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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. His best known credits include Such a Pretty Little Beach (1949), Beauty and the Devil (1950), Fan Fan the Tulip (1953), Montparnasse 19 (1958) and Les liaisons dangereuses (1959). During his career he performed with some of the most famous and glamorous leading ladies of the era including Jeanne Moreau, Michèle Morgan, Micheline Presle, Danielle Darrieux, Gina Lollobrigida and Anouk Aimée. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gérard Philipe is the 178th most popular actor (down from 145th in 2019), 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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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Gérard Philipe ranks 178 out of 13,578. 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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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 6,770. 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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