne
1954
Le Rouge et le Noir
as Julien Sorel
Monsieur Ripois
as André Ripois
Royal Affairs in Versailles
as D'Artagnan
1953
It Happened in the Park
as Carlo - Valeria's lover (segment: Gli amanti)
The Proud and the Beautiful
as Georges
1952
Beauties of the Night
as Claude
The Seven Deadly Sins
as Painter (segment "The Eighth Sin")
Fan-Fan the Tulip
as Fanfan la Tulipe
With André Gide
as Narrator (voice)
1951
Juliette, or Key of Dreams
as Michel Grandier
1950
Lost Souvenirs
as Gérard de Narçay (segment "Une cravate de fourrure")
La Ronde
as Le comte
A Visit to Picasso
as Récitant / Narrator
The Beauty of the Devil
as Young Henri Faust / Young-Looking Mephistopheles
1949
All Roads Lead to Rome
as Gabriel Pégase
Such a Pretty Little Beach
as Pierre
1948
The Charterhouse of Parma
as le marquis Fabrice Del Dong
1947
Devil in the Flesh
as François Jaubert
1946
The Idiot
as Prince Miouchkine
Land Without Stars
as Simon Legouge / Frédéric Talacayud
1945
Box of Dreams
as Man (uncredited)
1944
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
as Jérôme Hardy